Descendants of Stephen HARDISON
Descendants of Stephen HARDISON
First Generation
1. Stephen Hardison-[214] was born about 1662 in Kittery, York, ME.
Stephen married Mary Taylor-[213] [MRIN:68]. They had the following children:
+ 2 M i. Stephen Hardison-[212] was born on 9 May 1693 in Kittery, York, ME
Second Generation (Children)
2. Stephen Hardison-[212] (Stephen1) was born on 9 May 1693 in Kittery, York, ME.
Stephen married Alice Abbott-[211] [MRIN:67]. They had the following children:
+ 3 M i. Joseph Hardison-[210] was born on 3 Sep 1732 in Kittery, York, ME
Third Generation (Grandchildren)
3. Joseph Hardison-[210] (Stephen2, Stephen1) was born on 3 Sep 1732 in Kittery, York, ME.
Joseph married Mary Pike-[209] [MRIN:66]. They had the following children:
+ 4 M i. Samuel May Hardison-[208] was born in 1753
Fourth Generation (Great Grandchildren)
4. Samuel May Hardison-[208] (Joseph3, Stephen2, Stephen1) was born in 1753.
Samuel married Rebecca Chadbourn-[207] [MRIN:65]. They had the following children:
+ 5 M i. Joseph Hardison-[206] was born in 1774 in Berwick, York, ME, died on 22 Apr 1858 in Caribou (Lyndon), Aroostook, ME and was buried in Caribou, Aroostook, ME
Fifth Generation (Great Great Grandchildren)
5. Joseph Hardison-[206] (Samuel May4, Joseph3, Stephen2, Stephen1) was born in 1774 in Berwick, York, ME, died on 22 Apr 1858 in Caribou (Lyndon), Aroostook, ME and was buried in Caribou, Aroostook, ME. Ancestral File Number:VKPZ-9R.
Joseph married Betsy Hearl-[205] [MRIN:64] on 28 Feb 1799. They had the following children:
+ 6 M i. Ivory Hardison-[203] was born in 1799 in Berwick, York, ME, died on 11 May 1875 in Caribou, Aroostook, ME and was buried in Caribou, Aroostook, ME
7 F ii. Mary Hardison-[315] was born on 21 Dec 1800 in Berwick, York, ME, died on 4 Mar 1872 in Caribou, Aroostook, ME and was buried in Caribou, Aroostook, ME. Ancestral File Number:VKQ5-KX.
8 F iii. Alice Hardison-[313] was born in 1802 in Berwick, York, ME, died on 28 Dec 1871 in Caribou, Aroostook, ME and was buried in Caribou, Aroostook, ME. Ancestral File Number:VKPZ-2K.
9 M iv. Hiram Hardison-[316] was born about 1804 in North Berwick, York, ME. Ancestral File Number:VKQ5-WN.
10 F v. Olive Hardison-[311] was born in Sep 1807 in North Berwick, York, ME and died in Lynn, MA. Ancestral File Number:VKPX-MC.
11 M vi. Joseph Hardison-[317] was born on 7 Apr 1811 in North Berwick, York, ME and died on 2 Jul 1885 in Dexter, Penobscot, ME. Ancestral File Number:VKQ6-D7.
12 F vii. Betsey Hardison-[312] was born about 1813 in North Berwick, York, ME. Ancestral File Number:VKPX-PP.
Sixth Generation (3rd Great Grandchildren)
6. Ivory Hardison-[203] (Joseph5, Samuel May4, Joseph3, Stephen2, Stephen1) was born in 1799 in Berwick, York, ME, died on 11 May 1875 in Caribou, Aroostook, ME and was buried in Caribou, Aroostook, ME. Ancestral File Number:R2VD-69.
Ivory married Dorcas Abbott-[204] [MRIN:63], daughter of Unknown and Unknown, on 23 Oct 1822 in China, Kennebec, ME.
