A REPLICA OF THE SHIP LYON This was the ship in which Stephen Hart migrated from Braintree, Essex County, England to Newton, later named Cambridge, Mass. A replica of this ship may be seen in the Town Hall in Braintree, England. GENEALOGICAL HISTORY
OF
LOVIRA HART, SR.
AND HIS
ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS
1605 - 1976
With the addition of excerpts from the Tuscola County History, printed in the early 1880's., Hart's Corners. Statistical History of Lovira Hart Family. Reprints of Lovira Hart letters written between 1837 and 1853. Spouses and their parents. Military service records. Wedding Bells and Donors.
BY
HILDRED JAY HART, B.Sc.
CENTREVILLE, MICHIGAN 1i'1"i' Library of Congress 79-52467 l.S.B.N., 0-9602794-0-7 Copyright, 1979 Dedicated to my brothers Newell Ashe Hart Raymond Caley Hart Ted Stanley Hart (deceased) Table of Contents Page
Early History of the Area .. 7 Religious Background of the Lovira Hart Family 10 Hart's Corners 12 Would You Believe?. 13 Information on Descendants . 17 The Albert Henry Branch . 30 The Lovira Jr. Branch .. 31 The Orlando Branch . 86 The Anna Branch . 125 The Nancy Branch 126 The George Branch 136 The Lovira Hart Family Vital Statistics . 138
Branch of Albert Henry . 138 Branch of Lovira .... . 138 Branch of Orlando ...... 156 Branch of Anna . 168 Branch of Nancy . 168 Branch of George 173 Lovira Hart Letters ... 174 Spouses - Persons who Married into the Hart Family ...... 192 Military Service Record of People Connected with the Hart Family . 199 Wedding Bells ...... 207 Family Record 212 Donors .. 214 Respectfully, Matilda Hart . 215 Index 217 Illustrations Page A Replica of the ship Lyon Frontispiece Residence of Lovira Hart 11 Genealogical history of Deacon Stephen Hart . 14 Hart Memorial 15 Branch of Thomas . 16 Material from the Archives of the office of Surrogate, County of Green, Village of Catskill, State of New York . 21-27 Bronze Plaque on top of Meeting House Hill 28 Anna (Hotchkiss) Hart, wife of Lovira Hart, Sr .. 28 Lovira Hart, Jr .... 31 Esther Marie (Parker) Hart, Lovira's second wife ... 31 Mortgage .... 33-34 Ann Jeanette (Hart) Johnson . 36 Leicester Johnson 36 Farm home of Leicester and Ann Jeanette (Hart) Johnson . 3o Marshall and Mary Jane (Hart) Lamson . 37 Robert and Mary Jane (Hart) (Lamson) Shaw. 37 Hannah Emeline Hart .. 37 Emery Delroy and Sarah Delana (Hart) Palmer . 38 Lemuel Parker Hart .. 39 Lemuel Parker Hart wedding picture . 39 Clarabelle Rachael (Hoyt) Hart, wife of Lemuel Parker Hart . 39 Clarinda Walker (Lamson) Hoyt and daughter Clarabelle Rachael 39 Tax paper. 41 Elwood Z. Shaw .. 42 Carrie E. (Shaw) Newman and her children. 43 Edward Lovira and Mable (Townsend) Palmer . 43 Lemuel Jay and Esther Marie (Ashe) Hart 45 Four Generations of Harts: Richard Jay, Ronald Jay, Lemuel Jay and Hildred Jay. 45 James and Annie Belle (Hart) McPherson 46 Elsie (Hart) Colman wedding picture 46 Wesley Jesse Colman wedding picture . 46 George Scott and Nellie Viola (Colbeth) Hart 47 Alice Alma (Hart) Hoard and her children . 48 Esther Jane (Hart) Van Cleve and husband Loren 49 Manley and Wilma (Kettle) Newman golden wedding . 49 Roy and Dorris (Parker) Palmer golden wedding .. 52 Lester and Marie (Gunell) Palmer .. 53 Hildred Jay and Naomi P. (Welch) Hart golden wedding 55 Raymond Caley and Martha (Latta) Hart. 56 Ted Stanley Hart .... 56 Anna Vere (Colman) Lennox 57 ILLUSTRATIONS
Edward W. Hart and wife Maye (Crosby) (Cardine!) Hart ...... 59 Four children of George and Nellie Hart: Nelson, Dorothy, Lola and Viola 60 Orlando Hart . 86 Wolf trap made by Orlando Hart . 86 Orlando Hart's 100th birthday .. 87 Elijah Baldwin, husband of Lora Elizabeth Hart. 88 A carpentry scene 89 Seth Henry Averill, husband of Martha Ann Hart 89 Julia (Hart) White 90 Aaron Baker White 90 The Aaron White farm home, San Jose, Calif.. 90 William Orlando Hart 90 James Haviland Hart and wife Jeannette "Nettie" (Allen) Hart 91 Ralph and William Hart, sons of James and Nettie Hart .. 91 Lora Elizabeth (Hart) McClay and husband Arthur Rae 92 Etta (Baldwin) Fenton and husband Robert R. golden wedding. 94 Leona Lora (Baldwin) McKee and husband Walter. 94 Herbert "Bert" Isaac Baldwin 94 Walter Elmer White and wife Laura Adele (Cummings) White 95 Walter White, rural mail carrier, Dos Palos, Calif. 95 Edith W. (White) Edmondson ... 96 Frederick Newton and Nellie Hannah (Hart) Selby 96 Roy Hugh Hart and Lucille Nelson (Thomas) Hart . 97 Hazel Vivian (Hart) Gerdts and husband Henry . 97 Henry Gerdts ranch, San Jose, Calif., 1971 . 98 Dorothy (McClay) Kuehn and husband Max 99 Florence (McClay) Wool and husband John "Jack". 99 Helen (Hart) Davis and husband Gene 100 Leonard Orlando and Alice (Powell) Hart 101 Leland B. and Louise (Ormsbee) McKee .. 102 Charles Floyd White 104 Dorothy (White) Coyle and husband Kenneth . 104 Helen (Selby) Decker. 105 Citation from President of United States to Jesse J. McDonnell .. 106 Phyllis (Selby) Kestenholtz and husband Lynn . 107 Doris (Hart) Blankenship 109 Daniel and Anna (Hart) Miller .. 125 Nancy (Hart) Thurston ... 126 William Henry Thurston and Nellie (Shaw) Bigelow) Thurston 127 Ruth (Thurston) Carlson and husband Glenn .... 130 Sue (Thurston) Fuller and husband Norman . 130 Myron Colegrove and wife Hilda (Bennett) Colegrove . 131 Audrey (Crout) Smith and husband Frank. 131 Barbara (Thurston) Kincaid and husband John, also children Nancy and John, Jr. 132 George Hart and wife Margaret Elizabeth (Libb) Rone .. 136 George Hart marriage certificate 137 Matilda Hart Quilt . 216 PREFACE ----•----
This history of the Lovira Hart Family was actually started by me while I was still in high school. My interest in family history was aroused by listening to my father tell about earlier generations of Harts. Two stories which always intrigued me were: that I am a descendant of Honest John Hart, who signed the Declaration of Independence, and that one of my ancestors owned a farm on the Connecticut River, that a fording place was found in the river on the Hart farm and that the ford was called Hart's Ford. Later, when a village was established there, it was named Hartford. The latter of the two stories proved to be correct. At least the story of the naming of Hartford is included in the genealogical history of Deacon Stephen Hart. I have read two other stories about the naming of the city of Hartford; both of which sound plausible. In the beginning, I worked on the family history at family reunions only. After I became county 4-H Club agent, I occasionally had an evening to myself. I spent a few of those evenings in the genealogical section of the university library in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It wasn't until I had retired that I began to think seriously about putting together the information I had gathered. One day, I was asking my brother, Newell, questions about our early family. His answer was, "I haven't the slightest idea. I remember hearing you and Dad talking about those things; but being just a kid, I couldn't have cared less about them." I suddenly realized that there were many things about our early family which I seemed to be the only one alive who knew. The thought came to me that if I didn't write them down, they would shortly be lost to the world forever. At that moment an author was born and I got busy. Since that time, I have walked miles and miles in cemeteries, read volumes and volumes of birth, death, divorce and property records and written hundreds of letters to cousins from California to Texas to Florida to New York and many other states in between. I have studied records in fifteen different county courthouses; besides state and city genealogical libraries in Kalamazoo, Flint and Lansing, Michigan, in Hartford, Connecticut and in Albany and Catskill, New York. Sometimes the results were very disappointing and at other times most gratifying. Following are some of the more gratifying. At age eleven, I attended the one-hundredth birthday party of a great great-uncle, Orlando Hart. In 1970, I was reading some old news clippings about the birthday party and Orlando's subsequent death. I found that Orlando's son, Isaac, had started west by covered wagon and ox team in 1860; and that his sister, Julia (Hart) White, had followed several years later. They had settled ia Santa Clara County; just south of San Francisco. I put an ad in the San Jose Mercury News asking for contact with descendants of those two people. Two days later, I had an air mail letter from Florence (McClay) Wool, and I quote: "Dear Mr. Hart: What a thrill for me to find your request for family history in yesterday's paper. I am the only one working on family history on our side, but I am needing help from Michigan. I am Florence McClay Wool, daughter of. ... " Two weeks later, I received a letter from Dorothy (White) Coyle, saying, "I am a granddaughter of Julia Hart White. I will be glad to help you all I can." From those two contacts, we were able to add eighty more families to bring the total families to write about to over five hundred.
HILDRED JAY HART PREFACE
In about 1968, a teacher in the public school system of the area of my birth was researching Tuscola County, Michigan, early history. She came across a folder of 26 original letters written by great grandfather Lovira Hart, Jr. and his wife, Hannah Emeline, and his brother-in-law, John Abbey; written from their farm in Tuscola County, Michigan, to his wife's parents, the Lyman Abbeys in South Avon, New York. These letters appear in this book. They are a rich storehouse of information about our pioneer ancestors. In 1966, my wife, Naomi, and I spent the month of October hunting family history in the states of New York and Connecticut. At that time, we had not definitely established that we were descendants of Stephen Hart of Braintree, England, and Hartford and Farmington, Connecticut. At the Durham Center Museum, we located records of my great-great-grandfather, Lovira Hart, Sr. and of his father, Dr. Elihu Hart. At a nearby cemetery, we found the headstone of our great great-grandfather, Lemuel Hotchkiss. It wasn't until we were at the state genealogical library in Hartford that we got evidence that Dr. Elihu Hart was indeed our ancestor. This, of course, gave us a clear line back to Deacon Stephen Hart. This genealogical history of Lovira Hart, Sr. and his descendants is, so far as I know, unique in two respects: (1) This is the only book I know of which is a sequel to a previously written genealogical history. The name of Lovira Hart appears on page 395 of the Deacon Stephen Hart history, written by Alfred Andrews in 1875. His name also appears in this book. (2) I have not seen another genealogical history in which the daughters of the family receive the same recognition as do the sons. We have attempted to do that in this book. I must not foreget or neglect to give credit where credit is due. First, to the hundreds of cousins who have taken time out to answer my letters and to supply the information needed to complete this work. Second, to my brother, Ted, and to Kenneth Coyle, husband of a California cousin, for their work in reproducing old portraits, snapshots and modern Kodacolor prints into glossy black-white prints for this book. Third, to my cousin, Vere (Colman) Baker, for her effort in getting together information on the Colman branch of the family; and last, but not least, to my wife, Naomi, for putting up with my idiosyncrasies as well as for the hours she spent at the typewriter preparing this manuscript. The history of the origin of the names is most fascinating, if you like history. Time and space do not permit me to tell the whole story here; however, here are two examples. The name Hart in Ireland is the Anglicized version of the name Airdt. Prince of Tara was the title born by this family before the end of the twelfth century. The Irish Hart family claims direct descent from Heremon, a son of Milesius, King of the Gauls. Honest John Hart of New Jersey, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was a known descendant of this clan of the Irish Harts. The name Hart, in England, is a very common name. It seems to be the name taken by men who were adept at hunting the red deer (at that time called the hart). One version says that the first man to receive the name Hart was a hunter for one of the early English kings; that this man was so adept at bringing in the hart (deer) that the king dubbed him Hart.
HILDRED JAY HART Early History of the Area
EXCERPTS FROM THE TUSCOLA-BAY COUNTY HISTORY
The first white settler in Tuscola County was August 19, 1874. For many years tht reunions Edwin Ellis, who came in 1835. Mr. Ellis did not were held annually. The officers for 1883 were: stay long, so is not counted as an early resident. Presdient, Lovira Hart; Secretary, Dr. Wm. Ebenezer Davis came to the county in the early Johnson. The first town meeting was at the home months of 1836. Later that year, Lovira Hart of E.W. Perry, on the Cass River, April 15, 1840. arrived. During the next three years, several other Dennis Harrison was chosen moderator; Martin L. families came. Among them was Mr. Ellis, who had l\Iiller, clerk; and Lovira Hart and E. W. Perry, moved back. inspectors. The number of votes cast was twelve. The first general election in the county occurred Dennis Harrison was elected supervisor, treasurer in ~he fall of 1840. The polls were kept open for and highway commissioner; Lovira Hart was three days. Seven votes were safely deposited in elected highway commissioner, justice of the peace the ballot box. The poll list showed that Dennis and assessor. Harrison, Samuel H. Downes, Lovira Hart, and Martin L. Miller were Whigs; that Ebenezer Davis, SCHOOL MATTERS Edwin Ellis, and Jarvis Freeman were Democrats. According to the annual school report for the James H. Davis, also a resident of the county and a township of Tuscola, for the year ending Septem Democrat, voted in Saginaw County. Had he voted ber 4, 1882; the directors for the ensuing year in Tuscola County, there would have been a tie were: John H. Richardson and Lemuel P. Hart. vote. The county officers elected at the first general EARLY TOWNSHIP OFFICERS election, November 5, 1850, were as fol.lows: Clerk, William Harrison; Treasurer, E. W. Perry; Year Supervisors Treasurer Clerks Register of Deeds, Townsend North; County 1844 Lovira Hart Ebenenezer Davis John Miller Judge, Lovira Hart; Second Judge, Calvin Lee; 1845 Alfred Holmes Lovira Hart R. C. Ripley 1846 Lovira Hart John Miller R. C. Ripley Probate Judge, Calvin Lee; Sheriff, Leander W. 1850 John Richardson LoviraHart E.W. Perry VanKleeck; Prosecuting Attorney, Hiriam Pen 1851 Lovira Hart Orvil Gillet John Harrison oyer; Supervisor, Joshua D. Smith; Coroners, Silas 1857 Lovira Hart Alfred Tivy Wm. Johnson S. Bliss and Chancey Furman. 1878 John Richardson OrsenOrmes Lemuel P. Hart The second meeting of the County Board of Supervisors was held June 9, 1851. Lovira Hart CHURCH was chairman. The business of the meeting was A Methodist Episcopal class was formed in 1849. equalizing valuations and adjusting a few accounts. Lovira and Esther Hart, Leander and Emily The townships, Vassar, Tuscola, Arbela and VanKleeck, and Mary Hines were members. Rogers, were represented respectively by Town Notes send North, Lovira Hart, S. Newton and E. Smith. There is, in the possession of Newell Hart (1977), a scrap book of news clippings. It would be COUNTY SOCIETIES possible, using these clippings, to reconstruct a The Tuscola County Pioneer Society was very comprehensive early history of Tuscola and its organized in 1873. The first officers were: early settlers. The biggest problem would be President, Townsend North; Vice Presidents, putting it into chronological order. The dates are Lovira Hart and H. G. Hinkley. The first reunion of missing from most of the clippings. the society was held at the Village of Tuscola 8 THE HART FAMILY
FROM THE TUSCOLA-BAY COUNTY HISTORY, PRINTED 1883 with his brother, William H., he built a saw-mill at which William and John were harnessed, and they Tuscola, which was completed December 4, 1868, went to Mount Morris, a distance of twelve miles, and was engaged in the lumber business for a loaded on a cargo of flour and pork, which they number of years, but finally sold his interest to his drew home, arriving just in time to furnish materi brother, William H. Mr. Harrison succeeded him al for a meal shortly due. When the first school self as township treasurer at the last election and house was built they brought the nails and glass on received the unanimous vote of both parties. He their backs from Pine Run, a distance of about was married June 7, 1854, to Miss Emeline Hop twelve miles. The load for each was about fifty kins, who came to Tuscola with her father from pounds. Allegany County, N.Y., September 29, 1850. They About the time they settled here pork cost forty have three children-Horace E., Merta A. and dollars per barrel in Detroit, lard twenty dollars Libbie M. per hundred pounds, and salt ten dollars per bar Mrs. Harrison taught the Tuscola school in 1850, rel. The latter item shows that the salt and potato which was then the only school in the county, but diet of early days was not as inexpensive as would the following year a schoolhouse was built in appear to people who are in the habit of paying Vassar, in which Augusta M. Slafter taught the ninety cents per barrel for salt. first school. The first cow purchased by the Harrisons was in JOHN V. HARRISON was born in Niagara 1839. They needed a cow, but had no money with County, N. Y., October 24, 1821, and lived there which to make the purchase. It occurred to William until 1837, when, in company with his parents, he that by catching wolves he might get bounty money came to Tuscola and in 1843 commenced work on enough to pay for a cow. He set his traps, secured his present farm which lies opposite the Tuscola the wolf scalps, and with a lunch and twenty-five sash and blind factory, which at one time (the land) cents in money started for Lapeer in company with belonged to and was a part of the farm. The farm a brother to draw the bounty. He got an order for was purchased by his father, Dennis Harrison, in twenty dollars, which he discounted four dollars in 1836. order to get the money. Before he found a cow he Mr. Harrison was in the employ of William H. had spent a dollar, and the price of the cow was Harrison in the capacity of clerk for eighteen years. seventeen dollars. While studying out a way to In 1869 he and Sylvester Detriech engaged in bridge the chasm he picked up a two dollar bill from mercantile business at Tuscola, which they contin the ground, and the cow was bought. ued two years. He was married in 1846 to Jerusha Ann Lee, a native of Niagara County, N.Y., and ONE OF THE OLDEST RESIDENTS. they have three sons. Her father was Calvin Lee, LOVIRA HART is one of the veritable pioneers who came to Tuscola from Lewiston, Niagara Co., of Tuscola County and is well deserving of a notice N.Y., in 1842. Mrs. Harrison taught the second in this work. He came to Tuscola in 1836 and settled school in the county and her brother Silas was the on sections 20 and 29, where he has since resided. first married. In the early times when provisions What was then a dense trackless wilderness he has were not procured with the same ease as at transformed by his perservance and industry into present, Mr. Harrison and his brother, William H., well tilled fields which provide all the creature brought a barrel of flour from Pine Run on a hand comforts and well repay him for the years of un sled, and at other times had to go to Fentonville ceasing labor he spent in developing and improving with an ox team to mill. this now productive soil. For some time after his The Harrisons were a pioneer family in every arrival in the county his nearest postoffice was sense. When they arrived here in the fall of 1837, Bridgeport and trading points were Saginaw and there were two log houses in the vicinity of what is Flint, and he experienced many of the trials and now Tuscola village. Mrs. Dennis Harrison and one hardships incident to pioneer life. He has filled child came about four weeks after the others and many of the township offices and is now the presi were brought from Pine Run on an ox sled. They dent of the County Pioneer Society. He has in his lived in a log house next to the mill about a year and possession a remarkable curiosity, or it might be then moved into a log house which Mr. Harrison termed a reminiscence of his pioneer experience, had built. About 1846 they moved into a frame which is interesting and worthy of notice. Late in house still standing on the corner of Saginaw and the Fall of 1838 his brother, Orlando Hart, of Mt. Bridge Streets. When they moved in their house Morris, Livingston county, N.Y., came to make hold goods were transported from Bridgeport up him a visit, bringing with him a wolf trap of his own the river in a canoe. make, thinking it would be of use in the then At one time the supply of provisions was nearly wilderness of Tuscola. During the two following exhausted and there were many mouths to feed. winters Mr. Hart and Eben Morse, a young man Something must be done to replenish the larder. It living with him, caught several wolves with it; but was winter and Mr. Harrison constructed a sled to in the spring of 1841 the trap disappeared from HISTORY OF TUSCOLA COUNTY. 