HISTORY OF KANE COUNTY.
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ing two sons who were adopted by Dr. and Mrs. Hard and are his living descendants bearing the name. They are Malcolm Hard, of Cleveland, Ohio, and A. Perry Hard, of Chicago, Ill.
HIRAM T. HARDY, physician and surgeon, Kaneville, Ill., was born in North Groton, Graf-ton County, N. H., March 12, 1838, and early acquired his education in the schools of his native place and in the academies of Franklin, N. H., and Thetford, Vt. He took a course of medical lectures and instruction in Dartmouth College and began the practice of medicine at Strafford, Vt., in 1866. In 1871 he removed from that point to Illinois, and settled at Kaneville in 1873, where he has since remained. He is an adept in Masonic lore, belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America, and is a member of the Congregational church. Mr. Hardy was married March 12, 1868, to Miss Sophia E. Buzzell, a native of Vermont. They have had three children: one son and two daughters, one of the latter being deceased. Dr. Hardy is a veteran of the Civil War, having enlisted in 1862 in the Seventh Squadron of Rhode Island, for three months' service, re-enlisting in the Third Vermont Battery, and serving until the close of the war. He participated in some of the fiercest engagements of the Eastern Army and escaped unhurt.
HENRY HARMAN, retired farmer, Batavia, Ill., was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., Jan. 29, 1834, and came to Illinois when he was thirteen years old, making his home for a time near Quincy, and then removing to Kane County, where he has since lived. In 1861 he enlisted in the Fifty-second Illinois Volunteer Infantry and served during the Civil War. He was mustered out in August, 1865, as Second Sergeant, after three years and eight months of hard and honorable service. His regiment did service in the Western Army, and he took part in numerous battles, including those of Shiloh, Corinth, Kenesaw Mountain, and all the engagements of the Atlanta campaign. He was severely wounded at Columbia, S. C., being in the hospital, however, only once during his entire service. He returned to Kane County after the war, and lived on a farm near Batavia until 1892, when he removed to the city. Mr. Harman was married in 1864 to Miss Mary Perry, of Batavia.
J. P. HARRAL, coal merchant, Aurora, Ill., born in Leeds, England, Aug. 3, 1840; came to America with his parents in November, 1852; enlisted in Company E, Thirty-sixth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry in August, 1861, remaining in the service three years; returned to Aurora in June, 1869, entering the employ of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company; engaged in the coal business in Aurora in 1875, which he has since conducted successfully. Mr. Harral was married June 30, 1875, to Clara W. Hitchcock, of Aurora.
EDWIN HARRIS, physician, Aurora, Ill., born near Newark, Licking County, Ohio, Sept. 11, 1824, son of William and Rebecca (Comas) Harris; in 1830 came to Illinois with his parents, whose home was made in LaSalle County, later removing to Kendall County, where they bought land near Yorkville, and where Dr. Harris grew to manhood with distinct memories of the Blackhawk War. He was a student in the pioneer schools and in Prof. Stuart's school in Chicago, then began reading medicine under (he preceptorship of Dr. Buck, of Chicago, graduated from Rush Medical College, Chicago, in 1859, when he began practice at Yorkville, Kendall County. After the outbreak of the
