Eugene O. Hardin & Minerva J. Branch Headstone Photo, Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery

Eugene O. Hardin, Aug. 20, 1871 - Aug. 15, 1942. Minerva J. Hardin, Mar. 10, 1876 - Aug. 27, 1948. Eugene O. Hardin was a son of George William Hardin and Martha Virginia Houchins. He was a grandson of William Hardin and Mary Polly Simco, and, James Overton Houchins and Elizabeth Sarah Hardin. He was my 2nd cousin twice removed. He first married in 1919, Loula A. Maddox, she was a daughter of William Maddox. On March 15, 1922 in Callaway Co., Missouri, he married Minerva Jane Branch. She was previously married to a Mr. Branham. She was a daughter of James D. Branch and Elizabeth Johnston.