It's a new dawn, it's a
new day, it's a new life and I am feeling good. This will probably
be my last post for a while as I am leaving to go to Albuquerque on
Tuesday morning. I will be in charge of my two grandsons while my
daughter, Michelle, and her husband, Nathan go on a two week cruse to
the Mediterriean Sea and surrounding area.
Today will be a short
and sweet blog about my grandma Harrison's mom and dad, Joseph Oder
Hardin and Laura Jane Matthews. They died before I was born so I
never did see them in person. I have stories that my mom always told
me as I was growing up.
Joseph Oder Hardin went
by the name of JO Hardin. But, he would laugh and say that his full
Christian name had one letter more than the alphabet. He said his
full name was Joseph Oder Quincy Adams Hardin. JO Hardin and his
family came to Kentucky from Culpepper County, Virginia. His wife,
Laura Jane Matthews was hard of hearing and was always pictured
wearing a 'new fangled' hearing aid. I big complicated contraption.
My grandpa Harrison
left home in Jackson County, Kentucky to go to the neighboring county
of Garrard. He worked for J.O. Harding on his farm. JO Hardin and
Laura Jane had ten kids, 9 girls and 1 boy. My grandma used to laugh and say she was about 7 or 8 years old before she learned what
his name was. Everyone called him 'brother'.
Grandpa Harrison was
sweet on one of JO's daughters, my future grandmother, Lillie Ann
Hardin. When they first were married, they moved into a small one
room cabin on JO's land.
On my next blog I will
try to bring in the link to the King and Queen of Denmark.
I am attaching a
picture of JO Hardin and his family. My grandma Lillie Ann Hardin is standing right behind her mother.
Til next time, live
large.
jim
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