9 near the stake between sections 20 and 29 and was Mr. Hart has been connected with most of the not again heard from until the winter of 1878-9, important events of the county, and was one of the when a Mr. Thompson, while cutting wood on most active of the pioneers. He lives yet upon the Chris. Hughes' farm in Genesee county, felled a land he first cleared and has one of the finest farms beech tree, in the top of which he found a steel in the county, a view of which is given in this work. trap. He cut out a section of the timber to which the There are few men living in the county who have trap was attached and carried it to Mt. Morris, had a greater variety of pioneer experience than where Orlando Hart, the maker, saw and recog Mr. Hart. The first wheat that he raised was nized it. The trap was afterward taken to Flint, threshed with a flail. The crop amounted to 150 Mich., and sold to a Mr. Crocker, who intended to bushels. He took it to Pontiac and sold it for fifty place it on exhibition in the Crystal Palace, London, cents a bushel in order to get money which he was but was finally persuaded to sell it to Lovira Hart, obliged to realize. who has since retained it. Whatever animal it was Going to mill was one of the hardships of those that carried it must have ascended the tree thirty da•ys, and sometimes it was necessary to make a five or thirty-six feet high, passed through a crotch journey to Flushing. Arriving there it would some or fork and around the body, and being unable to times be impossible to.get hotel accommodations, extricate itself perished. There is a small tuft of fur and wrapping himself in a blanket he would lie all in the jaws of the trap supposed to be from a lynx night under his wagon. Other incidents are men or wild-cat. There is now a solid ridge of wood over tioned in other connections. the chain, which. by cutting a mortise, discloses Mr. Hart is president of the Pioneer Society and thirty six courses of wood. takes a lively interest in its welfare. Religious Background of the Lovira Hart Family
The great majority of the Hart's, who are as the Baldwins and the Thurstons, moved to descendants of Deacon Stephen Hart who was born Livingston County in western New York State. 5. in Braintree, Essex County, England in 1605, have In 1837 Lovira Hart and his family migrated to been Christians. Early Presbyterian Church rec Tuscola County, Michigan. About twelve years ords, now located in the Genealogical Libraries in later (after other families had settled there) they Connecticut and New York, are full of references to organized a Methodist Episcopal Sunday School the Hart name. Such references as: acceptance into class. Charter members of that class were: Lovira church membership, baptism of babies, transfer by and Esther Hart, Leander and Emily Van Kleeck letter, to other churches farther west; marriages and Mary Hines. 6. Three of Lovira's brothers, who and death records. Deacon Stephen himself became also migrated to Michigan, were active in organiz a deacon in the Reverend Thomas Hooker's church ing Methodist Episcopal Churches in Genesee at Cambridge (Newtown), Massachusetts, about County. Many of their descendants are still staunch 1633. Later when Mr. Hooker moved to Hartford, supporters of what is now known as the United Connecticut, Stephen became a deacon in that Methodist Church. church. Still later he assisted Rev. Roger Newton As new generations of Hart descendants have in organizing a church at Farmington, Connecticut. come to maturity, religious beliefs have become Following down through our direct line of descent, more and more divergent; probably due in a great we find that Stephen, his grandson Thomas and degree to the religious beliefs of the spouses who great-grandson Ebenezer were all deacons in the have married into the family. At this writing, Presbyterian Church. Stephen's great-great descendants of the early Harts may be found grandson Elihu, although never a deacon, is listed worshiping in nearly every Christian sect and as a member of the board of trustees; also a chair denomination. The history of the Methodist man of several committees. These items are in the Episcopal Church building erected on Meeting Presbyterian Church records in the Durham House· Hill is most fascinating. After it had been Center Museum, located near the town of Durham used in Durham for a number of years it was sold to in Green County, New York. the Methodist Episcopal congregation in Cornwall The first settlement in that immediate area was ville, ten or fifteen miles away. It was used in on Meeting House Hill. According to Green County Cornwallville, as a place of worship, for over 100 history, "Nine young men came to Meeting House years. In july 1962 it was purchased by the Hill and organized a First Presbyterian Church" Farmers Museum in Cooperstown, Otsego County, (this in the 1790's). Two names among the nine are New York. It was dismantled and hauled, truck of interest in this writing: Lemuel Hotchkiss, load by truck load, over 60 miles across the father of Anna Hotchkiss and father-in-law of mountain. It was then reassembled in a most scenic Lovira Hart, Sr., and Joseph Hart, a cousin of setting on the museum grounds. Elihu Hart. About 1800 the Hart name disappeared It is this writer's firm belief that our early from the Presbyterian Church records in Green ancestors (Lovira Hart Sr., and possibly his father, County. This writer has no records to substantiate Dr. Elihu Hart) helped to build this church; not the belief that the Hart family switched to the only on Meeting House Hill and Durham; but also Methodist Episcopal Church. However, here are possible in Cornwallville. It is also probable that some facts which lead to that conclusion; 1. In 1800 they never had an opportunity to worship there. a Methodist Episcopal Church was erected on Lovira moved to western New York some time Meeting House Hill. This in a community which had before 1819. The church was dedicated in 1823. To hitherto been solidly Presbyterian. 2. In about 1800 date, early church records have never been found. the Hart name disappeared from Presbyterian If and until they are found one can only assume. Church records. 3. Within the next ten years the Copie;ofthe history of this church building may be Methodist Episcopal Church was moved to the secured by writing to the New York Historical Village of Durham (about three miles). 4. In about Library and Museum at Cooperstown, N.Y. 1810 the Harts and other influential families, such ·~::·' ' (! ·-:e·· @ ~__ ··1.:· .. 'r'... : t1- ;.~ ,':' . ',I- ' ,' )1 ------·~·c_lil'c,_ __1_ .->) Hart's Corners Hart's Corners was the first spot settled in they called it) and over one ton of sugar. The old Tuscola County. Lovira Hart Jr. staked out his land well house, which stands just north of the house, late in 1836. Ebenezer Davis preceded him by a few contains, among other things, an old hogshead (a months. Actually the first settler was Edwin Ellis. straight-sided barrel, smaller at the top than at the Mr. Ellis came in 1835. He did not stay long, but bottom). Each spring the hogshead was filled with moved to another county. A year or two later he loaves of maple sugar. The loaves were about the returned. size of a loaf of bread. These loaves were stacked on Lovira's first house was a log cabin, located on a slant. As the thick dark molasses drained out of the northeast corner of Hart's Corners. The large each loaf, it drained to the outer edge of the stack white house, now standing at the southeast corner and to the bottom of the hogshead. There it was of Hart's Corners was built by Lovira in the drained off into a pan, through a spigot, and was summer of 1852. A letter written by Lovira and his thrown away. daughters, February 18, 1853, describes the house My own home was only 80 rods south of the very well. corners so there were the winter evenings with my Aunt Delana, who was nine years old at the time grandparents, Aunt Emeline and Uncles Horace tells that "when we moved in, it was late and George. Those evenings always included December. There were no doors. The first night we apples and popcorn. slept here it snowed. We nailed blankets over the There were the sultry afternoons in the hay loft, doorways to keep the snow out. I have heard both pitching the hay back from the slings. Also the cool Delana and her half-sister Emeline relate that "the evenings in the Cass River with the neighbor boys; winter we moved into the ne~ house there were no rinsing off the perspiration from the mow. There locks on the doors. Quite often we would hear were the dark rides home from church on Sunday noises in the house at night. In the morning when evenings, in the saddle, on the back of old Kitt, we went down for the day's work we would find dad's buggy horse. There were the trips to the from one to a dozen Indians lying on the floor in sugar bush, in the late spring to gather the spring front of the fireplace asleep in their blankets. When flowers. the family began stirring around, the Indians would I have two very fond memories of the house at leave." Hart's Corners. The first was of the many after In later years, after the family had developed a noons I spent listening to Aunt Emeline as she read good garden, the Indian squaws would come to the stories to me. There was a magazine called The garden and look everything over. They would then Youth's Companion. In that magazine there were come to the house and ask for the things they serial or continued stories. The most popular with wanted. They never stole anything. me were the stories about the young Indian brave My memories of Hart's Corners are made up of in the Blackfoot Tribe. I do not recall his name. sketches. These sketches will not be related in any Between the Sunday School papers and The chronological order but just as they come to mind. Youth's Companion, I kept Aunt Emeline busy on In the summer there was a large evaporator pan Sunday afternoons and as many other afternoons as on the wood burning range, on which grandma she had free. dried sweet corn. In the fall there were the pans The other recollection I have of the big house was and strings of sliced apples, drying for the late the year I lived there with my own family. This was winter and early spring pies. In the spring there the fall of 1934 and most of 1935. My grandparents was the odor of rendering lard in the house and the were both gone. The house had been empty for a odor of hickory smoke coming from the smoke while. We were nearing the end of the depression. I house as the pork sides and hams were being had given up my job as a vocational agricultural processed for later use. teacher at Lake Odessa, Mich. My Uncle George In the spring, also, there were the trips to the had hired me at the rate of $31.00 per month to "sugar bush" as the wood lot was called. The odor work with him on the farm. The $31.00 per month of burning pine knots, of boiling maple sap, and of was supplemented by fresh milk and eggs and all cooling maple sugar, filled the air. My grandfather the firewood I wanted to cut. Of course the house and his three sons operated the bush. They tapped rent was free also. The work was strenuous, between 1000 and 1400 trees each spring. The best especially after four years in college and seven season netted them 700 gallons of syrup (molasses years as a teacher. 12 13 The long winter evenings before the fireplace, no list of bequests. Lemuel Hotchkiss was the piled high with maple and apple wood, were father of Anna, who was married to Elihu's son, pleasant and restful. This was the same fireplace Lovira Hart, Sr. which had warmed the family and in which their Would you believe that it was the executors of food was prepared three generations before. This the Hotchkiss will who caused Elihu to be thrown in would have been before wood-burning ranges were debtors prison? (See the record on pages 20 and 21. available in that part of the country. The fireplace Orlando Hart was living in LaGrange County, still contains the andirons and soot-blackened crane Indiana, when his first wife, Elizabeth, died. She and kettle hooks which were there a hundred years left him with four children less than 15 years old. ago. Less than one year later he married Harriet Allen. The Christmas we spent there was one of the According to rumors, Harriet was so mean to the most enjoyable our family has ever known. The younger children that they were soon removed Yule log was an apple trunk, three and one half feet from the home. Orlando and the older children long and about 18 inches in diameter. My wife's moved to Niles, Michigan, and later to Mendon, parents and sister and my parents and three Michigan, where three of them were married. brothers were with us for the day. My family, at Later he moved to Mt. Morris, Michigan. This that time, included my wife, Naomi (Welch) and writer has no record of Lora, William 0., or James our two sons, Richard, five, and Ronald, two. for the next six years. All three were married in That summer the family reunion was held on our Ottawa, Illinois. Lora was married in 1865, James lawn, under the big maples. Aunt Delana was in 1875, and William in 1876. there. She was almost totaly blind at that time. She When the Harts were living in Durham, Green asked if she might go into the house. This was the County, New York, the Baldwin Family was living same house into which she had moved as a nine in Lexington, Green County. The Orlando Hart's year-old girl. When once inside, she turned left and moved to Indiana and the Baldwins moved to walked directly to the fireplace. She ran her hands Tonica, Illinois. Would you believe that when over the stone masonry and the blackened oak Orlando moved to Michigan, three of his younger mantel. As she touched each part she told us of the children were taken to Tonica to live with the changes which had been made in it since it was Bald wins. There were no doubt several generations built. That would have been 83 years earlier. of inter-family acquaintanceships. Tuscola celebrated its one hundredth anniver sary the summer of 1935. Aunt Delana and her husband, Delroy Palmer, were selected as queen and king of the centennial. This writer had a couple of parts in the centennial pageant. NOTE Would You Believe? The next three pages were Xeroxed from the According to the Deacon Stephen Hart history, Deacon Stephen Hart History. They are included to Elihu Hart was imprisoned for non-payment of show the connection between the Stephen Hart debt. In the files of the Probate Court of Green History and the Lovira Hart History. Page 14 is the County, New York, in Catskill, county seat of title page. Page 15 is the first page of the Stephen Green County, are the wills of Lemuel Hotchkiss Hart story. Page 16 shows the Elihu Hart story. It and Elihu Hart. The Hotchkiss will included the also shows that one of his sons was Lovira Hart. executors bond; a list of property; a list of You will note a discrepency in the spelling of bequests; a statement of a debt owed to Hotchkiss Lovira. The Deacon Stephen Hart History has to be by Elihu Hart and Joseph Hart. The Hart will in error; because I found information in the includes the executors bond; a list of properties; a Durham Center Museum, in Green County, New list of debts owed to Elihu Hart (he was a doctor); York, which spells his name Lovira. GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF DEACON STEPHEN HART AND HIS DESCENDANTS, 1632. 1875. WITH AN INTRODUCTION OF :\!ISCELLANEOUS HARTS AND THEIR PRO GENITORS, AS FAR AS KNOWN: TO WHlCH IS ADDED A LIST OF ALL THE CLERGY OF THE NA~IE FOUND, ALL THE PHYSICIANS, ALL THE LAWYERS, THE ..\1.JTHORS, AND SOLDIERS. RV ALFRED A~DREWS, ~EW BRITAIN, CONN., ::'.IEMBER OF CON"NECTICl.'T AND WbCONSJN H!ST 1-'l: I\Ll SHED HY AUSTIN HA.RT, E"°-·• NEW BRITA.IN, CONN. HARTFORD: THE CA,E, LoCK\\'UUD & BRAl'sARD Co., PRI'sTERS. I 8 7 5 • 14 HART MEMO.RIAL. FIRST GENERATION. DEACON STEPHEN HART, BRAINTREE, ENG. j CAMBRIDGE, MASS.; HARTFORD AND TUNXIS, CONN. 1 . Cambridge, Hart/Md, and Farmington. DEACON STEPHEN HART, son of ' and his wife, , born about 1605, at Braintree, in Essex County, Eng. He came from there to Massachusetts Bay about 1632, and located for a time at (Newtown,) Cambridge, Mass; married She died , when second he married Margaret, the widow of Arthur Smith, and daughter of She survived Deacon Hart, and was admitted to the church in Farmington, March 17th, 1690-1. She died in 1693. Deacon Hart and his first wife were constituent members of the church in Farmington, organized November, J 652, with Rev. Roger Newton pastor. Mr. Hart had been deacon of Rev. Thomas Hooker's church, at Cambridge, Mass., and at Hartford, Conn. He was one of the fifty four settlers at Cambridge, Mass., was a proprietor at Hartford in 1639, and became one of the eighty-four proprietors of Farmington in 1672. In 164 7 he was one of the "deputyes" of the General Court of Con necticut, at their May session. In 1653 he was appointed a commis sioner, by the General Court, for the town of Farmington, to aid the constable in impressing men into the army, then being raised. Stephen Hart is supposed to have come from Braintree, Essex County, England, with the company that settled Braintree, Mass., and subsequently removed to Newtown, since called Cambridge, and con stituted the church of which Rev. Thomas Hooker was invited from England to become their pastor. He was in Cambridge in 1632, and admitted a freeman there, May 14th, 1634. He came to Hartford with Mr. Hooker's company in 1635, and was one of the original proprie- 15 BRANCH OF THOMAS. 395 the Connecticut Gazette, published by John M. Niles and J. T. Pease, in 1819, at Hartford, Conn.: "Major Jonathan Hart was a native of this town, (Berlin.) He.was a gallant and distinguished officer, and one of the victims of the un fortunate defeat of General St. Clair, November 4th, 1791. His life and those of his command were literally offered a sacrifice for the safety of the rest of the army. When all were in confusion and dis may Major Hart was ordered to charge the enemy with the bayonet, with a view to facilitate a retreat, or rather a flight, to the shattered remains of the army. This charge was made with gallantry and spirit, under circumstances which language is too feeble to describe-the des olation of the place, the confusion of the scene, and the whoop and yells of a savage foe flushed with victory and thirsting for blood, the general consternation which prevailed, and the groans of the dying in every direction. But the intrepid major and almost every man of his party were killed in the desperate enterprise, and their bones were left to bleach upon the borders of the waters of the Wabash, the, dreary abode of wild beasts, and of savage men more wild than they." While Major Hart was marching up and down the rivers of Ohio, and perambulating the country as a soldier, he had a good opportunity to observe the soil, climate, and value of the lands with reference to the claims of Connecticut for the reserve, and the commissioners who had the location of those claims in charge wisely availed themselves of his knowledge. He wrote some thirty letters to his friend, Major Wil liam Judd, of Farmington, on the subject, and these letters are still in good condition, preserved by the posterity of Major Judd, who re side in the city of New Britain in 1875. They are interesting, but too lengthy for this work. They have been in Ohio and copied. THEIR CHILD, BEING THE SIXTH GENll:lU.TION. 1891. Alces Evelin, born October 10th, 1782; married , Charlotte Overton. 