William Thomas and Juda Frances Lee Hardee’s son

Samuel Burel Hardee

Next in the series of William and Juda Hardee’s children is my Great Grandfather Samuel Burel Hardee. He was born Jan. 26, 1860 in Alabama. He was most likely born in Coosa County, Alabama as he was listed as ½ years old in the 1860 census. Sam would have been two years old when his father, William Hardee went away to join the Civil war and five when he returned.

Around 1869 they moved to Van Zandt County, Texas and lived near William Hardee’s widowed mother Tabitha Hardee.

In 1880 Sam would have been 20 years old but I cannot locate him in the census. His widowed father and siblings were now living in Johnson Co., Texas.

When Sam was 26 years old, he married 16-year-old Georgiana Clarissa Ransom on August 22, 1886 in Parker County, Texas. They are listed as S.B Hardee and Miss Clersy Ransom on the marriage record and Mr. S. B. Hardee and Miss G.A.C. Ransom on the marriage certificate. Sam is listed from Johnson Co. and Georgia is listed from Parker County and they married at her home.

Their first child William Russell Hardee was born April 3, 1888 in Wise County, Texas. Followed by Samuel Burel Hardee Jr. on January 22, 1890 in Decatur, Wise Co., Texas. Then daughters, Ada Frances Hardee born March 5, 1892 and Ida Lou Hardee born March 30, 1894, both born in Decatur, Wise Co., Texas.

I have a deed dated Nov. 21, 1895 showing “Sam Hardy and wife   Hardy” purchased land “…on the West Fork of the Trinity River about 10 miles S. W. from Decatur being 198 ¾ acres more or less…” for $1,000. They paid $300 cash and then $200 at 8 per cent interest per annum due every 6 months till paid.

On October 19, 1896 they had their fifth child “Buster” Edward Thomas Hardee born in Wise Co., Texas.

Sam purchased 40 more acres on July 25, 1899 for $250 cash in his name only. This time his name is spelled S. B. Hardee.

Another daughter is born August 11, 1899 in Wise Co., Texas, Lillie Vester Hardee and in the 1900 census the family is living in Wise Co., Texas. Sam owns his farm and has a mortgage and is listed as a farmer. He cannot read or write and has been married for 14 years. Wife is listed as Clarissa and has had six children and all six are alive. The children are William, Samuel, Ada, Ida, Edward T. and Lillie V.

My Grandfather, Joseph Abraham Hardee is born January 6, 1902 in Decatur, Wise Co., Texas. On November 27, 1903 a deed is recorded showing S. B. Hardee and G.A.C. Hardee wife of S.B. Hardee sold 40 acres for $200 in Wise County, Texas.

Daughter Mary Caroline Hardee is born August 12, 1906 in Decatur, Wise Co., Texas, followed by sister Edna Mae Hardee born April 30, 1910 in Wise Co., Texas.

The 1910 census shows the family still living in Decatur, Wise Co., Texas. This census shows Sam can read and write and that he is a farmer working on his own account and rents the farm. He has been married 23 years and his wife listed as Georgia A. has eight children born and living. (At age 40 she is pregnant with her last child, Edna who will be born in less than three weeks.) Also living in the household is 16-year-old daughter Ida Hardee and her 27-year-old husband, John Barber. They have been married one year.

In 1920 the family is listed as living in Rhome, Wise Co., Texas and the household consists of Sam and Georgia A., Joe, Mary, Edna Mae and Sam’s mother in law Marguaretta Ransom. The next family listed is his oldest son William R. Hardee and his wife and four children. This census shows Sam is a laborer on a farm he rents and cannot read and write.

Sam Hardee died June 28, 1929. His obituary was listed in the Decatur News on July 5, 1929 front page:

S.B. Hardee

S.B. Hardee died at his home in Newark, Saturday, June 29, 1929. Funeral services were held in Newark Sunday afternoon at the First Baptist Church with Rev. Brammer officiating. Internment in Dido cemetery. Mr. Hardee was a brother-in-law of John Ransome (sic) of near Decatur.

The informant on his death certificate was one of his sons and he listed Sam’s father as J.W. Hardee and his mother as Georgia Ransom. Both are incorrect as Georgia was Sam’s wife and his father was William T. Hardee. His birth date is also listed incorrectly as Jan. 26, 1859, should be 1860. Sam was 69 years old when he died but his age is incorrectly listed as 60. The cause of death only listed that there was “No medical attendant.”

