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Susan Elizabeth HARDBARGER

Susan Elizabeth HARDBARGER

Female 1827 - 1898  (70 years)


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  • Name Susan Elizabeth HARDBARGER
    Birth 29 Sep 1827  Rockbridge Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Age in 1870 Census would put her birth in about 1832.
    Gender Female
    Census 1850  Rockbridge Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 13 Jul 1898  Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Burial Bluemont Cemetery, Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I103053  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2021

    Father Thomas HARDBARGER,   b. CA 1796, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. Indian Creek Baptist (aka Washburn) Cemetery, Washburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Mother Rachel SPEARS,   b. CA 1807, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. Indian Creek Baptist (aka Washburn) Cemetery, Washburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F17866  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nimrod BENNINGTON,   b. 9 Sep 1821, Rockbridge Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Nov 1892 (Age 71 years)  [3]
    Marriage 1 Jun 1848  Rockbridge Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5] 
    Notes 
    • "The Benningtons came from Rockbridge County, Virginia by covered wagon in the 1850s and settled first in Ritchie County, West Virginia. The Rockbridge County, Virginia Benningtons were descendants of Job Bennington, who came from Harford County, Maryland, and who fought in the Revolutionary War.

      "Nimrod Bennington, born September 9, 1821, died November 27, 1892, married first, on Jun 1, 1848 in Rockbridge County, Virginia, Susan Elizabeth Hardbarger. Born September 29, 1827, Susan died July 13, 1898 in Grafton. She was the daughter of Thomas and Rachel (Spears) Hardbarger, also of Rockbridge County, Virginia and Ritchie County, West Virginia. Nimrod married second, Martha Frances Rader, born February 14, 1850, died May 22, 1921, and raised a second family.

      "Nimrod Bennington was the son of John G. Bennington, born ca. 1794, and Elizabeth Morris, born ca. 1800, daughter of John Morris. John G. Bennington was the son of Job Bennington, Revolutionary War soldier.

      "Nimrod and Susan had a family of seven children: Martha married James Cain; William married Margaret Cain; Rachel married Michael Rice; Margaret mrarried Salathiel "George" Newlon; John married Rose Rosencrans; Mary married James Taylor; and Thomas married Julia Reddehase.

      "Nimrod never saw Thomas, his youngest child. When the Civil War broke out, Nimrod, being a Southern sympathizer, went back to Virginia to fight. After his return to near Harrisville, local sentiment was such that he was forced to return to Virginia, leaving his family behind."
      [submitted by Cheryl Jackson Malone]

      Source: "A History of Taylor County, West Virginia," Taylor County Historical & Genealogical Society, 1986, page 155.

      1850 Census, Rockbridge County, Virginia, enumerated on Aug 28 1850:
      Nimrod Bennington, 29, farmer, value of real estate $300; Betsy, 22; Martha A, 1; Sarah, 50. All born in Virginia.
      NOTE: The next enumerated household was that of Nimrod's parents, John & Elizabeth (Morris) Bennington and family.

      1860 Census, Ritchie County, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Aug 7 1860:
      Nimrod Bennington, 42, farmer, value of real estate $800, value of personal estate $112; Elizabeth, 31; Martha A, 12; William, 8; Rachel, 5; Elizabeth, 3; John M, 4 months. All born in Virginia.

      Nimrod Bennington left his family in Ritichie County and married Martha F. Rader in Pocahontas County in February 1870. An entry for him has not been found for him in the 1870 Census.

      1870 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union Twp), enumerated on Jun 14 1870:
      Elizabeth Bennington, 38; John, 12; William H, 16; Mary S, 8; Thomas D, 3.

      1880 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Murphy District), enumerated on Jun 16 1880:
      Susan E. Bennington, 52, widowed [sic]; dau Rachel S, 25, single, domestic; son Thomas D, 13, farm laborer; grandson William A, 3.
    Children 
    +1. Mary C. BENNINGTON,   b. 4 Sep 1862, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Oct 1917, Terre Haute, Vigo Co, IN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
    +2. Thomas Danson BENNINGTON,   b. 4 Jun 1867, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Mar 1930, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
    Family ID F42936  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

    2. [S1922] Taylor County Historical & Genealogical Society, Grafton, WV, A History of Taylor County West Virginia, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV (1986)), p. 155.

    3. [S1599] Birth record of son.

    4. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    5. [S2748] Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).