STANDARD ATLAS
OF
SCOTT COUNTY, ILLINOIS
1903
Geo. A. Ogle & Co.Publishers & Engravers
134 Van Buren St.
Chicago
Transcribed by Larry Fearneyhough
Page 92
J. F. Hardister was born in Lawrence county, Tennessee, February 22, 1844, and was the son of Henry and Mary J. Hardister. Mr. Hardister has four brothers and five sisters. In 1852 his parents moved to Carroll county, Arkansas, where they resided until the year 1858, when they moved to Jasper county, Missouri, and where our subject worked on the farm until May, 1861, when he enlisted in the Confederated army under the command of Gen. Sterling Price, and served about four years. On August 10,1861, he was severely wounded in the left leg, and for about eight months was unable for army duty. He fought with Price at Pea Ridge and Helena, Arkansas, and at Carthage, and other points in Missouri. In 1865 he came to Scott county, Illinois, where he has continued to reside ever since. February 23, 1868, he was married to Sarah Taylor, daughter of Rev. John H. Taylor, who resides near Winchester, Ill. Mr. Hardister has one son, Wm. A., living near Winchester, Illinois, and one daughter, who is living at home. He owns a beautiful farm about three miles southwest of Winchester, and is one of our substantial farmers. He is noted for his southern hospitality; his doors being always open to his friends, and no stranger is ever turned away without sharing liberally of his generous bounty. He has always been a staunch democrat and donates liberally of his means and time for the success of his party. Mr. Hardister is not a member of any religious denomination, neither has he ever belonged to any secret society, nevertheless he is a gentleman of honorable and upright dealings with his fellow-man, and a man whom it is a pleasure to know and associate with.