I only know the basics about Samuel Hardee from what I have been able to find in written sources. I really haven't heard any stories about Sam. The stories are what make the person come alive. If anyone know any stories about how life was growing up for Sam or his brothers, I would love to hear them.

Children of Samuel and Georgia Hardee

1. William Russell Hardee born April 3, 1888 in Wise Co., Texas
2. Samuel Burel Hardee Jr. born Jan. 22, 1890 in Decatur, Wise Co., Texas
3. Ada Frances Hardee born March 5, 1892 in Decatur, Wise Co., Texas
4. Ida Lou Hardee born March 30, 1894 in Decatur, Wise Co., Texas
5. Buster Edward Thomas Hardee born Oct. 19, 1896 in Wise Co., Texas
6. Lillie Vester Hardee born Aug. 11, 1899 in Wise Co., Texas
7. Joseph Abraham Hardee born Jan. 6, 1902 in Decatur, Wise Co., Texas [My Grandfather]
8. Mary Caroline Hardee born Aug 12, 1906 in Decatur, Wise Co., Texas
9. Edna Mae Hardee born April 30, 1910 in Wise Co., Texas

All the children stayed in Texas except the last two daughters, Mary and Edna who moved with their families to California. We are just now connecting again with our California Hardee relatives.

 William Thomas and Juda Frances Lee Hardee son
Zibe Brooks Hardee

Zibe Brooks Hardee was the third child of William and Juda Hardee. Zibe was born Sept. 4, 1859 in Alabama. He never married and is always listed in the census as single.

He is first listed with his family in the 1860 Alabama census as a one year old. His brother Pinkney Hardee was born Dec. 22, 1869 in Alabama so the family must have traveled to Van Zandt County, Texas sometime between then and Sept. 16, 1870 when the family is listed in the census and he is listed as 11 years old.

In 1880 he is living in Johnson Co., Texas as a single 21-year-old farm laborer with Abraham Arnold and his family. I don’t know of any connection with the Arnold family. But, Zibe’s father and siblings are living one family away, so they are nearby.

By 1900 both his parents have died. He is still living in Johnson County, Texas and is listed as a boarder in the household of the Killough family. He is listed as Zide Hardie age 38 and working as farm laborer.

In 1910 Zibe is living with his younger brother Robert Hardee and his family. They live at 401 Elmo St. in Cleburne, Johnson Co., Texas. His name is listed as Side and he is 46 years old. His brother works as a machinist at the railroad shop. Zibe works as a hostler helper at the railroad roundhouse. Looking at a map they lived near the railroad yard and almost everyone listed on this census page works for the railroad.

I did not know what a hostler was so I looked it up. A hostler is the person who receives the locomotive as they come in and cares for them in the roundhouse. They have them clean and ready for departure when needed.

Robert, Clifford T. and Zibe B. are all listed in the 1915 Cleburne City Directory living at 401 Elmo. Clifford T. is Robert’s son. Clifford is listed as a laborer, Robert as a truckman at G C & S F railroad and Zibe is a helper at G C & S F railroad.

He still lives with his brother in 1920. Zibe is listed as 62 years old and a hostler at the roundhouse.

He lives with his younger widowed sister Caroline in 1930. They live on 613 Royal St. in Cleburne, Texas, still near the railroad yard. Even though it’s been 10 years since the 1920 census he has only aged five years as he is listed as 67 years old but still works as a hostler helper in the shops.

Zibe Brooks Hardee died April 15, 1932 of influenzas and pneumonia. He was still living with his sister Caroline when he died. The informant on the death certificate was C.W. Hardee which I assume is Creed Westly Hardee, Zibe’s nephew from his brother Robert. C.W. Hardee gave his birthdate as Sept. 4, 1874. The year is incorrect as Zibe is listed in the 1860 census as one years old.  He is buried in the Cleburne Memorial Cemetery in Cleburne, Johnson Co., Texas.

Five months later his brother Robert dies of pneumonia. 

Even though Zibe never married or had children he will not be forgotten.

 

William Thomas and Juda Frances Lee Hardee daughter

Sarah Jane “Sally” Hardee

Sarah Jane “Sally” Hardee was the second child of William and Juda Hardee. Sarah was born December 23, 1857 in Alabama. She is listed in the 1860 U. S. Census in Coosa Co., Alabama and is 3 years old. Next, she is listed as Jane in the 1870 U.S. Census in Van Zandt Co., Texas and is 12 years old.

