These are photographs of Ephraim Jennings Hardy, born 4/2/1817 in Vermont, and died 11/15/1899 in Osceola Township, Livingston County, Michigan. He arrived in Osceola about 1835; he was a Michigan pioneer.
This is two pictures of the Hardy Farm which was established by Ephraim Jennings Hardy, who later jointly owned it with his son, Ephraim Wilson Hardy. He was the sole owner at the time of these photographs, around 1920. They raised Shetland ponies and Holstein cattle with other livestock. The location was Sections 23 and 20 in Osceola Township.
The is a photograph of the Hardy Family about 1889. Starting from the far left, name of the man and the woman in front of him, Earl and Alta Cornell, Mark B. Curdy and Velna Hardy Curdy, Howard Hardy and Ollie Warner (Walker) Hardy, Max Cornell and Cora Curdy, and Mr. Browning and Minni Browning. The photograph was taken about 1889 but the exact location is unknown.
