James Hardgrove
Mary Hardgrove
Thomas Hardgrove
John Hargrove b: 1762
George Hardgrove b: 1764
Marriage 1 Latitia Tarford
Edmund Hardgrove b: ABT. 1784
Charlotte Hardgrove b: ABT. 1790
Charlotte Hardgrove b: ABT. 1790
Marriage 2 Catherine Walker
Catherine Hardgrove b: ABT. 1795
John Hargrove b: 1797 in Knockatureen, County Clare, Ireland
Mary Hardgrove b: ABT. 1800
Patrick Hargrove b: 1804 in Knockatureen, County Clare, Ireland
Bridget Hardgrove b: ABT. 1807
Henry Hardgrove b: 2 FEB 1809 in Kilkishen, County Clare, Ireland
George Hardgrove b: ABT. 1812 in Ireland
Richard Hardgrove b: 15 AUG 1814 in County Clare, Ireland
Jane Hardgrove b: ABT. 1817
Martin Hardgrove b: 1820 in Knockatureen, County Clare, Ireland
1809 Henry Hardgrove b: 2 FEB 1809 in Kilkishen, County Clare, Ireland
REMINISCENCES OF TIMOTHY HARDGROVEMarriage 1 Mary Hynes b: 1815 in Six Mile Bridge, County Clare, Ireland
HENRY HARDGROVE
Born 2 February 1809 in Kilkishin, County Clair, Ireland , fourth child of John Hardgrove, a grain merchant, and his second wife, Catherine Walker.The family lived in and about Lolla, Ireland.
Henry married Mary Hines (Hynes) in 1832 and produced 10 children. Mary was the daughter of Timothy Hines and Margaret Hawley. The Hines family lived near Callahan's Mill or Six Mile Bridge.
Henry Hardgrove held a lease for 14 acres of grazing land on the estate of Maurice O'Connell. This estate was called"Kilgory" (God;s Church) Henry was allowed to sell this lease, which perhaps, paid the family's passage to North America. Which price is estimated at about $ 20.00 a person.
Henry's brother, Richard, preceded him to Canada. His brother, Edward, came to Canada later. Henry sailed from Limerick with his family in the spring of 1846 and located in Toronto, where he engaged in the dairy business. He had a herd of 20 cows which was a large herd at that time.
Henry came to Milwaukee from Toronto in 1848. He bought 160 acres of government land in the town of Forrest in Fond du Lac County and moved there in 1851. During the time he was in Milwaukee, he was foreman in Roger's brickyard and at another time in Kendall' s brickyard. He also did the work of time keeper.
When the family moved to Forrest in 1851, Henry hired a man with a team to carry the family and the household goods. They drove out over the Fond du Lac avenue road. "Junken" (?) was then running a tavern at Theresa and the family stopped there over night. They drove through Fond du Lac and Taycheddah and out the Sheboygan road as far as the town of Forrest where they stopped at a tavern kept by a man named Butler.
They found a log home owned by one James Welch near the Patrick McNamara family where they lived for a part of the year, then commenced building their own home. They took what crop was left by James Welch. His place was a log shanty with a lean-to. The McNamara family had the letting of the place and that is how Henry came to move into it. The mother of Patrick McNamara was a relative. Her grandmother's name was Mary Hardgrove.
The lumber for the house was purchased at Clark's Mills near what is now Glenbeulah. The house contained 3 rooms on the first floor and several rooms on the second floor. The first season there was little planting done on the new farm. Only a few potatoes. Henry purchased a yoke of oxen from a man named Snell. They moved into the new house in the fall of 1851.
Henry, Patrick McNamara and Michael Seanell started the Osceola Church,
"Holy Angels" The first three loads of lumber for the church were hauled by Patrick McNamara, Michael Burke and Henry Hardgrove. It took three days to go to Fond du Lac and back with a team of oxen.
In an incident reported by Timothy Hardgrove, the tree men left Fond du Lac on a Saturday morning with a load of lumber. They drove out past Denevue Lake and up the east west road, past the school house about three forth of a mile south of what is now the village of Eden.
The wagons of lumber mired down at the home of John Gray, the father of William and John Gray, now of Fond du Lac. John Gray was then a young man, invited them to spend the night. The cattle were unhitched, corn was cut and thrown over the fence to feed them. The party went into Gray's house where they slept on the floor.
