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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Hardwick Family Correspondence, Ms2009-126, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Hardwick Family Correspondence was donated to Special Collections in April 2009.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Hardwick Family Correspondence commenced and was completed in September 2009.

Biographical Note

Younger Hardwick (1792-1850) married Susannah Kinzer in Montgomery County, Virginia, in 1828. Younger and Susannah had five children: Alonzo Cecil (1830-1899), Thomas Germaine (1832-1914), Catherine Elouise (1835-1867), Elizabeth Arminta (1837-1900), and James Kinzer (1838-1903). Alonzo married Susan Wilson in 1860, and settled in an area of northeast Blacksburg, Virginia. They had seven children: Walton Jahue (1861-1898), William Marion H. (1864-died in infancy), James Thomas Sr. (1867-1921), Elliot Vinyard (?-1874, died in infancy), Herbert S. (1875-1917), Bessie Sullivan (1879-1917), and Samuel Elkanah (1882-1975).

Thomas Germaine married Mary Elizabeth (Mollie) Smith in 1867, and settled in Newport, Giles County, Virginia. The couple had nine children: Ada Susannah Rebecca (1868-1876), Alonzo James (1870-1926), Charles Abram (1872-1956), Virginia Elizabeth (1874-1890), Thomas Viceroy (1875-1943), Henrietta Catharine (1877-1886), Lula Lee (1880-1953), Frank Staples (1882-1944), Mary Florence (1884-1965).

Scope and Content

This collection contains several transcribed letters and diary entries from about 1877-1950. In addition to the transcribed letters and diary entries, this collection contains biographical information on various members of the Hardwick family.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged by material type.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Hardwick family (Montgomery County, Va.)
• Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
• Montgomery County (Va.)

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Hardwick Family Correspondence by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).