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From: (Marcia Payne)
Subject: [MAMIDDLE] HARDY Family Ending
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:28:20 -0600 (CST)


(IX) John Henry HARDY, son of John Henry HARDY (VIII) was bor at
Arlington, Mass., June 10, 1874. He attended the public schools of his
native town, but left before graduation, and at the age of 18 entered
the employ of the Nathan ROBBINS Company, dealers in poultry and game,
33 Faneuil Hall Market, as a clerk, and has remained with that concern
in various capacities to the present time.
In 1901 the firm was incorporated under the laws of Mass. with the
following officers: President, Michael W. SCANNELL; Vice-President, Miss
E.P.ROBBINS; Secretary and Treasurer, Horace BASSETT; Director, John
Henry HARDY.
This concern is the oldest in their line of business in Faneuil Hall
Market, having been established by the late Nathan ROBBINS in 1826. Mr.
ROBBINS was a pioneer in the game and poutry trade. The company has 2
stalls in the market, and a large store at 20 Clinton Street, where the
wholesale business is transacted. Among their customers are many Maine,
and other summer hotels, the Boston hotels and the wealthy sections of
Boston, such as the Back Bay.
Mr. HARDY is one of the managers of the business, and he is especilly
interested in game.
He is a student of ornithology, for many years has been collecting
specimens of birdlife, and has one of the finest ad most complete
private collections of American birds in this country, and is deemed an
authority in this subject.
He is a member of the Nuttall Club; of the Boston Society of Natural
History; of the Audubon Society and the Ornithologist Union.
He loves nature and is devoted to the pleasures of the rod and gun.
In religion, Mr. HARDY is a Unitarian; in politics a Republican. He was
formerly a member of the Arlington Golf Club. He belongs to the Fruit
and Produce Exchange of Boston.
He married, Sept. 15, 1898 to Dorothy Myra KEELER, born at Hyde Park,
Vermont, daughter of Fred Nelson and Ellen (SAWYER) KEELER, of Hyde
Park. Her father was a hotel keeper anda prominent Freemason.
Their children:
#1 John born Dec. 3, 1899
#2 Sherman Keeler born May 10, 1902
#3 Ruth Whitney born March 4, 1904

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