They rose early in the morning and resumed their journey. They reached the church, it was Sunday morning. A rough altar had been set up with a rude shelter of boards and Mass was being celebrated, the people kneeling on the floor of the open church.
During the winter, a school was organized. The school was built on a corner of Henry's place. The teacher was Miss Lucy Prentis, whose people came from the state of New York.
Henry Hardgrove was a justice of the peace and acted in that capacity for many years. Timothy Hardgrove related an instance in which someone had called at the house to see his father. Henry stepped outside to talk to the man for a while and when he came in he was pacing the floor in considerable anger. When asked what the trouble was, Henry explained with a great deal of indignation that the man had applied to him to perform a marriage ceremony.
Henry was in the habit of writing deeds and other documents for his neighbors. When he refused longer to hold the office of justice of the peace, he made application to be appointed notary public so as to continue to do the work of conveyancer for the neighborhood.
Timothy Hardgrove recalled an instance in 1900 when a man at the Register of Deeds Office at Fond du Lac, called him in to show him a deed which had been written by his father, Henry Hardgrove, and acknowledged, begore, his father back in the early days.
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- Married: 1832
Catherine Frances Hardgrove b: 24 DEC 1832
John Hardgrove b: 24 JUN 1834 in Kilkishen, County Clare, Ireland
Margaret Hardgrove b: 12 SEP 1835 in Tulla, County Clare, Ireland
Timothy Hardgrove b: 8 JAN 1838 in Tulla, County Clare, Ireland
Mary Hardgrove b: 3 JUL 1840 in Tulla, County Clare, Ireland
Bridget Hardgrove b: 12 JAN 1843 in Tulla, County Clare, Ireland
Henry M. Hardgrove b: 31 OCT 1846 in Tulla, County Clare, Ireland
George Hardgrove b: 1 MAR 1849 in Toronto, Canada
Jane Hardgrove b: 29 OCT 1850 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Elizabeth Hardgrove b: 1854 in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
Ellen Hardgrove b: 28 FEB 1858 in Forest Township, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
Richard Hardgrove b: 16 MAY 1859 in Forest Township, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
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Henry Hardgrove, Sr.
Henry Hardgrove, Sr. aged ninety years and for the past forty-five years a resident of this county, died Sunday morning at 10 o'clock at his home in Eden, the cause of his death being general disability. He is survived by ten children, four sons and six daughters. They are John of Minneapolis, Timothy of Eden, Henry of this city, Richard of Eden, Mrs. F. Tice of Janesville, Mrs. Twohig of Osceola, Mrs. J. Whealon of Osceola, Miss Mary Hardgrove of this city, Mrs. J. Redmond of Milwaukee, and Mrs. J. Smith of Eden.
The funeral will be held Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock from St. Mary's church, at Eden. Rev. Father McFarland officiating. The remains will be interred at Osceola cemetery
Daily Reporter
Fond du Lac Wisconsin
1 April 19
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1867 Tomas Heraty's Diary
Feb. 3
Sun
Mass at Osceola, went there with team. J. Rooney got married. D. Twohig and R. Hardgrove published.
1870 Thomas Heraty's DiaryMarch 1
Tue
Warm, springlike. Tim Hardgrove was married. (Married James Heraty's daughter - F.S.)
1873 Thomas Hearty's Diary
May 28
Wed
Hardgrove boy born.
1874 Thomas Heraty's Diary
May 23
Sat
George Hardgrove died at 2 a.m. Lord have mercy on his soul!
May 25
Mon
George Hardgrove was buried. Attended funeral with team and folks. 164 teams.
1875 Thomas Heraty's Diary
Aug. 31
Tue
John Hardgrove's little girl was killed.
1879 Thomas Heraty's Diary
Jan. 31
Fri
Tom Kelly and Dick Hardgrove came with engine about 2 p.m. A new event in Mitchell being the first steam engine that ever entered town.
May 4
Sun
Ellen O'Brien and ______ and Hardgrove and Redmond were called to be married.
May 11
Sun
Left Tom Kelley's at 8 a.m. Stopped at mass in Osceola. Got home at 1 ½ p.m. Mona at mass there too. Witnessed the marriage of James Redman and Elizabeth Hardgrove.
