The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-05-25
DANIEL d. HARNESS DEAD.
At One Time he Was Resident Of
Crawford County.

We are in receipt of copy of the Las
Vegas Weekly Optic, published at Las
Vegas, n NJ, which contains the death
notice of Daniel d. Hardness, who re-
moved to New Mexico in 1880 He was
the father of AL Hardness, we'll known in
Crawford county.
''Tudge Daniel D. Hardness died Satur-
day afternoon at O'Clock at his ranch six
miles south of the city after an illness of
only three days. Pneumonia was the
cause The whole city regrets that the
hale and popular old gentleman, who gave
promise of rounding out his four score
years, should have tripped on one of the
pitfalls which stud the bridge over the
narrow gulf of time
Judge Hardness first saw the light of
day in Hallack Hill, Clinton Co., N. Y,
where he was born Oct. 1T, 1896, just II
years, seven months and seven days before
death. He leaves wife, to whom he was
married in Franklin county, New York.
Nov. goth, 1S4S, and who has been his
constant companion and helpmeet through
all the v:cisitudes of his career-a career
which has played great part in building
up and improving the great west where he
has been citizen since 1866. Besides his
wife he is survived by married son, w.
A HARNESS. a respected citizen of Cloud
croft N NJ, and two daughters, Mrs.
Mary |. Hammond, of Las Vegas, wife of
C. P. Hammond, the we'll known dairy
man and farmer, and Mrs. Mira NJ. Frost,
at precent living in Albuquerque, but we'll
known and highly respected by many
friends in this city.
| Judge Hardness was made of heroic stuff
tempered to weather the adversities which
have tried mems souls while carving homes
from the vast forests and making the Him
table prairies productive To such men
as he, who have toiled n season and out
of season, is due the great strides of pro-
gress of which of the west are so proud
to-day. May coming generations follow
the example set by him and such as he.
He moved from his New York home to
Crawford county, Iowa. in 1866. where he
followed his favorite vocation of farming
until coming to New Mexico. settling in
Cerrillos in 1880 He remained in Cerril-
los thirteen years and conducted hotel
He held the Office of justice of the peace
twelve years, besides being prominent OF
the school board.
In 1893 the Judge and his family ane
Mr.. Hammond and family moved to La:
Vegas, where they purchased what ha
since been known as the H. dairy, ant
where they transformed what was then ;
dry prairie waste into what is to-day on
of the largest. most up to date and fines
dairy farms in the territ,ry. He, by hi
thrift set the example which has changed
the beautiful farms north of the city iron
desert to a garden spot to which ever.
citizen points with pride. He set the tree
for the first orchard under the high-lin
ditch when it was prophesied he woul
: never live to eat fruit therefrom He no
only lived to taste these fruits, but plante
second from which the sweets of industr
have since been partaken, and at the tim
of his death had planted a third which h
was endeavoring to nurse to maturity whe
the grim reaper demanded rest.
While farming IVES the Judges speci;
vocation, it being his special delight
take rctrograde farms and make them pr
dnctive as well as beautiful. he was al:
, enterprisng along all lines that seemed
, him to have possibilities of developing II
> resources OF the country and 10 him is d,
no little credit for the strides the cope
mining has made toward success in tn
u section, within the past three years. +
! kept all his faculties to the last, and passe
y away without struggle when called. II
funeral will take place from the Methodi
church Tuesday afternoon at 2 O'Clock. :"