Joseph H. Hardesty
Joseph H. Hardesty, born in 1833 at Rock Hall, the Hardesty farm on the Winchester pike, was made captain when the militia company was organized into the Clarke Cavalry, the Clarke Courier reported at his death in June 1921, at 88. It said he afterward farmed and dealt in stock and served several terms as mayor of Berryville.
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IDENTITY Unconfirmed Whether the R. Hardesty of those other records is the man the 1921 obituary reports is not established; the printed H. and R. are shown as printed.
What distinguishes him: Name as the 1921 obituary prints it ("Joseph H."; the headline OCR reads "JOH. R."). Other items held by the project, not cited here, print "Jos. R.", "J. R." or "Joseph R." Hardesty, and a Green Hill Cemetery register row names parents "Joseph Rowan & Martha Richardson Hardesty". Which initial is right has not been settled, and the name is kept as the 1921 item prints it.
Clarke connection: Residence in an obituary: the Courier of June 30, 1921 says he was born in 1833 at Rock Hall, the Hardesty family farm on the Winchester pike, and served several terms as mayor of Berryville (C635).
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| War | Civil War | Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., June 30, 1921 The statement | RECORD Likely | IDENTITY Confirmed |
| Rank | captain | Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., June 30, 1921 The statement | RECORD Likely | IDENTITY Confirmed |
| Unit | Clarke Cavalry | Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., June 30, 1921 The statement | RECORD Likely | IDENTITY Confirmed |
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| Date not established | The Clarke Courier of June 30, 1921 reports that Capt. Joseph H. Hardesty, former Confederate soldier, retired farmer and stock dealer, died the Thursday night before, aged 88. It says he was born in 1833 at Rock Hall, the Hardesty family farm on the Winchester pike opposite Minnie Wood Chapel, was made its captain when the militia company was organized into the Clarke Cavalry, afterward farmed and dealt in stock, and served several terms as mayor of Berryville. | RECORD Likely | IDENTITY ConfirmedThis is the item the entity was created from. | See the source and its limits✓ LikelyAn account exists
The Clarke Courier of June 30, 1921 reports that Capt. Joseph H. Hardesty, former Confederate soldier, retired farmer and stock dealer, died the Thursday night before, aged 88. It says he was born in 1833 at Rock Hall, the Hardesty family farm on the Winchester pike opposite Minnie Wood Chapel, was made its captain when the militia company was organized into the Clarke Cavalry, afterward farmed and dealt in stock, and served several terms as mayor of Berryville. What the source supportsThat the Courier of June 30, 1921 reported the death at 88 of Capt. Joseph H. Hardesty, and said he was made captain of the Clarke Cavalry when its militia company was organized into it and later served several terms as mayor of Berryville. UncertaintyRead from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The item does not give the years he was mayor. Its account of the war is the paper's own and was not checked against military records. His children have no records here. The body of the obituary prints "Joseph H."; OCR of its headline reads "JOH. R." Other items held by the project but not cited here print the name as "Jos. R." or "J. R." Hardesty (the Courier, 1883 to 1912, and its 1914 roll of the Clarke Cavalry) and "Joseph R. Hardesty" (Gold's History of Clarke County, 1914), and a Green Hill Cemetery register row names parents "Joseph Rowan & Martha Richardson Hardesty"; whether that is the same man is not established here. Which initial is right has not been settled, and the name is kept as the 1921 item prints it. Whether he remained captain through the war is an open question this item does not settle; the 1914 roll and Gold's history, not cited here, bear on it. SourceEvidence role: supports. The June 30, 1921 obituary. Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., June 30, 1921Clarke Courier · 1921-06-30 (publication) Locator: Page 3, obituary of Capt. Joseph H. Hardesty Relevant passageCapt. Joseph H. Hardesty, former Confederate soldier, retired farmer and stock dealer, passed over the rltr. er [river] to the eternal camping ground lost [last] Thursday night at 9 o'clock after reaching the ripe old age of 88 yean [years]. ... Capt Hardesty was born at “Rock Hill", the old Hardesty family farm, on the Wincheter [Winchester] pike, opposite Min. 'nle [Minnie] Wood Chapel, in 1833. Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected. Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses. Evidence role: supports. Its account of his service and career. Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., June 30, 1921Clarke Courier · 1921-06-30 (publication) Locator: Page 3, obituary of Capt. Joseph H. Hardesty, continued Relevant passagethe militia company was organized into the Clarke Cavalry and 'Capt. Hardesty was made its captain After the war he again took up •farming and latter went into the buying and selling of stock. ... He also took a leading part •in the civic affairs and served several terms as Mayor of Berryville. Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected. Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses. Evidence role: supports. The same passage, read from the page image and shown in the clipping above. Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., June 30, 1921Clarke Courier · 1921-06-30 (publication) Locator: Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., June 30, 1921, page 3 of the issue, per the Library of Congress record (printed page not recorded: the page prints no number), obituary "Capt. Jos. R. Hardesty, Confederate, Dies", the passage beginning "Capt. Joseph R. Hardesty, former Confederate..." Relevant passageCapt. Joseph R. Hardesty, former Confederate soldier, retired farmer and stock dealer, passed over the river to the eternal camping ground last Thursday night at 9 o'clock after reaching the ripe old age of 88 years. Checked: This passage was read on a digital reproduction of the page; no original has been handled. The source's other readings: existing OCR reviewed, original image not independently inspected. Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses. |
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The obituary headed Capt. Jos. R. Hardesty, Confederate, Dies in the Clarke Courier of June 30, 1921: the first captain of the Clarke Cavalry, a retired farmer and stock dealer, dead at 88. The Courier prints his middle initial as R.
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Clarke Courier (Berryville, Va.), June 30, 1921, page 3 (as numbered by the Library of Congress). Library of Congress, Chronicling America. Rights Changes: Cut from the Library of Congress page image at full resolution (the region lies at box 1048,245 339x2426 pixels of the saved half-size copy of the page) and shown at its own 678 by 4853 pixels; not scaled, retouched, enhanced, highlighted or re-encoded.
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Passage it reproduces: Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., June 30, 1921, page 3 of the issue, per the Library of Congress record (printed page not recorded: the page prints no number), obituary "Capt. Jos. R. Hardesty, Confederate, Dies", the passage beginning "Capt. Joseph R. Hardesty, former Confederate..."
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- The Clarke Courier of June 30, 1921 reports that Capt. Joseph H. Hardesty, former Confederate soldier, retired farmer and stock dealer, died the Thursday night before, aged 88. It says he was born in 1833 at Rock Hall, the Hardesty family farm on the Winchester pike opposite Minnie Wood Chapel, was made its captain when the militia company was organized into the Clarke Cavalry, afterward farmed and dealt in stock, and served several terms as mayor of Berryville.
People namedJoseph H. Hardesty
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., June 30, 1921, page 3 (numbered by the Library of Congress; the page prints no number).
