Coweta-Lincoln County GaArchives Obituaries.....Hardy, Aquilla April 29, 1884 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Valerie (Johnson) Freeman http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00009.html#0002248 July 8, 2006, 11:12 pm "The Newnan Herald" Newnan, Coweta Co., Georgia Tuesday, May 6, 1884 Death of Our Oldest Citizen The death of Mr. Aquilla Hardy, at his home in the Sixth District, last Tuesday, is announced by our Turin correspondent. He was one of the very earliest settlers in this county, and has been post-master at Kidron (sic - s/b Kendron) for forty years. For fifty years an exemplary member of the Methodist church, he enjoyed the esteem of all who knew him. The bereaved relatives have our sympathy in this trying hour. (Transcribed from a xerox of the original sent to me 5 Jul 2006 by Rhonda Flynn) Additional Comments: My husband, Bob, is a direct descendant of Aquilla Hardy, through two of his sons: Aquilla Hardy & 1st wife, Mary "Polley" Steward 1) William Jesse Hardy - Lucy Elizabeth "Betsy" Malviney Shell, son: Joseph Cornelius Hardy 2) Rufus Wesley Hardy - Lucy Mariah Bailey, daughter: Mary Frances "Mamie" Hardy Joseph Cornelius Hardy m. his 1st cousin, Mary Frances "Mamie" Hardy on 25 Oct 1884 in Coweta Co., GA, daughter: Dollie Bob Hardy m. Otis Florence Nixon, Sr. -- my husband's Great-grandparents. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Descendants of Aquilla (Hardey) Hardy 1 Aquilla (Hardey) Hardy b: 10 Mar 1794 in Lincoln Co., Georgia d: 29 Apr 1884 in Sixth District (Kendron), Coweta Co., Georgia Burial: Cokes Chapel Methodist Church (unmarked) - old Kendron, Coweta Co., Georgia Father: Jesse Hardy, Sr. Mother: Elizabeth Rasor +Mary (Polley) Steward b: 16 Jan 1796 in Georgia m: 18 May 1814 in Lincoln Co., Georgia d: 4 Jan 1869 in Kendron, Coweta Co., Georgia Burial: Cokes Chapel Methodist Church, old Kendron, Coweta Co., Georgia Father: William Steward Mother: Nelly ?_______ ~ 2 Nancy Hardy b: 8 May 1815 in Lincoln Co., Georgia ~~ +Daniel Osbern b: 1800-1810 m: Abt 1835 d: 1841- 1845 Father: Mother: ~ *2nd Husband of Nancy Hardy: ~~ +James Jonathan Bailey b: Abt 1820 in Georgia m: 23 Dec 1845 in Coweta Co., Georgia Father: Mother: ~ 2 Eliza Hardy b: 23 Feb 1817 in Lincoln Co., Georgia d: Bef 27 Jun 1841 in Coweta Co., Georgia ~~ +[1] William Christopher b: 14 Nov 1813 in Lunenburg Co., Virginia m: 13 Apr 1837 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: 30 Oct 1892 in Gadsden, Etowah Co., Alabama Burial: Forest Cemetery - Gadsden, Etowah Co., Alabama Father: ?_______ Christopher Mother: ?_______ ?_______ ~ 2 Ellender Hardy b: 3 Oct 1818 in Lincoln Co., Georgia ~ 2 John Hardy b: 3 Oct 1820 in Lincoln Co., Georgia ~ 2 Emily L. F. Hardy b: 19 Sep 1823 in Lincoln Co., Georgia ~ 2 William Jesse Hardy b: 6 Jan 1824 in Lincoln Co., Georgia d: 6 Mar 1905 in Georgia Burial: Senoia City Cemetery, Senoia, Coweta Co., Georgia ~~ +Lucy Elizabeth "Betsy" Malviney Shell b: 25 Jun 1824 in Newberry Co., South Carolina m: 26 Dec 1844 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: 7 Jan 1907 in Georgia Burial: Senoia City Cemetery, Senoia, Coweta Co., Georgia Father: Isham (John) Malone Shell Mother: Mary Wright ~ 2 Sarian Susan Hardy b: 5 Apr 1827 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: 5 Nov 1921 in Gadsden, Etowah Co., Alabama Burial: Forest Cemetery, Gadsden, Etowah Co., Alabama ~~ +[1] William Christopher b: 14 Nov 1813 in Lunenburg Co., Virginia m: 27 Jun 1841 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: 30 Oct 1892 in Gadsden, Etowah Co., Alabama Burial: Forest Cemetery - Gadsden, Etowah Co., Alabama Father: ?_______ Christopher Mother: ?_______ ?_______ ~ 2 Rufus Wesley Hardy b: 29 Apr 1829 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: 26 Sep 1891 in Coweta Co., Georgia Burial: Senoia City Cemetery, Senoia, Coweta Co., Georgia ~~ +Lucy Mariah Bailey b: 26 Feb 1829 in Georgia m: 5 Apr 1846 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: 19 Feb 1905 in Coweta Co., Georgia Burial: Senoia City Cemetery - Senoia, Coweta Co. Georgia Father: James Bailey Mother: Nancy Jane Dicks ~ 2 Mary Frances Hardy b: 9 Jan 1831 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: 30 Nov 1901 in Orlando, Orange Co., Florida ~~ +Samuel E. Christopher b: 1822 in North Carolina m: 28 Dec 1848 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: Abt Apr 1891 in Orlando, Orange Co., Florida Burial: Greenwood Cemetery - Orlando, Orange Co., Florida Father: ?_______ Christopher Mother: ?_______ ?_______ ~ 2 Aquilla Gilmore Hardy b: 12 Nov 1833 in Coweta Co., Georgia ~ 2 Samual Tomson Hardy b: 3 Jan 1836 in Coweta Co., Georgia ~ 2 Malinda Hannah Hardy b: 8 Feb 1840 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: 1910 ~~ +Thomas Almuth Curry b: 1834 m: 2 Jan 1861 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: 1896 Father: Mother: *2nd Wife of Aquilla (Hardey) Hardy: + Mrs. Nancy T. (Harris) Boler, widow of Bennett B. (Bowler) Boler b: 5 Aug 1815 in Georgia m: 6 Feb 1873 in Kendron, Coweta Co., Georgia d: 25 Jul 1901 in Kendron, Coweta Co., Georgia File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/coweta/obits/h/hardy4806gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 5.5 Kb