Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-09-29
MRS. MARY B. HARDIN DEAD.
venerable Widow of Ex-Governor
Passed Away at Home in Mexico
tuesday Eight-Burial in
Columbia.

"ls' mary b. Hardin, aged 10 years,
| months and % days, died at the
nome Of her orother-in-law, VIM. H.
hennan, in North Jefferson street, at
O'Clock Tuesday night, September 81,
W old age being the cause Of death.
Deceased was the widow Of the late
Ex-Governor Charles FL. Hardin, who
uieu Twelve years ago, and whose body
was later moved to Jewell cemetry,
columbia. She was born in Paris,
Kentucky, October 9Th, 1924, and
moved to Boone county, Mo-, with her
parents when but ten years OF age,
having spent seventy Of her four
score years In this State.
Sne was married to Charles III. Har.
DIN In Boone county on May le, 1874,
being Miss Mary B. jenkins. Mr.. Har-
din was elected to the governorship Of
Missouri in 1874, after an honorable
public career. He was the founder Of
Hardin College in this city.
There were no Children born to the
union and Mrs. Hardin leaves but two
Immediate r~elatives-a brother and a
sister-Mr. James Fl. Jenkins, OF
Boone county, and Mrs. W. ". Wilson,
Oh Moline, Audrain county. TIE late
Mrs. William H. KEENAN, was a sister.
The funeral services will be conduct
ed from the First Baptist church
Thursday morning by the Reverend
ii. =. Truck at $50 O'Clock, after
which the body will be taken to Co.
lumbia for interment in the Jewell
cemetery at the side Of her husband.
The following will be the all-bearers.
Active-John A. Guthrie, R. r. Ar
mold, ST., S. NJ. Locke, John W. Mil
lion, I. II. Harshall, II. X. Hinde,
Mexico; Fl. H. Banks, Columbia. Hon.
orary-Col. W. f. Switzler, r. B.
Price, John Charleston, @. B. Rollins,
Columbia; 7. B. Hit, B. L. Locke,
Mexico.
Mrs. Hardin was born in Paris, Ken
lucky, and she moved to Boone county
near Columbia, in the spring Of 1885.
She was educated in Columbia at a
school taught by Miss Lucy AnnWales,
and finished at Bonnie Femme College,
where she graduated in the fall Of; 1912.
The Honorable Mr.. Hardin, husband
Of the late deceased, paid the following
tribute to his wife before his death
"She is a lady Of intelligence, refine
ment and special literary tastes and &C
complishments. She has written much,
both poetry and prose, but having an
aversion to an appearance In public,
but little Of either has appeared In
print. She is a constant and close stu
dent of the Bible, and a lady Of rare
devotion and piety."
Will J. Patrick, Of Bowling Green,
Mo-, in an article describing the life
Of Mrs, Hardin says:
"Her education educated. 1t en-
abled her to trace the thoughts Of the
learned, to employe their languages,
to compare the ideas and customs Of
countries, to choose the best, to reason
accurately, to converse in~telligently
and to fulfill the duties Of daily life.
1t prepared her to bear herself with
womanly grace and fitness among the
servants In her quiet home and among
the potentates who visited the man
sion. Her education led her towards
the home and the task Of life. A
struggling human life was to her a
greater thing than a book. Books
were given their own place, but not
the place Of weeping eyes. Her edu-
cation led her toward the Amounted
One. She to-day reads her Greek New
Testament, and draws from 1t, fresh
drafts OF the water Of life. Sister
Hardin united with the Richland Bap-
fist church, near Fulton, lat that time
there was no church organization in
Fulton) October, 1858, and was bap.
tiled by the Rev, James e. Hughes.
"Her interest In Christian work has
been general and constant. Her ex-
tensive travels with her husband gave
her knowledge of the wants Of the
world and the wisest methods Of CIV
ing relief. She keeps herself inform
ed as to the state of the gospel in all
lands, the progress Of Christian learn
ing and the governing policies Of her
country. Apart from wealth, position
or a distinguished name, Mrs. Hardin,
in her own self-hood, in mold and
measure of excellence, easily occupies
a place among the choicest women Of
the South, and these incidental ad.
vantages are by her made to pay trib-
ute to Christian womanhood.
1.-THE home life Of our Sister Is best
expressed by inserting some Of the cor
respondence between Mr.. and Mrs.
Hardin. To me, no picture Of my past
life is more heroic than that Of the
imperial, imperturbable face Of Mr..
Hardin turned affectionately towards
his Mary while The heart Of hei
husband doth safely trust In her, and
be will not see his gain diminished