Monona County IA Archives Biographies.....Harding, P. W.  1863 - 
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Author: Iowa Its History and Tradition

IOWA
ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION
VOLUME III
1804-1926
 
P. W. HARDING

For thirty-eight years Parker W. Harding has been a member of the Iowa  bar 
and for more than a quarter of a century has practiced in Denison, where his  
thorough preparation of his cases and devotion to the interests entrusted to 
him  have brought him a large clientele.  Mr. Harding was born at Shelburne,  
Nova Scotia, Canada, on the 27th of October, 1863, and is the only child born to 
 the union of Simeon and Margaret (McTuhae) Harding. His father was for many  
years a sea captain and master mariner but later in life retired and came to 
the  United States, locating in Council Bluffs, Iowa, where his death occurred 
in  1918.  The mother passed away one year later.

Having acquired his elementary education in the public schools of Nova  
Scotia, Parker W. Harding then attended the College of Arcadia, and later took 
up the study of law.  In 1888 he went to Charter Oak, Iowa, where he  completed 
his law studies and in 1890 was admitted to the bar.  He  practiced his 
profession at Charter Oak until 1900, when he came to Denison,  Monona county,
where he has continued in practice to the present time.  Well versed in the
basic principles of jurisprudence, and keeping in close  touch with precedents
and the latest court decisions, he has won success in the  practice and has
gained a large and representative clientele.  He is a  member of the Monona
County Bar Association, the Iowa State Bar Association and  the American Bar
Association.

In 1890 Mr. Harding was united in marriage to Miss Margaret M. Keran,  
daughter of Charles H. Keran, of Dow City, Iowa.  Mrs. Harding studied law 
under her husband's direction, was admitted to the bar in 1892, and they now 
practice together in the state, federal and United States supreme courts. She is  
active in the club, civic and social life of Denison and is extremely popular  
among her associates.  Politically Mr. Harding is a stanch supporter of the  
republican party, while his religious faith is that of the Methodist Episcopal  
church, of which he is a trustee.  He belongs to the Denison Chamber of  
Commerce and has ever stood ready to cooperate with his fellow citizens in all  
efforts to advance the prosperity or general welfare of the community.  Mr.  and 
Mrs. Harding have a beautiful home in Denison, where the genuine spirit of  
hospitality is always in evidence.  Mr. Harding's favorite diversion is  
traveling, and he is also fond of golf as a means of recreation.  Genial  and
friendly in his social relations, he has gained a wide acquaintance  throughout
Monona county and is universally regarded as one of its  representative
citizens, as well as leading lawyers.

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