Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Hardy, Mary C. 1855 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

MARY C. HARDY.

   The biography of Mary C. Hardy is only briefly recorded in the following
recital of a few events in a useful life nobly lived. The eldest in a family of
nine children, she early became inured to the hardships and privations of
pioneer days, but these she bore with the courage and fortitude which
distinguished her afterlife, when, as a widow, she again faced difficult
conditions. Mrs. Hardy has won many friends in and near her home, and has been
successful in the work which she has undertaken to do. Mary Hardy, the widow of
William Hardy, Sr., lives on her farm of one hundred and ninety acres in section
26, on rural route No. 1, Burrows, Indiana. She was born on June 18, 1855, on
the farm of her father and mother in Butler county, Ohio.

   The parents of Mrs. Hardy were James and Bridget Teresa (McGlynn) O'Donnell.
James O'Donnell was born in County Sligo, Ireland. He remained at his home in
Ireland to take care of his mother and at the age of thirty came to this
country, landing at New Orleans. He worked on a plantation for one year, and
then decided to go northward, traveling by boat. Landing first at Cincinnati, he
went from there to Butler county, Ohio, and here met the mother of the subject.
Bridget McGlynn was born in County Leitrim; Ireland, and came to this country
when a girl of nineteen, landing in New York on July 4, 1849. She came direct to
Hamilton, Ohio, where she lived for four years previous to her marriage. When
married, the young couple came to Washington township, Carroll county, where
they bought one hundred and twenty acres of land from Josiah Yerkes.

   They became the parents of nine children, five daughters, Mary, Anna,
Winnifred, Ellen and Elizabeth, and four sons, Charles, Patrick, John and a
second Charles. The eldest of these children is the subject of this sketch. The
second, Anna, remained single and lives with her brother, Patrick H. O'Donnell,
in Chicago. Winnifred died in childhood. Ellen became the wife of C. V. Willey,
of Rock Creek township, and is the mother of eight living sons and four living
daughters. Elizabeth died after she reached womanhood. The elder Charles died in
infancy. Patrick and John are residents of Chicago, and Charles owns a farm in
Rock Creek township and the manager of his brother Patrick's farm, lying in the
same vicinity.

   Mary, who later became Mrs. Hardy, lived with her parents until her wedding
day, which was June 23, 1881, her husband being the son of John and Elizabeth
(Pardner) Hardy. On July 14, 1882, Mr. Hardy died, leaving his wife and one son,
named William P. Hardy, who still lives on the home farm. Mr. Hardy was a
Republican in politics.

   Mrs. Hardy is a devout member of St. Vincent's Catholic church, and her son
is a prominent member of the Knights, of Columbus at Logansport, Indiana.

   In all the relations of life Mrs. Hardy has proven herself to be a woman of
high ideals and exemplary character. She is sympathetic to those in trouble,
kindly in her nature, a warm, sincere friend, a good neighbor, an ardent church
member and a faithful wife and mother. During her residence here, Mrs. Hardy has
endeared herself to a wide circle of friends and acquaintances, who prize her
friendship for its true worth. Her true womanly nature has taught her the
precious lesson of sorrow, and her life of unselfish service is evidence that
she has learned that "every day of meeting sorrow superbly makes the life more
grand. Every tear that falls from one's own eyes gives a deeper tenderness of
look, of touch, of word that shall soothe another's woe. Sorrow is not given
that we may mourn. It is given us that, having felt, suffered, wept, we may be
able to understand, love, bless."


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Biographical Section of
HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana


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