1 7"5 1 . Kensington, Conn. ELrnu HART, Kensington, Conn., third son of Deacon Ebenezer Hart, of the same place, and his wife, Elizabeth (Lawrence), born March 4th, 1751, at Kensington; married December 31st, 1777, Mary Peck, before Dr. John Smelley, of New Britain. He removed to New Durham, N. Y. He was unfortunate in business, was imprisoned for debt, and died in jail at Coxsackie, N. Y. THBlll CHILDREN, B&ING THE SIXTH GENBIU.TIO!f. Amos, born He left home and was never heard from. 1892. Jonathan, born ; married a Fayetteville, N. C. Lavira, born ; died at Coxsackie, N. Y. 16 17 NOTE made a bargain with the Indians and settled among The following is a direct quote from the them with their cattle. They still continued Genealogical History of Deacon Stephen Hart and however, connected with the settlement at his Descendants, 1632 - 1875, by Alfred Andrews, Hartford, attended public worship, and perhaps New Britain, Conn. It includes information about wintered there, until about 1645, when the town Deacon Stephen Hart, Captain Thomas Hart, was incorporated by the name of Farmington, from Deacon Thomas Hart, Deacon Ebenezer Hart and the excellent farms there. About this time Mr. Dr. Elihu Hart. Roger Newton, a student in theology with Rev. Thomas Hooker, whose daughter he married, DEACON STEPHEN HART began to preach for them, and in 1652 was ordained First Generation their pastor. Stephen Hart was· one of the seven Deacon Stephen Hart, son of , and his pillars of the church, and was chosen their first wife, , born about 1605, at Braintree, in deacon. The other pillars were Rev. Roger Essex County, Eng. He came from there to Newton, pastor, John Cole (Cowles), John Massachusetts Bay about 1632, and located for a Bronson, Robert Porter, Thomas Judd, and time at (Newtown,) Cambridge, Mass.; married Thomas Thompson. . She died , when second he Stephen Hart appears to have taken the lead in married Margaret, the widow of Arthur Smith, and the settlement among the Indians in Farmington, daughter of . She survived Deacon Hart, and purchased a large tract on the border of the and was admitted to the church in Farmington, present town of Avon, and known to this day by the March 17th, 1690-1691. She died in 1693. Deacon name of Hart's Farm. He was one of the first Hart and his first wife were constituent members representatives in 1647, and continued, with one of the church in Farmington, organized November, exception, for fifteen sessions, until 1655, and once 1652, with Rev. Roger Newton pastor. Mr. Hart in 1660. In short, no man in the town was more had been deacon of Rev. Thomas Hooker's church, active, influential, and useful. His house-lot, which at Cambridge, Mass., and at Hartford, Conn. He was four or five times as large as any other, was_ on was one of the fifty-four settlers at Cambridge, the west side of Main Street, in the village, Mass., was a proprietor at Hartford in 1639, and opposite the meeting house, and contained fifteen became one of the eighty-four proprietors of acres, extending from Mill Lane to the stone store Farmington in 1672. In 1647 he was one of the south. This large house-lot was granted to Deacon "deputyes" of the General Court of Connecticut, at Stephen Hart as an inducement to erect and their May session. In 1653 he was appointed a continue a mill on the premises, to be perpetuated commissioner, by the General Court, for the town and kept in motion. The mill was erected originally of Farmington, to aid the constable in impressing by the Bronsons, to whom, as a consideration, was men into the army, then being raised. granted, viz: a tract of eighty acres, on the Stephen Hart is supposed to have come from Pequabuk River, now known as the "Eighty Acre." Braintree, Essex County, England, with the The south part of this house-lot he gave to his son company that settled Braintree, Mass., and John, and the north part to his son Thomas. subsequently removed to Newtown since called Thomas gave it to his son Josiah, and it descended Cambridge, and constituted the church of which to the wife of Roger Hooker, his only surviving Rev. Thomas Hooker was invited from England to child, and to her only son, Thomas Hart Hooker, become their pastor. He was in Cambridge in 1632, who sold it to Samuel Deming. The Demings and and admitted a freeman there, May 14th, 1634. He their descendants hold it to this day-1874. These came to Hartford with Mr. Hooker's company in lots and lands, in some respects, are the most 1635, and was one of the original proprietors of that desirable and valuable of any in the old town of place. His house-lot was on the west side of what is Farmington. He was a representative to the now called Front Street, near where Morgan General Court of Connecticut in 164 7, and most of Street crosses it, and there is a tradition that the the succeeding years to 1660, from the town of town was called from the ford he discovered and Farmington. His widow, Margaret, gave her used in crossing the Connecticut River at a low property to her sons, John and Arthur Smith, and stage of the water, and so from Hart's Ford it soon daughter, Elizabeth Thompson. She had grand became Hartford, from a natural and easy children - Elizabeth, John and Ann Thompson. transition. Tradition further says that as he and Deacon Hart's Will was dated March 16th, others were on a hunting excursion on Talcott 1682-3. He mentions the farm he formerly gave his Mountain, they discovered the Farmington River three sons, John, Stephen, and Thomas, viz: one Valley, then inhabited by the Tunxis, a powerful half to John, one-fourth to Steven, and one-fourth tribe of Indians. The meadows were probably then to Thomas. cleared, and waving with grass and Indian corn. Item.-I give my grandson, Thomas Porter, and Such lands were then much needed and coveted by my son-in-law, John Cole, my plow-land and the settlers, who soon-probably as soon as 1640- meadow swamp, which was some time Andrew 18 THE HART FAMILY Warner's farm, abuts on my son Steven; their had correspondence with Rev. Mr. Hart. agreement to my beloved wife being fullfilled. Another of my nephews, David Hart, while Item.-! give my sons, Steven and Thomas and researching Stephen Hart history at the university my daughters, Sarah Porter and Mary Lee, my library in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1975, came Swamp Lot in the Great Swamp, and all my up across the following: From the New England lands to be equally divided between them. Historical and Genealogical Records, Vol. 48, page Item. -I give my grandchild, Dorothy Porter ten 118. A record of a will of Judith Morris of Dedham, pounds. Essex Co., England; a widow who died January Item. -I give my grandchild, John Lee, three 25th, 1645. In part her will reads as follows: "To the pounds. iiij, or children of Stephen Hart, that is to say John, Item.-! give my grandchild, John Hart, my Stephen, Sarah and the youngest that went with eldest son's son, three pounds. her father to New England, five pounds apiece .... Item.-I give my beloved wife, &c. . .. but all the rest of my estate unbequeathed I do The inventory was taken by Thomas Hart and give and bequeath unto my cousin Stephen Hart's John Hart, Selectmen. children in New England to be equally divided Isaac Moore, and Benjamin Judd, Appraisers. between them." One must conclude that Judith Taken March 31st, 1682-3. Amount 340 pounds, 4 Morris was a daughter of either a brother or sister shillings. House and homestead, 70 pounds; land at of Deacon Stephen Hart. Nod, east of river 40 pounds. Deacon Hart was a farmer and large land-holder, CAPTAIN THOMAS HART located in the village of Farmington, and was a man Second Generation of great influence and a leading character. He died March, 1682-3, aged 77 years. Thomas Hart, Farmington, third son and youngest child of Deacon Stephen Hart, of HIS CHILDREN, ALL BY HIS FIRST WIFE, Cambridge, Mass., and Hartford and Farmington, SECOND GENERATION. Conn., and his wife, , born 1643 at ; married , Ruth, daughter of Sarah, born , married Nov. 20th, 1644, Anthony Hawkins, of Farmington, born October Thomas Porter. 24th, 1649, at Windsor, Conn. Mr. Hart inherited a Mary, born , married John Lee; second portion of his father's homestead, opposite the Jan. 5th, 1672, Jedediah Strong. meeting house. He was made a freeman by the John, born , married Sarah General Court, at their May session, 1664. He is on Steven, born , wife not known. the list of freemen of Farmington, October 12th, Mehitabel, born , married John Cole. 1669; confirmed ensign of Farmington train-band Thomas, born 1643, married Ruth Hawkins. by the General Court, May session, 1678, lieuten ant in 1693, and was deputy to the General Court ADDITIONAL MATERIAL the same year, was captain, May 1695, and was ON appointed on a committee "To return the Thanks of DEACON STEPHEN HART the Court to the Rev. Mr. Samuel Hooker for his great paynes in preaching the Election Sermon, In the summer of 1973, two of this writer's and that they desire him to grant a copy thereof to nephews, Jon and Larry Hart, were in England. be disposed and improved by the General Court for They visited Braintree and did some research on the people's good." He was also deputy from Stephen Hart. They located a book written by Farmington in 1690, 1692, 1694, 1695, 1696, 1697, Winifred Ashwell in 1971. The title of the book is 1698, 1699, 1700, 1702, 1704, 1705 and 1706, and Essex and the Lyon.It lists the names of the people was chosen speaker of the General Court in 1700, who sailed in the ship Lyon to New England in 1632 1704, 1705 and 1706. At the General Court October and told of the land to which they went. The Lyon session, 1700, "This Court doth allow unto Capt. sailed from London, England about June 2nd, 1632 Thos. Hart, Speaker, thirtie Shillings in pay for his and arrived in Boston, Massachusetts, on Sunday, conduct in the General Court in May last;" and at September 16th, 1632. Stephen was listed among their October session, 1704, it was voted that "This the passengers. The author was not certain if Court allows to Capt. Thos. Hart five and thirtee Stephen Hart was from Braintree or from Dedham. Shillings in pay as Speaker this session;" and at Following are two quotes from this book: "It is their October session, 1705, it was voted that "This possible that Stephen Hart and Richard Buttler, in Assembly doth allow to Capt. Thos. Hart, Speaker, the Braintree list were actually Dedham people." Thirtie Shillings for his conduct this session;" also "The Rev. William Hart, who visited Braintree, at their May session, 1706, it was voted "That this Essex in 1966, says that Stephen Hart's descend Court grants unto Thos. Hart, Speaker, Thirtee ants now number in the thousands. Rev. Hart is (at Shillings." He was appointed commissioner for this writing) the pastor of a Church at Bloomfield Farmington by the General Court, in 1692, 1693, Station, New Brunswick, Canada. This writer has 1694, 1695 and 1697. He was appointed justice for 19 Hartford County in 1698, 1701, 1702, 1703, 1704, Hawkins, born 1677; married September 7th, 1701, 1705 and 1706. He was a member of the Council in Sarah Royce. 1697. At their October session, 1699, the General Thomas, born March, 1680; baptized April 4th, Court appointed Captain Thomas Hart and others a 1680; married September 17th, 1702, Mary committee "to take care of the countries interest in Thompson. the undivided lands, and to indevour the prevent John, born April 12th, 1682; baptized April 23d, ing and detecting all illegall trading with the 1682, married March 20th, 1712, Rebecca natives for land, and to implead such persons as Hubbard. have trespassed upon the countries land by Hezekiah, born , 1684; baptized Novem intrusion." By a vote at the May session, 1700, he ber 23d, 1684. and others were continued on the same committee. Josiah, born ' 1686; baptized December In May 1701 he was appointed a committee for a 6th, 1686. similar purpose and object. In October, 1702, he was appointed a committee to settle a line between DEACON THOMAS HART Connecticut and Rhode Island. At the same session Third Generation he was appointed on a committee "to draw a Bill to prevent disorders in Retailers of strong drinks and Deacon Thomas Hart, Kensington, Conn., sec excessive drinking, and to prepare a Bill to put in ond son of Captain Thomas of Farmington, and his execution the reformation Lawes." At their May wife, Ruth (Hawkins), born April, 1680 at session, 1703, the General Court passed the Farmington; married December 17th, 1702, Mary, following: "This Assembly doth appoint and em daughter of John Thompson, of Farmington, and power Capt. Thos. Hart and Mr. Caleb Stanley, to his wife, Mary (Steele). He was admitted to the survey or to lay out to James Bird 100 acres of land church in Farmington, February 2nd, 1706-7. The granted to him in October last according to his church in Kensington was organized December grant." Captain Hart and his wife were members of 10th, 1712, and consisted of ten members, among the church in Farmington, March 1st, 1679-80. "He whom were Thomas Hart and wife. He was chosen was a man of wealth, activity and usefulness. He deacon of that church January 27th, 1718-19. He represented the town in the General Court twenty resided a short distance south-east of the present nine sessions-from 1690 to 1711-of which body railroad depot, as appears by the following: "The he was several times clerk and speaker, and a inhabitants of Kensington having fallen into a dis candidate for the Upper House. He and John pute about where to locate their second meeting Hooker were the two prominent men of the town, house, application was made to the Legislature, l).nd conspicuous in the colony. They were the who at their May session, 1732, directed it to be justice of peace, filled the more important town built on Deacon Thos. Hart's home lot." The offices, and executed public trusts." His wife died meeting-house stood on the corner, east of the October 9th, 1724, aged 75 years. Captain Hart present Middletown Turnpike, and west and north died August 27th, 1726, in his 83rd year and was of the road passing Cyrus Root's present place, buried with military honors. near the old Thomas Hart place of the present His will was dated 1721, in which he gives his century, well known to the public. He was the most beloved wife, Ruth. influential man in Kensington Society, having been To his son Hawkins. a justice of the peace, and represented the town of To his son Thomas. Farmington six sessions between 1739 and 1747. To his son Hezekiah, all his lands at Great His wife died October 1763, aged 83 years, when he Swamp. second married January 11th, 1764, Elizabeth To his son John. Norton. widow of Isaac Norton, of Berlin, and To his son Josiah. daughter of Galpin, of Stratford, Conn. To his two daughters, Mary Newell and She too was a member of the church in Kensington. Margaret Strong, five pounds each. At the time of his second marriage he was 84 and To Richard Negro, our Servant, 15 acres. his bride 79. Deacon Thomas Hart of Kensington, He makes his sons, Thomas and John, executors. March 14th, 1760, for love of his grandson, Elijah Inventory taken September 7th, 1726. A large Hart of New Britain, gave him, by deed and will, all estate-about 2,000 acres. the tools of whatsoever name he used in making Isaac Cowles and John Hart, Appraisers. reeds for weaving by looms; also all the cane he might have at his decease. Signed by Ebenezer THEIR CHILDREN, Hart and Elizabeth Hart as witnesses. His second BEING THE THIRD GENERATION wife died March 28th, 1771, aged 86 years, and was Mary, born ; married December 20th, buried by the side of her first husband, at the South 1683, Samuel Newell. Cemetery in Berlin. Deacon Thomas Hart died Margaret, born ; married June 11th, January 29th, 1773, aged 93 years (wanting three 1689, Asahel Strong. months, says the record). 20 THE HART FAMILY THEIR CHILDREN, THEIR CHILDREN, BEING THE FOURTH GENERATION BEING THE SIXTH GENERATION. Mary, born September 29th, 1702; married July Amos, born He left home and was 4th, 1728, John Hooker Jr. never heard from. Ebenezer, born April 13th, 1705; married June 9th, Jonathan, born ; married , at 1741, Widow Elizabeth Lawrence. Fayetteville, N. C. Elijah, born February 1st, 1706-7; baptized Lavira, born ; died at Coxsackie. N. Y. February 2d, 1706 7 died young. Hannah, born February 1st, 1709; married July ADDITIONAL MATERIAL 11th, 1728, Joseph Porter. Elijah, born June 18th, 1711; married December ON 26th, 1734, Abigail Goodrich. DR. ELIHU HART Ruth, born August 14th, 1713; married May 15th, The above was copied from the Genealogical 1740, William Wadsworth. History of Deacon Stephen Hart and his descend Mercy, born January 13th, 1724; died November 8, ants; by Alfred Andrews, New Britain, Connecti 1726, in her third year. cut. This writer has added the following: The oldest stone in Great Swamp Yard. 1. Records of the First Presbyterian church of Meeting-House Hill show Elihu and Joseph DEACONEBENEZERHART Hart also Lemuel Hotchkiss as elected to the Fourth Generation Board of Trustees of the church. 2. Captain Elihu, a physician living on Broad way, held a meeting of the board at his home Deacon Ebenezer Hart, Kensington, Conn., December 16th, 1795. (Broadway is a short eldest son of Deacon Thomas Hart, of the same stretch of road at the foot of Meeting-House place, and his first wife, Mary (Thompson), born Hill.) April 13th, 1705, in Kensington; married June 9th, 3. Beeres History of Green County shows Elihu 1741, Widow Elizabeth Lawrence. He was chosen Hart as a private in Captain Selah Heart's deacon of the church in Kensington, December 9th, third Company of the Connecticut Line. 1762 and died in 1773, aged 68 years. She died in January to March, 1776. I have a letter from 1814, aged 96 years. the office of the Adjutant General of Connecticut, verifying this. THEIR CHILDREN, 4. Durham Center museum has a business BEING THE FIFTH GENERATION ledger belonging to Selah Strong (merchant). In it are recorded business transactions Ebenezer, born July 29th, 1742; married April 5th, between Mr. Strong and Elihu Hart under the 1770, Lydia Benton. following dates:-1793, 94, 95 and 96. Jonathan, born , 1744; married 5. The Joseph Peck Family History shows the 1777, Abigail Riley. following. "Amos Peck, Kensington, Conn., Elizabeth, born May 20th, 1746; died November son of Samuel Peck, married Mary Hart 4th, 1766. She was a school teacher. July 26, 1750 at Middletown. Amos died there Elihu, born March 4th, 1751; married December April 6, 1802. Mary died June 22, 1771. Their 31st, 1777 by Dr. Smalley, Mary Peck. fifth child, Mary Peck was born March 9, 1760 John, born March 11th, 1753; married November and was married to Elisha Hart. In the 9th, 1786, Hannah Williams. Deacon Stephen Hart Family History I find Thomas, born December 6th, 1754 at Kensington. Mary Peck married to Elihu Hart, December He was never married. 