New-York tribune., 1920-10-31


Association and also 3 member of the
Democratic party, whose evidence
again smashes into splnters the very
keystone of the structure of lies. be
cause Mr.. Crissinger personally knew
Senator Hardlng's grandmother and
other members of the Harding family.
LAS for Professor Chancellor. of
Wooster University, Wooster, Ohio.
whose name has been used In the
thousands upon thousands of circulars
under the heading of 'Harding's Family
Tree, we present his utter reputation
and denial. first from his pen in a
ietter written TO Sherwood 7. snyder.
of Dayton; second. his personal CON
versation with L. Y. West, Of Dayton,
reiteratlng even more strongly his re-
pudiation and denial of the statements
used over his name.
And. finally we present his repud-
alton and denial by legal process in a
statement signed by him, witnessed by
thas Compton, dean of Wooster Uni
verslty, and sworn TO rs provided by
law, so that Professor Chancellor. first,
with his pen; secondly, with his voice.
and thirdly, under legal process denies
and repudiates the vile circulars that
have been sent out over his name.
Here are the facts:
The Facts Summarized
We first present the genealogy Of
The Harding family. Here t is.
The harding genealogy.
John Harding, Of DlADoro. England,
Vas the father oI Abraham and stephen
Harding, whose names appear in the
records of Braintroc aud Modheld,
Mass.. before 1850 While Abraham. a
gioster by trade, remained in Medheld
OF which town he was one of the found
ers, Stephen, his younger brother, q
was an or iginal grantee of Swanzey
" Is this Stephen Harding who is the
direct ancestor Of Warren G.. Harding
"l'wo great-grandson of Stephen
Harding the first, Stephen and Abra-
ham, migrated to the disastrous Wyom-
ing Valley of northern Pennsylvania in
i774, and there suffered i'm the terrible
June massacre by the Indians One of
the nephews of Warren 6. Hardings
Ancestor-theu young boy escaped
death only by lying prone IN stream
while he had t. listen to the dying
groans Of his relatives and friends
"Together with Warren G. Harding,
the line diverging only slightly, the
Wyoming Valley and Wilkes Barre
Hardngs include the famous Garrick
Nallery Harding. one Of our nations
iirst and foremost Republicans, and Re
5ecca Harding Davis. the author, and
her son, Richard Harding Davis, the
well known novelist.
"Historian George B. Kulp, writing
OF the Hardings in families of the
Wyoming Valley, says.
"'ln glancing at the genealogical
record of this branch of the Harding
family, many interesting facts are found
which connect them, not only with the
sacrifices demanded from the early de
Vclopment of this continent, but also
With the stirring and patriotic episodes
linked with tie struggles for freedom
and the preservation OF the doctrines of
liberty. Among the first mentioned is
Stephen Harding, who, in 1863, was a
frcernan in Providence, R. l., and a
Baptist in religion
Traced Back to 1900
"Tracing the lines back, we find thet.
between the years 1900 and 100, Har-
dings ancestors were:
"Stephcn Harding, Of English parent
age, blacksmith, and one of the
original grantees Of Swanzey, r. l.
Robert Crawford. Scotch Irish, who
migrated to early Virginia.
Joshua Dickerson, the second child
horn in Monmouth County, n. j. Ger
man parcntage)
"Barcnt Ianz Van Kirk, son of Jams
Jansen Nerkerken, some times spelled
Welkerken. Of Holland.
This makes him English Scotch
irish, German and Holland Dutch about
250 years ago, and in 1920 as Ameri-
can as they come
the Crawfords, Hardng's paternal
grandmother's family, appear sprirkled
through the gencalogies Of Virginia
and are related to most of the promi-
nent families. All Virginians.' they
ay. arc cousins The Crawfords were
Scotch-lrish and aarrived with the
earliest settlers
"Of the Harding direct line we can
readily follow them generation to gen
Grafton from blacksmith to farmer TO
sea captain. from warrior to lawyer
and doctor and Senator
iiarding's mother. Phoebe Elizabeth
Dlckerson. comes ly direct line from
the Joshua Dickerson mentioned as the
socond son. Of Monmouth County. New