Sullivan-Lycoming County PA Archives Biographies.....HARDING, James J. 1850 - living in 1899
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  JAMES J. HARDING is a tiller of the soil, having commenced that occupation in
  1883, since which time he has occupied a fine farm in Shrewsbury township,
  Sullivan County, Pa. He is of sturdy English extraction and was born in London,
  England, December 24, 1850. He is a son of James and Elizabeth (Fremont) Harding.
  
    James Harding, the father of our subject, was also born in England, but in
  1853 he bade farewell to his native country and with his family of two children
  immigrated to the United States and settled in Montoursville, Lycoming County,
  Pa., where he still resides. He was in the army during the Civil War. He has
  accumulated a fine estate and has retired from active work. Mrs. Harding was
  also born in England and is the mother of the following children: James J.,
  whose name appears at the head of these lines; Elizabeth, who is the wife of
  George Evenden, who is a florist at Williamsport, Pa.; William, pastor of St.
  John's Lutheran Church in Williamsport, Pa., Mary Bell, who was joined in the
  bonds of wedlock with Robert E. Dietrich, a prominent merchant of Montoursville,
  Pa.; and Charles, a prosperous gardener of Montoursville, Pa. Mr. Harding gave
  all his children a good education and all are well-to-do members in the various
  communities in which they reside.
  
    James J. Harding started out in the sawmill business and continued the same
  until 1883, when he left Montoursville, Pa., and moved to Sullivan County, where
  he purchased the Edkins farm in Shrewsbury township. Our subject is an energetic
  and industrious farmer, and has made many fine improvements on his homestead,
  which consists of 112 acres of highly cultivated land. He is prominently known
  throughout the county, is a good neighbor and citizen, and possesses a multitude
  of friends.
  
    Mr. Harding was wedded in 1876 to Annie J. Feister of Shrewsbury township, a
  daughter of John and Margaret (Edkins) Feister, both now deceased; upon the
  death of our subject's wife, which occurred in September, 1894, she left a
  family of three children, namely: Clyde, a bookkeeper residing at Montoursville,
  Pa.; Harry Chester; and John Paxton. On December 26, 1895, Mr. Harding formed a
  second marriage with Alda Edkins, a datighter of Warren and Rosalia Edkins; her
  mother and father still reside in Shrewsbury township. One child has been born
  to this union, Sarah Rita. Mr. and Mrs. Harding are members of the Methodist
  Church. Politically Mr. Harding is a. Republican and has served as school
  director several years.
  
  
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  Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District
  Published by 
  Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)
  
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