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ROBERT HARDY, farmer, post office Gibsonia, was born in Manchester, England, in 1813, and immigrated to America July 4, 1827. He first located in Pittsburgh, and engaged in the manufacture of spool-cotton for five years. In 1832 he moved to his present farm, and the same year married Nancy, daughter of Jacob and Mary (Haefner) Stoup, of Hampton township. They have seven living children: Henrietta (wife of Samuel Campbell, of Shaler township), Esther (wife of Duncan C. White, of Pittsburgh), Harriet (widow of John Ekis, now at home), Jacob S. (a farmer in Richland township), Nancy J. (wife of Henry Jacobs, of Allegheny), Maggie E. (wife of Joseph H. Harper, of Tarentum) and Florence (at home). In 1860 Mr. Hardy was elected justice of the peace of Hampton township, and held that office twenty years; has also served as supervisor, overseer of the poor, school director, etc. Hardy Station, on the P. & W. R. R., was named after him. He voted for Gen. Jackson, and has always been a stanch democrat. His family are members of the Second Presbyterian Church of Pine Creek.