They had the following children:
+ 13 M i. Oliver Abbott Hardison-[297] was born on 18 May 1829 in Kennebec, Maine and died on 25 Jun 1902 in Caribou, , Maine
+ 14 F ii. Mary Ann Hardison-[300] was born on 21 Apr 1831 in Winslow, Kennebec, ME, died on 23 Jun 1916 in Santa Paula, Ventura, CA and was buried in Santa Paula, Ventura, CA
15 M iii. Rufus Hardison-[301] was born about 1823 in China, Kennebec, ME. Ancestral File Number:VKPV-10.
+ 16 M iv. Jacob Hardison-[302] was born on 11 Mar 1825 in Winslow, Kennebec, ME, died on 27 Mar 1891 in Caribou, Aroostook, ME and was buried in Caribou, Aroostook, ME
+ 17 F v. Dorcas S. Hardison-[303] was born on 7 Mar 1827 in Winslow, Kennebec, ME and died on 10 Sep 1919 in Caribou, Aroostook, ME
+ 18 M vi. Martin Van Buren Hardison-[11015] was born on 2 Nov 1835 in China, ME and died on 18 Dec 1895 in Caribou, Aroostook, ME
+ 19 M vii. Ai Hardison-[305] was born on 31 Mar 1838 in Winslow, Kennebec, ME and died on 14 Nov 1916 in Whittier, CA
+ 20 M viii. James Henry Hardison-[306] was born on 5 Feb 1841 in China, Kennebec, ME, died on 4 Nov 1929 in Montebelo, CA and was buried in Whittier, CA. See James' Recollections of the Early Oil Industry
21 M ix. Harvey Hardison-[307] was born on 9 Feb 1844 in Caribou, Aroostook, ME and died on 4 Apr 1890 in Santa Paula, Ventura, CA. Ancestral File Number:VKPW-T8. Two of [Wallace] Hardison's older brothers had migrated to Pennsylvania and had learned the driller's trade and learned it well. They became contract drillers for the Stewarts, as well as wildcatters in their own right, and Harvey Hardison held Lyman Stewart's highest accolade, "he always left a clean hole."Harvey, Wallace's right-hand man in field operations was killed on April 4, 1890 by and explosion of gas in one of H. & S.'s tunnels on Sulphur Mountain.
+ 22 F x. Ida M. Hardison-[11004] was born on 24 Jul 1846 in Caribou (Lyndon), Aroostook, ME and died on 30 Oct 1925 in Santa Paula, Ventura, CA
+ 23 M xi. Wallace Libby Hardison-[310] was born on 26 Aug 1850 in Caribou (Lyndon), Aroostook, ME and died on 10 Apr 1909 in Los Angeles, CA
Seventh Generation (4th Great Grandchildren)
13. Oliver Abbott Hardison-[297] (Ivory6, Joseph5, Samuel May4, Joseph3, Stephen2, Stephen1) was born on 18 May 1829 in Kennebec, Maine and died on 25 Jun 1902 in Caribou, , Maine. Ancestral File Number:Q0SC-BG.
Oliver married Mary Louise O'leary-[11028] [MRIN:287] in 1851.
They had the following children:
24 M i. Edwin A Hardison-[11027] .
Edwin married Mary Walker-[11020] [MRIN:296].
25 F ii. Annie Hardison-[11026] .
Annie married Clarence Titcomb-[11021] [MRIN:285].
26 M iii. Lewis Abbott Hardison-[11025] was born in 1857 and died in 1881.
Lewis married Margaret Brooking-[11022] [MRIN:286].
27 M iv. George Wallace Hardison-[11024] was born on 29 Feb 1864 in Caribou, Aroostook, ME and died on 2 Apr 1941 in Caribou, Aroostook, ME.
14. Mary Ann Hardison-[300] (Ivory6, Joseph5, Samuel May4, Joseph3, Stephen2, Stephen1) was born on 21 Apr 1831 in Winslow, Kennebec, ME, died on 23 Jun 1916 in Santa Paula, Ventura, CA and was buried in Santa Paula, Ventura, CA. Ancestral File Number:R2VD-GN.George married Terssa Hardison-[11012] [MRIN:283], daughter of Martin Van Buren Hardison-[11015] and Lucy Nickerson-[11014], on 7 May 1893.
Mary married James Bishop-[11018] [MRIN:259].
