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S. W. Hardenbergh, a prominent farmer of Harrison Township, was born in Cayuga County, N. Y., and is the son of William C. and Nancy (Campbell) Hardenbergh, and the grandson of John Hardenbergh, who was a native of Orange County, N. Y., and died in 1853. He was a farmer by occupation. The maternal grandfather, Samuel Campbell, was a native of Connecticut, and of Scotch descent. He was a tiller of the soil. William C. Hardenbergh was born in New York, March 29, 1809, and died in 1886. His wife was also born in New York, Cayuga County, in 1811, and died in 1862. The father left his native State and moved to Titusville, Pa., in 1861; was a farmer by occupation, but also followed mercantile pursuits. In Pennsylvania he engaged in the oil business. He was constable, and assessor, and supervisor for many years. He was the father of eight children, three now living: S. W., Oscar and Frank. He moved to Moniteau County, Mo., in 1880. S. W. Hardenbergh spent his early life in Cayuga County, N. Y., attending the Falley Seminary at Fulton, N. Y., and remained there two terms. At the age of twenty he went to Iowa, and from there to Leavenworth, Kan., in 1860. One year later he returned home for the purpose of entering the army, and was in Virginia City, Montana, in 1864. He came to Moniteau County in 1868, bought his present home the same year, and has improved and cultivated his farm to a great extent. This consists of 200 acres, on which is a good house and out-buildings. He has handled stock considerably, and has been quite successful. He is Democratic in his political views, and his first presidential vote was for Douglas, in 1860.