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Jane Louisa Hardy
Jane Louisa Hardy (August 21, 1828 – October 11, 1915) was an American activist and philanthropist. She was an active member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and the Ladies Benevolent Union in Ithaca, New York. During the American Civil War, Hardy organized the Ithaca Volunteer Association to provide relief to Union Army soldiers. In 1883, she served as vice president of the Tompkins County, New York, Tompkins County branch of the New York Charities Aid Association. Early life and family Hardy was born in Utica, New York on August 21, 1828, to Charles Elias Hardy and Louisa Walker Hardy. She was the middle of three sisters. Her family moved to Ithaca, New York around 1830, where her father opened a hardware store. Her father also served as a village trustee, cashier of the Merchants and Farmers Bank, and was one of the incorporators of Ithaca Water Works Company. The Hardy family were of relative social and economic prominence in the community, and were connected by ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Utica, New York
Utica () is the county seat of Oneida County, New York, United States. The tenth-most populous city in New York, its population was 65,283 in the 2020 census. It is located on the Mohawk River in the Mohawk Valley at the foot of the Adirondack Mountains, approximately west-northwest of Albany, east of Syracuse and northwest of New York City. Utica and the nearby city of Rome anchor the Utica–Rome metropolitan area comprising all of Oneida and Herkimer counties. Formerly a river settlement inhabited by the Mohawk Nation of the Iroquois Confederacy, Utica attracted European-American settlers from New England during and after the American Revolution. In the 19th century, immigrants strengthened its position as a layover city between Albany and Syracuse on the Erie and Chenango Canals and the New York Central Railroad. During the 19th and 20th centuries, the city's infrastructure contributed to its success as a manufacturing center and defined its role as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