31, 1777. One of these two records is in error. Hannah, born , 1785; died single, of No doubt both stories refer to the same Mary measles, in 1810, aged 52 years. Peck. Both stories show them in Kensington and both families used the name of Amos. 6. Probate Court records at Catskill, Green DR. ELIHU HART County, New York contain two very interest Fifth Generation ing wills. The Lemuel Hotchkiss will includes: Dr. Elihu Hart, Kensington, Conn., third son of A. Bond by the Executors. B. A list of his Deacon Ebenezer Hart, of the same place, and his properties. C. A list of bequests. D. A notice wife, Elizabeth (Lawrence), born March 4th, 1751, that Elihu and Joseph Hart owed him at the at Kensington; married December 31st, 1777, Mary time of his death. Peck, before Dr. John Smalley, of New Britain. He The Elihu Hart will included:-A. Bond by removed to New Durham, N. Y. He was unfor the executors. B. A list of his properties. C. A tunate in business, was imprisoned for debt, and list of debts owed him. There was, however, died in jail at Coxsackie, N. Y. no statement of bequests. 21 From the above information one can conclude that it was the executors of the Hotchkiss will who caused Elihu to be imprisoned. This writer has checked with the Bronk House Museum at Coxsockie, the Durham Center Museum and with the Green County Sheriffs department at Catskill. So far we have found no evidence that there ever was a Debtors Prison at Coxsockie. An examination of the Legal Papers of Elihu Hart, found in the archives of the office of Surrogate of Green County, State of New York, show him as being "Elihu Hart late of Catskill". Presbyterian church records of Durham, New York -State Library at Albany, New York shows the following:- Deaths, Captain Elihu Hart, September 9, 1806. Aged 55 years, 6 months and 5 days. His wife Mary died December 8, 1797. Aged 37 years, 8 months and 30 days. It is this writer's belief that the Stephen Hart History is in error when it states that Elihu Hart was married to Mary Peck. I found a record in the Presbyterian church history in Albany, N. Y., which states "Abigail, wife of Elihu Hart was admitted to the church." At that time I had not noted the discrepancy in the Hart and Peck histories; so I did not make note of that record as I assumed it was a misprint. NOTE The following material was Xeroxed, by this writer, from the Archives of the office of Surro gate, County of Green, Village of Catskill, State of New York. It includes the executors bond and list of goods and chattels owned by Elihu Hart and Lemuel Hotchkiss. Also, the debts owed by Elihu and the debts owed to Elihu and to Lemuel. In the list of debts to Lemuel Hotchkiss, you will note that Elihu and Joseph Hart owed him several pounds and shillings at the time of his death. It is this writer's opinion that it was the executors of the Hotchkiss estate who caused Elihu to be put in the debtors prison. Unless you are familiar with old-time methods of printing, you may wonder at the spelling of some of the words in the executors bonds. During the parti cular era in which these forms were used, the letter "S" is made in two different ways. Part of the time the "S" was made the same as we make it. At other times, it resembles the letter "F". For example, look on page 23; look for the handwritten name Elihu Hart. Directly under that is a word which looks like "caufe." Actually, it is "cause." Directly under that "goods and chattles use the same "S" we do; however, in the next line down, the word which looks like "poffeffion" is actually "possession." In the next line down, the word "persons" uses both styles of "S" in the same word. The Condition of this Obligation is such, That if the ab~ve bounden_ (J/;;MA/J (}!,;{l,,_:;,.,,;/d{-<,d, --~-,~~/(?/ aiJ AunurnPcrat,,. v of all anifingular the Goods, Chattels and Crcu!ts of t, -.;!£:N,£/4(/ ~-U __ ___----~---- deceafecl, do make or ca:n~ to be macle, a true ancl perfecr Inventory of all and fingular the Gcacls, C:!?,,tds and Credits of lhe faid dcccafeJ, which have or /hall come to the Hands, l'oliciron or Knowledge cf t'.1e faicl :Jl:104~ • . -~ or into t~Hfr{tls or Poffeffion of any o~her PerLm or l'crfons fill' tl1 e fo I cl ' µ (A,,./Z :J£_... ,.-/ :"--::----:,----:-:::----· . and the fam/f,, m.~di°;do 0,hibit, or caufc-;;i;e exTiiliiTcd, into the Offi2e of t:;c SL:r- rogate of the County of Cy-11 f',!_.,,.,,,__,,z_,J at or before the: Exp:r:itio:1 of fix Calen_ dar r,1on1l.s from the Da,:, of the above written Obligation, and the fame Go-J:!,, Ch:i, tels and Cr$J:1its, ?.nd all other Goods, Chattels and Credits of tlie laid ciecc:ii'"cd, at the Time of _./2,(,J. Death, v. hich at any Time after lk1ll come to the fbnds or l'offdlion of the fail 7!u,"v-f~; ------·------or into the Hnnds or PolTd1iofi of ?ny o ther Pcrfon or Perfons for the faicl ;;/¼.4v'Ly~ --rr--~ do well and truly admiuir1cr r.ccording to Law; Ancl further·, when there,unto lawfully rcquirccl, do m,1kc or c:ufo tu be made a jnil anJ tnw /1.ccount of AclminiftrZlticin; Ancl if it !lnll hcrc,:f,,:~ ,1prc~r, t',at any Llil \Vil! or Tc·brnc!lt 1\as n,acle by tile faid decca!cd, nnd the I::xccu:o:· or r::,crntors 1l1crcin 1nmc Sc:11c1.l u.1H1 D\,livc:cd; In rhc l'rcfcncc of 22 23 24 ✓ ,~~ I~now all Men by 1.thefe Prefents, ~rzu~ : _ -~~ ~_,,,~ ? ~~ '/dw4?'."-7,. ;:ctr~a/u 1~ f- /111-~ vt~~ ~& arc·bcldan ~~~ H .. P. #vrzx_,-'j ..:idv"_--- · · ._.,c? ~--f/ ..,_Jj_ _}9 ' V.t,~V~ of all and finfular the g~ods, chattels and mdits of Qi;;'.'.' ~,U,{,.t;:;/ /'l-'11,e//t:'Y5 ,/_ ~/ -/+ f ~ QI.J-? _. : ·- -/-: ,. / ' ~ deceafed, do make, or {/[t,,,<,.,,' '~. >} ,, @~~ ~ l-vfX,Ja,.,,,t)_ ·caufe to 1ie mc,Je, a true aml pe1fca inventory of all and lingular the goods, chattels an~ credits of th: fa'.d _j2 J dffeafet which l,ave or !hall come to the hands, pa!Teflion or knowledge of the fai~{/>h,e,& Jj:-rCt,.A,-~ c,f[,,<,'), • - ~ ---·---- - ·-· l. J - ---· , . .. . or into the handa or polf,f. / fion of any other pcrfon or perfons, for the faid 1- ' , A-- .. - 17£- (1-.,_- ,j.. /" _;~ _1/u,v-- • _ ~,;,~- 1i,...P LC/v,..-c.-1,. ... ,., J ,_ --- end the fame fo made do exhibit or caufe to be exhibited into the Office of the Sutrogatc of the County of GREEN, at or before the "'expiration of lix ca1rndar monthi. from the date of the abov~ written obligation, and t~~ fa:nc goods, chattels and credits, and all other goods, chattels and credits of the6aidde af,d, at the time of weath, which at any time after lhal! come to the hands or poif,flion of the faid re.,.--J?UA..£-{,, ~~-rv-%,, -·( -:pv~~ Jwv __ or into the hands or po!fdlion of any other perfon or perfons, for the faiil ~hu--,.,d-~ A~ -- ~- do well and truly adminifter accordir.g to law; r And further, when thereunto lawfully required, do make, or c:iufe to be made, a ju!l arid true account of admini ftration; and all tl:e rd!: and refidue of the faid goods, chattels and credits, which !hall be found remaining upon the faid admini!\rat_./"\,-'accounts, the fame being fir 11: examined and allowed of by the Judge of the Court of Probates of this State, for the time being, !hall deliver and pay unto fuch perfon or perfons refpcB:ively, a, the faid jadge, by his decree or fentcnce, 01all 1 purfu1nt to the true intent and meaning of the at!, entitled " An 1 ~{1 far fctJ/ing intcj}atu' eflatt.r, pr1:r:.,i11g will.r, aud granting admi,1iflrati-mJ,' limit and app[!_int: And if it th~U hereafter appear that any hll will an S:al,d and D,liwr,d, In the Pu.Jlr1a ()f 25 26 27 Bronze plaque on top of Meeting House Hill, located two miles east of East. Durham, Green County, New York. Lemuel Hotchkiss and his wife Penelope, parents of Anna (Hotchkiss) Hart, wife of Lovira Hart, Sr., are buried in a rural cemetery, located on the Hayword River burg farm, two miles west of East Durham. Joseph Hart, a cousin of Elihu Hart, died several years later in Albion, New York. Anna motchkiss) Hart. Wife of Lovira Hart, Sr. 28 29 1. daughter, Bessie (Thurston) Colegrove told my Sixth Generation brother Newell and me (July, 1967) that Lovira, Sr. Lovira Hart, Sr., (1778-1819) third child of Dr. moved his family to Avon, Livingston County, New Elihu Hart and Mary Peck, was born in Kensing York. This would have been before the fall of 1813. ton, Connecticut, December 25, 1778. He was Orlando gives his birthplace as Avon, New York. married No.vember 25, 1800, to Anna Hotchkiss Bessie did know that her grandmother Nancy born in Durham, Green County, New York, June (Hart) Thurston was born near Mt. Morris, New 22, 1782. She was the daughter of Lemuel York. Hotchkiss and Penelope Mather. We asked her, "Where was Lovira, Sr., buried?" Lovira and Anna were still living in Kensington, She answered, "We don't really know. His oldest Connecticut, when their first son, Albert Henry, daughter (that would have been Polly) became was born August 18, 1801. They removed to greatly enamored with the son of a wealthy Durham, New York, some time before their second resident of Avon. Great-grandpa would not hear of son, Lovira, Jr., was born, December 8, 1808. a marriage with this boy. He took his daughter to Lovira's family included eight children, four boys the South. Where, we do not know. About three and four girls, born in the following order: months later we received word that both he and the 2. Albert Henry, August 18, 1801. daughter had died of yellow fever." Polly died Polly, December 18, 1803. October 26, 1819, her father November 14, 1819. 3. Lovira, Jr. December 8, 1808. His age-40 years, 10½ months; her age 15 years, Ann, September 30, 1810. 10 months and 10 days. His wife Anna and her 4. Orlando, September 6, 1813. children continued to live in Livingston County for 5. Ann, March 5, 1815. a number of years. Register of Deeds records in the 6. Nancy, February 28, 1817. county clerk's office at Geneseo indicate that all 7. George, December 5, 1818. four boys sold property in that county between For further information on this family see the 1834 and 1841. Three of the boys moved to index. Michigan. The fourth, Orlando, mewed to northern After having lived near Durham for a time, he Indiana. Anna migrated to Michigan with her son, became discontented and made plans to move to Lovira, Jr., in 1837. The remainder of her life was Ohio. Before going to Ohio, however, he decided to spent helping whichever of her children needed her visit his old home at Kensington. Shortly after his most; Albert Henry or George in Mt. Morris, return to Durham his baby daughter, Ann, died. Michigan, Anna (Hart) Miller in Clayton or Lovira, Her death upset him so much that the move to Ohio Jr., in Tuscola. She died at Tuscola, October 17, was given up. (The above from his granddaughter, 1863, aged 81 years, 3 months, 26 days. Interment Sarah Delana (Hart) Palmer.) His great-grand- was in the Tuscola Cemetery. The Albert Henry Branch 2. Seventh Generation marriageable age. By 1879 the Albert Hart line had Albert Henry Hart (1) 1801-1850, first child of become extinct. Lovira Hart, Sr., and Anna Hotchkiss, was born in He died at his farm home, March 26, 1851, age 49 Kensington, Connecticut, August 18, 1801. His years, 7 months. In 1863 his widow, Sarah, was family moved to Durham, Green County, New married to Joseph Fairbanks. He was born in 1796. York some time before 1808. His brother Lovira A news clipping indicates that Sarah opened her Hart, Jr., was born at Durham that year. The home for the first school in the area. She was its family moved to Avon, Livingston County, New teacher. Sarah died March 26, 1877, age 67 years, 7 York some time before 1813. Albert's brother, months and 4 days. Orlando, was born there. On January 7, 1827, he married Sarah Smith, she 8. was born August 22, 1809. To this union was born Eighth Generation six children, four girls and two boys in the follow Harriet Amanda Hart, 1829-1869 the first child of ing order: Albert Henry Hart (1) and Sara Smith, was born in 8. Harriet Amanda, November 11, 1830. Mt. Morris, New York, November 11, 1829. She Sarah Elizabeth, January 15, 1832. lived there with her family until they moved to Mt. Cornelia Ann, August 19, 1833. Morris, Michigan probably in 1835. She lived on the Nancy Jane, March 15, 1836. farm in what is now the City of Mt. Morris until her Albert Smith, May 26, 1841. marriage. William Henry, April 14, 1846. She was married May 16, 1855, to Oliver Upton, See index for further information. who was born in 1830 in Genesee County, In 1835 Albert sold his property in Livingston Michigan. To this union was born two children: 1. County, New York (see county clerk's records, Theodosa Cornelia, May 9, 1857, and 2. Scott Geneseo, New York). He moved to what is now Mt. Albert, April 23, 1861. Harriet and Oliver lived on Morris, Michigan. He purchased property in 1835 a farm near Flint until his death, April 9, 1862, age (Liber A., Page 108) and 1837 (Liber 99 page 447). 32 years. See Genesee County Register of Deeds, Flint, Some time before 1868 she married (second) Michigan. The latter deed was signed by Martin Joshua S. Briggs, also a farmer. The only dates we VanBuren. have in connection with this marriage are death As of 1877, all of Albert's land was included in dates, as follows: Mary E. Briggs, died September the City of Mt. Morris. In fact, the history of Mt. 15, 1868; infant sister, died October 1, 1868; Joshua Morris begins with the Hart family. Albert arrived Briggs (husband), died February 5, 1875, age un in Michigan in 1835. He cleared the first land and known. Harriet died November 13, 1869, age 40 built the first home where Mt. Morris now stands. years and two days. Thus ended the Albert Henry Other Harts began arriving in the community. (1) branch of the Lovira Hart family. One of Albert's brother, George, arrived there about Harriet's brothers, Albert Smith Hart died in 1845. His nephew, Wm. 0. Hart, came to Mt. service, 1862. Another brother, William Henry Morris at the age of 12, probably in 1865. In 1869 Hart died on his Uncle's farm. Both were Orlando, William O's father, moved to Mt. Morris. unmarried. None of the other children reached Register of deeds records in the County Court marriageable age. House in Flint are full of land transfers signed by William Henry Hart, 1846-1872 the sixth child of the Harts. Albert was a successful farmer. He and Albert Henry Hart and Sarah Smith, was born at his brothers led the way in the pioneering of the Mt. Morris, Michigan, April 14, 1846. At a very area. His next-to-the-youngest son, Albert Smith young age he went to live with his uncle, Lovira Hart, served in the Union Army in the Civil War. Hart, Jr. at Hart's Corners. He probably went Albert's life, however, was not without tragedy. there after his father's death in 1851. He worked Most of his children died young. Only one of them there on the farm until his death, October 10, 1872; was married. Harriet Amanda, his oldest daughter, age 26 years, 5 months and 27 days. had four children, only one of whom reached 30 The Lovira Jr. Branch Lovira Hart, Jr. Esther Marie (Parker) Hart Lovira's Second Wife 3. Seventh Generation wrote a letter, dated March 12, 1837, to his wife, Lovira Hart, Jr. (1808-1892) the third child of Hannah Emeline, and to his father-in-Jaw, Lyman Lovira Hart, Sr., and Anna Hotchkiss, was born in Abbey, in East Avon, New York. In this letter he Durham, Green County, New York, November 8, stated that he had visited Albert's farm in Genesee 1808. His family moved to Avon, Livingston County. Later letters indicate that this was his County, New York about 1812. They moved again oldest brother, Albert Henry Hart. He also visited to Mt. Morris in 1828. There he worked, with his a Miller family. In a later letter he referred to him three brothers, on his mother's farm. His first as "Uncle Miller". It is this writer's opinion that marriage was June 12, 1834, to Hannah Emeline this was the Miller who had married his younger Abbey, born in 1808, daughter of Lyman and sister, Ann Hart. Later in the spring of 1837 he Hannah Abbey of East Avon, New York. To this returned to New York. That summer he moved his union were born four children, all girls; in the family to Michigan. A letter dated "Late Summer following order: of 1837," written by Hannah Emeline and her hus 9. Ann Jeanette, October 8, 1835. band, Lovira, tells of the trip west. His family at Emergene, May 10, 1837. that time included his wife, his two oldest children 10. Mary Jane, January 9, 1839. and his mother, Anna (Hotchkiss) Hart. They came 11. Hannah Emeline, July 3, 1841. much of the way from Detroit by covered wagon. I For further information on this family, see the have been told great-great-grandmother Anna sat index. in a much-prized rocking chair in the wagon, that Lovira made his first visit to Tuscola County, she virtually "rocked her way to Michigan." Michigan, in the winter of 1836. He came in Hannah Emeline died on July 3, 1841. Death was company of his brother-in-law, John Abbey. There a result of complications resulting from premature he staked out the land which he had purchased childbirth. On September 14, 1842, Lovira married from a land company before leaving New York. He Esther Maria Parker, born July 6, 1812. To this 31 32 THE HART FAMILY union were born three children, in the following his grain to Saginaw by boat. He was forced to order: sleep on the grist at night to keep the Indians from 12. Sarah Delana, August 13, 1843. stealing it. 13. Lemuel Parker, April 20, 1848. Lovira was also prominent in local government. 14. Albert Henry, February 21, 1851. He helped to organize the first school district in The second of these was my grandfather. Tuscola County. To accomplish this, he walked to When he first came to Michigan, Lovira paced off Lapeer and back, a distance of 50 miles each way. the distance from the Cass River to where he He followed Indian trails. He performed the first thought the north boundry of his land lay. There in marriage ceremony for white people in Tuscola 1836-37 he built his first log home. Later, when the County. This was the marriage of Nelson Hurd of government survey came through, it was found Pine Run, Michigan, to Sarah Harrison of Tuscola. that he built too far north. His cabin was actually Sarah was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis on another's property. He purchased an extra acre Harrison. The first lawsuit was tried before Lovira of land from the neighbor. In the summer of 1852 he Hart, who had been given the title of Esquire. It built the large white house which still stands at was said that Lovira never owned a gun. He bor Hart's Corners. See the picture of the Hart farm rowed one once to rid his crops of wild doves. He buildings, elsewhere in this report. Subsequently fired the gun just once. It knocked him out. He did he sold the acre of land back to the neighbor. kill several of the doves. At one time he saw his In 1838 Lovira's brother, Orlando Hart, visited daughter Delana working in her flowers. He told Michigan. He brought a wolf trap which he had her that she might better be doing something made in his own blacksmith shop in Mt. Morris, worthwhile. She answered, "But Father, don't they New York. He presented the trap to his brother, look pretty?" He said, "Yes, they look pretty all Lovira. A history of the trap is to be found else right, but I think a hill of nice potatoes would look where in this report. At present the trap is in the prettier." He seemed to be a very stern old man in possession of this writer. It is now a prized family his later years. He died at his farm home at Hart's Heirloom. Corners in Tuscola County, Michigan, March 5, Lovira was active in promoting agricultural 1892, aged 83 years, 3 months and 27 days. His interests in the county. He brought the first second wife, Esther Maria, had preceded him in fanning mill to the area. It was brought to Lapeer, death, having died December 11, 1889, aged 77 Michigan, by ship, then down the Flint River to the years, 5 n,onths and 5 days. Saginaw River, down that river to the mouth of the Note: Included in this book are reprints of 24 Cass River. It was then brought up that River to letters, written by Lovira and his family to his the farm. For many years the closest grist mill was wife's family at East Avon, New York, 1837-1853. at Saginaw (18 miles by road). Lovira would take I' R DC R I r R ./J OF DOLLARS and . ... ~~ , follq11·i11g described Lm1rl, to il'lt: ·1··!'1cctio11:-1-1\iw11 ·1-it:111;.;c ·1 ·Aei<•s·,· To1)i1i;··1·-x;;~e"('tl ·, ·~ii~,7\~llil~;-,-itu:11Cl-::ii-11ool-l Total. D}:8C'IllP1'10:'i. Y11l11atin11. an,l Town. T,1x. · 7 ~ --- - ·· -. ·- ·-- ·-1 1- -··r·······--1 · - 1• · 1 - l---·r ·l- "W.