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Elehu "Eli" Harden

28 Oct 1867 – 20 Nov 1948

Birth	28 Oct 1867
Death	20 Nov 1948
Cemetery	Huron Cemetery Huron , Atchison County , Kansas , USA
Added by	Stephen Nottingham on 10 Aug 2018
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80952617

Bio

E. H. Harden, 81, almost all his life a resident of the Old Huron community, died at the home of his son, Cecil Harden. Atchison Globe 1948 The Atchison Daily Globe, 29 Nov 1948, Mon, Page 3 Pallbearers at the funeral of Eli Harden were six nephews: J. S. Grimes, Garold Harden, Lyle Shufflebarger, Henry Harden, Leonard Weaver and Kenneth Weaver. A son, Harold Harden and wife who were here for the funeral returned home Thursday evening. Eli Harden was the first proprietor of the Hotel Grand at Horton and a member of the Horton lodge No. 165 K. of P. He was also active in Democratic politics in Atchison and Brown counties. Harden was also the first marshal of Horton also worked as a detective around Horton and other locals. The Brown County World, Hiawatha, Kansas, 19 Mar 1906, Fri, Page 12 Became a Kisser Says the Horton Commercial: All our older citizens will remember Eli Hardin, one to the first city marshals in Horton, and who formerly lived near Huron. He drifted into railroad detective work and was finally made chief of detectives at Des Moines, Iowa, where he made quite a reputation. The Casey, Iowa, Record, of last week contained the following which indicated that Eli has gone the kissing route: Eli Hardin, chief of detectives of Des Moines, has worked up a quite a reputation as a kisser. His kissing stunts are notable on account of being the opposite of the Hobson brand, but he is accused of getting there Eli, and has lost his job until an investigation can be made. Three women have charged Chief of Detective's Eli Harden with hugging and kissing them in his private office when they were called there on business. The police and fire commission was asked to remove the chief

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Family

Parents

• William Henry Harden 1825–1902
• Mary Catherine Watson Harden 1844–1915

Spouse

• Sallie M. Grimes Harden 1868–1933

Siblings

• James Monroe Harden 1853–1906
• Wallace Elsworth Harden 1865–1939
• William F. Harden 1865–1921
• Theodore Harden 1871–1871
• Dora Belle Hardin Weaver 1876–1937

Children

• J. William Harden 1890–1912
• Cecil Grimes Harden 1896–1956
• Maurice Harold Harden 1906–1981

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