Robert N. Harding
Robert N. Harding was born around 1827 in Indiana to Samuel and Jane Harding. His father was a farmer who owned $15,000 of real estate and $1,000 of personal property by 1860. The family lived in Wayne, Indiana, and by 1850, he was also working as a farmer.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on December 9, 1861, and he mustered in as a sergeant in Company G of the 47th Indiana Infantry. The regiment took part in the siege of Vicksburg and the Red River campaign. He was promoted to 2nd lieutenant in February 1863, and he mustered out on October 23, 1865.
 
He returned to Wayne after the war and resumed his work as a farmer. He married Nancy Smith on May 16, 1865, and they had at least two children: Eugene, born around 1868; and Robert, born around 1873. By 1870, he owned $2,500 of personal property. He also served as deputy sheriff. He supported the Republican Party, and he attended several local conventions in the 1880s. His wife died in the late 1800s. In 1900, he briefly served as superintendent of the Marion County Workhouse. He died of pulmonary tuberculosis on November 2, 1903, in the Central Indiana Hospital for the Insane.
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(3225)Harding, Robert N.18271903-11-02
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Sergeant
  • Rank out: 2nd Lieutenant
  • Rank highest: 2nd Lieutenant
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 2

  • (8791) [writer] ~ Robert N. Harding to Shelton M. Harding, 4 May 1862
  • (8792) [writer] ~ Robert N. Harding to Shelton M. Harding, 9 January 1862

People - Records: 7

  • (3225) Harding, Robert N. is the [cousin of] (2912) Conaroe, Gabriella
  • (3225) Harding, Robert N. is the [cousin of] (2916) Harding, Sarah Jane
  • (3225) Harding, Robert N. is the [cousin of] (2936) Harding, Shelton M.
  • (3225) Harding, Robert N. is the [cousin of] (2968) Harding, Israel Jr.
  • (3225) Harding, Robert N. is the [cousin of] (3219) Harding, Lazarus R.
  • (2979) Harding, Nancy Ann is the [aunt/uncle of] (3225) Harding, Robert N.
  • (3222) Harding, Laban Newton is the [sibling of] (3225) Harding, Robert N.

Places - Records: 2

  • (379) [birth] ~ Indiana
  • (123) [death] ~ Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (283) [enlisted] [G] ~ 47th Indiana Infantry

Groups - Records: 1

  • (3) [member/supporter] ~ Republican Party
SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1900 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Indiana Select Marriages Index, 1748-1993, available from Ancestry.com; Indiana Death Certificates, 1899-2017, available from Ancestry.com; The Indianapolis (IN) Journal, 11 March 1884; The Indianapolis (IN) News, 22 August 1900