Captain Oliver Harding

M, (3 June 1774 - 22 October 1843)
Father-Biological*Captain Abijah Harding b. 12 Oct 1750, d. 17 Feb 1826
Mother-Biological*Sybil Adams b. 28 Jan 1753, d. 6 Feb 1813
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Last Edited=12 Nov 2022
Gravestone of Captain Oliver Harding
     Captain Oliver Harding was born on 3 June 1774 at Barre, Massachusetts.1,2,3 He was the son of Captain Abijah Harding and Sybil Adams.

Captain Oliver Harding, age 29, married Elizabeth Browning, age 26 , daughter of John Browning and Sarah Tufts, on 9 November 1803 at Rutland, Massachusetts.1,2,4,5 Oliver, appeared on the US Census of 1810 at Rutland, Massachusetts. The enumeration reads:

2 - Free White Persons - Males - Under 10
1 - Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15
1 - Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44
2 - Free White Persons - Females - Under 10
1 - Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44
5 - Number of Household Members Under 16
2 - Number of Household Members Over 25
7 - Number of Household Members.6


Oliver, appeared on the US Census of 1820 at Barre, Massachusetts. The enumeration reads:

2 - Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15
2 - Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over
1 - Free White Persons - Females - Under 10
1 - Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15
1 - Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25
1 - Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44
2 - Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture
4 - Free White Persons - Under 1
3 - Free White Persons - Over 25
8 - Total Free White Persons
8 - Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other.7


He was elected a Selectman for Barre in 1823. He served as a Selectman again in 1827, 1828, 1838 and 1839.8 He was a member of the Barre School Committee in 1823.8 Oliver, appeared on the US Census of 1830 at Barre, Massachusetts. The enumeration reads:

2 - Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29
3 - Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59
1 - Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19
1 - Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29
1 - Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59
1 - Free White Persons - Under 20
3 - Free White Persons - 20 thru 49
8 - Total Free White Persons
8 - Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored.)9


He died suddenly on 22 October 1843 at Barre, Massachusetts, at age 69.1,2,10,3,11,4,12 Oliver's obituary of 27 October 1843, reads:

Sudden Death — On Sunday last: Capt Oliver Harding one of our most resiectable citizens left his bouse to gain company with several neighbors in search of a deranged woman. Having discovered her, he was leading her home with another neighbor when ihe suddenly fell in the highway and uttering a groan expired - He was in usual health laboring on his farm on Friday and Saturday He was 69 years of age.12


He was buried at Riverside Cemetery, Barre, Massachusetts. Oliver's epitaph reads:

In memory of Capt. Oliver Harding
who died Oct 22, 1843
age 69.11,3


Children of Captain Oliver Harding and Elizabeth Browning

Citations

  1. Morse, Abner. A Register of the Descendants of Several Ancient Puritans. volume IV. Boston: H. W. Dutton & Son, 1864.
  2. Morse, Abner. Genealogical Register of the Descendants of The Early Planters of Sherborn, Holliston, and Medway, Massachusetts. Boston: Damrell & Moore, 1851.
  3. Find-a-Grave. Online https://www.findagrave.com/
  4. Systematic History Fund. Vital Records of Barre, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849. Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1903.
  5. Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2005.
  6. Census Bureau. 1810 U.S. Federal Census. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2010.
  7. Census Bureau. 1820 U.S. Federal Census. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2010.
  8. Thompson, James W. A Memorial of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town of Barre. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Press of John Wilson and Son, 1875.
  9. Census Bureau. 1830 U.S. Federal Census. Provoi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2010.
  10. Holbrook Research Institute. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2011.
  11. Roy, Robert A.. Gravestone Inscriptions at Riverside Cemetery in Barre, Massachusetts. Lexington Park, Maryland: manuscript, 1983.
  12. Barre Gazette, "Sudden Death" Barre, Massachusetts, 27 October 1843.