George E. Harding

Birth Date

c1827

Death Date

1863-03-26

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

St. Louis, Missouri, merchant and bank president. Kentucky native. Son of William L. Harding and America Harding. Married to Leannah McClelland in Logan County, Kentucky, in September 1848. Father of Nannie Harding, Clara Harding, and America Harding. Merchant in Logan County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Logan County in 1850. Merchant in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in St. Louis in 1860. President of Union Bank of Missouri in 1861. Owned Mike [Unknown] in St. Louis in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, Russellville, p. 66B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, Russellville.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Missouri, St. Louis County, St. Louis Ward 5, p. 142.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Missouri, St Louis County, St Louis Ward 5, p. 342B.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Logan County Marriages, Film 000364500.
Missouri, Wills and Probate Records, 1766-1988, St. Louis, Probate Court, 1816-1928, pgs. 195-197.
"America Hise Harding (1809-1864)," Find A Grave, Memorial 143543954, accessed October 18, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143543954.
"George E. Harding (unknown-1863)," Find A Grave, Memorial 144005622, accessed October 10, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144005622.
KYR-0001-017-0258.

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