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Fry Family History

(last update 12 Sep 2004)

Ninth Generation

( JOHN DAVIS⁸, JAMES FOUR⁷, FRANCIS⁶, JAMES⁵, DANIEL⁴, JAMES³, PETER², BARTHOLOMEW¹)

Children of John Davis Hardgrave and Virginia Armstrong

1. Sarah Ann Hardgrave [6571] was born 18 January 1838 in Arkansas, and died 1871 or 1881 in Johnson County, Arkansas. She married William B. Smedley on 25 November 1861 in Arkansas. He was born 1833 in Arkansas. William was a Second Lieutenant in Company K of the 10th Arkansas Militia. On 31 May 1862 William enlisted as a Third Lieutenant in Company D of the 4th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment. He was captured in Lynn County, Kansas on 23 October 1864 and sent to the military prison on Johnson's Island, Ohio. He was release on oath on 16 June 1865, after the Confederate surrender. He was described as being 5 feet 10 inches tall with blue eyes, fair hair and complexion.

Children of Sarah Hardgrave and William Smedley are:

William Edwin Smedley, born 12 September 1861 in Arkansas; died 23 February 1863 in Arkansas.
James D. Smedley, born 28 February 1864 in Arkansas; died 1898 in Johnson County, Arkansas.
Virginia E. Smedley, born 06 May 1868 in Arkansas.
Anna Smedley, born about 1871 in Arkansas.

Bibliography

1850 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County.

3. Elizabeth Frances Hardgrave [6578] was born 6 June 1842 in Arkansas, and died 13 December 1917 in Arkansas. She married (1) Thomas Payne on 25 October 1860 in Johnson County, Arkansas. He was born 1840. She married (2) Charley P. Clark on 19 December 1867 in Johnson County, Arkansas. He was born about 1835 in Missouri.

Child of Elizabeth Hardgrave and Thomas Payne is:

John T. Payne, born about 1862 in Johnson County, Arkansas.

Child of Elizabeth Hardgrave and Charley Clark is:

Mary V. Clark, born November 1868 in Arkansas.

Bibliography

1850 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County.

5. John Davis Hardgrave [6589] was born 19 July 1846 in Johnson County, Arkansas and died 24 September 1882 in Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas. John served the Union during the Civil War, enlisting as a Private in Company K of the 2nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment on 10 January 1864 in Clarksville. He deserted at Lewisburg, Arkansas on 27 July 1864. He married Cynthia Sophrina Ogden, daughter of David Lavica Ogden, on 26 December 1867 in Johnson County, Arkansas. She was born 21 May 1844 in War Eagle, Madison County, Arkansas, and died 31 May 1941 in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas. James was a farmer. After his death Cynthia continued to operate the farm. They are both buried in Hardgrave Cemetery, Hunt, Johnson County, Arkansas.

Children of John Hardgrave and Cynthia Ogden are:

Augustus Lee Hardgrave, born 12 July 1869 in Smeadley, Johnson County, Arkansas; died 14 September 1946 in Altus, Franklin County, Arkansas. Buried in Hardgrave Cemetery, Johnson County, Arkansas.
Jesse Harlow Hardgrave, born 11 December 1870 in Arkansas; died 09 September 1959 in Oklahoma.
Alice Clementine Hardgrave, born 2 February 1872 in Arkansas.
Lawrence or Lewis Davis Hardgrave, born 5 April 1875; died 25 October 1881 in Arkansas. Buried in Hardgrave Cemetery, Johnson County, Arkansas.
Archibald James Harrison Hardgrave, born 10 May 1877 in Johnson County, Arkansas; died 26 March 1981 in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas.
William Washburn Hardgrave, born 20 January 1880 in Arkansas; died 18 March 1882 in Arkansas. Buried in Hardgrave Cemetery, Johnson County, Arkansas.
Sarah Myrlis Virginia Hardgrave, born 9 February 1881 in Arkansas; died 22 February 1915 in Arkansas.

Bibliography

1850 Federal Census, AR, Madison County, Bowen Township, page 292b, David Ogden.

1850 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County.

1860 Federal Census, AR, Madison County, Bowen Township, page 443, David Ogden.

1860 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County, Horsehead Township.

1870 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County, Grant Township, page 29b, dwelling 165.

1900 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County, Lee Township, page 99a, Synthia Hardgrave.

Desmond Walls Allen, Second Arkansas Union Infantry, Arkansas Research, Conway, Arkansas, 1987

Grave markers, Hardgrave Cemetery, Johnson County, Arkansas