Laborer in a Granite Factory, Steel Mill Employee, they lived at a farm 2 1/2 miles SW of Freeport on what is now the Stewart farm, close to Old Dry Ridge School. They moved to Freeport, building a new house in town, in the spring of 1906. In 1928, they moved to New Philadelphia. Their next move was to Congress Lake above Hartville and was due to the closing of the steel mill in New Philadelphia. After Clement's retirement, the Hardings grew peaches and did odds-and-ends for a rich couple to support themselves. When the peach trees were frozen/blighted one winter, they had to sell the Hartville farm. Clement and Mae Belle made their final move to Birmingham. The house in Birmingham had no electricity or water (got water from the town pump) and used a coal stove. During the 1940's, while living in Birmingham, the family was very poor; Clement had to cut mine timbers/props at the age of 75. They lived on milk (they had a cow that they pastured at a friend's farm nearby), homemade bread and vegetables from the garden. Grandsons, Delmer and Vernon, lived with Clem after their father's death. Delmer stole the cow and left to get married.
Laborer in a Granite Factory, Steel Mill Employee, they lived at a farm 2 1/2 miles SW of Freeport on what is now the Stewart farm, close to Old Dry Ridge School. They moved to Freeport, building a new house in town, in the spring of 1906. In 1928, they moved to New Philadelphia. Their next move was to Congress Lake above Hartville and was due to the closing of the steel mill in New Philadelphia. After Clement's retirement, the Hardings grew peaches and did odds-and-ends for a rich couple to support themselves. When the peach trees were frozen/blighted one winter, they had to sell the Hartville farm. Clement and Mae Belle made their final move to Birmingham. The house in Birmingham had no electricity or water (got water from the town pump) and used a coal stove. During the 1940's, while living in Birmingham, the family was very poor; Clement had to cut mine timbers/props at the age of 75. They lived on milk (they had a cow that they pastured at a friend's farm nearby), homemade bread and vegetables from the garden. Grandsons, Delmer and Vernon, lived with Clem after their father's death. Delmer stole the cow and left to get married.
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