William Loyal Hardgrove
Birth: May 2, 1823
Redstone
Fayette County
Pennsylvania, USA
Death: Mar. 7, 1905
Rudolph
Wood County
Ohio, USA
William Hardgrove was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, May 2, 1823, and is a son of John and Margaret Jackson Hardgrove. His grandfather, William Hardgrove was born in Maryland in 1776 
, and wedded Mary Crawford. Soon after he removed to Washington County, Pennsylvania, where he lived on a farm of 200 acres until his death which occurred April 26, 1821. His wife died April 25, 1823. Their children were Ruth, wife of John Sloan, member of Congress; Amasa, Wilson, Margaret, William, Reason, Sally, and John.
The father of our subject was born on the old family homestead in Pennsylvania, March 22, 1793, and there resided for some years after his marriage. He afterward lived for a number of years in Wayne County, Ohio, but on the death of the grandfather, he returned and took charge of the Homestead for a time. His last days, however, were spent in Stark County, Ohio, where he died October 9, 1852. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. His wife died January 15, 1865. Their children were Marry, who was born August 31, 1819, wife of George Archer; Orick J., born January 26, 1821; William; Theodore, born May 16, 1833; Edward, born January 16, 1834; Leila E.; Ann J.; Harriet E., born June 12, 1836; John H., born May 18, 1837, a member of the 76th OVI, in which he served for three years during the Civil War; Helen, born June 19, 1838, wife of Eugene Davenport, of Massillon, Ohio.
At the age of 19 our subject began teaching school, and at the age of 23 he left home and formed a partnership with his brother, Orick, in the livery business, blacksmith and repair shop business, which continued for three years; shortly after this on October 11, 1849, he was married to miss Judith A. Downs, of Mount Hope, Holmes County, Ohio, who was born July 28, 1825, daughter of Curtis and Ann Hall Downs, the latter and native of England, and the former of Delaware. They were married in Jefferson County, Ohio, afterward removed to Stark County, Ohio, and later went to Holmes County, where the father died May 2, 1845, and the mother January 26, 1856. Their children were Henry, John, Curtis, George, Samuel, Benjamin, William, Robert, Judith, and Owens. All are deceased with the exception of the last two – Owens being a resident of Buchanan County, Iowa.
Mr. Hardgrove purchased 50 acres of land in Holmes County, Ohio, on which he located at the time of his marriage. This he sold in 1856, and in the spring of 1857 removed to Knox County, Ohio, whence in 1890 he came to Wood County, and purchased his present farm which he has greatly improved, and has six oil wells upon it. He is a strong advocate of temperance, gives his political support to the Republican Party, and is an active member of the Disciples Church, and a teacher in the Sunday school. Mr. and Mrs. Hardgrove have five children – Margaret, born July 1, 1850, wife of Rev. S. M. Cook, of Liberty Township; Curtis, born November 4, 1851, married to Mary Ackerman, of Waterford, Ohio; Clarin, who was born December 9, 1854 and died December 16, 1861; Constance L., born January 8, 1860, wife of Isaac D. Garber, of Liberty Township; and William, born March 22, 1864; he married Olive Frederick, and has three children, Esther, Frederick, and Curtis.
Biographical Record of Wood County, Beers ,1897, P. 948-49
Family links:
Spouse:
Judith Ann Downs Hardgrove (1825 - 1907)
Children:
Margaret Ann Hardgrove Cook (1850 - 1933)*
William L. Hardgrove (1864 - 1928)*
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- Census records show that William Hardgrove, grandfather of this William Hardgrove was born 1755 or before.
