HARDWICK, Mary F. November 13, 1897 Mariposa Gazette
A Good Women Gone.
Mrs. Mary F. HARDWICK died at the residence of her son, J. F. THORN, near Quartzburg this county, at 6 a.m. on the 11th inst.
The deceased was married to Colonel Thomas THORN in Little Rock, Ark., and went to Texas.
They spent the winter of '49 and '50 in Los Angeles. In the spring of 1850 they arrived at Quartzburg, Mariposa county, which town she named, where they resided until Col. THORN's death in 1854, leaving two sons, Thomas J. and J. F. THORN, who still survive.
On December 2nd, 1857, deceased was married to Major G. M. HARDWICK, who died in 1879, and ever since the deceased has resided with the family of her son J. F. THORN, where she always received the kind treatment which so good a women deserved. She was a fine specimen of christian womanhood, of good education, ever hospitable and charitable in her unostentatious way. Firm in her own faith yet liberal and broad minded as to the faith of others. To be in her presence for any length of time was to feel that you were in the company of a superior and refined women.
None ever knew her but to respect and honor her. Living to the ripe old age of eighty-four years, a stainless life has left an impression on all who knew her that cannot fail to be of benefit to them.
She was stricken with paralysis about six months ago and has ever since been confined to her bed. During her illness she has shown the same christian patience which she had displayed throughout her long life. The internment took place at the Quartzburg cemetery yesterday. A large concourse of friends followed the remains to its last resting place.

DIED July 13, 1878 Mariposa Gazette
Near Quartzburg, Mariposa county, July 10, 1878, George McKendree HARDWICK, a native of
Georgia, aged 66 years.

HARDWICK: Obits July 13, 1878 Mariposa Gazette"
Major HARDWICH was a native of Georgia, and came to California about the year 1853, and settled in Quartzburg, in this county. December 2d, 1857, he was married to Mrs. Mary F. THORN, widow of Col. Thomas THORN, who died in Quartzburg in 1850 or '51. The Major had lived to the ripe age of 66 years. Although not in the best of health, but for the exposure incidental to political canvass, he would doubtless have fulfilled the mission laid out for him by the people, who had just elected him a delegate to the constitutional convention. He was a man of fair intellect and education, a good citizen, and highly respected for his integrity and uprightness inn all his dealings with men in the business routine of life. He was a kind husband and obliging neighbor, and will be very much missed from the immediate circle of relatives and friends among whom he has lived for more than a quarter of a century last past.