HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY, ILLINOIS Illustrated With Biographical Sketches
of many Prominent Men and Pioneers; published by W. R. Brink & Co.,
Edwardsville, Ill., 1882. p. 404. Barren County.

J. E. Hardy
   Was born, March 8th, in Barren County, Kentucky.  His parents, Isham and
Martha Hardy (Edwards), were respectively Virginian and Kentuckian by
nativity.  To improve his condition in life his father, a farmer, came to
Illinois in the fall of 1825, making the trip on horseback.  He located in
Hamilton county, where he resided until 1837, when he came to Alton.  Here
at the age of fifteen the subject of this sketch commenced attendance at
school in Upper Alton.  For a part of his attendance of five years he acted
as janitor.  When a junior, in Shurtleff, he presented himself to Dr. B. K.
Hart as a student of medicine.  The Dr. accepted him as such, and he laid
the foundation for a life-time devoted to his profession.  In 1846, when
the tocsin of war sounded, he was among the first to offer his services to
his country.  After a year thus spent, he resumed his studies in Louisville
University, from the medical department of which institution he graduated
March 5th, 1849.  During the prevalence of the cholera he practiced in
Madison Landing, and in 1852, he opened an office in Alton, where he has
since resided.  In 1859, he visited Pike's Peak, where he remained two and
a half years.  Upon the breaking out of the war he entered the service
first as contract Surgeon at Alton, then became Acting Assistant Surgeon 
U.S. Army.  In all he remained in the service four years and one month.  As
a practicioner of medicine, the doctor has been quite successful. 
Politically, he is an ardent Democrat.  His qualifications for the office
led his fellow citizens to elect him as Supervisor, the duties of which he
ably discharged. He served three terms as a member of the City Council.  At
present he is a City Physician.
   Few men have taken a deeper interest in Masonry than the doctor.  He was
made a Master mason, June 28th, 1846; been passed to K. T., and has taken
all degrees in Scottish rites.  His zeal knows no flagging, and his
interest in masonry is abiding.
   The doctor was married to Sarah J. Hardy, August 12th, 1848.  By this
union there have been born nine children, seven of whom are living.  The
doctor is eminently social.  He is a skillful and successful practitioner,
combing firmness and tenderness.  He overflows with kindness and good
nature.  In all his relations to the public, his actions are prompted by
pure motives and a desire for the general good.
	
Hardy Edwards Hart
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VA Hamilton-IL Louisville-Jefferson-KY

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