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CAPT. JOS. R. HARDESTY, CONFEDERATE, DIES First Captain of Clarke Cavalry and Member of Company Which Helped Guard John Brown--He was 88 Years Old and Man of Remarkable Constitutional Strength--Retired Farmer and Stock Dealer. Capt. Joseph R. Hardesty, former Confederate soldier, retired farmer and stock dealer, passed over the river to the eternal camping ground last Thursday night at 9 o'clock after reaching the ripe old age of 88 years. Death was caused by rheumatic troubles. Dr. A. P. Osborne, his physician, said he was a man of most remarkable constitutional strength. Despite his sufferings at times from rheumatism, Capt. Hardesty was able to be about until the last month of his illness. Capt Hardesty was born at "Rock Hill", the old Hardesty family farm, on the Wincheter [sic] pike, opposite Minnie Wood Chapel, in 1833. He was the son of Richard Hardesty, Jr., his father, was married twice and his first wife, who was Sarah Smith, bore him nine children, and his second wife, Miss Pierce, bore him 11 children. Capt. Hardesty was born of the union of the second marriage. Capt. Hardesty's father, Richard Hardesty, Jr., was born in Talbot Jefferson county in 1791 and settled county, Md., in 1770, and came to near Smithfield. He later bought the Rock Hill farm and lived there until he died in 1848. The family was a prominent one in Maryland and has been prominent for generations in Clarke and Frederick counties where many of the descendants live and are among the most substantial business men and farmers. Mr. Hardesty was an uncle of the late R. D. Hardesty, for years one of the leading merchants of Berryville, and also an uncle of Mr. Otho Hardesty, one of the leading retired farmers of the county. A niece of Mr. Hardesty's, who was a daughter of his half-brother, the late Reese Hardesty, was the wife of Daniel Voorhees, the noted Senator from Indiana and one of the great figures in American public life in the days of Samuel J. Tilden and Grover Cleveland. Capt. Hardesty married Miss Martha Richardson, of Frederick county, a sister of the late Dr. W. W. Richardson, for a generation a druggist of Berryville. Mrs. Hardesty's chief joy in life was helping others. The earliest recollections of the editor of The Courier recall the gentleness and the kindness of Mrs. Hardesty, who with her husband and family were next-door neighbors. Capt. Hardesty followed farming when he grew old enough to handle a plow and joined the company of local militia which guarded John Brown at Charles Town during those eventful days prior to the War between the States. When the bugle of that historic struggle made its call to arms, the militia company was organized into the Clarke Cavalry and Capt. Hardesty was made its captain After the war he again took up farming and latter [sic] went into the buying and selling of stock. His specialty was the handling of sheep and during those days he shipped thousands and thousands of head of stock from Clarke county. After the death of his wife, Mr. Hardesty retired from business and lived quietly at his home in the north end of town. He also took a leading part in the civic affairs and served several terms as Mayor of Berryville. Capt. Hardesty is survived by three children--Mr. Harry Hardesty, Mrs. J. W. Gaver, of Berryville, and Mrs. John Decker, of Waynesboro, Va. A large number of nephews and nieces and grand nephews and nieces also survive, as well as grand children and great grand children. Funeral services were held Saturday morning from his late residence, Rev. L. F. Harper officiating, assisted by Rev. M. S. Taylor, rector of Grace Church. His body was interred in Winchester. The pallbearers were Messrs. George C. Thomas, T. W. Whitaker, Adrian Hardesty, Wm. Moore, A. B. Windham, and D. L. Ramsburg.
- Source
- Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., June 30, 1921, Clarke Courier
- Date as printed
- 1921-06-30 (published)
- Passage
- Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., June 30, 1921, page 3 of the issue, per the Library of Congress record (printed page not recorded: the page prints no number), obituary "Capt. Jos. R. Hardesty, Confederate, Dies", the passage beginning "Capt. Joseph R. Hardesty, former Confederate..."
- What it supports
- The Clarke Courier of June 30, 1921 reports that Capt. Joseph H. Hardesty, former Confederate soldier, retired farmer and stock dealer, died the Thursday night before, aged 88. It says he was born in 1833 at Rock Hall, the Hardesty family farm on the Winchester pike opposite Minnie Wood Chapel, was made its captain when the militia company was organized into the Clarke Cavalry, afterward farmed and dealt in stock, and served several terms as mayor of Berryville.
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- Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., June 30, 1921, Page 3, obituary of Capt. Joseph H. Hardesty. The text was read from a transcription or machine reading, not from a saved page image.
- Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., June 30, 1921, Page 3, obituary of Capt. Joseph H. Hardesty, continued. The text was read from a transcription or machine reading, not from a saved page image.
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