History of East Hampton, (Middlesex County) Connecticut United States of America

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A Biography of Abner Clark Harding

Abner Clark Harding, representative, was born in East Hampton, Conn., Feb. 10, 1807. He spent the greater part of his boyhood in central New York where he attended Hamilton academy Subsequently he was admitted to the bar and after practising for awhile in Oneida county removed to Warren county, Ill., where he continued active in his profession for about fifteen years. He was a member of the Illinois constitutional convention of 1848, and also of the state legislature, 1848-50. In 1862 he enlisted in the 83d Illinois volunteers, arose to the rank of colonel; for his action at Fort Donelson in February, 1862, was promoted brigadier-general, and in 1863 he was in command of a brigade at Murfreesboro, Tenn. He was a representative in the 39th and 40th congresses, 1865-69, and after that year gave much of his time to the promotion of railroad enterprises in Illinois. He endowed a professorship in Monmouth college, Monmouth, Ill., and also gave generously to other educational institutions. He died in Monmouth, Ill., July 19, 1874.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor