Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1928-11-20
FATHER FORMER
PRESIDENT DIES
Or. George Tryon Harding
Dies At Home of Daugh-
ter in California

SANTA ANA, Cal, Nov. 10, 4,
The late President Harding's
father, DR.. George Tryon Hard
ing, 85, died here at four o'clock
this morning as the result Of a
paralytic stroke suffered last Fri
day.
DR.. Harding, who came here two
weeks ago from Marion, Ohio, to
spend the winter with his daugh-
ter, Mrs. E. E. Rosenberg, was
unconscious most of the time since
Friday and unable to speak dur
ing his infrequent conscious mo-
ments due to paralysis affecting
his entire right side. He sank
slowly during the night in a state
of coma.
DR.. George Tryon Harding,
father of the late President War.
rem G.. Harding, prominent in fra
ternal affairs, activities of the
Red Cross and in medical So
cieties, with a lineage that dated
back into early American history
was born June IL, 1874 In Nor
row county, Ohio. He was the
only son of Charles A. and Mary
A. Crawford Harding, pioneers
of that section of the state.
DR.. Harding traced his ancestral
record back many generations.
The original name was Harodene.
On the maternal side the Craw-
fords and the Davises we're con-
nected, DR.. Harding's maternal
grandfather being a first cousin
of Jefferson Davis. His grand
mother Crawford was a first
cousin of Alexander Stephens, a
leading statesman for the south
ern cause.
DR.. Harding bore the name of
his great-great-great grandfather,
Governor Tryon of Connecticut.
He was educated in Morrow coun-
ty, attending the rural school at
Bloominggrove, old Ohio Central
college at Iberia, Ohio, and the
Cleveland Homeopathic College.
He was graduated from the medi-
cal school in 1873, following which
he continued to practice at Gale
donie until 1882, when he moved
to Marion. He built the Star Of
flee block on East Center street,
Marion, and occupied an upstairs
corner room for more than 40
years. For many years he was an
active member of the national and
state homeopathic societies and of
the Round Table Homeopathic
Medical Society in Columbus.
He also was conspicuous in ma
tional and state G. A. r. circles,
serving as surgeon general at one
time of the national body Of civil
war veterans.
In 1864, DR.. Harding was mar
ried to Miss Phoebe Elizabeth
Dickerson, of Morrow county. She
died in 1909 in Marion. To them
the following children were born:
Almira and Charles, both of whom
died when children and are buried
at Caledonia; Warren G.. Harding,
who was nominated for the presi-
dency of the United States by the
Chicago Republican convention in
1920 on his fathers birthday and
was elected on his own birthday;
Charity Harding, who was called
Chat" and who is the wife Of
E. E. RoSenber, of Santa Ana,
California; Mary Harding, who
was named after DR.. Harding's
mother and who died after teach
ing for many years in the state
school for the blind at Columbus,
Ohio; Miss Abigail V. Harding,
known to her intimate friends as
Daisy, teacher in the Marion
public schools; Caroline Harding,
who is the wife of the Rev. Heber
Votaw, superintendent of federal
prisons and for is years a mis-
sionary in India, and DR.. George
Tryon Harding. Jr, called "Dea-
con" by his father, and who is
now conducting a rest home and
Sanitarium at Worthington, Ohio.
At the age of n, DR.. Harding
was married again to Miss Alice
Severns. Dr. Harding's fraternal
association were with the Odd Eel
lows and knights of Pythias. He
had been supreme commander and
supreme medical director Of the
Order of the Red Cross. Always
he was a friend of all religious
work, identifying himself with the
Baptist church, although he often
said he was a liberal in his theo-
logical views. Il regard man
for what he is and not for his
particular religious connections or
church relation" he frequently
said