Laban Newton Harding
Laban Newton Harding was born around 1844 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. He grew up and attended school in Wayne, Indiana, and by 1860, he was working as a farm laborer.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on May 2, 1864, and he mustered in as a private in Company A of the 132nd Indiana Infantry on May 18. The regiment spent the next few months guarding railroads in Stevenson, Alabama, and Nashville, Tennessee. He mustered out on August 1, 1864, when his term of enlistment expired.
 
After leaving the army, he attended college in Indianapolis, Indiana. He eventually moved to Kansas City, Kansas, and he married Mary Emma Zane around 1891. Their son Kenneth was born around 1896. He applied for a federal pension in March 1892 and eventually received one. He worked as a police officer in Kansas City, and he died there of “stomach trouble” in February 1905.
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(3222)Harding, Laban Newton18441905-02
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 1

  • (8788) [writer] ~ Laban N. Harding to Israel Harding Jr., 12 June 1864

People - Records: 7

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

Places - Records: 2

  • (379) [birth] ~ Indiana
  • (182) [death] ~ Kansas City, Kansas

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (1200) [enlisted] [A] ~ 132nd Indiana Infantry
SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, and 1900 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; The Wyandott Herald (Kansas City, KS), 23 February 1905