They had the following children:
28 F i. Zittie Evelyn Bishop-[11017] .
29 F ii. Estella Bishop-[11016] .16. Jacob Hardison-[302] (Ivory6, Joseph5, Samuel May4, Joseph3, Stephen2, Stephen1) was born on 11 Mar 1825 in Winslow, Kennebec, ME, died on 27 Mar 1891 in Caribou, Aroostook, ME and was buried in Caribou, Aroostook, ME. Ancestral File Number:VKPV-CP.
Jacob married Elizabeth Adaline Smiley-[11051] [MRIN:314] on 7 Mar 1850.
They had the following children:
30 M i. Waldo A. Hardison-[11050] was born on 11 Feb 1851 and died on 9 Dec 1936. His brother Lowell wrote a Sketch of the Life of Waldo A. Hardison
31 M ii. Lowell Mason Hardison-[11049] was born on 25 Aug 1852 and died on 1 Oct 1946.
Lowell married Allie L Wilson-[11041] [MRIN:309].
32 M iii. Haines Sidney Hardison-[11048] was born on 11 May 1855 and died on 5 Jan 1930.
Haines married May Merrill-[11042] [MRIN:312] on 1 Jan 1878 in Caribou, Aroostook, ME.
33 M iv. George Lincoln Hardison-[11047] was born on 11 Aug 1857 and died on 4 Jan 1862.
34 M v. Parker Leroy Hardison-[11046] was born on 1 Feb 1860 and died on 4 Nov 1916.
Parker married Tirza Fisher-[11043] [MRIN:311].
35 M vi. Allen Crosby Hardison-[11045] was born on 22 Apr 1869 in Caribou, Aroostook, ME and died on 7 Jul 1965 in Santa Paula, Ventura, CA.
17. Dorcas S. Hardison-[303] (Ivory6, Joseph5, Samuel May4, Joseph3, Stephen2, Stephen1) was born on 7 Mar 1827 in Winslow, Kennebec, ME and died on 10 Sep 1919 in Caribou, Aroostook, ME. Ancestral File Number:VKPV-N8.Allen married Cora Lenore Crane-[11044] [MRIN:313] on 14 Dec 1892.
Dorcas married Samuel Wilson Collins-[11039] [MRIN:303] in Dec 1844. [He] was identified with the lumber industry in the old Pine Tree State during virtually his entire active career and was eighty-seven years of age at the time of his death. They had the following children:
36 M i. Charles Collins-[11038] was born on 12 Dec 1947 in Aroostook County, Maine. Charles P. Collins, a Hardison cousin, also entered the oil game in Pennsylvania as a leasor and crude-oil speculator. Using funds gained as a railroad-tie contractor, Wallace Hardison joined his cousin in the firm of Collins and Hardison, which sold crude to the Stewarts, and this resulted in an informal partnership between him and Lyman Stewart.18. Martin Van Buren Hardison-[11015] (Ivory6, Joseph5, Samuel May4, Joseph3, Stephen2, Stephen1) was born on 2 Nov 1835 in China, ME and died on 18 Dec 1895 in Caribou, Aroostook, ME. Ancestral File Number:VKPW-8B.
37 F ii. Florence Collins-[11037]
+ 38 F iii. Clara Wilson Collins-[11036] was born in 1849 and died in 1935
Martin married Lucy Nickerson-[11014] [MRIN:295]. They had the following children:
39 M i. Harvey Hardison-[11013] .
40 F ii. Terssa Hardison-[11012] was born on 25 May 1869 in Caribou, Aroostook, ME and died on 2 Jun 1943 in Caribou, Aroostook, ME. Terssa married George Wallace Hardison-[11024] [MRIN:283], son of Oliver Abbott Hardison-[297] and Mary Louise O'leary-[11028], on 7 May 1893.
19. Ai Hardison-[305] (Ivory6, Joseph5, Samuel May4, Joseph3, Stephen2, Stephen1) was born on 31 Mar 1838 in Winslow, Kennebec, ME and died on 14 Nov 1916 in Whittier, CA. Ancestral File Number:VKPW-CT.
