John M. Hart

HART, RILEY, LYONS

Posted By: Diane (email)
Date: 2/24/2002 at 21:03:33

John M. Hart, who resides on section 11, is one of the earliest and best known settlers of this township. He located on the farm where he now lives in 1853. When Mr. Hart settled here, Cedar Falls was his nearest post office, and Dubuque and Cedar Rapids were his trading points.
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Mr. Hart was born in Highland county, Ohio, in 1820. He removed with his parents, John and Margaret Hart, to Indiana, in 1828. Mr. Hart has been twice married. His first wife was Adeline Riley, who died in 1846, and his present wife was Elizabeth Lyons, a native of Virginia. Mr. Hart has one son by his first wife – Francis M. – and seven children by his present wife – Andrew J., Charles L., Sarah M., Martha M., Jane, Lewis W. and Lovina.
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Mr. Hart has become quite a large land holder, owning at one time about 800 acres, the greater part of which he has divided among his children. His homestead, where he has lived thirty years, contains about 280 acres. Mr. Hart and wife are members of the Christian Church. In politics he is a staunch democrat, and has held local offices.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Page: 549