HARDIN OBITUARIES, Henry County, Missouri
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HARDIN, Rufus Gibson 1846 - 1911

R. G. Hardin was born in Boone county, Missouri, January 28, 1846, and died 
Monday, April 3, 1911. His death being caused by heart trouble, with which he had 
been afflicted for a number of years. He was in his store and was supposed to 
have been rebuilding a fire when the summons came for his departure into the 
great beyond. Mr. Hardin was married to Miss Amanda J. Little in 1864. He was 
converted in 1872, and shortly before coming to Henry county, in 1874 he joined 
the M.E. Church South, of which he was a faithful member until his death. He 
served three years in the Union army during the Civil War. He leaves to mourn his 
loss a wife and four children - three sons, Rufus, W. L., and LeRoy Hardin, and one 
daughter, Mrs. I. N. Holloway. Funeral services were conducted from the residence 
April 5th at 9 a.m., by Rev. S.G. Welborn. A large crowd gathered to show their 
respect to a husband, father and citizen who will be sadly missed from this 
community. The pallbearers were: P.S. Barrow, Fred Mason, Hosea Smith, John 
Young, Wm. Burton, W.B. Graham. (Rufus Gibson Hardin is buried at Calhoun 
Cemetery)

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