On December 22, 1878 she married William A. Pulley in Cleburne, Johnson Co., Texas. They had eight children: Eugene Pulley born about 1879; Amy Pulley born about 1883; Leota Oline Pulley born 1885 and died 1946; Lettie A. Pulley born 1890 and died 1962; Lester William Pulley born 1891 and died 1962; Vivian Beatrice Pulley born 1894; Trudie Ellen Pulley bor 1895 and died 1958 and Chester W. Pulley born 1898 and died 1901.

In the 1920 U.S. census for Cleburne, Johnson Co., Texas Sarah is living with her son and listed as a widow.

In 1930 Sarah, listed as Sallie J. is living with her sister and brother in law James and Annie Mayfield in Chickasha, Grady Co., Oklahoma, again listed as a widow.

Sarah died on June 9, 1935 in Cleveland Co., Oklahoma and is buried in Moore Cemetery in Cleveland Co., Oklahoma.

 

William Thomas and Juda Frances Lee Hardee daughter
Mary Elizabeth Hardee

 Mary Elizabeth Hardee was William and Juda’s first child. Mary was born October 20, 1856 in Alabama. She is in the 1860 U.S. census in Coosa Co., Alabama as five years old. In 1870 she is in the census for Van Zandt Co., Texas as 15 years old. Her mother Juda died in 1879 and Mary is still living at home in 1880 in Johnson Co., Texas as a single 22-year-old. (She was actually 24.)  Her youngest sibling is only one year old, so I would assume since her mother had passed, she was the one taking care of her siblings.

On October 5, 1884 Mary married William Copeland in Parker Co., Texas. They had three children:

John C. Copeland born March 1886 in Texas and died in 1911.

Willie Melinda Copeland born November 5, 1887 born in Cleburne, Johnson Co., Texas and died July 9, 1951. She married Howard Luther Hall on November 23, 1904 in Johnson Co., Texas. They had seven children.

Ima Mae Copeland born May 11, 1889 in Keene, Johnson Co., Texas and died February 14, 1989 in Contras Costa, California. She married Claude Edgar Lee and they had five children.

William Copeland died in 1890 and Mary married W. R. Parsons on December 2, 1891 in Ellis Co., Texas. They had one son named Lee Parsons born October 1892 in Texas. He married Ora Lee Miller.

I don’t know what happened to W.R. Parsons but on July 31, 1897 Mary married Sargent Owings/Owens. Mary and Sargent are listed in the 1900, 1910 and 1920 census living in Johnson Co., Texas.

The 1921 city directory shows Mary and Sargent lived at 212 S. Washington Ave., in Cleburne, Johnson Co., Texas.

Mary died December 23, 1921 and is buried in Hopewell cemetery in Keene, Johnson Co., Texas.

Mary Hardee in the 1880 Johnson Co., Texas Census with her family.

Ziba Hardee Summary of Family

Ziba Hardee
Summary of family

I have written about all of Ziba's children, so I wanted to do a recap.

Ziba Hardee married (1) Peggy Mitchell on 6 Feb 1813 in Baldwin County, Georgia. Children are:

Joel Hardee born June 8, 1814 in Baldwin Co., Georgie married (1) Isabel Coker on June 18, 1835, (2) Elizabeth Devon on June 12, 1857. Nine children.

John Hardee born about 1816 in Georgia married Sabbetha Brooks on February 15, 1834 in Monroe Co., Alabama. No children.

Elafare Susan Hardee born October 24, 1822 in Monroe County, Alabama. Married John Fore on January 2, 1836 in Monroe Co., AL. Six children. 

Ziba Hardee married (2) Tabitha Brooks date unknown. They had 11 children: 

James Edward Hardee born about 1825 in Coosa Co., Alabama. He married (Susan) and had one child named Redin Hardee. He married (2) Melissa Geddens February 2, 1893 in Alabama. They had four children.

Sarah Jane Hardee was born about 1831 in Alabama. She married Green Wood January 16, 1849 in Coosa Co., Alabama.  They had five children.

Martha Ellen Hardee was born June 1833 in Alabama. She married Russell Butler June 26, 1853 in Rockford, Coosa Co., Alabama. They had 13 children.

William Thomas Hardee was born March 10, 1836 in Hatchet Creek, Coosa Co., Alabama. He married Juda Lee on Nov. 19, 1854 in Coosa Co., Alabama. They had 13 children.

Samuel Hardee was born about 1840 in Alabama. No further information.

Bryant Stillwell Hardee was born about 1842 in Alabama. He married (1) Mary Jane Patrick and they had two children. He married (2) Virginia Mason on March 22, 1894 in Alabama. They had four children.

