Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
Page 693
JEROME B. HARDY

Jerome B. HARDY, a farmer living on section 14, of Jefferson Township, was born in Magnolia, Harrison County, Iowa, June 11, 1853. He remained at home with his parents until March 1874, when he rented a farm in Calhoun Township, for one year, then rented two years in Magnolia Township, and from there moved back to Calhoun Township, where he lived four years, and then bought the farm he now occupies, which, at the time, consisted of sixty acres of improved land. His farm house is 16 x 32 feet, with an ell sixteen feet square; the whole being two stories high. He has a good barn 20x45 feet, with sixteen foot posts.

Our subject's education was received in the High School at Magnolia, and March 24, 1874, he was married to Miss Mary MERCHANT, to whom four children have been born: Charles R., Bert W., Stella I., and Joseph R.

Mary (MERCHANT) HARDY, wife of our subject, was born in Magnolia Township August 27, 1852. She remained with her parents in Magnolia Township until the date of her marriage. Both she and her husband are members of the Baptist Church at Logan.

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