. Norwich University, 1819-1911; her history, her graduates, her roll of honor . housand acres ofland. Here he made Ms home untilhis death. He imported a numberof thoroughbred race horses fromEngland, and established at BelleMeade one of the most famous stockfarms in America. He studied law and medicine,hut never practiced either of thesel)rofessions. He kept up his interestin engineering work, and was oftenconsulted by his fricntls as apractical engineer. His mihtary ability was soonrecognized and he rose from acaptain to major general in com-mand of the State Militia. He hat!charge of muster
. Norwich University, 1819-1911; her history, her graduates, her roll of honor . housand acres ofland. Here he made Ms home untilhis death. He imported a numberof thoroughbred race horses fromEngland, and established at BelleMeade one of the most famous stockfarms in America. He studied law and medicine,hut never practiced either of thesel)rofessions. He kept up his interestin engineering work, and was oftenconsulted by his fricntls as apractical engineer. His mihtary ability was soonrecognized and he rose from acaptain to major general in com-mand of the State Militia. He hat!charge of mustering the State;troops, for the Seminole War. Onthe breaking out of the Civil War, ^^J- ^en. WiUiam Giles Harding, he raised and equipped a battery of artillery, known as the Harding LightArtillery, which served during the war. He was for some time in chargeof a factory which manufactured percussion caps for the Confederate after the fall of Fort Donelson in 1862, he, with other Southern sympa-thizers, fled from Nashville, but returned after the proclamation issued by. 128 NORWICH UNIVERSITY. General Buell. Soon after his return he was, on account of his strong Southernsympathies, arrested by Governor Andrew Johnson, and confined for sometime at Fort Mackinac, Mich. He was a member of the Christian Church, and in poUtics was alwajs aDemocrat but never held office. He was twice married: first, November 10, 1829, to Mary Selene Mc-Nairy of Nashville, who died March 29, 1839; one child, John Harding, born in1852, resides in Nashville. He was again married January 2, 1840, to Eliza-beth Irwin McGavock, who died August 9, 1867. Two children were bornto them: Selene, born in 1846, married Gen. W. H. Jackson, a prominentcommander in the Confederate Army, died at Belle Meade, March 30, 1903;Mary, born in 1850, married Howell E. Jackson, at one time a United StatesSenator from Tennesee, and later a justice of the Supreme Court of the UnitedStates. She resides at West Meade, Davi
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