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 AMUEL RARDIN. The essential facts in the history of the gentleman whose name stands at the head of this sketch, are mainly as follows: He is a native of Morgan Township, this county, his birth taking place on the farm of his father, John H. Rardin, Jan. 2, 1850. The mother before her marriage, was Miss Malinda Clark. The parents came to this State during the pioneer days, enduring bravely and cheerfully, with their compeers, the hardships and difficulties of life in a new country. John H. Rardin was born in Rising Sun, Ind., whence he was conveyed by his parents when about three months old, to Campbell County, Ky. He was the son of Samuel and Catherine (Light) Rardin, natives of Campbell County, Ky., where the father followed farming until about 1842, then coming to this State, located in Morgan Township, where he established a permanent home. The parental household included twelve children, eight now living. The father of our subject was thrice married, his second wife being Miss Rebecca Hurst, who became the mother of one child, a daughter Malinda, now the wife of J. Calhoun, of Rardin. Mrs. Rebecca Rardin died in 1870. The third wife was Miss Nancy Campbell, who became the mother of one son, John H., Jr. The children of the first marriage were, Mary Ann, Benjamin, Samuel, James K., William W. and Robert B. The father is a retired farmer. Samuel Rardin spent his childhood and youth mostly on the homestead, and in attendance at the district schools. His plans for the future included the establishment of a home and family ties of his own, and he was married in the spring of 1887, to Miss Lucy Ryan, of Clark County, Ill. She is the daughter of Louis and Polly (McCrory) Ryan, natives of Indiana, who became the parents of four children: Roscoe, still at home with his mother; Jennie, deceased; Lucy, the wife of our subject, and Mattie, the wife of John Carper, of Clark County. Our subject was appointed Postmaster of Rardin in 1875, which office he held until 1887, and in the meantime also engaged in general merchandising, carrying a stock comprising nearly everything required in the household and on the farm. Upon withdrawing from this office he turned his attention principally to stock and grain raising, which he has conducted on the farm of his father with most satisfactory results. He is Democratic in politics, and has held the offices of Collector and Town Clerk. He received the advantages of a good education, completing his studies at Westfield, and has kept himself thoroughly posted upon current events. Mrs. Rardin is finely educated, and was teacher in the school at Martinsville, Clark County, for three years. She is a great favorite, socially, and a member in good standing of the Methodist Episcopal Church. |
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