Bedford County , Pennsylvania
Photos of People & Places
 
 
The Family of Levi & Sarah Ann Cobler / Hardinger
 
Bennett, Cobler, Collingham, Deremer, Dicken, Hardinger, Hardman, Hite,
Leasure, Valentine, Zembower
Jocelyn Wilms has provided the following family pictures as well as the accompanying information
about her ancestors. You may wish to contact Jocelyn at - - treeseek@zoominternet.net
Levi Hardinger, oldest son of Conrad Hardinger and Mary Dicken, was born March 19, 1809 in
Cumberland Valley Twp. Levi first married Elizabeth ? born Feb. 5, 1815, in about 1835-1836.
 
Levi & Elizabeth were the parents of at least seven children:

Levi Hardinger b: March 19, 1809 d: November 09, 1890
+Elizabeth ? b: February 05, 1815 m: Abt. 1835 d: June 28, 1850

1. Caroline Hardinger b: January 05, 1837 d: September 12, 1838
2. John Luther Hardinger b: April 27, 1838 d: July 29, 1838
3. Maria Hardinger b: Abt. 1839
+Conrad Hardman b: 1832
4. Mary Hardinger b: Abt. 1840
+Henry Valentine
5. Amanda Hardinger b: Abt. 1842
+William Deremer
6. Rachel Hardinger b: November 20, 1844 d: March 15, 1937
+Jacob Collingham
7. Catherine Anna Hardinger b: Abt. 1846
+ ? Harden / Hardman
 
Levi's wife Elizabeth died June 28, 1850. She and their infant son are buried in
the Rice - Hardinger Cemetery in Cumberland Valley Twp.

 
Levi Hardinger & Sarah Ann Cobler / Hardinger
 
In about 1852-1853, Levi married Sarah Ann Cobler who was born in 1827.
Levi and Sarah Ann had eight children:

Levi Hardinger b: March 19, 1809 d: November 09, 1890
+Sarah Ann Cobler b: December 29, 1827 d: June 04, 1900

1. Levi G. Hardinger b: November 27, 1853 d: January 03, 1917
+Anna Rebecca Oliver
2. Virginia Victoria Hardinger b: Abt. 1856 d: 1937
3. Tobias Hardinger b: June 11, 1857 d: February 23, 1934
4. Aaron Daily Hardinger b: August 15, 1859 d: January 03, 1936
+Minnie E. Leasure b: July 16, 1864 d: January 30, 1931
5. Samantha Juliana Hardinger b: February 25, 1862 d: March 25, 1922
+Elmer Bruce Hite
6. Benson N. Hardinger b: August 02, 1864 d: February 04, 1904
+Emma Estella Brant b: April 16, 1871 d: October 20, 1892
+*2nd Wife Flora Zembower
7. Martha I. Hardinger b: 1867 d: May 14, 1948
Never Married
8. Francis Amelia Hardinger b: September 21, 1869 m: April 29, 1897 d: September 22, 1922
+Thomas Alva Hendrickson b: September 10, 1869 d: November 20, 1957
 

 

 
7. Martha I. Hardinger
Born 1867 - Cumberland Valley Twp. died - May 14, 1948 Ft Collins, Colorado. Martha never married.
 
Levi's youngest daughter Frances Amelia, born in 1869, married Thomas Alva Hendrickson in 1897.
They raised two daughters and lost an infant son:
1. infant Hendrickson
2. Avalon May Hendrickson b: August 08, 1905 d: March 01, 1981
3. Martha Minnie Ivis Hendrickson b: January 18, 1907 d: June 20, 1982
+John Walter Fox b: February 09, 1900 d: March 08, 1991
 

 
Thomas Alva & Frances Amelia Hardinger / Hendrickson Family (about 1910)
Daughters: Martha Minnie Ivis (left) & Avalon May (right)
 
 

 
Hendrickson daughters: Martha & Avalon (about 1917-1918)
 
 
Martha is Jocelyn Wilms' mother. About Martha's sister, Avalon, Jocelyn says:
"Aunt Avie would have been thrilled to pieces to have her picture on a web page.
In the 1920's, she was one of the original "flappers"'.
 

 
Avalon "Avie" May Hendrickson (photo 1926)
Aunt "Avie" is buried in Albany, NY
Jocelyn's grandfather, Thomas Alva Hendrickson is buried in Union Grove in Allegany Co.
Her grandmother, Frances Amelia is buried beside her father,
Levi Hardinger, in Bethel Cemetery in Cumberland Valley Twp. (map)
Her mother, Martha Minnie Ivis Hendrickson, is buried in Youngstown, Ohio

If you have information that relates to Jocelyn's photos, or maybe you'd like to compare
notes on the Hardinger or Hendrickson Families. Or perhaps you have an idea who
Sarah Ann Cobler parents were. (See Brickwall) If so, please contact Jocelyn at: treeseek@zoominternet.net
Feb. 28, 2000, Jocelyn writes:
 
"Wanted to tell you - a 'cousin' in California found your 'picture pages', recognized Aunt Avie
and contacted me. She remembered meeting Avie when she was a little girl (she was 10 years old
and Avie was 20) and her family came from Fort Collins, Colorado to visit family in Bedford County.

We're sharing info and she's telling me some wonderful stories about my Colorado cousins.
I had some names and dates, but now I feel like I'm getting to know these people.
This is some of the Hardinger family that went to Ft. Collins, Colorado before 1890.
We have a lot of catching up to do. I'm so pleased that you are providing this service."
Aren't the internet and "cousins" great??
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