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the half story above. The carpenters
work was executed by band and in
superb style. All the lumber used,
except for the floors, is Of walnut.
There is a cellar under the west front
room and a covered porch on the west
side Of the ell.
The house and grounds now belong
to Judge John a. Stewart.
Charles Hardin was a Virginia
Louden county, by birth and went,
when a child, with his widowed
mother and famllyin 1901 to Kentucky,
thence in 1890 to Howard county, Mo,
settling near Old Franklin. Early
next year he moved with his family,
Mrs. Hannah Jewell Hardin ard sew
eral children, Charles Henry being the
youngest, TO the new village Of Column
bia, then containing about twenty or
thirty inhabitants.
Mrs. Hardin was a sister Of the late
DR.. William Jewell, a distinguished
physician Of Columbia, twice a mem
Der Of the Legislature from Boone
county, and in 1s49 founder of William
Jewell College at Liberty. DR.. Jewell
died at Liberty August I, 1882, aged
50 years, and was buried in the Jewell
graveyard on the Providence road
about three miles south Of Columbia
Mrs. Hardin died In st. Louis May 10,
1851. Her husband, Charles Hardin,
died in the Hardin house on August
20, 1880. He was the first postmaster
of Columbia and was appointed to the
Office by President Monroe. Mr.. Har-
din was a Wing in politics and an
ardent admirer Of Henry Clay. He
kept the postOfice in the Hardin
house, until his removal and the ap-
pointment Of Col. Richard Gentry by
'IGen. jackson as his successor in jan
uary, 1s3O-Jackson believing that ito
the victors belonged the spoils."
Mr.. Hardin was a tanner by trade
and established a tan yard on a lot Of
} ground south Of his residence. He
was the father Of Charles Henry Har-
din, who graduated with the degree Of
A. B. from the Miami University,
Oxford, Ohio, July -, ls41; returned
to Columbia, studied law in the Office
OF James NJ. Gordon, was licensed and
opened an Office at Fulton, Mo-; en-
joyed a large and lucrative practice
was elected as a Wing TO the State
Senate In 1870 to the 9th General
General Assembly from the district
composed OF Galloway and Boone
counties; in 1872 from Audrain, Cal
llaway and Boone as a Democrat, and
in 1874, Governor Of the State, also as
: a Democrae, obtaining the nomina'
ton In the State Convention oyel
Gen. Cockrell by two one-sixth votes
I majority. He was elected Governor
lover William Gentry, Peoples candi
date, by 1852 majority and died IL
=, Mexico, Mo-, July %, 1892, and Il
! buried in the Jewell graveyard.
Gov. Hardin had two brothers anC
two sisters whom | personally knew
Thomas Jewell Hardin studied med
icine, but became an Audrain COUNTY
farmer and in 1856 was elected a Rep
resentative 10 the Legislature as
Wing by a majority Of one vote owe
A. B. Tinsle, a Democrat. DR.. liar
din died in 1866. Walter Hardin,
younger brother, died at the age OF Il
: years. On October 20, 1912, Arethusi
Jewell Hardin married John +. Stone
a very promising young lawyer Of Co
4 lumbia, who with David NJ. Hickmal
was elected to the Constitutional Con
yention Of 1855. Mr.. Stone died in Co
lumbia on March ., 1876, aged 2
years: and some years after Mrs. St0nI
married Captain Andrew Harper, 0
Isl. Louis. Mrs. Harper died in 1866
Another sister, the Oldest, Mary Z.
married DR.. Turner r. II. Smith, o
Columbia, who for twenty years va
Superintendent Of the Lunatie AsJ
lum at Fulton. lie died Decembe
p, 1856. MH Smith died In Sc. L0ui
a few yean ago.
/ was present at the marriage in th
Hardin house Of Mr.. Stone and Mis-
Arethusa and Of DR.. Smith and Mis-
Mary Hardin, and at the bedside q
Mr.. Stone during his last illness.
On May lG, 1874, Charles II. Hardii
married Miss Mary lB. a well love
daughter OF frederick Jenkins Q
Boone county, who still resides i
Mexico, Mo-, widely known and great
" respected.
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