Facts sourced from her obituary, dated 2 February 1923, page 3 of The Quincy Daily Journal:
She was the widow of R. H. Hardy. She died aged 86. Her maiden name was Miss Nannie McCoy. Her parents' names were Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth McCoy. They were from Kentucky. They were the founders of Clayton, then known as McCoy town, but later changed to honor Henry Clay, a family friend.
She died at her daughter, Mrs. Sliney's home in Quincy, Illinois, at 1235 Maine street.
Nannie married R. H. Hardy in 1856. They then moved to Carthage, Illinois, where he worked for the railroad. He worked there until his death in 1914.
Their children still alive at the time of Nannie's death were: Edward M. of Salt Lake City, Utah; Charles Kenneth of Detroit Michigan; Mrs. Jeannette Rogers of Peoria Illinois; Rufus K. of Vancouver Canada; and Mrs. Nellie Sliney of Quincy. Her daughter Lillian preceded her passing.
The groups Mrs. Hardy belonged to: Order of Eastern Star, Carthage Illinois; Women's Relief Corps, same city; St. Cyperian Episcopal Church in Carthage, and Cathedral of St. John in Quincy, Illinois.
Services were held at St. Cyperian in Carthage, followed by burial beside her husband and daughter Lillian, in Moss Ridge cemetery in Carthage, Illinois.
- rewritten due to copyright.
Additional: A 15 November 1902 article (brief death notice) names Mrs. James Snyder of Hamilton, Illinois as the mother of a Mrs. Nannie Hardy, same city. "During the Mormon war, she lived in Nauvoo, and was a little girl at that time," it says of Mrs. Snyder. [This Mrs. Sarah E. Snyder was born too late to be the mother of decedent.]
Her parents seem to have been Kenneth McCoy and [Sarah?] Elizabeth Crabb, who wed 18 March 1817 in Garrard county, Kentucky.
The McCoy brothers who are credited with founding Clayton Illinois also began in that county in Kentucky, and moved to the same places at the same times as Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth McCoy. Perhaps pieces of the story of the founding of McCoy Town or its later name Clayton in Adams county Illinois have been lost to time.
Decedent's first marriage occurred 14 January 1855 in Brown county, Illinois, to Levi Fielding.
Marriage date in obituary source may be erroneous. Research ongoing.
Update: Although her obituary states her husband R. H. Hardy the railroad man died in 1914, I find no census for him after 1880 and no obituary or death record. There is an R. H. Hardy who d. 1896 who may be the correct man. Research ongoing.
She was the widow of R. H. Hardy. She died aged 86. Her maiden name was Miss Nannie McCoy. Her parents' names were Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth McCoy. They were from Kentucky. They were the founders of Clayton, then known as McCoy town, but later changed to honor Henry Clay, a family friend.
She died at her daughter, Mrs. Sliney's home in Quincy, Illinois, at 1235 Maine street.
Nannie married R. H. Hardy in 1856. They then moved to Carthage, Illinois, where he worked for the railroad. He worked there until his death in 1914.
Their children still alive at the time of Nannie's death were: Edward M. of Salt Lake City, Utah; Charles Kenneth of Detroit Michigan; Mrs. Jeannette Rogers of Peoria Illinois; Rufus K. of Vancouver Canada; and Mrs. Nellie Sliney of Quincy. Her daughter Lillian preceded her passing.
The groups Mrs. Hardy belonged to: Order of Eastern Star, Carthage Illinois; Women's Relief Corps, same city; St. Cyperian Episcopal Church in Carthage, and Cathedral of St. John in Quincy, Illinois.
Services were held at St. Cyperian in Carthage, followed by burial beside her husband and daughter Lillian, in Moss Ridge cemetery in Carthage, Illinois.
- rewritten due to copyright.
Additional: A 15 November 1902 article (brief death notice) names Mrs. James Snyder of Hamilton, Illinois as the mother of a Mrs. Nannie Hardy, same city. "During the Mormon war, she lived in Nauvoo, and was a little girl at that time," it says of Mrs. Snyder. [This Mrs. Sarah E. Snyder was born too late to be the mother of decedent.]
Her parents seem to have been Kenneth McCoy and [Sarah?] Elizabeth Crabb, who wed 18 March 1817 in Garrard county, Kentucky.
The McCoy brothers who are credited with founding Clayton Illinois also began in that county in Kentucky, and moved to the same places at the same times as Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth McCoy. Perhaps pieces of the story of the founding of McCoy Town or its later name Clayton in Adams county Illinois have been lost to time.
Decedent's first marriage occurred 14 January 1855 in Brown county, Illinois, to Levi Fielding.
Marriage date in obituary source may be erroneous. Research ongoing.
Update: Although her obituary states her husband R. H. Hardy the railroad man died in 1914, I find no census for him after 1880 and no obituary or death record. There is an R. H. Hardy who d. 1896 who may be the correct man. Research ongoing.
