Butte County
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GEORGE
WILLIAM HARDY
GEORGE
WILLIAM HARDY.--The Hawkeye State claims George William Hardy as a native
son, as he was born at Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa, on November 4,
1884. His parents were William R. Hardy,
a native of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Jennie (Anderson) Hardy, born in Iowa.
The paternal ancestors of George
William Hardy were from England, where his grandfather, Robert Hardy, was born,
and who came to America and settled at Brooklyn, N. Y., when he was a boy of
ten years. The grandfather during his
business career accumulated considerable means, but lost it all by becoming
security for a friend, so that William R. Hardy, the father of the subject of
this sketch, was compelled to make his own way in the world from a boy of
tender years. William R. first went to
Brooklyn, N. Y.; afterwards he located in Kansas, and from there he moved to
Florida. In 1892, he migrated to Oregon
and engaged in mining on Jackson Creek.
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Hardy were the parents of four children; George
William Hardy being the third eldest. He
was educated in the public schools of Oregon, at Jacksonville.
In 1903, G.W. Hardy removed to Redding,
Cal., and nine months later he came to Chico, where he entered the employ of
the Chico Ice and Cold Storage Company.
He was under Mr. Heileman, and was employed there from the building of
the plant and also assisted in the erection of the machinery. He ran the engine that made the ice during
the management of Mr. Heileman. The
plant was sold to A.G. Eames, and continued doing business under the same
name. Later it was sold to the Union Ice
Company, and G.W. remained with the new company, which installed the Jewell
System for making ice. Then, on account
of failing health, he was obliged to resign his position as engineer and
special repairman.
Wishing to engage in stock-raising and
farming, on April 7, 1917, he filed on a homestead of three hundred twenty
acres of land near Madeline, Lassen County.
He has made improvements, building a residence and barn and clearing
some of the land. Fortunately the water
is close to the surface, so that his meadow is sub-irrigated.
G.W. Hardy was united in marriage on
January 1, 1908, with Miss Pearl Fay Adamson, a native of Iowa, born in Jewell
Junction. She is a daughter of John H.
and Jennie (Bond) Adamson, who were born in Indiana and Iowa respectively. Mrs. Adamson is a sister of Lon Bond, of
Chico. Mr. and Mrs. Adamson moved to
Chico, in 1892, and here they bought an orchard of fifteen acres on Pomona
Avenue. Mrs. Hardy is the fourth in
order of birth of their family of five children.
Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Hardy are the parents
of two children: Wilfred Gerald, and
Wilma Fay. Mrs. Hardy is a member of the
Baptist Church, and Mr. Hardy in politics supports the Republican Party.
Transcribed by
Rhonda Ruick O'Brien.
Source: "History of
Butte County, Cal.," by George C. Mansfield, Page 1263, Historic Record Co, Los
Angeles, CA, 1918.
© 2009 Rhonda Ruick O'Brien.
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