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Johnny Carson

TV Host - “The Tonight Show”

Samuel Tomlinson Hardy

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• • Great-grandfather of Johnny Carson — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 10 
  • Father:
  • James Hardy 
  • Mother:
  • Minerva Tomlinson   
  • Birth Date:
  • 1 May 1848 
  • Birth Location:
  • Steuben County, Indiana 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 21 Jul 1933 
  • Death Location:
  • Logan, Harrison, Iowa 
  • Burial Date:
  • 23 Jul 1933 
  • Burial Location:
  • Magnolia Cemetery, Magnolia, Harrison, Iowa 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Viola M. Vincent
  • Marriage Date:
  • 1 Jun 1872 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Harrison County, Iowa 
  • Child:

  Ella Bernice Hardy (Ahnentafel No:5 )

  • Notes: 

  • Samuel Hardy's death certificate gives his wife's name as Kate. Since Viola was still living at the time, did he divorce Viola and marry someone named Kate?

• Additional marriages for Samuel Tomlinson Hardy

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  • Spouse:
  • Martha E. - - - - - -

• Sources for Samuel Tomlinson Hardy

  • ¹ Federal Census, IA, Harrison County, 1880, Calhoun, E.D. 86, p. 3, Image 3 of 10.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 03/20/2018).
  • ³ Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934, Marriage record for Samuel Hardy and Viola Vincent.
  • ⁴ Iowa, U.S., Death Records, 1880-1972, Death certificate for Samuel Tomlinson Hardy.
  • ⁵ Iowa, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1856-1944, Delayed birth certificate for daughter Ella Bernice Hardy.
  • ⁶ Iowa, U.S., Marriage Records, 1880-1947, Marriage record for C. N. Carson and daughter Ella Hardy.