Facts sourced from her obituary, dated 2 February 1923, page 3 of The Quincy Daily Journal:
She was the widow of R. H. Hardy. She died aged 86. Her maiden name was Miss Nannie McCoy. Her parents' names were Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth McCoy. They were from Kentucky. They were the founders of Clayton, then known as McCoy town, but later changed to honor Henry Clay, a family friend.
She died at her daughter, Mrs. Sliney's home in Quincy, Illinois, at 1235 Maine street.
Nannie married R. H. Hardy in 1856. They then moved to Carthage, Illinois, where he worked for the railroad. He worked there until his death in 1914.
Their children still alive at the time of Nannie's death were: Edward M. of Salt Lake City, Utah; Charles Kenneth of Detroit Michigan; Mrs. Jeannette Rogers of Peoria Illinois; Rufus K. of Vancouver Canada; and Mrs. Nellie Sliney of Quincy. Her daughter Lillian preceded her passing.
The groups Mrs. Hardy belonged to: Order of Eastern Star, Carthage Illinois; Women's Relief Corps, same city; St. Cyperian Episcopal Church in Carthage, and Cathedral of St. John in Quincy, Illinois.
Services were held at St. Cyperian in Carthage, followed by burial beside her husband and daughter Lillian, in Moss Ridge cemetery in Carthage, Illinois.
- rewritten due to copyright.
Additional: A 15 November 1902 article (brief death notice) names Mrs. James Snyder of Hamilton, Illinois as the mother of a Mrs. Nannie Hardy, same city. "During the Mormon war, she lived in Nauvoo, and was a little girl at that time," it says of Mrs. Snyder. [This Mrs. Sarah E. Snyder was born too late to be the mother of decedent.]
Her parents seem to have been Kenneth McCoy and [Sarah?] Elizabeth Crabb, who wed 18 March 1817 in Garrard county, Kentucky.
The McCoy brothers who are credited with founding Clayton Illinois also began in that county in Kentucky, and moved to the same places at the same times as Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth McCoy. Perhaps pieces of the story of the founding of McCoy Town or its later name Clayton in Adams county Illinois have been lost to time.
Decedent's first marriage occurred 14 January 1855 in Brown county, Illinois, to Levi Fielding.
Marriage date in obituary source may be erroneous. Research ongoing.
Update: Although her obituary states her husband R. H. Hardy the railroad man died in 1914, I find no census for him after 1880 and no obituary or death record. There is an R. H. Hardy who d. 1896 who may be the correct man. Research ongoing.
She was the widow of R. H. Hardy. She died aged 86. Her maiden name was Miss Nannie McCoy. Her parents' names were Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth McCoy. They were from Kentucky. They were the founders of Clayton, then known as McCoy town, but later changed to honor Henry Clay, a family friend.
She died at her daughter, Mrs. Sliney's home in Quincy, Illinois, at 1235 Maine street.
Nannie married R. H. Hardy in 1856. They then moved to Carthage, Illinois, where he worked for the railroad. He worked there until his death in 1914.
Their children still alive at the time of Nannie's death were: Edward M. of Salt Lake City, Utah; Charles Kenneth of Detroit Michigan; Mrs. Jeannette Rogers of Peoria Illinois; Rufus K. of Vancouver Canada; and Mrs. Nellie Sliney of Quincy. Her daughter Lillian preceded her passing.
The groups Mrs. Hardy belonged to: Order of Eastern Star, Carthage Illinois; Women's Relief Corps, same city; St. Cyperian Episcopal Church in Carthage, and Cathedral of St. John in Quincy, Illinois.
Services were held at St. Cyperian in Carthage, followed by burial beside her husband and daughter Lillian, in Moss Ridge cemetery in Carthage, Illinois.
- rewritten due to copyright.
Additional: A 15 November 1902 article (brief death notice) names Mrs. James Snyder of Hamilton, Illinois as the mother of a Mrs. Nannie Hardy, same city. "During the Mormon war, she lived in Nauvoo, and was a little girl at that time," it says of Mrs. Snyder. [This Mrs. Sarah E. Snyder was born too late to be the mother of decedent.]
Her parents seem to have been Kenneth McCoy and [Sarah?] Elizabeth Crabb, who wed 18 March 1817 in Garrard county, Kentucky.
The McCoy brothers who are credited with founding Clayton Illinois also began in that county in Kentucky, and moved to the same places at the same times as Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth McCoy. Perhaps pieces of the story of the founding of McCoy Town or its later name Clayton in Adams county Illinois have been lost to time.
Decedent's first marriage occurred 14 January 1855 in Brown county, Illinois, to Levi Fielding.
Marriage date in obituary source may be erroneous. Research ongoing.
Update: Although her obituary states her husband R. H. Hardy the railroad man died in 1914, I find no census for him after 1880 and no obituary or death record. There is an R. H. Hardy who d. 1896 who may be the correct man. Research ongoing.
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