Hardin County OhArchives Biographies.....Haggard, Thomas 1845 - 
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Author: Warner, Beers & Co.

THOMAS HAGGARD, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born August 25, 1845, in Franklin
County, Ohio. At the age of four years he was an orphan and was reared and
educated by his uncle in Union County. He was married, October 29, 1867, in
Union County, Ohio, to Mary E. Cherry, born February 6, 1850, a daughter of
Isaac and Susannah (Frankfield) Cherry. His wife's father died while in the
service of the Twenty-first Regiment at Chattanooga Mr. Haggard is the father of
six children, three boys and three girls, Millie and Willie, twins, Etty Belle,
Harriet E., Charles A. and. Rutherford B. Mr. and Mrs. Haggard are members of
the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Haggard enlisted at the age of seventeen
years in the Twelfth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry in 1863. He went into camp at
Cleveland on November 10, two weeks after he received orders to go to Johnson's
Island to guard the prisoners confined there, where he passed through a great
deal of suffering during the severe winter that followed, having nothing but
cloth tents for shelter. Early in the spring he went to Camp Dennison, where he
drew his horse and prepared for further duties. On June 9, 1864, was fought the
memorable battle of Mount Sterling, Ky. At the break of day, Gen. Morgan with
his men crawled through the standing flax, but were bravely met by our men,
among them our subject. The latter was, unfortunately, badly wounded, left leg
broken by a minie ball, right leg by a musket, and he laid on the field till
about noon, when he was carried to a field hospital and soon fell into a state
of unconsciousness. He was finally taken to Lexington, where he was placed in a
regular hospital, and was well cared for. By September 1, he was allowed to
return home, and in November was able to go about without crutches. Since the
war, he has been occupied in farming. In politics, he is a Republican and is one
of the self-made men of Dudley Township.

Additional Comments:
Dudley Township

Excerpt from

"The History of Hardin County, Ohio"
           containing
A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES,
 SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY
   RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT
         MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY;
             HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS
                  MATTERS, ETC., ETC.

              CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO.
                          1883

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