Obitiary of Benson F. Hardin, Collin, Texas
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This file was contributed by: 
Judy Penrod Purcell
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August 2001

Obituary from CONFEDERATE VETERAN, Vol. XVIII, No. 10, August 1910

Obituary:  BENSON F. HARDIN

Benson F. Hardin was born in Chester County, S.C. in October 1844;
and died April 23, 1910, at his home, in Weston, Tex., where he had
moved his family in 1894.  He entered the Confederate service in 1861
as a private in Company D, 1st South Carolina Regiment of Cavalry, 
under Col. John Logan Black, afterwards being assigned to Wade Hampton's 
brigade.  He had three brothers with him in the same company, Ebb, William,
and Adam, the latter being the only one now living and the youngest. They
were first in service on the coast of South Carolina, but were sent to
Virginia in the latter part of 1862, remaining there till 1864, when they
were sent back to South Carolina.  This comrade was in many noted battles,
among them Gettysburg, and was with Johnston's army at the surrender at 
Greensboro, N.C., April 26, 1865.  They fought the enemy thirteen days 
after Lee had surrendered.  After the war, he devoted himself to farming.
He was twice married, and is survived by his wife, four sons, and a 
daughter.