U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Hardway, James Lee (b. 1861) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Page 468 JAMES LEE HARDWAY was born September 7, 1861, and was married to Ella Nora Lake a native of Rockingham County, Va., who was born April 29, 1860, and their children were Arthur Walidore, Bessie Elizabeth, Grover Austin, Harry Byrne, Leafy Bell. February 1, 1900, he married Mattie Virginia Johnson, who was born February 29, 1880, the daughter of Perry H. Johnson and Margaret E. Beverage and their children are: Clovy Blanche, Bunah Andra, Perry Forrest and Edra Lee. Mr. Hardway was a son of James H. Hardway and Fanny F. Humphrey of Bath County, Va. He has a good common school education and is a Civil Engineer and farms. He is a democrat in politics and a Missionary Baptist in religion. He owns fifty acres of land near Holly Grove on the Little Kanawha River. He was left an orphan and was raised by Mrs. Eliza Hefner of Glady Fork. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------