Seth Robert Hardy

b. 12 April 1844, d. 18 March 1923
  • Seth Robert Hardy was born on 12 April 1844 in Alabama.
  • Robert L. Hardy and Margaret C. Smyley appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Waverly, Walker (later San Jacinto) County, Texas. Other members of the household included Seth Robert Hardy, Isaac N. Hardy, William S. Hardy, Pauline Hardy, John Calhoun Hardy and Sumpter Hardy.
  • He was a laborer, according to the 1860 census.
  • He married Mary Elizabeth Lightsey, daughter of David Lightsey and Orlena Tubbs, on 16 January 1867 in Walker County, Texas, with J. M. Maxey, MG, officiating.
  • Seth Robert Hardy and Mary Elizabeth Lightsey appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Huntsville PO, Walker County, Texas. Also in the household were daughters Mattie (age 2) and Annie (2 months.)
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1870 census.
  • Seth Robert Hardy became a widower at the 4 December 1889 death of his wife Mary Elizabeth Lightsey.
  • Seth Robert Hardy died on 18 March 1923 at age 78 in Walker County, Texas.
  • He was interred at Old Waverly Cemetery, New Waverly, Walker County, Texas.
  • Last Edited: 26 May 2015

Family: Mary Elizabeth Lightsey b. circa 20 January 1849, d. 4 December 1889

  • Ollie Hardy+ b. 21 January 1886, d. 10 September 1984