"Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume V, 4th Ed."
ROBERT HARDING was born February 12, 1852, in Green County, KY., and is a son of Aaron and Margaret (Campbell) Harding, who had born to them five children: Mattie, John, Samuel, Sallie and Robert. Robert Harding lived in Greensburg until ten years old, and was raised partly in Washington, D. C., while his father was in Congress. He graduated in the class of 1873 from Centre College, and in 1874 began the study of law in Danville, with his brother. In the same year he was licensed to practice. In 1878 he was elected county attorney, and re-elected in 1882.
He was married October 22, 1879, to Maggie B. Robinson, daughter or Richard M. and Margaret (Hoskins) Robinson. Mr. Robinson was a native of Fayette and his wife of Garrard County. Richard M. Robinson died at the age of fifty-one. Camp Dick Robinson, the first Union Camp south of the Ohio River, was located on his beautiful farm here Gen. Nelson was buried. Mr. Harding and wife are members of the Baptist Church. In alluding to the nuptials of Mr. and Mrs. Harding, a local paper contained an elaborate notice from which the following is extracted: "Both of the contracting parties have been well and favorably known in this community since their earliest youth, and both have been general favorites in society. The bride is the youngest daughter of Mrs. M. P. Robinson, widow of the late Richard Robinson, for whom Camp Dick Robinson took its name. She is well known throughout central Kentucky as one of the most beautiful young ladies of the State, and an acknowledged belle. Her cultured mind, and lovely and amiable disposition, her bewitching and gentle manners always caused her to be admired and beloved by all who knew her. The groom, Mr. Robert Harding, is the youngest son of the late Aaron Harding, and now holds the office of County Attorney for Boyle County. He is a young lawyer of ability and rare promise. Trinity Church was elaborately and beautifully decorated with rare and exquisite natural flowers and evergreens. An hour before the appointed time for the ceremony to take place, the church was filled to overflowing, aisles, lobby, door and windows being filled with eager spectators. The following young ladies and gentlemen were the attendants: Miss Sallie Harding and Mr. Richard Dunlap; Miss Sallie Brown, of Nicholasville, and Wm. Robinson; Miss Annie Shelby and Robert Evans; Miss Annie Lee and Jas. Gentry. Immediately after the ceremony the bridal party and a large number of invited guests repaired to "Camp Dick," the home of the bride, where they were hospitably and elegantly entertained."
