Cincinnati (OH) Enquirer, December 20, 1877, p. 1. DEATH OF A PROMINENT CITIZEN OF INDIANA Bloomington, Indiana, December 19-A dispatch has just been received from Mexico, Mo., announcing the death of George W. Hardin, uncle of Ex-governor Hardin of Missouri, Mr. Hardin was over 80 years old, an old citizen of this place. He pre-empted land here over 50 years ago and was the last surviving soldier of the War of 1812 from Kentucky, of which state he was a native. He was a prominent local politician of this state for 40 years.