Contra Costa-Calaveras-San Francisco County CA Archives Biographies.....Hardy, Hiram P. 1822 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com November 27, 2005, 3:08 am Author: W. A. Slocum & Co., Publishers (1882) HIRAM P. HARDY,—The subject of this sketch is a native of Goffstown, New Hampshire, and was born February 18, 1825. When but an infant his parents moved to Woburn, Massachusetts, where he resided until 1832. Then after a residence of eighteen months in Woodstock, Vermont, they moved to Andover, Massachusetts, where our subject was educated at the academy of that place, and afterwards served seven years in the study of horticulture, in which accomplishment he became proficient, as a glance at his present beautiful place near Martinez will convince anyone. September 16, 1849, Mr. Hardy, in company with several others, purchased a vessel—the Cordova—and sailed from Boston via Cape Horn, for the Golden State, arriving in San Francisco April 9, 1850. Selling his interest in the vessel, he proceeded to the mines of Calaveras county, where he engaged in mining, which occupation he continued for two and one-half years. He then returned to San Francisco, and after a short time entered the employ of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, in which he continued until June, 1853, when he came to Contra Costa county, and first found employment on the ranch of Dr. John Strentzel, afterwards working for several parties until January 7, 1864, when he leased the well-known Bush ranch, near Martinez, which he farmed until December, 1880, when he purchased his present beautiful home, consisting of twelve acres of ground, where he is now engaged in viticulture and fruit raising. Was married in San Francisco, May 7, 1863, to Miss Ellen Cannon, of New York. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING ITS GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY, CLIMATOGRAPHY AND DESCRIPTION; TOGETHER WITH A RECORD OF THE MEXICAN GRANTS; THE BEAR FLAG WAR; THE MOUNT DIABLO COAL FIELDS; THE EARLY HISTORY AND SETTLEMENT, COMPILED FROM THE MOST AUTHENTIC SOURCES; THE NAMES OF ORIGINAL SPANISH AND MEXICAN PIONEERS; FULL LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; SEPARATE HISTORY OF EACH TOWNSHIP, SHOWING THE ADVANCE IN POPULATION AND AGRICULTURE; ALSO, Incidents of Pioneer Life; and Biographical Sketches OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN; AMD OF ITS TOWNS, VILLAGES, CHURCHES, SECRET SOCIETIES, ETC. ILLUSTRATED. SAN FRANCISCO: W. A. SLOCUM & CO., PUBLISHERS 1882. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/contracosta/bios/hardy30nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cafiles/ File size: 2.9 Kb