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Doraville Whitney was the
first Black settler in Isabella County in 1860. The first documentation of
an African-American settler in Mecosta County Michigan was James Guy.
His deed was signed by Abraham Lincoln. He obtained 160 acres in Wheatland
Township on May 30, 1861. Lloyd & Margaret Guy were the first
Black settlers in Montcalm County in 1861. The Homestead Act of 1862 allowed each
settler 160 acres in Michigan. By 1873 African-Americans owned
1,392 acres in the three counties of Isabella, Mecosta and Montcalm.
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Hardin/g
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Warren Gamaliel Harding
29th President
of the United States
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Joe Doe & Mary (Harding)
Norman
Mary (Harding) Norman
& Warren
Harding's
fathers
(John & Charles) were brothers.
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Ada Mae Harding-Nelson -
(1898)
(Ada was Mary Harding's Sister
Shown in
first picture)
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Virginia (Harding) Wilson
Mother of Eva May
Harding-Wilson
Wells |
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Eva May (Wilson) Wells
Civic Leader (Chicago) |
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John Cub Norman
Warren's First Cousin
Look at the
similarities.
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The Old Settlers Reunion Website was
able to obtain a headstone for Harrison Harding
through the Veteran's Administration
in
August 2008. Harrison was an
uncle to
Warren G. Harding - US President 29. |
NOTE: Most of the
historical records regarding Warren G. Harding have been removed and
expunged from the archives because of his official office and have
been given the term "Classified."
The Hardings were
ancestors of Ada Jane Harding, Mayles Nelson and Mary Harding (shown
in picture above), mother of Emma Todd,
Lucinda Todd and Mary Lett Harper, also the Charles and Myrtle Kettora
Lett families. Also see NELSON WEB
PAGE. Richard Harding was the first generation of Hardings
who came to America. He settled in Braintree, Massachusetts. In 1623
Richard’s daughter married a descendent of Francis Cook, who came over
on the Mayflower. The second generation was Stephen I and Abraham I.
The third generation was Richard II and Stephen II. The fourth
generation was Abraham III. The sixth generation was Amos III. Amos
III is listed as a West Indian. He was born in Otisville, NY. His
father was John Harding and his mother was Rhoda King. Amos married
Hulda Harding, and he founded the village of Clifford.
The seventh generation was
George Tryon Harding I (1791-1860). His father was Amos III. His
first wife was Anna Roberts, and his second wife’s name was
Elizabeth. The eighth generation was Charles A. Harding born in 1820
in Morrow County, Ohio. His wife was Mary Ann Crawford. The
ninth generation was Dr. George Tryon Harding II. He was born in 1843
and Warren’s father. Warren had seven (7) brothers and sisters:
Charity (Chat), Mary Clarissa (named after her grandmother), Eleanor Persilla, Charles
Alexsander, Abigail Victoria (Daisy), Georye Tyron “Deac” and Phoebe
Caroline (Carolyn)--teacher in a Colored School in Washington, DC.
John Harding was
married twice. Children by the first marriage were: Harson (Hank)
and Annie. His second marriage was to Malina Lett, the daughter of
Charles and Kettora Lett. Their children were: Solomon and Mary,
also listed were Charles, Lucinda and Hess Lett. Solomon was born in
1840 and spent his early life in Maryland. He later moved to Hocking
County, Ohio. Sometime in the early 1870’s, he moved to Montcalm
County, Michigan. He married Elizabeth Jessie Smith in Stanton,
Michigan. They had one daughter, Ada Jane. They resided in the area
until their death and both are buried at the McBride’s Cemetery,
McBride, Michigan. (Old Settlers Reunion Association, 1988).
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There are "Old Settlers"
who came from Canada via "The Underground Railroad." It was the
most dramatic nonviolent protest against slavery in the United States
that began in the Colonial Era and reached its peak between 1830 and
1865. An estimated 30,000 to 100,000 slaves
used the "railroad" to get to Canada; many others escaped to Mexico,
the Caribbean, and Europe.
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