Kauai County HI Archives Obituaries.....Hardy, Jacob August 8, 1915 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/hi/hifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: K KM hawaiizeis@gmail.com February 2, 2015, 11:54 am The Garden Island, Lihue, Kauai, Tues., 8-10-1915 HARDY, JACOB DEATH OF JUDGE HARDY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. Judge Jacob Hardy died in his apartments at Hotel Lihue shortly after 5 o'clock Sunday morning of the infirmities of old age. Death was not unexpected, his physician Dr. F. L. Putnam having notified his family and friends some days before that the end might come at any time. The funeral took place from Lihue Union church at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon and was attended by a very large congregation of friends of the deceased from every part of the island. The church for the occasion was beautifully decorated under the supervision of Mrs. Charles Rice. Mrs. Isenberg attended to much of the general arrangements. Rev. J. N. Lydgate officiated at the services. The pallbearers were Hon. J. H. Coney, A. Robinson, R. W. T. Purvis, H. D. Wishard, Hon. Charles A. Rice, Charles H. Wilcox, Judge Charles S. Dole, Dr. A. H. Waterhouse, J. K. Farley, and Rev. Hans Isenberg. The late Judge Jacob Hardy was born at Peabody, Mass., in 1827 and graduated from Amherst College in 1849, being a member of the Alpha Delta Phi Society. Owing to poor health and the suggestion of his physician that he seek a less rigorous climate, he came around the Horn in a sailing vessel in 1849 to Honolulu. A short time later, he went to Maui and planted cane in conjunction with a Mr. Gower. Still later he returned to Honolulu and entered the service of the government as a clerk, a position he held until 1854 when he was appointed circuit judge of Kauai. In 1852 he married Elizabeth M. Andrews at Honolulu, by whom there were five children. His wife died in 1868, and in December 1869 he married Mary McLean, there being one child from this union. The facts of his labors on Kauai are related in an editorial on page 2 of this issue. Judge Hardy leaves four surviving children, as follows: Mrs. Warren Gregory, Berkeley, Cal.; Walter A. Hardy, Keanae, Maui; William L. Hardy, Hana, Maui; and Mrs. M. A. Dean, Lihue. Deceased was at the time of his death, and for many years before, a member of Lihue Congregational Church and of Amherst Chapter Alpha Delta Phi. THE LATE JUDGE HARDY. In the death of Judge Jacob Hardy, which occurred at Hotel Lihue early Sunday morning, August 8, Kauai loses one of her oldest and most highly respected citizens. Since his retirement from the bench about three years ago, he had, on account of feebleness and increasing deafness, led a somewhat secluded life; but for a man of his years he took a remarkably keen interest in the happenings of the day and the progress of the country which had been his for more than half a century. Judge Hardy came into prominence far back in the reign of the Kamehamehas and held office under kings, the Queen, the Provisional Government, the Republic of Hawaii, and finally the Territory of Hawaii. His legal ability, his wisdom, and his honesty won for him the confidence of all governments and the esteem of all men; and the evening of his life closed into the vast forever at the conclusion of a record which will stand as a permanent monument to his good citizenship. Judge Hardy succeeded Judge Bond on the Kauai circuit bench in 1855. At that time he lived at Malumalu in a thatched house which he had purchased. The fruit trees at Malumalu were planted by him and his family, and several of his children were born there. In 1863 he resigned from the bench, sold his Malumalu property, and moved to California, being succeeded in the court by the late Judge H. A. Widemann; Judge Widemann served two years and was succeeded by Judge McBryde, and in 1877 Judge Hardy returned from California and resumed his old place on the bench, succeeding Judge McBryde. This position he held with distinguished ability and honor and credit until 1912 when, on account of age and approaching deafness, he resigned, being succeeded by the present Judge L. A. Dickey. He had thus served 43 years on the bench -- 8 in the first period and 35 in the second. Additional Comments: posted by rms File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/hi/kauai/obits/hardy544gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/hifiles/ File size: 4.6 Kb