-fL,~/1,r-J,, ,;44¢-\ ttt \ 11 \ 7 t 01 \ I l \ e~,d,/2 ~ i I $#/,ft .A ~' TOWNSHIP TREASUllEII. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~¢~~~ A"18lGN)IENT OJ' MORl'OAOE Prtntod Rnd Sold by E. R. AIIDRIWS, Roch ..ter, N. Y, ------ . _., __ 4_ - .. . ------.. ------.. ------..... -- ... - - ...... ------.,..,_ ------· .. ------...... --...... - - ...... ------ 34 THE LOVIRA JR. BRANCH 35 9. rather than the aged. From there Leicester wrote Eighth Generation his mother, "Jennett has been having the benefit of Ann Jeannette Hart, (1835-1920) the first child of a cold for a few days but is on the mend. Northern Lovira Hart, Jr., and Hannah Emeline Abbey, was people catch cold very easy here at first, because born at East Avon, Livingston County, New York, they think it is so pleasant they can't catch cold; but October 8, 1835. Her family moved to Tuscola those who have become acclimated will sit in a stiff County, Michigan, in the fall of 1837. There she breeze in their shirt sleeves. It is quite warm in the lived in the then wilderness until she was six or sun in the middle of the day but cool enough in the eight years old. In July of 1841 her mother passed shade or at night." away. Her passing left her father alone in the Leicester and Jeanette were childless; and, as woods with four little girls and an aging mother. In they grew older, they took a vigorous interest in a letter written August 4, 1841, he tells his father the temperance movement. In the early eighties in-law of his plight and of •his plans to come East they ran the Temperance Camp Meeting at with one or two of his children (see the Lovira Hart Temperance Beach, Conesus Lake. A co-worker letters). Ann Jeannette lived at East Avon with disappeared, however, leaving them with a debt of her grandparents, the Lyman Abbeys, until she $3200.00. For a long time they lived very austerely had finished the equivalent of grade and high to get that debt paid off, their only sweetening, the school. From there she went to the seminary at scrapings from an empty molasses barrel, aprons Lima, New York. made of phosphate bags, etc. Temperance House It was while at the seminary that Ann Jeanette was torn down and the lumber used to build met Leicester Johnson. Much of the following was Leicester's "new barn." Portraits of noted temper copied from a book, The Pines Letters, written and ance workers, however, continued to hang in the edited by Laurence B. Johnson, grandnephew of spare bedroom, which was known as the Temper Leicester. Following is part of a poem as written by ance Room. Leicester during his seminary days. To her dying day Jeannette retained the con "You wished me to write of Jenny now, versational inhibitions of a Victorian upbringing. That's an odd and thoughtless freak of yours, I The family stallion was invariably designated as vow. "It". Big, white-bearded Leicester, however, is And yet it's strangely true, with student's art. remembered for his vigorous comments. In the My pen can find no better name to rhyme, than days of his dilillusionment with the Camp Meeting Hart." movement, he stated that "there were more souls To this same romantic period of Leicester's life made than saved" at these summer outings. In his belongs a tiny lacy valentine. Presumably it was old age, when Seymour announced that the from Jenny (Ann Jeannette Hart). On it was Johnsons were so mean they would use farm pinned this verse: wagons rather than a proper hearse for his and "I know a heart so good, so true, Leicester's funerals, it was Leicester who re With every thought so fresh, so new, marked philosphically, "Well, Seymour, if they So gently, tender, soft and kind, don't bury me, I'll stink." Another such I ne'er could find." Both Leicester and Jeannette were active After seminary Leicester attended Yale College. members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of After her seminary days Jennie Hart lived at the Avon. Leicester was active in public affairs to the Pines while she taught school. In 1861 she and extent of being a member of the local school board. Leicester drove quietly to Geneseo and were I visited in the community in the summer of 1966 married. Brought up as a farmer, Leicester pur and talked with the Dale brothers, two bachelors chased and settled on a farm near Littleville, less living on the second farm up the road to the east. than two miles from The Pines. There in the The most outspoken of the two brothers was then seventies he built a new house which had many 73 years old. Following are notes from his innovations-a bathroom with tub and a flush comments. toilet; a privy which was at the end of an enclosed 1. After they were first married, Leicester and passageway along the woodshed, rather than out Jeannette lived in an old house, just west of where side, and with a deep vault flushed by the waste they built the new one. water from the kitchen sink; running water from a 2. Mr. Dale, as a young man, worked for tank on the second floor, into which the visiting Leicester at 75 cents per day. His mother did younger generation were expected to pump water housework for Jeannette. from the cistern m the cellar; a dumb waiter from 3. Leicester was a kind person. He used to set the pantry to the cool milk room in the cellar; and a out a crate of apples for the kids to enjoy on their small conservatory. way home from school. In 1876 a throat infection sent Leicester and 4. Mrs. Johnson, "Ann Jeannette," was a very Jeanette to Florida for the winter. Jacksonville at refined lady. She was well liked in the neighbor that time was a Mecca for tubercular persons hood. 36 THE HART FAMILY Ann Jeannette passed away at her farm home 1920, at the age of 84 years, 8 months and 5 days. near Littleville in the town of Avon, Livingston Leicester passed away at his farm home on County, New York. She died of cancer June 13, February 1, 1915. Ann Jeannette (Hart) Johnson Leicester Johnson Oldest Daughter of Lovira Hart Jr. Littleville, Livingston County, New York Farm home of Leicester and Ann Jeannette (Hart) Johnson. Located on the Littleton road, about two miles southwest of Avon, Livingston County, New York. THE LOVIRA JR. BRANCH 37 -··;;,, .0,7 lived the remainder of her life with her daughter, 3 ;1 Carrie (Shaw) Newman. She died August 26, 1929, aged 90 years, seven months and 15 days. For further information on this family, see the index. Marshall and Mary Jane (Hart) Lamson 10. Eighth Generation Mary Jane Hart (1839-1929), the third child of Lovira Hart Jr. and Hannah Emeline Abbey (first wife), was born in Tuscola County, Michigan, January 9, 1839. She was the first white child born in Tuscola County. At the age of two and one-half years her mother died; leaving her alone, in the then wilds of the midwest, with three sisters, her father and an aging grandmother. She received such schooling as was available. She married Marshall Lamson on December 18, 1860. To this union was born a son, Virgil. Virgil and his father died within five days of each other in 1866. Mary Hannah Emeline Hart Jane was married to Robert W. Shaw on February 24, 1870. To this union were born three children in the following order: 15. Elwood Z., January 28, 1871. 11. 16. Clay, August 1, 1872. Eighth Generation 17. Carrie E., June 6-; 1873. Hannah Emeline Hart (1841-1921), the fourth They lived on a farm in Tuscola County, until child of Lovira Hart Jr. and Hannah Emeline Robert's death, October second, 1926. Mary Jane Abbey, was born at Hart's Corners in Tuscola 38 THE HART FAMILY County, Michigan, July 3, 1841. She was born at 18. Edward Lovira, June 5, 1876. the time of the death of her mother. She weighed 19. Lillian Janette, May 31, 1879. less than two pounds at the time of birth. Her 20. Henry Russell, August 14, 1881. half-sister, Delana, said of her, "She was so tiny Following their marriage they settled on a farm that they could put a tea cup over her head and rest about one mile north of Tuscola Village in Tuscola it on her shoulders." Emeline, as we all called her, County. The west part of the farm included a large lived out her entire life in the community where she deposit of sand and gravel. Register of Deeds was born. She was never married. As I remember records at the county seat show that they sold part her, she lived and worked with my grandmother, of it to the German-American Gravel Company and Clarabelle (Hoyt) Hart, at the Corners. She spent other part to the Birch Run Gravel Company. Their many afternoon and Sunday hours reading stories son, Henry, took over the farm and they moved to me. She had a slight speech impediment, which into the Harrison Apartments in the village. When was noticeable when she talked but not when she this writer first remembers them, Del, as he was read aloud. called, was operating a general store in the village. Emeline died November 16, 1921, at the age of 80 The following is from their daughter in-law, Mena: years, four months and 13 days. Following are "I do not know what year they sold the store to excerpts from her death notice: "She early identi Billy Harrison. They bought the Harrison house fied herself with the Methodist Church and across the street near the flowing well. That house continued a faithful member till her death". "A burned down sometime in the early twenties. They more transparent Christian character is rarely moved back to their old rooms in the Harrison found: "She asked but little for herself and seemed Apartments while building their new home." "Gene only desirous of doing for others; "She gave of her Slafter lives there now" (1970). substance to the church and its benevolence, yet so The celebration of their golden wedding anniver quietly that few knew of her bounty". sary came at the same time as the Tuscola County Centennial. The two events were combined into 12. one huge celebration, with Del and Delana being Eighth Generation crowned as King and Queen of the Centennial. Sarah Delana Hart (1843-1937), the first child of Note: For further details see the chapter, in this Lovira Hart Jr. and Esther Maria Parker, his book, on "Wedding Bells". second wife, was born in Tuscola County, Mich They lived out their declining years in the Village igan, August 13, 1843. She lived there on the farm of Tuscola. Delana passed away May 23, 1937, aged with her f~mily until her marriage. She was 93 years, nine months and ten days. Del died May married May 5, 1875 to Emroy Delroy Palmer, who 21, 1938, aged 84 years, nine months and nine days. was born in Tuscola County, Michigan, August 12, Some of the news clippings, at the time, stated that 1853. To this union were born three children. (See Delana was the second white child to be born in index): Tuscola County. This is incorrect. Besides, others who could have been born in other new settler families, Delana had two older half-sisters, born in the county before she was. They were Mary Jane and Hannah Emeline Hart. 13. Eighth Generation Lemuel Parker Hart (1848-1933), the second child of Lovira Hart Jr. and Esther Maria Parker (second wife) was born in Tuscola, Tuscola County, Michigan, April 29, 1848. He grew up on the farm at Hart's Corners, which his father had carved out of the wilderness. From a news clipping I read that the T. North and Sons Bank at Vassar, Michigan, was held up. The robbers escaped, traveling to the southwest. They arrived at Hart's Corners some time after midnight. They stole two horses and continued on to the west. After daylight the theft of the horses was discovered. "Lem" Hart, James McConnel and C. S. Barnum started in pursuit. They trailed the robbers nearly to Saginaw. There they found the horses in a field. They saw the rob Emroy Delroy and Sarah Delana (Hart) Palmer bers some distance ahead, on the railroad tracks, THE LOVIRA JR. BRANCH 39 but never caught up with them. Some time around 1870 near neighbors, the Horace Hoyt family, moved to McMinnville, Tennessee. In March of 1874, Lemuel wrote a letter to Horace Hoyt, requesting the hand of his daughter Clarie in marriage. The letter was brief and reads as follows. Tuscola, March 3, 1874 To Mr. & Mrs. Hoyt:- ! have decided to accept your kind invitation to come to Tennessee on my wedding tour if you will let me take Clarie home with me as my wife. I would like it to come next Christmas if you have no objections. Please say yes, Yours Respectfully Lemuel Hart Clarabelle Rachael (Hoyt) Hart Wife of Lemuel Parker Hart Lemuel Parker Hart Clarinda Walker (Lamson) Hoyt and Daughter Clarabelle Rachael Lemuel was married to Clarabelle Rachel Hoyt on December 25, 1874. To this union were born six children, three boys, two girls and one baby stillborn: 21. Lemuel Jay, November 4, 1875. 22. Annie Belle, July 13, 1877. 23. Elsie Emeline, August 12, 1879. Baby Hart, February 9, 1884. 24. Horace Lovira, February 9, 1886. 25. George Scott, October 18, 1887. Lemuel Parker Hart Wedding Picture For further information on this family, see the index. 40 THE HART FAMILY On a number of occasions I attended school board thing. The family have always suspected that her meetings to watch my grandfather act as modera son may have come to the house, that he went tor of the meeting. This would have been at the through the motion of robbing her, just to make it Hart school, located on the Hart farm about 40 rods look authentic. south of Hart's Corners. During his last few years, "Lem" suffered a great On other occasions I rode on the milk wagon with deal from arthritis. He spent much of his time in him, as he hauled our own and neighbors milk to bed or in a rocking chair near the fireplace. His the cheese factory. The factory was located in the fingers were badly bent and crooked; he could village of Tuscola, two miles away. The milk was hardly walk. A doctor determined that he was carried in large-top, 20-gallon cans. The cans were allergic to pork, which was then a staple food. He washed out with soap and water and then scalded eliminated the pork from his diet and his pain was with boiling water from a teakettle. This was done less severe. In his last years he was much improved at the farm after they had been hauled the two and was able to do light work, like hoeing in the miles in the rain, zero weather or hot sun, garden. He died at his farm home in Tuscola depending on the season. Lemuel was afflicted with County, Michigan, February 17, 1933, aged 84 arthritis in his later years, but he was able to do years and 10 months. some of the lighter tasks about the farm, such tasks 14. as hoeing in the garden, driving the horses on the Eighth Generation hay tedder, rake or slings. One of the Hart Family reunions was held on the Fourth of July. There was Albert Henry Hart (2) (1851-1876), the third to be a parade at 3:00 P.M. in the village of Tuscola. child of Lovira Hart Jr. and Esther Maria Parker, Most of those at the reunion went to see the was born at Hart's Corners in Tuscola County, parade. When grandpa was asked if he would like Michigan, February 21, 1851. He lived and worked to go to the parade, he said yes, he would. He there until his death. On September 28, 1874 he started looking around the reunion grounds for his married Eliza Jane Wilson. She was born August 7, wife Clarabelle. He asked "Did Clarabelle go to the 1855. Her parents were William A. and Martha B. parade with Fred Selby?" Someone answered, Wilson. "Yes, she did." He thought a moment, then said, To this union were born two girls, in the "Well, he will bring her back when he gets a good following order: See index. look at her." My grandmother was a very stern and 26. Alice Alma, January 1, 1875. sharp-spoken woman. She dominated the family 27. Esther Jane, June 27, 1876. almost completely. That is, all except grandfather. Albert and his family lived in the little house 60 He first let her talk and after answering "uh-huh" rods south of Hart's Corners, the same house in went and did as he had originally planned. She was which this writer was later born. The story goes always scolding me for going around with my coat that Albert had a mania for wandering. Apparently unbuttoned and sometimes without a cap or with he would be away from home for two or three days out rubbers or galoshes. On one occasion, in 1929, at a time. He died August 12, 1876, less than two Lemuel bought some stock in a coal mining outfit. years after his marriage, aged 25 years, 5 months It turned out to be a worthless investment, because and 22 days. of the financial crash in 1930. His son Lemuel Jay Eliza Jane was married second February 18, bought some, too. It was a prosperous time-1929. 1884 to Charles Thomas Van Wormer, born 1864. ClarabeJie was against it and tried to persuade him To this union were born Gladys and Lottie. Eliza out of the deal. He sat in the southwest corner of and Charlie lived in various parts of Tuscola the living room in a rocking chair and she was Township for the rest of their lives. Eliza died pacing around near the kitchen door, giving him a December 21, 1923, aged 68 years, four months and tongue lashing. He sat mute while she went on 14 days. about five minutes. Having had enough he said, "We've heard enough out of you, woman", she then 15. shut up and went into the kitchen. Later, when the Ninth Generation stock proved to be a worthless investment, after Elwood Z. Shaw (1871-1958), the first child of the crash, ClarabeJie gave him the dickens. (This Mary Jane Hart and Robert W. Shaw, was born in paragraph was written by an eye witness, Tuscola County, Michigan, February 10, 1871. He Raymond Hart, a grandson.) She died February 9, completed enough educational courses to qualify as 1931, aged 77 years, 11 months and 13 days. For a teacher. This writer has seen pictures and other the next two years my grandfather hired house records which show that he taught in the Tuscola keepers. One of them, Mrs. Sargent, planned and Village school. Elwood was married June 30, 1903 carried out a robbery. She told the family that a to Lettie Miller, born in Saginaw, Michigan, July 2, man had come to the house and had forced her, at 1868. They moved to Detroit, Michigan. There she the point of a gun, to give him all the money there died November 22, 1931, aged 63 years, four was in the house. A few days later she confessed to months and 20 days. Elwood was married (second) the sheriffs officers that she had planned the whole September 11, 1935, to Clara Harris of Detroit, . d/ak o/ ~~~1',0A,1,/ ctJ~~➔ o/ SUBDIVtSION OF SECTIOS. I Sec. TN~n IR'W,gc lAcre,. , ~ State Tax. , Co. Tax. ITown Tax IRoad Tax. ISchoolTax I TOTAL ~~tzd;(+f)t ✓, $ t 'f#t.i: :Yft: it¼. w 4 .7° 3.,...z .J s,-1 {Y2-_ 1--. 9 3 ~ '2 C 'PYf11-C, I 4i (Pion.en PNN, v...... ) 42 THE HART FAMILY date of birth or death unknown. child of Mary Jane Hart and Robert W. Shaw, was While in Detroit Elwood worked for the Ford born in Tuscola County, Michigan, January 6, 1873. Motor Company. Three things I remember about The farm on which she was born is located on the Elwood: 1. He was a very small man, about five River Road between Tuscola Village and Vassar. feet tall, weighing less than 100 pounds. 2. He was She graduated from the tenth grade at the Tuscola a very witty person, always the life of the party. 3. school. This schooling was equivalent to the high He was an excellent violinist. He liked to play at school education of the early 1900's. At the age of family reunions. He died in a hospital in Detroit, 18 years she took a dressmaking and tailoring November 22, 1958, aged 87 years, nine months course in Vassar. This was an asset to her and her and 12 days. There were no children by either family all of her life. In later years she was able to marriage. Interment was in the Tuscola Village earn a few dollars sewing and doing alterations for Cemetery. friends and neighbors. Carrie met Edgar E. Newman at a neighborhood croquet party at the farm home of his Uncle Alfred and Aunt Clarinda Newman Bigelow. They were married January 9, 1895. Edgar was born in Byron, Michigan, March 4, 1870. To this union were born five children. See index. 31. Manley Edgar, July 20, 1897. 32. Mary Emergene, May 12, 1899. 33. Lola Emeline, December 15, 1901. 34. Edith Louise, December 18, 1904. 