Hardee - Curtis
Source: H. W. Beckwith History of Montgomery County, Indiana (Chicago: HH Hill, 1881), p. 204
HARDEE, Curtis, farmer, New Market, was the youngest child of John
and Lucy SEARS Hardee. His father volunteered when only 14 years old,
and served 7p years under Washington in the Revolutionary War, and
fought in all the battles in which that illustrious chieftain commanded.
After the war he settled in Ky, where he marr. his first wife.
Subsequently he removed to Preble Co OH and then to Rush Co IN where the
subj. of this notice was b. about 1824. Having lost his property from
paying security debts, he brought his family to Montgomery Co, where he
died about 1835. He was bur. in the MICHAELS graveyard. For many years
before his death he rec'd a pension from the government. On the death of
his father our subj. became the ward of Nathan S. SMITH, from whom he
learned the blacksmith trade. He subsequently worked at this for 10
years. On April 30, 1846, he was marr. to Mary Jane BUSENBARK who was b.
Oct 8, 1828 in Butler Co OH. Her grandfather, John Busenbark, served
through the last 3 years of the war for independence, as a teamster. Her
parents came to this County about 1830, and the family became located
on the place Mr. Hardee now occupies. This farm contains 160 acres,
valued at $8,000. On March 31, 1875, fire destroyed the house and nearly
all its contents, entailing a loss of $1,000. Mr. Hardee belongs to the
democratic party. Both he and his wife have been members of the Old
School Baptist Church 16 years, and the former fills the office of
deacon. This couple are the parents of the following children, 9 in
number: Lucy (deceased), Mary Eleanor (deceased); William B, Ann Eliza
Priscilla (deceased), Sarah Jane (deceased), Elizabeth Elvira, now Mr.
George HARDESTY of Boone Co; James Andrew, Samuel Morgan (deceased) and
Laura Josephine. - typed by kbz
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Source: Waveland Independent newspaper, Waveland, Montgomery County, Indiana Nov 27, 1914
Curtis Hardee, the aged father of James Hardee died at the home of
the latter, near Browns Valley on Saturday. A week before his death he
fell into a sleep from which he could not be awakened. - typed by kbz