1892 Tom Heraty's Diary
April 26
Tue
Four weddings. John Gaynor and Hannah O'Connell; Dick Hughes and Mary Gill of Mitchell; Tom Moynihan and Kate Mangan; Dick Hardgrove and Kate Doyle of Greenbush, at Osceola.
1901 Tom Heraty's Diary
March 31
Sun
Palm Sunday, 1901. Heard of the death of old man Hardgrove at his son Dick's of Osceola.
Dec. 30
Mon
Mailed to Barry (?) petition for mail route today with names. Garrett Doyle of Fond du Lac and Frank Hardgrove called this evening, so did Milo and Kit Gallagher.
1903 Tom Heraty's Diary
Jan. 21
Wed
James Hardgrove of Fond du Lac and Miss Frances McDonnell of Scott were married at Cascade today by Reverend Burke.
1905 Tom Heraty's Diary
Nov. 7
Tue
Miss McMullen of Holland and Tommie Phelin were married at St. Patricks. Mary Hardgrove and Mr. Lynch of Eden were married at Fond du Lac.
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Note:
Mrs. B. Twohig, pioneer is dead
Death comes unexpectedly, although she had been ailing
Leaves seven children

Mrs. Bridget (HARDGROVE) Twohig, aged 78 years, a pioneer of Fond du Lac County, died suddenly at her home, 131 East Second street at 9:45 Sunday morning.
Although Mrs. Twohig had been ill for about three weeks her death came very unexpectedly.
She was a native of Ireland having been born January 12, 1843 in County Clare, Ireland, in the vicinity, of Ennis. She came to America when she was a child of two years with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hardgrove. The family settled in Toronto, Canada, residing in there a number of years when they came to Milwaukee. After a few years of residence in that city the family moved to the town of Forest in Fond Du Lac County, in the early fifties.
Bridget Hardgrove was united in marriage to David Twohig at Byron, February 6, 1867. Mr. Twohig passed away in this city eight years ago. The couple resided on a farm in Osceola until eight years ago, when they came to the city, after which the death of Mr. Twohig occurred.
Mrs. Twohig was a member of Saint Joseph's Church and a member of Alter and Rosary Society of Saint Patrick's Church and also of the Alter Society of Saint Joseph's Church.
Mr. Twohig was a woman with high Christian Ideals and sterling traits of character that made her beloved by all who met her and came to know her.
She is survived by five sons, Doctors David, Henry, and Elmer Twohig of this city. Bartholomew of this city and George living on the homestead farm in Osceola, Mrs. J. P. Connell of this city and Ms. Laura A. Twohig of this city, Twenty-One grandchildren and one great grandchild.
She also leaves four brother and four sisters. The brothers are John Hardgrove of Hopkins, Minnesota, Timothy Hardgrove of this city, Richard of this city and Henry of Madison. The sisters are Mrs. Elizabeth Redmond of Chicago, Mrs. James Smith of Eden, Mrs. Frank Tice, of Pueblo, Colorado and Ms. Mary Hardgrove of Fond Du Lac.
Funeral services will be held at nine o' clock, Tuesday morning at Saint Joseph's Church. There will be a solemn requiem mass. Burial will be at Chivalry Cemetery.
Daily Commonwealth
Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin
18 April, 1928
3 Bridget Hardgrove b: 12 JAN 1843 d: 17 APR 1921
+ David Twohig b: 14 FEB 1837 d: 1913
4 Bartholomew Charles Twohig b: 2 JAN 1870 d: 1937
+ Margaret J ,. Duffy
4 Norah Ellen Twohig b: 5 JUN 1872 d: 18 APR 1901 4 Henry Francis Twohig b: 15 AUG 1873 d: 1944
+ Helen Connell
4 David Jacob Twohig b: 2 FEB 1877 d: 1965
+ Lina Kelly
4 Frances Bridget Twohig b: 22 DEC 1877
4 George Richard Twohig b: 6 JAN 1879 d: 3 SEP 1966 + Marion Brown b: 1 SEP 1882
4 Mary Elizabeth Twohig b: 5 JUL 1881 d: 15 AUG 1954
4 Laura Anna Twohig b: 21 AUG 1884 d: 25 DEC 1977
4 John Elmer Twohig b: 18 FEB 1887 d: 14 AUG 1953
+ Helen Murphy
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