History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 6910.
[Harrison County]   [Sylvan Dell Precinct]

HENRY H. HARDING, farmer, P. O. Shady Nook, born in Harrison County, Jan.
31, 1831; his grandfather Thomas Harding came from North Carolina at an
early day, and settled in Nicholas County, near Hooktown, where he resided
till [sic] he fell a victim in 1833 to that dreaded scourge, the cholera;
his father Wm. Harding survived the year of the great epidemic and was
carried off in 1835 by consumption.  Henry H. Harding was raised on a farm
and acquired the trade of cooper before he reached his majority; he married
first Nancy E., daughter of William and Mary (Maffit) Bishop, of Harrison
County; four children were born to them, two of whom, Napoleon B. and
Samantha Ann, are living; he next married Elizabeth, daughter of Jno. and
Visa (Friman) Florence, of Harrison County; they have eight children, all
living, named and aged respectively: Thomas McF., 20; Berry M., 18; Jno.
W., 15; Visa W., 13; Ira Ecty, 12; Luther, 7; Nannie M., 5; Henry N., 2;
self and wife members of Republican Christian Church.  Mr. Harding is a
member of the Orient (Masonic) Lodge, of Nicholas County, in which Lodge
he now holds the office of Junior Warden; in 1861 he was elected Constable
by the Republican party and served for five years.

Harding Maffit Bishop Friman Florence
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Nicholas-KY NC

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