Ai married Josephine Pratt-[11011] [MRIN:284]. They had the following children:
41 F i. Luna Hardison-[11010] .20. James Henry Hardison-[306] (Ivory6, Joseph5, Samuel May4, Joseph3, Stephen2, Stephen1) was born on 5 Feb 1841 in China, Kennebec, ME, died on 4 Nov 1929 in Montebelo, CA and was buried in Whittier, CA. Ancestral File Number:VKPW-PK.
James married Mary Brookings-[11008] [MRIN:293].
They had the following children:
42 M i. Wallace B Hardison-[11007] .
43 F ii. Bertha Hardison-[11006] .22. Ida M. Hardison-[11004] (Ivory6, Joseph5, Samuel May4, Joseph3, Stephen2, Stephen1) was born on 24 Jul 1846 in Caribou (Lyndon), Aroostook, ME and died on 30 Oct 1925 in Santa Paula, Ventura, CA. Ancestral File Number:VKPX-2F.
Ida married Addison John Brown-[202] [MRIN:62] on 30 Oct 1867 in Presque Isle, Aroostook, ME. They had the following children:
44 M i. Chester Wallace Brown-[318] was born on 29 Oct 1868 in Washburn, ME and died in Oct 1934. Ancestral File Number:VKQ9-H5. Believed to have worked the oil fields with S.C. Graham
+ 45 F ii. Mayme Brown-[174] was born on 16 Jan 1871 in Washburn, ME

23. Wallace Libby Hardison-[310] (Ivory6, Joseph5, Samuel May4, Joseph3, Stephen2, Stephen1) was born on 26 Aug 1850 in Caribou (Lyndon), Aroostook, ME and died on 10 Apr 1909 in Los Angeles, CA. Ancestral File Number:VKPX-D5. See Notes on Wallace Hardison
They had the following children:
46 M i. Guy Hardison-[11001] was born on 3 Apr 1876. Guy married Zetta Nordyke-[10998] [MRIN:292].
47 F ii. Agusta Hardison-[11000] was born on 29 May 1880.
48 F iii. Hope Hardison-[10999] was born on 30 Apr 1889.
Eighth Generation (5th Great Grandchildren)
38. Clara Wilson Collins-[11036] (Dorcas S. Hardison17, Ivory6, Joseph5, Samuel May4, Joseph3, Stephen2, Stephen1) was born in 1849 and died in 1935.
Clara married Milton Dana Teague-[11035] [MRIN:308].
They had the following children:
49 U i. Zoe Teague-[11034] .
50 F ii. Madge Teague-[11033] .
51 M iii. Charles Collins Teague-[11032] was born in 1873.
Charles married Harriett McKEVETT-[11031] [MRIN:263] in 1897.
45. Mayme Brown-[174] (Ida M. Hardison22, Ivory6, Joseph5, Samuel May4, Joseph3, Stephen2, Stephen1) was born on 16 Jan 1871 in Washburn, ME. Ancestral File Number:VKQ9-RJ.Clara also married Jacob K Gries-[11030] [MRIN:297].
Mayme married Samuel Camden Graham-[140] [MRIN:3], on 28 Feb 1893 in Santa Paula, Ventura, CA. They had the following children:
+ 52 M i. Harland Brown Graham-[18] was born on 6 Jan 1894 in Santa Paula, Ventura, CA and died on 26 Apr 1965 in Alhambra, CA
53 M ii. Grayson Bard Graham-[216] was born on 12 Nov 1902 in Los Angeles, CA. Ancestral File Number:VKQ9-TV.
Ninth Generation (6th Great Grandchildren)
52. Harland Brown Graham-[18] (Mayme Brown45, Ida M. Hardison22, Ivory6, Joseph5, Samuel May4, Joseph3, Stephen2, Stephen1) was born on 6 Jan 1894 in Santa Paula, Ventura, CA and died on 26 Apr 1965 in Alhambra, CA. Ancestral File Number:VKQ9-SP.
Harland married Alberta Marx-[19] [MRIN:6]. They had the following children.
54 M i. Fred Brown Graham-[15] was born on 8 Jul 1928 in Sacramento, CA and died on 8 Apr 2001 in San Francisco, CA.
55 M ii. Bruce Harland Graham-[139] was born on 13 Jul 1930 and died in Sep 1961.