Family Group Sheet
NameOrbie Hardin, 2C3R
Birth16 Mar 1894, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death13 Mar 1945, Williamson, Mingo Co., West Virginia
FatherWilliam H. Hardin (1860-1930)
MotherMary Frances Foster (1860-1943)
Marriageabt 1921
SpouseCarrie Wood
Birthabt 1905, Pennsylvania
Children
2 MHomer Carl Hardin, 3C2R
Birth26 Sep 1923, West Virginia
Death9 Oct 2007, Logan Co., West Virginia
4 MCecil Clyde Hardin, 3C2R
Birth26 Oct 1926, Pike Co., Kentucky
Death31 Dec 2000, Mingo Co., West Virginia.
5 FMary Bertha Hardin , 3C2R (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
6 MJoe Dick Hardin, 3C2R
Birth17 Mar 1930, Pike Co., Kentucky
Death20 Jun 1998, Charleston, Kanawha Co., West Virginia
7 FAleen Hardin , 3C2R (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
8 MJames Walter Hardin, 3C2R
Birth25 Jul 1934, Rawl, Mingo Co., West Virginia
Death26 Dec 1936, Rawl, Mingo Co., West Virginia
9 MJohn William “Bill” Hardin , 3C2R (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
10 MAlberta Hardin , 3C2R (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
Notes for Orbie Hardin
His WW I draft registration card, filed 5 June 1917, records Orbie Hardin, age 23, residence Bangor, Rowan Co., Ky, born 16 Mar 1894 in Bangor, Ky, occupation laborer at saw mill, employer T. H. Armetage, Paragoon, single, no dependents.
His WW II draft registration card, filed 27 April 1942, records Orbie Hardin, age 48, residence Rawl, Mingo Co., West Virginia, born 16 Mar 1894 in Morehead, Ky, employer Crystal Block Coal & Coke Co., Rawl, W.Va., nearest relative Mrs. Orbie Hardin, same address.
His death certificate records Orbey Hardin, age 54, born 17 Mar 1891 in Moorehead, Ky, died 13 Aug 1945 in Williamson, Mingo Co., West Virginia, residence Rawl, Mingo Co., WV, married, husband of Carey Woods Hardin, occupation miner, World War One veteran, father Bill Hardin, mother’s maiden name Betha Hardin, both born in Ky, cause of death abscess of spleen, liver and intestines, informant Cecil Hardin. (Burial location not recorded.)
An application for a WW I veteran’s memorial stone was filed on 9 Feb 1948 by Homer Hardin, Rawl, W.V., specifying the veteran as Orbie Hardin, born 17 Mar 1894, died 13 Aug 10 1945, enlisted 30 July 1917, discharged 22 April 1919, rank private, Company 340 Ky Infantry, 85th Division, cemetery M. Rawl, nearest freight Williamson, W.Va.
His WW II draft registration card, filed 27 April 1942, records Orbie Hardin, age 48, residence Rawl, Mingo Co., West Virginia, born 16 Mar 1894 in Morehead, Ky, employer Crystal Block Coal & Coke Co., Rawl, W.Va., nearest relative Mrs. Orbie Hardin, same address.
His death certificate records Orbey Hardin, age 54, born 17 Mar 1891 in Moorehead, Ky, died 13 Aug 1945 in Williamson, Mingo Co., West Virginia, residence Rawl, Mingo Co., WV, married, husband of Carey Woods Hardin, occupation miner, World War One veteran, father Bill Hardin, mother’s maiden name Betha Hardin, both born in Ky, cause of death abscess of spleen, liver and intestines, informant Cecil Hardin. (Burial location not recorded.)
An application for a WW I veteran’s memorial stone was filed on 9 Feb 1948 by Homer Hardin, Rawl, W.V., specifying the veteran as Orbie Hardin, born 17 Mar 1894, died 13 Aug 10 1945, enlisted 30 July 1917, discharged 22 April 1919, rank private, Company 340 Ky Infantry, 85th Division, cemetery M. Rawl, nearest freight Williamson, W.Va.
Census Notes for Orbie & Carrie (Family)
1930 census of Pike Co., Ky, Leckieville precinct, unincorporated place Aflex, enumerated 5 May, lists on p. 42A as family #181/185:
Hardin, Orbie, 37, age at first marriage 28 (? very faded), b. Ky Ky Ky, coal mining; Carrie, wife, 25, age at first marriage 17, b. Penn Penn; Russell, son, 7; Harold, son, 4; Homer, son, 6; Cecil, son, 3; Mary Bertha, dau, 1 10/12; Donny, son, 1/12. Russell and Harold born WVa Ky Penn, the younger children born Ky Ky Penn.
1940 census of Mingo Co., West Virginia, Lee district, Rawl unincorporated place, enumerated 9 April, lists on pp. 9A-9B as family #149:
Hardin, Orbie, 46, b. Ky, coal miner; Carrie, 36, wife, b. Penn; Russell, son, 17, b. WVa; Homer, son, 16, b. WVa; Harold, son, 15, b. Ky; Cecil, son, 13, b. Ky; Bertha, dau, 11, b. Ky; Joseph D., son, 10, b. Ky; Alene, dau, 8, b. WVa; John W., son, 3, b. WVa; Alberta, dau, 4/12, b. WVa. Living in same house in 1935.
Hardin, Orbie, 37, age at first marriage 28 (? very faded), b. Ky Ky Ky, coal mining; Carrie, wife, 25, age at first marriage 17, b. Penn Penn; Russell, son, 7; Harold, son, 4; Homer, son, 6; Cecil, son, 3; Mary Bertha, dau, 1 10/12; Donny, son, 1/12. Russell and Harold born WVa Ky Penn, the younger children born Ky Ky Penn.
1940 census of Mingo Co., West Virginia, Lee district, Rawl unincorporated place, enumerated 9 April, lists on pp. 9A-9B as family #149:
Hardin, Orbie, 46, b. Ky, coal miner; Carrie, 36, wife, b. Penn; Russell, son, 17, b. WVa; Homer, son, 16, b. WVa; Harold, son, 15, b. Ky; Cecil, son, 13, b. Ky; Bertha, dau, 11, b. Ky; Joseph D., son, 10, b. Ky; Alene, dau, 8, b. WVa; John W., son, 3, b. WVa; Alberta, dau, 4/12, b. WVa. Living in same house in 1935.
