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M. W. HARDIN, was born in Marion County, Ky., February 16, 1823, and is a son of Otho and Nancy (Davis) Hardin. The father was also a native of Marion County, and was born March 15, 1791. His father, a native of Virginia, having come to the State sometime prior to the Revolution. In 1828 Otho Hardin came to this county, and settled within half a mile of where subject is now living, in Section 4, Town 1, Range 2 west. He was a farmer, and owned at one time considerable land. He died June 5, 1871; his wife died in 1846. Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. M. W. Hardin is the second of seven children, six of whom are living. He remained at home until twenty-four, and then settled on the present farm of 200 acres, a part of which he has divided among his children. In 1858 he commenced to work at the carpenter trade, and has followed it to some extent ever since. Mr. Hardin was married September 1, 1847, to Miss Nancy J. Hicks, a daughter of John and Margaret (Sutton) Hicks, who came here in 1832 from Jessamine County, Ky. Mrs. Hardin was born in that county, and is the mother of nine children, all of whom are living: Otho H., John W., James R., M. S., Margaret S., M. D., T. W., Nancy J. and Donnie L. Subject and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and Mr. Hardin is a local preacher in that denomination. He is also a member of the Westley Lodge, No. 452, A. F. & A. M. February, 1862, he enlisted in Faulkner’s company of Polk’s scouts, but after three months’ service the company was disbanded.