35. Russell E., June 22, 1911. Edgar worked on the farm for his uncle, Miles Newman. After their marriage, Edgar and Carrie lived on a farm in the vicinity of Birch Run, Michigan. After retiring from the farm, Edgar worked at various jobs, including selling domestic sewing machines and selling cars. This writer pur chased a car through him from an auto sales place in Saginaw. Their last home was in Clio, Michigan. Edgar died in Saginaw, February 5, 1936, aged 65 Elwood Z. Shaw years, 11 months. Carrie continued to live in Clio. Said by a grand 16. daughter: "Grandma was a very devoutly religious Ninth Generation person. She was gentle and soft spoken. Most of Clay Shaw (1872-1959), the second child of Mary her thoughts seemed to center around what she Jane Hart and Robert W. Shaw, was born in could do for others." During her later life she Tuscola County, Michigan, August 1, 1872. He pieced, put together and tied off a quilt for each of lived on the farm with his family until his marriage. her granddaughters. Clay was married June 11, 1901 to Alta May Carrie augmented the family finances by sewing Rathbun, born July 25, 1882 at Vassar, Michigan. and by organizing "Larkin Clubs." Often she had To this union were born three children. See index. two or three such clubs going at the same time. Her 28. Max R., February 17, 1903. Christian witness was known all over her 29. Pearl Lillian, March 20, 1906. community. She walked miles to visit the ill and 30. Rex B., April 23, 1911 shut-ins of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of I know very little about this family, except that which she was a member. She owned the first Clay and Alta moved to Beaverton, Michigan, seven-octave organ in the community. It was in a about 1916 and later to Roscommon, Michigan, piano case. She loved to play and sing hymns and where they operated a resort business. Clay was a folk songs from "Pats Pick" the popular school song deputy sheriff in Ogemaw County for several book in Michigan in the early 1800's. years. Alta died October 3, 1952, aged 70 years, She was awarded the "Good Neighbor Award" two months and eight days. Clay died December and was presented a bouquet of roses, presented 30, 1959, aged 87 years, four months and 29 days. by the local radio station. She was a died-in-the Interment was in Riverside Cemetery, Vassar, wool Republican and took great interest in politics. Michigan. She was still walking across town, several blocks, to vote at the age of 93 years. The greatest tribute 17. said of her was that she had "an abiding faith in Ninth Generation God" and faced each new day with courage, enthusiasm and determination. Carrie Emergine Shaw (1873-1967), the third THE LOVIRA JR. BRANCH 43 Carrie Newman died in Saginaw, Michigan, and 21 days. Interment was in Riverside Cemetery September 28, 1967, aged 94 years, eight months in Vassar, Michigan. Carrie E. (Shaw) Newman and her children. Left to right: Russell E., Edith L., Carrie, Lola, Mary Emergene and Manley E. 18. Ninth Generation Edward Lovira Palmer, 1875-1963, first child of Sarah Delana Hart and Emroy Delroy Palmer, was born in Tuscola County, Michigan, June 23, 1875. He lived with his family on the farm until his marriage, April 22, 1899, to Mable Townsend. She was born August 19, 1872, in Tuscola County, Michigan. To this union were born seven children, as follows: 36. Ruth Irene, January 29, 1900. 37. Roy Townsend, September 14, 1901. 38. Leah Jeannette, May 29, 1903. 39. Milton Carl, January 16, 1910. 40. Lester Edward, November 28, 1916. 41. Emroy Dewain, August 21, 1918. 42. Evelyn Mabel, October 14, 1920. For further information on this family see index. Edward and Mabel lived most of their married life in their farm home in Tuscola County, Michigan. About 1916 they moved to a farm in Genesee County, located about one mile west of Clio. Edward Lovira and Mable (Townsend) Palmer In 1919 they moved to the Village of Clio. From 44 THE HART FAMILY then on until his retirement, he worked for Buick, see, tells of this hobby. General Motors. Mabel died in Clio, Michigan, As a young man he spent one winter working in April 5, 1948, aged 68 years, seven months and 16 the lumber camp at Ishpeming, Michigan. The days. Edward died in Saginaw, April 4, 1963, aged following winter, 1897-1898, he entered Michigan 87 years, nine months and 11 days. Agricultural College as a freshman. In the fall of 1898 he returned to college. He found that most of 19. the fellows had enlisted in the 31st Michigan In Ninth Generation fantry Regiment. He also enlisted. See Service Lillian Janette Palmer, 1879-1955, the second Record. child of Sarah Delana Hart and Delroy Palmer, was After he was mustered out at Savannah, born in Tuscola County, Michigan, May 31, 1879. Georgia, he spent two or three months with his She lived at home with her family until her mother's family at McMinnville, Tennessee. Soon marriage December 24, 1903, to John N. Hughes. after his return to Michigan he was married to He was born February 26, 1878, at W al!aceburg, Esther Maria Ashe, September 4, 1901. She was Canada. To this union was born three girls in the born November 1, 1878, on the Ashe farm two following order: miles northeast of the Corners. Her parents, James 43. Florence Delana, December 4, 1905. and Mary (Gourly) Ashe. To this union was born 44. Gertrude, April 20, 1909. five boys, in the following order. See index. 45. Myrl Louise, September 8, 1919. 46. Hildred Jay, May 28, 1902. John Hughes was a toolmaker by trade. He James Lemuel, April 14, 1905. seemed to have moved about some; his children 47. Newell Ashe, January 22, 1911. having been born in Onaway, Tuscola and Clio, 48. Raymond Caley, June 1, 1916. Michigan. 49. Ted Stanley, February 6, 1921. Lillian passed away February 8, 1955, aged 75 Jay and Esther settled on a 60-acre farm, just years, eight months and seven days. John died south of Hart's Corners. There in 1911 he built a January 18, 1950, aged 71 years, 10 months and 23 new brick-veneer home, a house which still stands days. in good repair (1977). When his third son, Newell, took over the farm, Jay and Esther moved first to a 20. house owned by Bernhardt Schiefer, then to a Ninth Generation house on another tract of land which Newell had purchased, near the village of Tuscola, in Tuscola Henry Russell Palmer, 1881-1945, the third child County, Michigan. There his wife Esther died, of Sarah Delana Hart and Delroy Palmer, was born November 27, 1959, aged 81 years and 26 days. August 14, 1881. He lived with his family until his Jay spent most of his latter summers working on marriage. He was married December 9, 1910, to the farm with Newell and his winters with this Mena C. Dean. She was born in Tuscola County writer. His hobby during those later years was coin June 23, 1886. To this union was born three collecting. He died of a heart attack at the Three children in the following order: Rivers, Michigan, hospital March 25, 1961, aged 85 45½. Harold James, November 14, 1911. years, four months and 21 days. Said by his Pauline Dean, August 19, 1914. daughter-in-law, Naomi (Welch) Hart, "He was one Doris Delana, August 3, 1919. of the most wonderful men I ever knew." None of these young people were ever married. The following quotes and instances will give See index for vital statistics. some indication of the man's disposition and outlook Henry and Mena took over the family farm north on life. of Tuscola Village. There they lived, reared their In 1951 he was in an auto accident and had his leg family, and worked until Henry's death on broken. Because of his age his doctor said that he September 17, 1945, aged 64 years, one month and would probably never walk again. After leaving the three days. Mena continued to live on the farm for a hospital in Flint, he came to live with this writer. number of years. Eventually she moved into the village, where she still lives (1977) aged 82 years. Being a man of great determination, he insisted on getting all of the exercise possible. As a result he not only walked again, but he did some walking 21. without the help of a cane or crutch. Ninth Generation When he was asked if he thought he should be Lemuel Jay Hart, 1875-1961, the first child of out in the yard during a snow storm without a hat, Lemuel Parker Hart and Clarabelle Rachel Hoyt, he answered "Humpf, did you ever hear of anyone was born at Hart's Corners, Tuscola County, covering up an empty keg to keep it from Michigan, November 4, 1875. As an older boy and freezing?" young man, Jay (as he was called) worked on his When I was a boy I recall that he had a remedy father's farm. One of his hobbies was breaking and which he always suggested for a toothache. It was, working yokes of oxen. A letter written March 9, "Take a mouth full of cold water, then sit on a hot 1890, to his grandparents in McMinnville, Tennes- stove until the water boils". He frequently quoted THE LOVIRA JR. BRANCH 45 his mother as saying, "Pretty is as pretty does" and "What is my husband's is mine and what is mine is Lemuel Jay and Esther Maria (Ashe) Hart Golden Wedding Four Generations of Harts. Left to right: Richard Jay, Ronald Jay, Lemuel Jay and Hildred Jay. 46 THE HART FAMILY Lemuel Parker Hart and Clarabelle Hoyt, was born at Hart's Corners, Tuscola County, Michigan August 12, 1879. She lived there on the farm with her family until her marriage December 25, 1901, to Wesley Jesse Colman, also born in Tuscola County. Early letters written by Elsie to her Aunt Susan B. Hoyt, in McMinnville, Tennessee indicate that as a girl she was nicknamed "Flirty". To this union were born six children, three boys and three girls in the following order: 50. Ivan J. Colman, October 26, 1902. 51. Anna Vere, December 3, 1903. 52. Leon, May 5, 1906. 53. Nina Elsie, November 7, 1914. 54. Edith Belle, December 10, 1917. James and Annie Belle 55. Dan, May 13, 1923. (Hart) McPherson See index. 22. Ninth Generation Annie Belle Hart, 1877-1931, the second child of Lemuel Parker Hart and Clarabelle Hoyt, was born at Hart's Corners, Tuscola County, Michigan, July 13, 1877. She lived there with her family until her marriage. She was married November 15, 1895, to James McPherson. He was born in Tuscola County, February 23, 1864. According to letters written by her to her Aunt Susan E. Hoyt, McMinnville, Tennessee, dated January and February, 1896, she eloped. Following is a quote from one of those letters: "On the night of the fifteenth of November the Epworth League of the M. E. Church gave a Pink Tea Social. I went with Jay, Elsie and Aunt Emeline. I met James McPherson there and we went to a friend's home, Prof. Diamond, and were married by Elder Karr, M. E. Minister. They wouldn't let me go with him but I used to go to church, parties, socials, etc., with Jay or some of the girls and see him there. A sneaking piece of business, but---Ma feels very bad about it and Pa is mad." James McPherson was a part-time farmer and teacher. He served several terms on the county board of supervisors. In spite of her parents objection to him, they were probably as happily married as others in the family. There were no children. Her nickname for Jim was "Boss". His nickname for her was "Bill". This writer never heard them call each other anything else. They both died at their farm home near Tuscola, Michigan. Annie on January 6, 1931, aged 53 years, five months and 24 days. James died July 28, 1931, aged 67 years, five months and five days. Their grave markers may be seen in Riverside Cemetery, Vassar, Michigan. The words "Bill" and "Boss" are included in the inscription. 23. Ninth Generation Wesley Jesse Colman Elsie Emeline Hart (1879-1947), third child of Wedding Picture THE LOVIRA JR. BRANCH 47 Elsie and Jesse moved to the Horace Colman Tuscola Cemetery, Edna's on her parent's lot at farm, on King Street, a road near Millington, Vassar, Michigan. Michigan. There they spent the remainder of their lives. One could always recognize Jesse by the cigar stub in his mouth. One could also recognize Elsie by her soft speech and half smile. At the age of 60 Elsie fell and broke an arm, playing snap and catch-em with two of her grandchildren. Said her daughter-in-law, Willhelmina, "She was always young at heart". Elsie died at her farm home March 6, 1947, aged 67 years, 6 months and 25 days. Jesse died December 2, 1953; aged 77 years, 6 months and 3 days. 24. Ninth Generation Horace Lovira Hart, 1886-1948, the fifth child of Lemuel Parker Hart and Clarabelle Hoyt, was born at Hart's Corners, Tuscola County, Michigan, February 9, 1886. He lived there with his family until his marriage. He was married October 12, 1910, to Edna Roena Palmer. She was born March 2, 1890, at Tuscola, Michigan. To this union were born two sons: in the following order: 56. Edward Wallace, September 7, 1911. 57. Earl Palmer, November 27, 1915. Horace and Edna were living with the latter's parents when Edward was born. This writer used to ride into town on the milk wagon on Saturday George Scott and Nellie Viola (Colbeth) Hart mornings and play with the new baby. By the time Earl was born, they were living on Miller Hill, north of Tuscola Village. It was about this time 25. that, while feeding and watering livestock at Hart's Ninth Generation Corners, Horace was attacked by a Holstein bull. George Scott Hart, 1887-1958, the sixth child of No doubt he would have been killed had it not been Lemuel Parker Hart and Clarabelle Rachel Hoyt, for the leather blind-fold over the bull's face and was born at Hart's Corners, Tuscola County, eyes. Horace was very badly broken up and Michigan, October 18, 1887. He lived there with his suffered several broken bones. He never fully re family until after his marriage. He was married covered. Eventually he began suffering from December 22, 1912, to Nellie Viola Colbeth. To this severe pain in the hips and legs. The doctor called it union were born four children: T.B. of the bone. Horace was put in a cast from the 58. Nelson, August 29, 1913. waist to the knees, the cast was left on for over six 59. Dorothy Rachael, April 17, 1917. months. When the cast was removed he was 60. Lola Inza, August 10, 1918. completely stiff in the hips. He never sat down 61. Viola Anna, October 26, 1927. again. He spent the rest of his life either standing, See the index. leaning or lying. Shortly after their marriage they started In 1920 his wife, Edna, started divorce proceed building a home, about 40 rods west of the Corners. ings. The divorce was granted in 1921. Edna was They were given 100 acres as their part of the in granted custody of the children. Horace was given heritance. During the summer of 1913 the little a large house which they had purchased in Tuscola white house, located 60 rods south of the Corners, Village. Horace had the house remodeled for apart was moved 40 rods north of the Corners. It was ments. He lived in one apartment. He made a living located on land owned by George and Nellie. by doing repair work, refinishing furniture, etc. He Incidently, this was the house in which this writer did painting for this writer while we were living at was born. George and Nellie lived and raised their Hart's Corners in 1935. Neither he or Edna were family in their new home, 40 rods west of the ever remarried. Horace died in Tuscola Village Corners. When George became physically unable to August 18th, 1948, aged 62 years six months and operate their farm, they continued to live there. He nine days. Edna died at Lansing, Michigan, worked in a lumber mill in the village of Tuscola January 6, 1952, aged 61 years, 10 months and four during the summers and they spent their winters in days. Horace's grave marker may be seen in the Florida. 48 THE HART FAMILY Two things George liked very much. One was to After his death, Nellie lived summers in a little tease people, the other to attend the Hart Family house built in the maple grove at the Corners. She Reunion. died January 12, 1966, at Bradenton, aged 75 years He died December 29, 1958, at Bradenton, and nine months. Their headstones may be seen in Florida, aged 71 years, two months and 11 days. the Tuscola Village cemetery. 0 Alice Alma (Hart) Hoard and her children: Ralph Irving, Van C., Henry Hart, Ray "Stub," Paul Eugene. Richard Earl - deceased. 66. Ray, May 6, 1910. 26. 67. Paul Eugene, February 11, 1916. Ninth Generation See the index. Alice Alma Hart, 1875-1947, the first daughter of Alice and her husband, "Gene", moved to their Albert Henry Hart (2) and Eliza Jane Wilson, was farm home in Arbela Township, there they lived born south of Hart's Corners in Tuscola County, and raised their family. This writer spent a week, Michigan, January 1, 1875. There she lived the first each of two summers, visiting at their home. nine years of her life. Her father died when she was Eugene Hoard died March 2, 1936, aged 61 years one year old. In 1884 her mother married Charles and one month and 24 days. Alice met a very un L. VanWormer. They moved to Arbela Township, timely death, when a pickup truck in which she and Michigan. Alice was married April 22, 1899, to her son Van were riding collided with ;mother Alvin Eugene Hoard, at her mother's home in vehicle. The two passed away within a few hours of Arbela Township, Tuscola County, Michigan. He each other. Death occurred December 3, 1947. was born in Tuscola County, Michigan. To this Alice was 72 years, 11 months and two days of age. union were born six sons in the following order: 62. Richard Earl, February 21, 1900. 27. 63. Ralph Irving, November 22, 1902. 64. Van C., February 12, 1905. Esther Jane Hart, 1876-1960, the second 65. Henry Hart, October 31, 1907. daughter of Albert Henry Hart (2) and Eliza Jane THE LOVIRA JR. BRANCH 49 County, Michigan, March 20, 1906. She lived there on the farm with her family until about the age of ten, when they moved to Beaverton, Michigan. Later on they moved to Roscommon, Michigan. She was married December 25, 1923 to Gordon Carter, born at Onaway, Michigan, September 8, 1904. To this union were born two children. See the index. 68. Donald, September 7, 1925. 69. Lawrence, December 1, 1927. Gordon was in police work. They lived in the vicinity of Vassar, Michigan, until they were divorced in August, 1934. Pearl was married (second) August 22, 1937, to Joseph Matejovitz, born in Milladore, Wisconsin, July 26, 1905. "Joe" was an employee of A.C. Sparkplug, Flint, Michigan, until his retirement. They moved to Esther Jane (Hart) VanCleve and Husband Loren West Branch, Michigan, where they are living out their retirement years. Wilson, was born south of Hart's Corners in Tuscola County, Michigan, June 27, 1876. There 30. she lived the first eight years of her life. Her father Tenth Generation died when she was six weeks old. In 1884 her Rex B. Shaw, the third child of Clay Shaw and mother married Charles L. VanWormer. They Alta May Rathbun, was born in Tuscola, Michigan, moved to Arbela Township, Michigan. Esther Jane April 23, 1911. He completed the eighth grade in was married to Loren VanCleve on June 12, 1905. the Pinkerton rural school, after which the family They purchased a farm at the northeast edge of moved to Beaverton, Michigan, and later to Tuscola Village. There they lived until Loren's Roscommon, Michigan. He was married April 2, death December 26, 1942, aged 69 years, 10 months 1930, to Irene McPherson, date and place of her and 10 days. birth unknown. To this union was born one child. Esther, known as "Et", continued to live on the 70. Raymond Bruce, October 26, 1930. farm, leasing out the fields for several years. About While Rex and Irene were living in Flint he was 1952 she sold the farm and built a small home in the employed by the Artie Dairy Company. He was Village of Tuscola. There she lived until her death there two and one-half years. They were divorced. December 5, 1960, aged 84 years, five months and Rex was married (second) June 1, 1939, to Marie nine days. Simons, born March 11, 1921, in Grayling, 28. Michigan. Since moving to West Branch Rex has Tenth Generation been employed as a mechanic. He was retired October 8, 1971, and is currently living in Max R. Shaw, the first child of Clay Shaw and Belleview, Florida. Alta May Rathbun, was born in Vassar, Michigan, February 17, 1903. He started his education in the village school in Tuscola, Michigan and finished the eighth grade in Beaverton, Michigan. He worked on the farm until 1931. From then on until his retirement in June, 1963, he was in the employ of the Department of Natural Resources of the State of Michigan. He was married November 10, 1923, to Florence May McLain born at Otisville, Michigan, June 4, 1904. There were no children. Florence graduated from the Clio, Michigan, High School in 1922, and completed a short teaching course at Central Michigan University at Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, in the spring of 1923. She taught school five years and then, as she put it, "remained a housewife". They are living out their retirement years in Belleview, Florida. 