Charles B. Harding acquired his education in the district schools of New York and Illinois, the public schools of Monmouth and Monmouth College, remaining a member of the paternal household until he attained the age of twenty-two years, when he came to Iowa. He first located in Des Moines, where he clerked for a store for a year and a half, but his health failing at the end of that time he went to Nebraska, where he worked in the lumber camps for six months. Going to Omaha, he next worked in a grocery store for a year, after which he opened a flour and feed business. Disposing of the latter at the end of the year, he began milling for the wholesale trade, continuing in this until 1881, when he returned to Des Moines and joined his brother in establishing the first milk depot in the city. After engaging in the dairy business for two years he returned to Omaha for a similar period, and then returned to Polk county and assumed the management of the homestead, which he has ever since continued to cultivate. His father, two years previous to his death, deeded him one hundred and sixty acres of his land, upon which he is now living. He has effected many improvements during his occupancy, having erected a fine residence and many other changes, all of which have tended to add greatly to the appearance of the property. Mr. Harding generally keeps from forty to fifty head of cattle, fifteen head of horses and until recently he raised about one hundred and fifty hogs for the market every year, but he has now discontinued the latter business.
Mr. Harding's arrangements for a home had their culmination in his marriage on the 6th of April, 1884, to Miss Eva Bowlby, a daughter of John and Jane (Jackson) Bowlby. Her mother is a native of Ohio and her father of New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Harding have no children of their own, but are rearing two daughters of a niece of the latter: Eva Irene Camer, who is thirteen years of age, and Irma May Camer, who is eight.
Information taken from the "Des Moines the Pioneer of Municipal Progress and Reform of the Middle West together with the history of Polk County, Iowa", Volume II, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1911.
Mr. Harding's arrangements for a home had their culmination in his marriage on the 6th of April, 1884, to Miss Eva Bowlby, a daughter of John and Jane (Jackson) Bowlby. Her mother is a native of Ohio and her father of New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Harding have no children of their own, but are rearing two daughters of a niece of the latter: Eva Irene Camer, who is thirteen years of age, and Irma May Camer, who is eight.
Information taken from the "Des Moines the Pioneer of Municipal Progress and Reform of the Middle West together with the history of Polk County, Iowa", Volume II, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1911.
Charles B. Harding acquired his education in the district schools of New York and Illinois, the public schools of Monmouth and Monmouth College, remaining a member of the paternal household until he attained the age of twenty-two years, when he came to Iowa. He first located in Des Moines, where he clerked for a store for a year and a half, but his health failing at the end of that time he went to Nebraska, where he worked in the lumber camps for six months. Going to Omaha, he next worked in a grocery store for a year, after which he opened a flour and feed business. Disposing of the latter at the end of the year, he began milling for the wholesale trade, continuing in this until 1881, when he returned to Des Moines and joined his brother in establishing the first milk depot in the city. After engaging in the dairy business for two years he returned to Omaha for a similar period, and then returned to Polk county and assumed the management of the homestead, which he has ever since continued to cultivate. His father, two years previous to his death, deeded him one hundred and sixty acres of his land, upon which he is now living. He has effected many improvements during his occupancy, having erected a fine residence and many other changes, all of which have tended to add greatly to the appearance of the property. Mr. Harding generally keeps from forty to fifty head of cattle, fifteen head of horses and until recently he raised about one hundred and fifty hogs for the market every year, but he has now discontinued the latter business.
Mr. Harding's arrangements for a home had their culmination in his marriage on the 6th of April, 1884, to Miss Eva Bowlby, a daughter of John and Jane (Jackson) Bowlby. Her mother is a native of Ohio and her father of New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Harding have no children of their own, but are rearing two daughters of a niece of the latter: Eva Irene Camer, who is thirteen years of age, and Irma May Camer, who is eight.
Information taken from the "Des Moines the Pioneer of Municipal Progress and Reform of the Middle West together with the history of Polk County, Iowa", Volume II, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1911.
Mr. Harding's arrangements for a home had their culmination in his marriage on the 6th of April, 1884, to Miss Eva Bowlby, a daughter of John and Jane (Jackson) Bowlby. Her mother is a native of Ohio and her father of New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Harding have no children of their own, but are rearing two daughters of a niece of the latter: Eva Irene Camer, who is thirteen years of age, and Irma May Camer, who is eight.
Information taken from the "Des Moines the Pioneer of Municipal Progress and Reform of the Middle West together with the history of Polk County, Iowa", Volume II, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1911.
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