ABSTRACT
William B. Hardie is a native of Xenia township, his birth having occurred on a farm upon the Columbus pike, March 17, 1825. His parents were William and Isabella (Buick) Hardie, both of whom were natives of Scotland and in that country they were reared, educated and married. In 1820 they bade adieu to home and native land and sailed for the new world, taking up their abode in Xenia township, Greene county. The father was a weaver by trade and followed that pursuit in Scotland and for some years after his arrival in America. Later, however, he turned his attention to farming, purchasing a small tract of land in Xenia township upon which the subject of this review was born. About 1833 the father removed from that farm and located in Caesarscreek township, where he purchased a tract of one and twenty-six acres of partially improved land.
