William Thomas and Juda Frances Lee Hardee’s daughter
Lucinda J. “Cindy” Hardee

Lucinda J. Hardee was the fifth child of William and Juda Hardee. Her name in records is listed as Lucinda or Cindy/Cinda/Sindy. She was born April of 1861 or 1862 in Alabama. I believe about 1869 or 1870 her family traveled to Van Zandt County, Texas when she was about 7 or 8 years old.

The family is found in 1870 living in Van Zandt Co., Texas and in 1880 the family is living in Johnson Co., Texas. Lucinda is listed in both as single and she is 27 years old in 1880.

In 1900, both her parents have died and she is living as a single female with her younger brother Pink Hardee and his wife and children in Alvarado, Johnson Co., Texas. She is listed as Sindy and it lists her birth date as April 1861 making her 39 years old. This conflicts with the 1870 census which shows her as eight years old and since the census was taken after April, I would guess 1862 is the correct year. However, her younger brother was born January 19, 1860 so it is feasible she could have been born in April of 1861.

On June 12, 1904 Lucinda married S. Fred Taylor in Johnson Co., Texas. In 1910 Lucinda and Fred are living in Parker County, Texas and Fred is a farmer. This is Fred’s second marriage and they have a seven-year-old girl living with them who is from his first marriage named Hatty Taylor.

By 1920 they have moved to Rush Springs, Grady Co., Oklahoma and all three are listed together. Fred is still farming and has a mortgage on the land he owns.

In 1920 just Fred and Lucinda are listed on the census in Rush Springs, Oklahoma and they have a 29 year old servant living with them.

I have no death information for Lucinda. Her husband Fred is listed in the 1940 census as a widow so I would assume she died between 1930-1940. In 1940 Fred is living with his wife’s niece and her husband, Casper and Annie Mayfield Meetings. Also living in the household is the mother of Annie, and Lucinda’s widowed sister, Anna Mayfield. They live in Ninnekah, Grady Co., Oklahoma.