Thomas Hardee was born about 1844 in Alabama. No further information.

 Sabitha Carolina Hardee was born August 3, 1845 in Coosa Co., Alabama. she married Littleton Davidson on Feb. 15, 1866 in Van Zandt Co., Texas. They had five children.

Julia Ann Hardee was born about 1848 in Coosa Co., Alabama. she married Andrew Cain on April 8, 1866 in Van Zandt Co., Texas. They had eight children.

Pinkney Taylor Hardee was born August 23, 1851 in Coosa Co., Alabama. He married Mary Eliza Merrill. They had ten children.

Missouri Elizabeth Hardee was born March 14, 1854 in Alabama. She married John Tomlinson Feb. 5, 1872 in Van Zandt Co., Texas. They had seven children.

If you have further information on any of these families I would love to hear it!

Ziba Hardee daughter Missouri Hardee

Ziba and Tabitha Hardee daughter,
Missouri Hardee

Missouri Hardee was born March 14, 1854 in Alabama. Some people have Missouri Hardee listed as William and Juda's first child. I believe she is Ziba and Tabitha's last child. (William Hardee is a son of Ziba and Tabitha.)

No census record has been found for Ziba and Tabitha for 1860. However, I do have the 1860 census for William and Juda and Missouri is not listed in their household. If she was their first child she would be in their household.

Also, Missouri was born in March of 1854 and William and Juda were married in November of 1854. No way during that time would a couple have a child out of wedlock. 

Ziba and family moved to Texas around 1861 and Ziba died in 1862. Missouri would have only been eight. In the 1870 census Tabitha listed as Sybatha is listed as head of household and has her son Pinkney Hardy age 18 and a female listed as Mosaria Hardy. I believe this is Missouri and she is the last child of Ziba. 

William and Juda lived next door to his mother and siblings in 1870, I believe they would have been a big part of Missouri's life. 

When Missouri died her daughter in law listed the father as William Hardee and the mother as Don't know. I think this is were the confusion of who her parents are came from. 

Missouri Hardee married John Miles Tomlinson on February 5, 1872 in Van Zandt County, Texas. 

In 1880 they are living in McMullen County, Texas.

I don't find them again till 1920 and they are living with their son James "Jim" Tomlinson and family in Eddy County, New Mexico.

John Tomlinson died July 3, 1920 and is buried in Artesia, Eddy Co., NM.

In 1940 Missouri is living with her son James Tomlinson and family in Coconina County, Arizona. 

Missouri died Septemeber 8, 1947 in Flagstaff, Coconino Co., AZ. She is buried in Artisia, NM with her husband.

Ziba Hardee Summary of Family

Ziba Hardee and Pinkney Taylor Hardee

Ziba and Tabitha Hardee son,
Pinkney Taylor Hardee

Ziba and Tabitha's tenth child was Pinkney Taylor Hardee. I've also seen it spelled Pinckney,  believe he was called Pink for short. Pink was born August 23, 1851 in Talladega Springs, Coosa County, Alabama.
He traveled with his family and siblings about 1861 to Van Zandt County, Texas.

On July 28, 1872 he married Mary E. Bryant in Van Zandt County, Texas. Mary had previously been married and brought two children into the marriage.

In 1880 he is still living in Van Zandt Count, Texas with his wife and children and his widowed mother, listed as Sabitha is also living with the family.

Pink and Mary Hardee had ten children: Sarah Jane Hardee born Jun 4, 1873 died Jun 8, 1873; P. S. Hardee born Jan 31, 1875; William Taylor Hardee born May 1877 died 1916; Mary Jane "Mollie" Hardee (Coker) born Mar 12, 1880 died Dec 16, 1950: Infant Hardee born Feb 18, 1882 died Feb 19, 1882; John Pinkney Hardee born Mar 18, 1883 died Nov 29 1946; Rosa Lee Hardee (Cade) born May 31, 1885 died Jan 3, 1980; Infant Hardee born Oct 8, 1887 died Oct 29 1887; Julia Florence Hardee (Williams) born Oct 20, 1888 died Oct 20 1977; and Edward Brooks Hardee born Feb 7 1892 died Sep 5, 1977.

Pink Hardee died Jan. 7, 1927 and is buried in Chandler, Henderson Co., Texas. Chandler is where his son Edward Brooks Hardee was living.

Photo below: Pink and wife Mary with daughter Julia and son Edward Hardee.

Ziba and Tabitha Hardee daughter, Missouri Hardee