Samuel Wesley Harden
(1817-1894)
Sarah Ellen Haines Baker
(1819-1870)
Samuel Wesley Harden
(1845-1923)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Mary Elizabeth Fast

Samuel Wesley Harden 1 2 3 4 5

  • Born: 19 November 1845, , Marion County, VA 3 5
  • Marriage (1): Mary Elizabeth Fast on 22 March 1866 in , Marion County, WV 1 2 3
  • Died: 14 March 1923, Catawba, WV at age 77 4 5
  • Buried: After 14 March 1923, Catawba Cemetery, Catawba, WV 5
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bullet  General Notes:


Following the death of his 1st wife, Mary Elizabeth Fast, in 1897, Samuel was remarried to Gertrude Gertie Lowther in 1905 in Marion County, West Virginia.
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bullet  Death Notes:


Name: Samuel W. Harden
Event Date: 14 Mar 1923
Event Place: Catawba, Marion, West Virginia
Gender: Male
Age (Expanded): 77 years
Birth Date: 1846
Father's Name: Samuel Harden
Affiliate Repository Type: County Records

Citing this Record
"West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NML7-HZK : 10 March 2018), Samuel W. Harden, 14 Mar 1923; citing Catawba, Marion, West Virginia, County Records, 85, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 834,817.
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Clinton District, Monongalia, WV on 14 July 1870. 2

1870 US Census
Page 38, Family 284
Clinton Magisterial District, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States
Westley Harden..23..West Virginia..Farmer

(Living with wife and 2 sons.)

NOTE - If his birth date was in Nov 1845, then his age should have been 24 instead of 23.
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on June 1880. 3

1880 US Census
Page 521A, Family 66, Roll 1407
Winfield Magisterial District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Wesley Harden..Head..34..West Virginia..Farmer

(Living with wife and 5 children.)
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• He was buried after 14 March 1923 in the Catawba Cemetery in Catawba, WV.

Find a Grave Memorial 74536020
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Samuel married Mary Elizabeth Fast, daughter of Richard H. Fast and Sarah Trickett, on 22 March 1866 in , Marion County, WV.1 2 3 (Mary Elizabeth Fast was born on 25 June 1847 in Virginia,2 3 6 7 died on 10 January 1897 in Catawba, WV 7 and was buried on 11 January 1897 in Catawba Cemetery, Catawba, WV 7.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Clinton District, Monongalia, WV on 14 July 1870. 2

1870 US Census
Page 38, Family 284
Clinton Magisterial District, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States
Westley Harden..23..West Virginia..Farmer
Mary Harden..22..West Virginia..Keeps House
George Harden..3..West Virginia
Emery Harden..1..West Virginia
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• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on June 1880. 3

1880 US Census
Page 521A, Family 66, Roll 1407
Winfield Magisterial District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Wesley Harden..Head..34..West Virginia..Farmer
Mary Harden..Wife..32..West Virginia..Keeping House
George Harden..Son..13..Missouri
Richard Harden..Son..11..West Virginia
William E. Harden..Son..8..West Virginia
Virginia Harden..Daughter..6..West Virginia
Ora Harden..Daughter..3..West Virginia
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bullet  Marriage Notes:


Name: Samuel W. Harden
Sex: Male
Father's Name: Samuel Harden
Father's Sex: Male
Mother's Name: Sarah Harden
Mother's Sex: Female
Spouse's Name: Mary E. Fash
Spouse's Sex: Female
Spouse's Father's Name: Richard Fash
Spouse's Father's Sex: Male
Spouse's Mother's Name: Sarah Fash
Marriage Date: 22 Mar 1866
Marriage Place: Marion, West Virginia, United States
Source Details: 4-1866

Citing this Record
"West Virginia Marriages, 1854-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR4Y-B6X : 30 January 2020), Samuel W. Harden, 1866.
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Sources


1 "West Virginia Marriages, 1854-1932," database, FamilySearch (accessed 1 August 2021), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR4Y-B6X : 30 January 2020), Samuel W. Harden, 1866.

2 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Clinton Magisterial District, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States, p. 38, family 284, Samuel Wesley Harden and Mary Elizabeth Fast; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 1 August 2021); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593.

3 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Winfield Magisterial District, Marion, West Virginia, United States, p. 521A, family 66, Samuel Wesley Harden and Mary Elizabeth Fast; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 1 August 2021); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1407.

4 "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (accessed 1 August 2021), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NML7-HZK : 10 March 2018), Samuel W. Harden, 14 Mar 1923; citing Catawba, Marion, West Virginia, County Records, 85, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 834,817.

5 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ ); accessed 01 August 2021, memorial page for Samuel Wesley Harden (19 Nov 1845-14 Mar 1923), Find a Grave Memorial ID 74536020, citing Catawba Cemetery, Catawba, Marion County, West Virginia, USA

6 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Third Magisterial District, Marion County, Virginia, p. 98, dwelling 730, family 692, Richard H. Fast and Letha Farrell Jacobs; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 6 Feb 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 1361.

7 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ ); accessed 01 August 2021, memorial page for Mary E Fast Harden (4 Jun 1847-10 Jan 1897), Find a Grave Memorial ID 74536077, citing Catawba Cemetery, Catawba, Marion County, West Virginia, USA


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