Oliver Hardy wounded at the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862 and was a recruiting officer for Company K, 16th Georgia Regiment. The elder Oliver Hardy assisted his father in running the vestiges of the family cotton plantation following the Civil War. He then bought a share in a retail business and was elected full-time Tax Collector for Columbia County, Georgia. Hardy's mother Emily Norvell was the daughter of Thomas Benjamin Norvell and Mary Freeman, descended from Captain Hugh Norvell of Williamsburg, Virginia who arrived in Virginia before 1635. The elder Hardy and Norvell married March 12, 1890; it was her
Nathaniel S. Hardy Jr. Nathaniel S. Hardy Jr. Nathaniel Sidney Hardy Jr. (born April 19, 1964) is an American musician, composer, and keyboardist. Hardy is known for his contributions as a keyboardist for Chic, and his work with acts such as Run-DMC, Madonna and Crystal Waters. Hardy was born on April 19, 1964 in Baltimore, Maryland. He attented Cherry Hill Junior High School, and started out as a member of the school's marching band (P.S. #180) while growing up in the "Projects" of Cherry Hill. He joined the band in the seventh grade to keep out of trouble when his brother Gershwin brought home