The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-31

FIVE OF whom were sons. Two OF these.
Abraham and Stephen, settled In the
Wyoming Valley.
ABRAHAM HARDING was born at War
wick. Z. l.. June II. 1870 He moved to
Waterford, Conn, In 1882 and in 1851 TO
Orange county. New York. He died in
Susquehanna county, Pa, in 1906. He
served in the Revolutionary War as Sec
ond Lieutenant and Second Major in Col.
William Allisons regiment OF New York
militia, being commissioned by the Pro-
vincal Congress December 1. IT'S. He
married Anna Dolson and had six sons,
OF whom the first born was Abraham
ABRAHAM HARDING, Jr.. was born In
Waterford Conn, in i740 He accom-
panied his father TO New York State in
1861. The following year he returned to
Connecticut and there married Huldah
Tryon and they settled near his fathers
farm in Orange county, New York. In
1777 he and his family with two brothers
left Orange county for The Connecticut
settlement at Westmoreland where his
uncle, Stephen, had settled in 1853. His
father followed them five years later
He had one son. Amos.
AMOS HARDING was born at Port Jer-
Wis, N. Y, March 10, 1854, and lived In
the Wyoming Valley from 1777 to 1900.
hanna county, Pa, and thence to Rich
land county, Ohio. where he died in 1899.
In 1884 he married Phoebe Trip, daugh-
ter of William and Sarah Slocum Trip.
OF Truro, Ohio, and a cousin of Frances
Slocum, ''the lost sister of wyoming
Amos Harding had seventeen children.
His second son was George Tryon Har-
ding.
GEORGE TRYoN HARDING was born
June is. $780, in LuZerne county, Pa,
and died January 9, 1860, at Corsica.
Ohio. He first married Ann Roberts and
on her death married Elizabeth Madison
(borp July 26, 1900 on May l, 1916.
She died February.s, 1866. The family
moved from Pennsylvania TO Ohio in
1920 He had three children by his sec
ond wife, the second being Charles
Alexander Harding.
CHARLES ALEXANDER HARDING, son OF
George Tryon Harding was born April
s. 1920, and died April IT, 1873. II
1912 he married Mary Ann Crawford.
She was the daughter of Joshua Craw-
ford of Baltimore and Sophia Stevens.
whose family lived in Albemarle county.
Virginia. The parents of Joshua Craw-
ford were John Crawford (Baltimore)
and Lydia Stapleton, Quaker. The
Crawfords We're of Scotch-Irish descent,
the family originating In the parish OF
Crawford. LanarSshire, Scotland. The
first American ancestor was Robert
Crawford, who migrated to Virginia be-
tween 1900 and 1900 The Crawfords
appear sprinkled through the genealogies
Of Virginia and are related to most OF
the prominent families. Charles Alex
aHder Harding had nine children, their
third child being George Tryon Harding
GEORGE TRYoN HARDING, father OF
Senator Warren c. Harding. was born
November 2. 1914. He is doctor and
is living in Marion. Ohio. He married
on May s, 1861. Phoebe Elizabeth Dick
erson. who was born in 1S43 and died
May 80, 1910. The father, of Phoebe
Elizabeth Dickerson was Isaac H. Dick
erson (son OF Thomas Dickerson and
Mary Curry) who was born in New
Jersey, Sunday, January 8, 1902. After
living some lime in Maryland he moved
to Fayette county. Pa. in 1886. He
married Charity VAN Kirk. daughter OF
William Van Kirk, son of Josiah Van
Kirk and Deborah Waters. The Van
Kinks were OF Dutch descent. the orig
inal immigrant being Jan Jansen Van de
Kirk In 1868 he left his home al
Buurmelzen. near Buren, in Guilderland
Holland, with his wife and five children
and sailed to America on the Rosetree
He settled in Kings county. New York
A fine and true blooded American viii
sit in the White House when Warren G.
Harding Is inaugurated next March.