29. Tenth Generation Pearl Lillian Shaw, the second child of Clay Shaw Manley and Wilma (Kettle) Newman and Alta May Rathbun, was born in Tuscola Golden Wedding 50 THE HART FAMILY 31. Detroit - Age - 70, died Wednesday, January 7, Tenth Generation 1970, at Saratoga Memorial Hospital in Detroit. Manley Edgar Newman, the first child of Carrie Funeral services will be held at 1 P .M. Saturday at E. Shaw and Edgar E. Newman, was born at Birch the Chapel Funeral Home, Clio. Reverend Ralph Run, Genesee County, Michigan, July 20, 1897. He Hughes officiating. Burial in the Riverside Ceme lived and worked on a farm in that area until after tery, Vassar, Michigan." She had been residing in his marriage. He was married August 13, 1921, to Detroit the last 50 years." "Miss Newman was Wilma Kittle, born at Birch Run September 3, employed at the Salvation Army and Priscilla Inn, 1894. To this union were born seven children. See doing clerical work." the index. This writer remembers her for two things. First, Manley Jr., July 14, 1922. for being a devoted and dedicated Christian, second Shirley, September 22, 1924. for devotion to the cause of the "Women's Christian 71. Doris Evelyn, April 10, 1926. Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.). Emergene lived to 72. Ver! Russell, May 16, 1927. the age of 70 years, seven months and 26 days. 73. Laverne C., September 8, 1928. 74. Delmar Elwyn, November 22, 1929. 33. 75. Wayne Darwin, April 4, 1935. Tenth Generation Manley completed one year at Baker Business Lola Newman, the third child of Carrie E. Shaw College in Saginaw, Michigan. He was with the and Edgar E. Newman, was born at Birch Run, accounting department of Buick Motors for two Michigan, Genesee County, December 15, 1901. years. He worked as a rural mail carrier from 1920. She lived on the farm with her family until they to 1948. In 1950 he secured a broker's license and moved into Clio, Michigan. She graduated from the sold insurance and real estate, which position he Clio High School in 1921. She received her life still holds. Wilma graduated from the Standish, certificate in teaching from Eastern State Univer Michigan, High School in 1914. She completed one sity at Ypsilanti in 1925. Part of that time was year at county normal (teacher's college) and spent working at Detroit Conservatory of Music, taught elementary grades in both rural and town for which she received credit on her Life schools for ten years. They are active members in Certificate. She received her B. S. degree from the West Vienna United Methodist Church, having Central State University at Mt. Pleasant, Michi held such positions as Church School Superintend gan, in 1956, with a major in elementary education ent, Chairman of the Official Board, Lay Leader, and music (public school). Church School teacher, trustee and steward. They Lola taught school 30½ years, plus three periods have been very civic minded, having acted as of substitute teaching after retirement. She taught P.T.A. president in Pine Run, Master of Grange, a varying length of time at Otisville, Clawson, Clio 32nd degree Mason, offices of Secretary, Master and in the vicinity of Saginaw. During all of this she and Treasurer of Vienna Masonic Lodge (total of took time out to be married, raise a family and to nine years) and Patron of Vienna chapter of O.E.S. help with the war effort during World War I. She for two years. They have spent several winters in was married March 6, 1926, to Clarence L. Allman, Florida. Most of the winter of 1969-70 was spent in born at Bell River, Illinois, on November 17, 1900. Michigan because of a compound fracture of To this union were born three children. See the Wilma's left ankle. Wilma died April 21, 1977, aged index. 82 years, 7 months and 18 days. Manley died July 76. Mary Edith, January 15, 1929. 20, 1978. Aged 81 years exactly. 77. Carol Ann, August 30, 1931. 78. Ethel Grace, July 11, 1936. 32. Clarence graduated from the Lincoln Consoli Tenth Generation dated High School at Ypsilanti, Michigan in 1935. Mary Emergene Newman, 1899-1970, the second He was a graduate of an automotive school in child of Carrie E. Shaw and Edgar E. Newman, Kansas City, Missouri, with training in college was born in Saginaw, Michigan, May 12, 1899. She level chemistry, physics, electrical engineering and lived there on the farm with her family until she metallurgy. He worked for General Motors went away to college. She started her high school Corporation in Flint, Michigan for 31 ½ years. His work in Clio, Michigan; then went to Nyack main job was to train other employees in chemistry Missionary School in Nyack, New York. There she and metallurgy. Besides their many activities in received her High School diploma in May, 1924. their church, they were active in the Eastern Star. She then went on to complete the work of the Lola was Worthy Matron of Martha Washington Missionary Training Institute at Nyack. Chapter #113 in 1943-44. Clarence was Worthy For many years she was a member of Bethesda Patron of the same chapter in 1940-41. During Missionary Temple in Detroit. Following are World War I, Lola worked at Buick Motors. Her quotations from her death notice in the Clio News: time there included a time in the shell department "Newman, Emergene - 12400 Franklin Road, and a time in the office at Plant #1 as an operator of THE LOVIRA JR. BRANCH 51 a book-keeping machine. Her church activities days. Edith and Del are living out their retirement included playing piano for Sunday morning years in Corvallis. Edith has recently become a services. Later on she played the organ for the member of the Daughters of the American Methodist Church in Clio. They have been spending Revolution. their retirement years between Florida in the 35. winter and Michigan in the summer. Lola died Tenth Generation March 5, 1978. Aged 76 years, 2 months and 21 Russell E. Newman, the fifth child of Carrie E. days. Shaw and Edgar E. Newman was born in Flint, Michigan, June 22, 1911. He lived on the farm with 34. his family until they moved to Clio, Michigan. He Tenth Generation graduated from the Clio High School in 1929. He Edith Louise Newman, the fourth child of Carrie sold magazines and clerked in a grocery to cover his E. Shaw and Edgar E. Newman, was born at Birch college expenses. He completed two years study at Run, Genesee County, Michigan, December 18, the Michigan State Normal College in Ypsilanti 1904. She graduated from the Clio High School in (now Eastern Michigan University). He managed a 1922. She completed a course at Michigan State Kroger grocery in Ypsilanti for five years. From Normal College, receiving a two-year - Life 1937 to 1947 he owned and operated the Newman Certificate for teaching in 1924. She received her B. Grocery in Ypsilanti. From 1948 to the present S. degree from Oregon State University in 1948 writing he has been self-employed as a direct retail with a major in education and a minor in English salesman. The first eleven years were with the and mathematics. Fuller Brush Company. Russell was married March Aside from time out for raising a family, Edith 16, 1933, to Myrtle May Kring, born at Blissfield, taught school six years in Michigan and three in Michigan, August 3, 1911. There were no children. Oregon. She retired in 1951. She was married Myrtle graduated from the Blissfield high school March 6, 1926, to Delmar I. Allmanm born at in 1928 and from Michigan State Normal College in Remington, Indiana, October 3, 1895. This was a 1932 with a major in French and English. She was double wedding ceremony with her sister Lola and elected to three honor societies while in college: Delmar's brother Clarence. To this union were Stoics (local educational), Pi Kappa Delta (National born three children. See index. Forensic) and Kappa Delta Pi (National Education 79. Maejei Janet, December 3, 1930. al). She was a member of the woman's debating 80. Daryl Manley, October 11, 1933. team during her last three years in school, 81. Gilbert Lee, November 16, 1934. representing the college in National debating Delmar graduated from high school in Urbana, competition in 1930. She played the roll of Hermia Illinois, in 1916. He served in the U.S. Navy for two in Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream" in years and worked on a farm from 1919 to 1925. He the annual college play in 1931. lived in Ypsilanti, Michigan, 12 years while he She held two tuition scholarships and did completed his education. He graduated from housework summers to cover her college expenses. Michigan State Normal College at Ypsilanti in 1928, Teaching positions were scarce during the depres with a B. S. degree in physical education. He sion, so Myrtle was married and worked with her received both his master's and doctors degrees husband in the grocery business. She taught in a from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, rural school from 1938 to 1942. In 1947, after a receiving his M. S. in 1931 and his doctorate in spinal operation they moved to California. Besides 1936. Both were in the field of public health and his regular job as salesman, they have a very hygiene. interesting avocation. They have collected a He moved his family to Corvallis, Oregon in 1937, sizeable library of tapes, clippings and publications where he taught at the Oregon State University. of historical events, also many letters from public His work included both academic and active figures. Through these they are attempting, in courses. He coached the wrestling team and from some small way, to keep themselves and others 1937 to 1950 was the official starter at all track informed on the state of our country. Following is a meets. He also taught first aid, hygiene, physio quote from Russell: "We have not become wealthy. therapy, and all the anatomy, physiology and We have done nothing spectacular, careerwise. But Kinesiology courses for the physical education if we can prove to be "Snow-flakes to merge with major students. He retired in 1965. (hopefully) an avalanche of dedicated people He has one unique honor which bears recognition attempting to preserve our constitutional republic, here. In October of 1969 he received word that he with freedom under God, we shall consider our was one of 31 people to be elected to the Urbana, lives well spent. President Richard M. Nixon, in his Illinois high school Hall of Fame. He played left State of the Union message to Congress January halfback on the Urbana football team which, in 22, 1970, said: 'The greatest privilege an individual 1915, beat the Champaign, Illinois team 39 to 0. can have is to serve in a cause bigger than himself. That apparantly was a very singular feat in those That sums up our feeling concerning what we have 52 THE HART FAMILY tried to do." At this writing Russell and Myrtle are High School. In 1920 he completed a course in living in their home in North Hollywood, accounting and business administration at the California. Baker Business University in Saginaw, Michigan. He was married November 15, 1921, to Doris 36. Parker, born in Saginaw, April 15, 1903. There Tenth Generation were no children. Roy was employed at the Ruth Irene Palmer, the first child of Edward Industrial Bank of Flint for one year. For the next Lovira Palmer and Mabel Townsend, was born in 13 years he worked as an accountant and salesman Tuscola County, Michigan, January 29, 1900. She for an electrical appliance company. In 1933 he graduated from the Clio High School in 1917. She went into business for himself, operating the was married February 19, 1918, to Roy L. Finn, Palmer Electrical Company. Doris completed the born in Genesee County, Michigan, August 16, ninth grade in the Pine Grove School in Tuscola 1887. To this union were born three children. See County, then took a typing course at Baker index. Business University. She did the book work in their 82. Leslie Henry, April 23, 1919. electrical appliance business. 83. Mildred Joyce, July 21, 1922. Roy was a first in the electrical business in Flint, Betty Ruth, August 16, 1928. including being the first to offer television in that Roy got his education in the Mt. Morris schools. city. He went to Detroit and sold a manufacturer on He worked for a time for the Olds Auto Factory. the idea of television in Flint. He says "The first Later he operated a mail route. Ruth and Roy lived pictures were a bit snowy, but they sold. Roy out their married life on a farm in the vicinity of retired from business January 1, 1969. They have Columbiaville, Michigan. Roy died in the hospital in travelled extensively; having visited Canada, Lapeer, Michigan, January 1, 1959, aged 61 years, Mexico, Europe, the Carribean Islands, Venezuela 4 months and 16 days. Ruth has since lived with her and Hawaii. His hobby is photography. He has son, Leslie Finn, and family. She has complement slides from all of the above mentioned places. ed her education with courses at the Mott Foundation-such courses as clothing construction 38. and design, also typing. Tenth Generation Leah Janette Palmer, 1903-1955, the third child of Edward Lovira Palmer and Mabel Townsend, was born in Tuscola County, Michigan, May 29, 1903. She completed the eleventh grade in the Clio High School in 1920. She was married June 1, 1920, to Earl Penfield, born in Colfax, Illinois, October 11, 1895. To this union were born two children. See index. Arthur R., November 28, 1921. Floyd Earl, December 6, 1930. Both died as very young infants. Earl was a blacksmith by trade. He died in Clio, Michigan, April 2, 1942, aged 56 years, six months and 15 days. After his death, Leah managed a Five Cent and $1.00 Store in Clio. She held this position about six years. She died in Clio, February 16, 1966, aged 62 years, eight months and 15 days. 39. Tenth Generation Milton C. Palmer, the fourth child of Edward Lovira Palmer and Mabel Townsend was born in Tuscola County, Michigan, January 16, 1910. He Roy and Dorris (Parker) Palmer completed the tenth grade in the Clio High School. Golden Wedding He went to work on highway construction. He was married November 26, 1931, to Grace Raymond, 37. born in Merrill, Michigan, March 9, 1909. There Tenth Generation were no children. They adopted a daughter. Roy Townsend Palmer, the second child of 84. Sandra Kay, July 24, 1947. Edward Lovira Palmer and Mabel Townsend, was Grace completed the eighth grade in the Clio born in Tuscola County, Michigan, September 14, School system in 1924. She worked for A. C. 1901. He completed the eleventh grade in the Clio Sparkplug in Flint from 1946 to 1951. At this THE LOVIRA JR. BRANCH 53 writing she is working as cook in the Clio school her brother-in-law, Roy Palmer. They are, at this cafeteria. Milton, at one time held a world's record writing, living in Clio. for pouring concrete. In 12 hours, his crew poured 6,488 linear feet of concrete road. The block was 24 41. feet wide and 9 inches thick. He died July 24, 1962, Tenth Generation aged 52 years, 6 months, 8 days. Grace died in Emroy Dewain Palmer, the sixth child of Flint, Mich. April 11, 1973. Aged 64 years, 1 month Edward Lovira Palmer and Mabel Townsend, was and 2 days. born in Clio, Michigan, August 21, 1918. He lived there on the farm with his family until they moved into Clio Village. He graduated from the Clio High School in 1936. He received his degree in accounting from Baker Business University in Flint in 1938. He was employed for a number of years as an accountant for an automotive company. In 1944 he opened the Burton Accounting Company. He was married September 23, 1934, to Margaret Scott, born in Champaign, Illinois, April 22, 1918. To this union was born one child. 93. Geraldine Joyce, August 29, 1940. Margaret finished Elston High School in Michigan City, Indiana, in 1936. Until her marriage she was employed as a secretary. In June 1946 Dewain was killed in a plane crash. Following are quotations from a news account of the tragedy. "Dewain E. Palmer, 28, Flint aviator who was burned when his plane crashed and burst into flames near Rogers City, Sunday, died Thursday in the General Hospital at Alpena, Michigan. Palmer was saved from immediate death when his wife Margaret, 28, a passenger in the plane pulled him from the wreckage, had been under treatment for second degree burns." The accident occurred while Palmer and his wife were Lester and Marie (Gunell) Palmer participating with some 70 other private flyers in 40. the aerial tour of the upper and lower peninsulas of Tenth Generation Michigan. Palmer's plane had taken off from Lester Edward Palmer, the fifth child of Edward Presque Isle County Airport and gained an altitude Lovira Palmer and Mabel Townsend, was born in of 75 feet, then apparently stalled. After being Tuscola County, Michigan, November 28, 1916. He brought under control, it stalled a second time. Uved there on the farm with his family until Palmer banked sharply and the wing grazed some completion of the eighth grade. They moved to tree tops, then plunged to the ground. Mrs. Palmer Clio, Michigan where he graduated from high was thrown clear, and extricated her husband. He school in 1934. He then took an on-the-job training was editor and publisher of the Michigan Flying course in meat cutting. He has spent most of his life Reporter, a paper circulated among aviation in the grocery business. At this writing he is enthusiasts". He died June 27, 1946, aged 27 years, driving a beverage truck. He was married 10 months and six days. Margaret was married December 21, 1936, to Marie Anna Gunnell, born in (second) December 31, 1961, to John R. Allen, he Thetford, Michigan, December 20, 1915. To this was born at Horse Shoe, North Carolina, March 25, union were born eight children. See the index. 1913. 85. Joan Marie, September 25, 1937. 86. Patricia Louise, October 21, 1940. 42. 87. Douglas Harry, August 31, 1942. Tenth Generation 88. Barbara Ann, February 16, 1945. Evelyn Mabel Palmer, the seventh child of 89. Dale Frederick, August 13, 1947. Edward Lovira Palmer and Mabel Townsend, was 90. David Michael, September 2, 1950. born in Clio, Michigan, October 14, 1920. She 91. Kathleen Lynn, March 17, 1951. graduated from the Clio High School in 1937; and 92. Dennis Lee, July 12, 1953. from the Baker Business University with secretar Marie graduated from the Flint high school in ial major in 1939. She worked as a secretary in 1934. Before marriage she was employed as a sales Flint for one year. She now holds a broker's license clerk in an electrical appliance store, working for and is employed as an accountant executive with E. 54 THE HART FAMILY F. Hutton and Company, Inc. She was married May 45. 