Father: James BARDIN
Mother: Lucinda WALKER
Family 1 : Rachel M. RYDER
_James BARDIN ______+
_William BARDIN _|
| |_Celia (Mary) HORN _
_James BARDIN ___|
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| |_Nancy COOK _____|
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|--Charles BARDIN
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|_Lucinda WALKER _|
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Notes:
| Listed in the 1890 San Jose City Directory, including Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Monterey Counties for Blanco, Monterey County: |
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| Bardin Charles, farmer | |||
From the History of Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties, CA, edited by Major Roth G. Watkins (The S. J. Clarke Publishing CO., Chicago: 1925), Volume II, pp. 157-158: |
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| CHARLES BARDIN | |||
| Back in the
ante-bellum days, Charles Bardin's grandfather owned a large plantation and a
number of slaves in South Carolina. His son James married Miss Lucinda Walker
of Mississippi. In those days the Bardins and the Walkers were prominent
families among the aristocracy of the old south. then came the Civil war, which
did not wait until these changed conditions came. In 1855 he visited the
Salinas valley, bought a tract of land in Blanco, and the next year brought his
family to the Pacific coast. His training in his native state of South Carolina
gave him many of the necessar qualifications for leadership and he became a
large landowner and influential citizen. Charles Bardin, a son of James and Lucinda (Walker) Bardin, was born in Blanco, on February 1, 1859. He received a liberal education and ever since he reached the age of maturity he has been a ranchman and stock raiser. In 1896 he and his brother, Henry Bardin, built the Bardin Hotel in Salinas. This building, upon which they expended fifty thousand dollars, was at the time of its completion one of the finest hotes in the valley. After leasing it for three years, they traded it for a five-thousand-acre tract east of Salinas. As the land was well adapted for grazing, the brothers went into the cattle business. Subsequently they divided the land, each taking one-half. At one time Charles Bardin owned several hundred acres of fine tillable land near Blanco. After giving each of his children a good farm, he still owns some acreage there and also owns five thousand acres of range land. Since 1912 he has devoted his time and attention exclusely to the cattle business and lives in the city of Salinas, where he is universally recognized as one of the most progressive and public-spirited citizens. His fraternal affiliations are with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. On December 1, 1880, Mr. Bardin was united in marriage to Miss Rachel Ryder, a daughter of William and Rachel (Carr) Ryder, members of New England families and California pioneers. Mr. and Mrs. Bardin have four children: Elizabeth, the wife of W. J. Schween; Bertha G., the wife of C. Mothershead; Margaret R., wife of E. McHarry; and Charles W. All of these children live in the vicinity of Blanco. |
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