11 ON V i x I 1 AGUSTUS POOR HARD HARDI departed thib hie life it 5 25 a 1 in monday december 2 23 0 of infirri ties incidental to old ag age 0 mr air hardy vis born at george town esex essex co cc mash march 2 1831 a son of samuel B and caro line rogers hardy he arm arrin ed in utah oct 12 1850 having crossed the plains by ox team in wilford wood rue ruff s 8 company he inas w as sent on a 1 mission to Paro carowan parowan iNan in 1801 by pres pros brigham young to assist in building a fort in 1852 he was nas sent to fillmore to assist in building the state house in 1853 he was scouting and guarding in the walk er indian war nar on oil april 14 1854 1851 he be was called by pres brigham 11 oung to go on a mission among the indians in south ern utah Aril arming ving at fort har mony he staged two oi 01 tin week under john D lee who was in command at that post on may mav 20 1804 he be together with jacob hamblin and th tb lies ties H hascal left fort port harmony and proceeded to the santa clara river the home oi of the to 0 indians among whom they were to labor three days af ter leaving fort harmony they were ere joined by samuel knight and these four men n bic the first white settlers in utah s dixie the day aftel leaning fort harmony hamblin was chosen as leader and he was afterwards aftel wards appointed president pies ident ot of the mission by president biggham young arriving near where washington now noni stands the small party of white men flit t met the to 0 in deans dundei their chief hamblin s party had an indian named amob u with them who under stood the language of the ro 0 no and acted as interpreter he told that the wl alite ite men sad had come down donn to tell them about the gi gibat eat spirit to show them how to do good things and defred to live ive at peace NN with ith them hamblin s baity 11 had t d un unsaddled s addled and the laid their rifles alongside their and walked an anav ay horn flom them to show their peaceful intentions tut u g u bet acted deiv deiy coldly at fust list f b u ut t finally said if the white men talked s raight it wa wag alright and they could accompany them to their camp on the santa alaia creek hamblin s party and the indians quickly became friends friend the gos pel nab to them an in I 1 they were taught how bon to culan cultivate ate the ground and irrigate it A dam dm ii was as aut put in the the indians doing all the work under the direction of the whiter whites and a canal lias taken out on each sic e the whites I 1 eing men the ditch and land on the east side tt e indians tal ing the ditch and land on the west side of the m riler er the te Indi indians ant rejoiced greatly when they grew their fielt first crop corn melons etc I 1 the fust house in dixie was wa cj logs and was built in 1354 hamblin s part santa clara ilso also produced the first cotton grown in dixie by hamblin g j party in 1855 mr hardy always spoke very high ly iv of jacob hamblin describing him as kird just fearless fea iless and earnest hain in duties mr hardy ilso also gave the indians i a fine character de describing bribing them as is trustworthy hospitable upright and tand honest bone t and as very nery in 11 tell igent withal mr hardy ata staged ed on his until the winter ot of 1855 6 when he was released le i el eased leased on account of sickness sick nesb and returned to bait salt lake he returned to dixie in 1861 lo 10 eating cating at I 1 irgin city he moved from that place to st george in 1867 and was appointed bishop of the tile indians by pies erastus snow he was inas appointed colonel on pres snow s staff major haidy took an active pait in the indian troubles in this south ern county from 1866 to 1871 and nv was as pi phoud oud of the indian war medal be bestowed stoned upon him in recognition of his bib he bore a commission as mayor in the 3rd hegt of try he also heined as sheriff ot of AVE washington county for eight years as assessor and collector for one term and U S depute deputy marshal tor for one term agustus pool hardy was gained to elizabeth ann capener at it salt I 1 al ale e city march 18 1904 going through the endowment house a lew few da das q later mafoi hardy is 18 survived by his wite wife 4 ons 0 3 0 daughter 32 2 grandchildren 10 great grandchildren I 1 brother and 2 sisters the son are ire arnest V haidy oi of salt lal e cita cit sherman ray and gilbert P hardy of st t geoage the daughters saie aie mrs louise pearce cornish utah mrs airs alice gates st george and mrs mr elizabeth Eh abeth affleck kennett califor nia the brother ib Pi escott B hardy of salt lake city ind the sisters aie ai e mis macy F lamb of Toque mlle mis eliza R lamb of Toque iville and anden mrs inez fullerton I 1 oi of st george major hardy was nas a quiet unas aming man of 1 a I I 1 andly indzyan an I 1 hospit able deposition disposition he ile was averse to to much publicity and express expressed ed a de sire before his death that hi hl hii i bunei al should be a quiet one horn big residence in dance with his wishes funeral servi service c were held at it the hardy home tuesday af hernoon ter noon commencing at 1 1 p in A great number of friends were inere plesent and the tho services deiy impressive beautiful dingi ng was given by mrs air hannah pike assisted by others and solos were rendered by tennie nelson and mrs airs ruth pick ett the sp speakers eilers vere mayor maior rhomas judd president ld H snow I 1 ider D 11 morris Morri and bis hop james mcarthur each referd ed to the life and labors of the de parted bretler baroti er extolling the ork nork done in the early days of dixie among the indians and in other ways way ands akred nords i 0 rd s of consola tion to the ber bereaved caNed interment intel ment was made in the city