, 1874-07-21
GEN, A. G. HARDING.

Gen. Abnor G. Harding. OF Monmouth, War
ron County, died at liH residence i'll tlat city
Sunday oyoning after d loug aud painful IT.
tack OF tho nalady known rs Is Drigbt's disease"
Tho General WIS born in East Hampton Mid
dlcsox County, Conn.,, on tho 10th Of February,
1H47, aud was conaoguontlyG7 years. Of age at tho
time OF liia doath. Ho rocoiyod his cartier odn-
catios ut tho Hamilton College, Now York, whore
lie developed that quicA.less Of perception and
steady attention to duty for wlloh liz was SO
noted In after lifo. )
After leaving college, wlsoro lle graduatcd with
llonors. lie decided upon The legal profession as
the ono most suitable alio to lis tastes and abl
moncod practice it Oneida County, Nov York.
There, however, his sphere of uBcfuluess proved
too limited, and with characteristic confidence
l1o camo Wost, and aottlod in Wnrron
County, in this State. whore he Boon acquired
both d largo practice aud most enviable rep
utatou. The dry details and the weary routine
which arc always tho accompaniment Of a law
yor'a lifo wore relieved FOR number Of ycars in
the management Of nNlnbar Of larna, which
tho Gol,oral not only made models for tho snr-
rounding district, but which proved highly re-
mllnorative, a,ld laid the foundation OF tho im-
mouse fortune which. Air. Naraing haa loft.
1n 1916, Ge1l. Harding WINS soloctod M MON.
bcr Of tho Illinois Constitutional Conventton,"
nlld served to such good purpose III that capacity
TINT tho Same year eaw him h member Of tho
stato Legislature, which position ho held with
| credit until 1850, about which time ho bccamo
| lneniber Of tic wolI-kuowu trm Of Moss, Hard
| Ing l. Co., and was mainly instrumental In push
| Ing through the Peoria & 0quawka Railroad.
x devoted supporter Of the Union throughout
nll the dark days which preceded tho War, Cen.
1larding was noI bel,irGtand when tue tino
camo for nctiyo service, md IN 1864
no enlisted aa q private in tho
E'ehty-third Illinois IuEantry. Shortly
aftorward ho WAS appointed Colonel, anl did
Buch good work in that position at Fort Donol-
son that ha was mada a lhigAuier-Gonerai, and
lind command at hIurfraeBboru III 1863. In 1874
| no was elected Representative from Illinois to
tho. Thirty-r'nth Congress-, working harl, aud
reapiug abundant lallrolH, both as d nlombor OF
| tho Hnnse a''d nlembor Of tho CoulnittooB OIL
| Manufnct11rus and on tie Militia. III 1867 lle
was re-olectel by largo majority to tho Fortieth
| Co,,groaB. Horvlng dnring hlH torn OF Office OIL
t!,e Committees OIL tho Union Prisoners, Claims,
and the Milisin.
In 1861, much to tic sorrow OF tin consttt,,-
ens, lo declined to oror hinAelf for 70 election,
anu. though the mort strenuous oHorta woro
made to prevail upon him to alter his dotormis,n-
t,ou, retired from public lfe anl tloyutcd tho ro-
lmaiEter OF his yeats to his own private alsajrH
At tho tine OF his death Gen. Harding way lresj-
| don't Of tho Monmouth National Bank, Ills p,i.
Yato fortune Ia estimated ut about aa.[CO. itNl.
which 1t is supposed viii 10 inherited by lii
widow, hin Hoii. George i. Harding, Of tho law
firm Of Messra. 1farding, Mccoy & Pratt, Of tllie
CITY and ls daughter, Mrs. Snyder, Of aon'
Mouth, i'll.