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Hardy, Aaron, Stake tithing clerk of North Sanpete Stake, is the son of George Hardy and Merah Beard, and was born Dec. 27, 1839, at Duckinfield, Cheshire, England. He was baptized Feb. 28, 1854, ordained a Priest soon afterwards and ordained an Elder Feb. 19, 1857, by James G. Browning. He married Elizabeth S. Prestwich Sept. 11, 1861, and emigrated to Utah in 1863, crossing the plains in Captain Nebeker's ox-train. He located in Moroni, Sanpete county, where he has resided ever since. He was ordained a High Priest by Zebedee Coltrin and set apart as second counselor to Bishop George W. Bradley, of Moroni, in which capacity he served till 1877. For nearly twenty years he also acted as superintendent of the Sunday schools in Moroni. In 1870(Dec. 19th) he married Emma J. Warner. In 1872 (Oct. 2nd) he married Amy S. Faux, and in 1880 (Sept. 8th) he took to wife Anna M. Anderson. For a number of years he labored as a home missionary in the Sanpete Stake, and at the organization of the North Sanpete Stake in December, 1900, he was chosen and set apart as a High Councilor by Apostle John Henry Smith; subsequently, he was appointed Stake tithing clerk. For about five years he also served as Ward clerk of Moroni. He was the first city recorder in Moroni, served six years as mayor of the city, acted one year as county commissioner in Sanpete county, served twelve years as justice of Moroni, and was a member of the House of Representatives of the Utah Legislature in 1897-98. Because of his family relations Elder Hardy was arrested June 27, 1887, and later sentenced to six months imprisonment in the Utah penitentiary for unlawful cohabitation, his term of imprisonment being from Oct 14, 1887, to March 14, 1888. He was arrested a second time June 28, 1890, and on Oct. 6, 1890, sentenced to six months imprisonment and $300 fine for the same offence: he was finally released April 5, 1891. Elder Hardy is the father of sixteen children, seven of whom are now living.
Andrew Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 4 vols. Salt Lake City 2:166 |
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