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  1. Harold Lee Hart: Birth: 2 Oct 1888 in Boone County, Indiana. Death: 19 Jul 1955 in Lebanon, Indiana


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1. Author:   Crist, L. M. (Leander Mead), 1837-1929.
Publication:   Indianapolis, Ind. : A.W. Bowen, 1914

Notes
a. Note:   JAMES F. HART In nearly every community are to be found individu als who, by innate
 ability and sheer force of character, rise above their fellows a
 nd win for themselves
 conspicuous places in public esteem. Such a one is the well-know
 n gentleman whose
 name appears above, a man who has been identified with the histo
 ry of Boone county for
 many years, during which time his life has been closely interwov
 en with the material
 growth and development of the county, wielding a potent influenc
 e in the community
 honored by his residence, his career as a progressive man of aff
 airs being synonymous
 with all that is honorable.
 James F. Hart, one of Boone county's leading agriculturists an
 d stock raisers, whose fine
 farm lies in one of the most desirable sections of Jefferson tow nship, was born in
 Montgomery county, Indiana, March 30, 1860. He is a son of Jame
 s Harvey Hart and
 Susan (Berry) Hart. The father was born June 9, 1821, and the mo
 ther was born August
 11, 1826, both being natives of Kentucky, where they grew up an
 d were married,
 emigrating to Indiana soon afterwards, the date of the wedding b
 eing January 23, 1844.
 The paternal grandparents, William Hart and his wife, emigrate
 d from England to
 Virginia in a very early day, later coming to Kentucky. Willia
 m Hart, son of Thomas and
 Rebecca Hart, was born May 1, 1777, and his death occurred Apri
 l 21, 1824. He married
 Polly Pierson, September 17, 1800, and to them the following chi
 ldren were born:
 Thomas, born September 27, 1802; Rebecca, born January 27, 1805
 ; Francis, born May
 2, 1807; William Lindley, born July 1, 1809; Mary, born Septembe
 r 2, 1811; Richard
 Linzy, born June 21, 1815; John Pope, born October 13, 1817; Jam
 es Harvey, born June
 9, 1821; Robert Franklin, born April 30, 1823. The death of Jame s Harvey Hart, father of
 our subject, occurred March 19, 1913, at the advanced age of nin
 ety-two years. The
 parents of our subject came the entire distance from Kentucky o
 n horseback, the trip
 requiring many days. They were accompanied by John Coons, and th
 e family settled in
 Montgomery county, entering land from the government, and ther
 e they lived like typical
 pioneers, working hard, clearing and developing their farm, maki
 ng their own clothing,
 shoes, etc., but they succeeded in establishing a comfortable ho
 me. The Harts remained
 in Montgomery county until 1881, when our subject and his mothe r bought forty acres in
 Jefferson township, Boone county, on which stood a log cabin an
 d stable, all was cleared
 but about ten acres, this being second growth timber, this our s
 ubject cleared and
 improved, assisted by his father. They drained the land and erec
 ted new buildings, finally
 having a good farm here to which they added until the place cons
 isted of three hundred
 and forty acres.
 Our subject has two sisters, Fannie, born in 1844, married A. G
 . Bookshire, and they live
 in Kansas; and Sarah E., born in 1846, married Allen Bookshire a nd is living in
 Brownsburg.
 James F. Hart married February 3, 1881, Susan E. Baker; a daught
 er of John and Lucinda (Clark) Baker, both natives of Kentucky. Mrs. Hart was born in M ontgomery county of
 which the Bakers were early pioneers. One son was born to Mr. an
 d Mrs. Hart by this
 marriage, Harold L., the date of whose birth is October 2, 1888
 ; he married Cose E.
 Updike, who was born in Boone county, January 11, 1890, and the
 y were married August
 11, 1905; they live on a farm in Jefferson township. Her peopl e were early settlers in
 Boone county. To Harold Hart and wife the following children hav
 e been born: Mary E.,
 born October 2, 1907; John F., born July 3, 1908; James Walter
 , born March 25, 1910;
 Robert W., born December 1, 1912. Our subject's first wife die
 d in 1889 and on October 25, 1892, he married Mary E. Long, who was born October 9, 1862
 . She is a daughter of
 John and Mary (


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