10, 1940, to William Donald Gratsch, born in Tenth Generation Covington, Kentucky, April 4, 1909. There are no Myrl Louise Hughes, the third child of Lillian children. William attended St. Matthews High Janette Palmer and John N. Hughes, was born in School in Flint. From 1948 to 1966 they owned and Clio, Michigan, September 8, 1919. She graduated operated a resort in the vicinity of Walloon Lake, from the Clio High School in 1937. She graduated Michigan. Their present address is Petoskey, from the Baker Business University in Saginaw, Michigan where William is a builder. Michigan, in 1938. She did secretarial work for eight years. Now that her family are all in school, 43. she has started in secretarial work again. She was Tenth Generation married August 10, 1946, to Marvin Henry Trier, Florence Delana Hughes, the first child of Lillian born in Saginaw, Michigan, May 26, 1918. To this Janette Palmer and John N. Hughes, was born in union were born three children. See the index. Onaway, Michigan, December 4, 1905. She lived 100. Susan, December 29, 1947. there with her family until they moved to Tuscola Harry Marvin, April 30, 1951. County, and later to Genesee County, Michigan. Ross Kevin, November 2, 1956. Florence graduated from the Clio High School in Marvin graduated from Saginaw High School in 1925. She received her bachelor's degree in English 1935. He is now employed as a postal clerk in the from Central Michigan Teachers College, Mt. Saginaw Post Office. See also his service record. Pleasant, Michigan (now Central Michigan Univer sity) in 1936. She had one year resident work at Mt. 45½. Pleasant and did the other three years at summer Tenth Generation school and correspondence while teaching. She Harold James Palmer, 1911-1939, the first child taught third grade in the Clio school system most of of Henry Russell Palmer and Mena Caroline Dean, her married life. She was married July 1, 1937, to was born in Tuscola, Michigan, November 14, 1911. Cecil Parker, born in Evart, Michigan, April 4, He graduated from Vassar high school in 1930. 1909. To this union were born four children. See Shortly after graduation he was employed by the the index. Blind Institution of Saginaw. He soon became their 94. Patricia Lee, August 13, 1939. buyer, which position he held until his death, 95. Donna Janette, twin, December 27, 1944. January 13, 1939. He passed away in a Saginaw 96. Donald John, twin, December 27, 1944. hospital, aged 27 years, one month and 29 days. 97. Carol Christine, October 4, 1949. Cecil left school early because of illness in the 46. family. He received on-the-job training as an Tenth Generation apprentice tool and die maker. He was a metal Hildred Jay Hart, first child of Lemuel Jay Hart lathe operator in a machine shop for several years. and Esther Maria Ashe, was born in Tuscola He has recently retired. They are living in the County, Michigan, May 28, 1902. He lived on the vicinity of Clio. farm at Hart's Corners with his family until he was 18 years old. He was a student at Vassar, Michigan 44. High School, graduating in 1922. During his last Tenth Generation two years in high school he worked on a farm about Gertrude Hughes, the second child of Lillian one mile out of town doing chores and operating a Janette Palmer and John N. Hughes, was born in milking machine, and working at the Chevrolet and Tuscola County, Michigan, April 30, 1909. She Buick factories during the summer. He graduated lived there with her family until they moved to from the Michigan State College (later Michigan Genesee County. She graduated from the Clio High State University) in 1927. He was married School in 1926, then took training at the Flint December 25, 1926, to Naomi P. Welch, born at comptometer school. She worked in the office at West Branch, Michigan, December 30, 1905. To Buick Motors for five years. She was married May this union were born two sons. 30, 1930, to Thomas Bernard Loranger, born in 101. Richard Marlin Hart, October 24, 1929. Hemlock, Michigan, November 12, 1904. To this 102. Ronald Jay Hart, June 24, 1932. union were born two children. See the index. See the index. 98. Jeanne Ann, May 28, 1931. The manner of Hildred and Naomi's meeting each 99. Thomas Bernard Jr., July 14, 1936. other was unique. When Hildred was a senior in Tom completed the eighth grade in the Clio high school he enrolled in a Vocational Agricultural school system. He worked for eleven years in a feed course. The following summer he planted, culti store, following which he went into the garden vated and harvested a half acre of potatoes. That tractor business. He handled the Simplicity tractor fall he decided to market them in Detroit on the for twelve years. Gertrude kept the books for their Farmer's market. He obtained the .use of a truck, business. They are living in the vicinity of Clio. and together with a classmate John Baker, he THE LOVIRA JR. BRANCH 55 started for Detroit with the load of potatoes. His wife, Naomi, graduated from Lansing On Sunday afternoon the truck broke down in Business University in 1925. She worked in an front of the Worth Welch farm south of Davison, insurance office until they moved to Lake Odessa. Michigan. The boys asked permission to park the During the World War II she added to the war truck in the Welch barnyard while needed repairs effort by operating a home nursery for pre-school were made. Tuesday morning they started out children of women who worked in munitions and again. About eight miles down the road the truck other war material plants. stopped permanently. Another truck was rented It was while living at Howell that tragedy struck and eventually the potatoes arrived at the market. the family. Their oldest son, Richard, was killed by While at the Welch farm Hildred noticed, but electrical shock while working on the Clarence paid little attention to the oldest daughter, Naomi, Marshall farm near Gregory, Michigan. He had then a junior in high school. In November Hildred planned to become a medical missionary. Both and his father drove a team of horses the forty Hildred and Naomi have been active in church miles to haul the truck home. They stopped at the affairs, having been members of American Baptist Welch farm and were invited to dinner. Convention churches, and having held many That Christmas Hildred sent Naomi a Christmas positions of devotion and trust in the church. Had greeting, at New Year's she sent him a New Year's he been born two hundred years earlier, he would greeting. Letters started passing between them now be carrying the title of "Deacon". and four years later they were engaged. Today he can even tell you what she was wearing on the Sunday afternoon when the truck broke down. It was a white skirt and red middy blouse. In 1927 they moved to Lake Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan, where Hildred taught vocational agriculture in the high school for seven years. He left the teaching profession in 1934, partially because of ill health. The next year was spent working on the old home farm with his father and his uncle George Hart. In 1935 he joined the Cooperative Extension Service as a 4-H Club Agent. The first twenty years were spent at Howell, Michigan. The last ten years were spent at Centreville, St. Joseph County, Michigan. He retired, after a heart attack, on July 31, 1965. He is living in Centreville as of this date (1977). Newell Ashe and Neva Mabel (Stinson) Hart Hildred Jay and Naomi P. (Welch) Hart Golden Wedding 56 THE HART FAMILY 47. firm near Saginaw for the winter. He proved so Tenth Generation adept at this work that it became a full-time job. As Newell Ashe Hart, the third child of Lemuel Jay he became more involved in the business, he leased Hart and Esther Maria Ashe was born in Tuscola out more and more of the farm and in 1967 stopped County, Michigan, January 22, 1911. He lived there farming entirely. At the time of this writing (1977) on the farm with his family until he graduated from he is still living in the farm home, but doing none of college. He graduated from Vassar, Michigan, high the farming. During this time Martha worked as a school in 1928, and from Michigan State College in practical nurse and receptionist for a doctor in 1933. He spent one term in graduate school, then Frankenmuth. was hired as statistician by the Michigan Milk Producers Association.. Following that he was hired as butter and cottage cheese maker for the Borden Company in Detroit. He taught vocational agricul ture in high school for three years and worked in Menominee County, Michigan, for the Farm Security Administration for two years. He was married December 28, 1936, to Neva Mabel Stinson, born May 14, 1909, at Cadillac, Michigan. Neva received her A.B. degree from Wayne University in Detroit in 1939. She taught six years in the Detroit school system. · To this union were born three children. 103. James Newell, June 26, 1940. 104. Roger Paul, March 19, 1945. 105. Stephen Lawrence, June 25, 1946. For further information on this family see the index. In 1946 he moved his family to the home farm, which he operated for a number of years. Eventual ly he took over the local agency for an auto insurance company. As he became more involved in auto insurance, he leased out more and more of the farm. At this writing (1977) he is still living in the farm home, but doing none of the farming. 48. Tenth Generation Raymond Caley Hart, the fourth child of Lemuel Jay Hart and Esther Maria Ashe was born in Tuscola County, Michigan, June 1, 1916. He lived there on the farm with his family until he graduated from college. He graduated from Vassar, Michigan, high school in 1934 and from Michigan State College in 1940. He married September 14, 1940, to Martha I. Latta, born September 15, 1917, at Jackson, Michigan. To this union were born five children. 106. Robert Raymond, July 22, 1943. 107. David Lloyd, May 14, 1945. 108. Randall Charles, June 17, 1948. 109. Jonathan Jay, November 4, 1950. 110. Lawrence Michael, May 23, 1952. For further information on this family, see index. Martha attended Jackson Junior College 1934 through the spring of 1936. She did secretarial work until her marriage. Following their marriage Ted Stanley Hart they settled on that portion of the home farm which included the colonial house built by his great 49. grandfather, Lovira Hart, in 1852. He operated the Tenth Generation farm until 1954, when he hired out to a machine tool Ted Stanley Hart, the fifth child of Lemuel Jay THE LOVIRA JR. BRANCH 57 Hart and Esther Maria Ashe, was born in Tuscola company. He completed the nineth grade in the County, Michigan, February 6, 1921. He lived Vassar High School in 1918. In 1939 he was there on the farm with his family until he employed by a travel trailer company where he graduated from college. worked until recently, building windows. Because He graduated from Vassar, Michigan, high of an accident in the factory, he received an early school in 1938 and received his B.A. degree from retirement. He was married April 18, 1924, to Michigan State College in 1942. He taught English Helena Maude Hoard, born at Millington, Michi and music at Lake Orion and Swartz Creek high gan, July 24, 1905. To this union were born eleven schools until 1944, when he returned to Michigan children. See the index. State where he received his B.A. in music in 1945. 111. Clayton J., January 11, 1925. He went to New York City where he studied 112. Willard H., September 23, 1926. music with teachers of the J uilliard School of Music 113. Donald George, July 31, 1927. until 1947. At that time he joined the New York 114. Grace Marion, August 11, 1928. City Opera Company, and later the Metropolitan 115. Robert Lee, October 7, 1929. Opera Company. He sang as an ensemble artist at Alice I., February 17, 1931. the Metropolitan until 1961. 116. Russell Earl, June 29, 1933. Ted's entire life has been given over to music and 117. Agnes Elsie, February 1, 1936. travel. On his first trip abroad he signed on as cabin 118. Charles Wesley, January 19, 1939. boy on a Norwegian freighter. The trip took him Jack Duane, December 1, 1940. into African ports and as far up the Congo River as 119. Melvin Ronald, March 19, 1942. his ship could navigate. The following summer he Ivan lived in the vicinity of Millington all of his visited South American ports in the same way. life. Helena completed the eighth grade in a rural Since then he has, in company with a friend (Robert school near Millington. Before marriage she did Gutman), made several trips to Europe. They did domestic work for a family near Otisville, not follow the regular tourist lanes but went out on Michigan. She died at Millington, August 5, 1958, their own, visiting historic castles, old monasteries aged 53 years and 22 days. Ivan died December 18, and cathedrals. 1975, aged 73 years, one month, 23 days. In addition to singing at the Metropolitan, he went out on many tours through New England and the midwest, putting on concerts in churches and schools. Included in his repertoire were short operas, which he himself compiled. After retiring from the Metropolitan, he spent his time directing church choirs, doing solo work and working in the library at Hunter College of the City University of New York. On August 28, 1970, his untimely death occurred while touring on the West Coast. A few days prior to his death he and his friend, Robert Gutman, had lunch with cousins Edith and Delmar Allman in Corvallis, Oregon. They arrived in Seattle, Wash ington, on August 27. The next morning they boarded a sight-seeing boat for an all-day cruise to Victoria, Canada, and return. About ten that evening they left the boat and started walking to their hotel. They arrived at a main intersection as the traffic light was changing. They started across with the light. Ted was struck by a speeding car which was crossing against the red light. He was killed instantly, aged 49 years, six m_onths and 22 days. Interment was in the family lot in the Tuscola, Michigan, cemetery. Anna Vere (Colman) Lennox 51. 50. Tenth Generation Tenth Generation Anna Vere Colman, the second child of Elsie Ivan J. Colman, the first child of Elsie Emeline Ernaline Hart and Wesley Jesse Colman, was born Hart and Wesley Jesse Colman, was born in in Tuscola County, Michigan, December 3, 1903. Tuscola County, Michigan, October 26, 1902. He She graduated from the Millington high school in lived and worked on the farm with his family until 1923 and received a teachers certificate from he went to work as a truck driver for a construction Central Michigan University in 1925. She taught 58 THE HART FAMILY school in Burt, Michigan, and a couple of other 53. schools for five years. She worked at various Tenth Generation factories in Flint and Saginaw, including precision Nina Elsie Colman, the fourth child of Elsie inspection. She also taught precision inspection at Emeline Hart and Wesley Jesse Colman, was born Arthur Hill high school in night classes. She was in Tuscola County, Michigan, November 7, 1914. married July 30, 1928, to Wayne Ellsworth Baker, She completed the tenth grade in the Vassar high born at Burt, September 12, 1908. To this union school in 1932. She has been employed in the office were born two children. See the index. of the Miller Manufacturing Company since 1946. 120. Marye! Carolyn, June 11, 1931. She was married January 18, 1933, to Norman 121. Westley Wayne, February 23, 1933. Richard VanCleve, born in Tuscola County, Wayne was employed at Chevrolet Motors. September 22, 1916. To this union were born four There he died very suddenly, while at work, children. See the index. August 13, 1935, aged 26 years, 11 months and one 126. Phyllis May, May 10, 1934. day. Vere was married (second) April 18, 1946, to 127. Norman Loren, May 11, 1935. William George Lennox, born at Millington, April 128. Roger William, September 7, 1937. 19, 1908. William was an employee of the local 129. Patricia Jane, September 23, 1938. telephone company. They lived in a little house Nina and Norman lived in Tuscola County until near her birth place, the same house which had 1936, when they moved to Detroit. Norman belonged to her since her first marriage. completed the tenth grade in the Vassar school in William died at Saginaw General Hospital, 1933. He worked in the shops in Detroit. In early September 24, 1961, aged 53 years, five months 1952 they were divorced. Nina married (second) and five days. Both Wayne and William are hurried December 20, 1952, Robert Blair, born in Detroit, in Riverside Cemetery, Vassar, Michigan. Both May 22, 1926. He completed the eleventh grade in have the American Legion bronze plaque on their the Detroit schools in 1942. Later he completed a graves. At this writing Vere is living in her little course in traffic management at the Dearborn house near Millington. Community College. Traffic manager refers to the job of dispatching and routing trucks for a manu 52. facturing company. They are currently living on Tenth Generation Minock Street in Detroit. Leon H. Colman, the third child of Elsie Emeline Hart and Wesley Jesse Colman, was born in 54. Tuscola County, Michigan, May 3, 1906. He has Tenth Generation lived there on the family farm ever since. He Edith Belle Colman, the fifth child of Elsie graduated from the Millington high school in 1925 Emeline Hart and Wesley Jesse Colman, was born and completed a four-week truck and tractor short in Tuscola County, Michigan, December 10, 1918. course at Michigan State College in 1926. He was She completed the eighth grade in the local rural married September 29, 1933, to Wilhelmena school in 1931 and worked at home until her Catherine Hyslop, born in Millington, Michigan, marriage. She was married September 1, 1937, to February 26, 1913. To this union were born four Herbert Cole, born in Tuscola County, November children. See the index. 30, 1915. To this union were born two children. See 122. Rex Leon, November 22, 1934. the index. 123. Marie Candace, February 12, 1939. 130. Allan Herbert, February 22, 1940. 124. Marjorie Sue, January 19, 1941. 131. Ned E., July 18, 1946. 125. Geneva May, May 8, 1943. They lived in Saginaw, Michigan, where Herbert "Willa" graduated from the Millington high worked in the shop. They lived there until Edith's school in 1930. She worked at home on the farm untimely death by suicide. She died December 7, milking cows and assisting with the general farm 1953, aged 34 years, 11 months and 28 days. work. There were two houses on the Colman farm, one old frame house and one newer cement block 55. house. While Leon was a boy his grandparents Tenth Generation lived in the block house. After they passed away his parents moved there and Leon and Willa lived Dan G. Colman, the sixth child of Elsie Emeline in the frame house. They now live in the newer Hart and Wesley Jesse Colman, was born in house and the frame house has been razed. For Tuscola County, Michigan, May 13, 1923. He lived many years they have been interested in the fair at there on the farm with his family until he Vassar, Michigan, sometimes as a department graduated from the Millington high school in 1941. superintendent. At other times as a member of the He was married February 1, 1944, to Arlene Belle Board of Directors. For the past seven years Leon Stratton born at Fostoria, Michigan, February 26, has been president of the fair board. 1920. To this union were born four children. See the index. THE LOVIRA JR. BRANCH 59 132. Thomas D., November 11, 1944. plant protection for the Nash-Kelvinator Propeller 133. Margo Ann, September 11, 1946. Division. In 1946 he went to Newago, Michigan, 134. Jess L., November 27, 1951. where he operated a sales route for Curtis Candy 135. Randy F., October 6, 1953. Company. He operated a restaurant and sold storm Dan and Arlene were living in Escondido, windows and awnings for Apex Appliance and California, when their first two children were born; Window Company, Grand Rapids. and in Millington, Michigan, when the last two From 1954 to this writing he worked for Dawe's were born. Dan is a maintenance foreman in a Fermentation Products company as Enzyme opera trailer factory. They were divorced in April of tor at the Newago plant. When that plant burned 1957. The children stayed with Arlene. They are out he was transferred to the Harbor Beach plant in currently living in Caro, Michigan. She was the Thumb of Michigan to work as Enzyme super married (second) May 28, 1966, to Donald Sanford visor. He was married August 16, 1932, to Alta D. at Caro. Miller, born in Gilford, Michigan, October 29, 1913. Dan was married (second) May 30, 1957, to Jean They moved to Lansing, Michigan. Soon thereafter Stalter, born April 26, 1926, in Wyandotte County, they were divorced. Alta married (second) Her Ohio. She graduated from the Harpster high school man Novakoski, born in 1916. Edward was mar in 1944 and worked at various jobs until her ried (second) February, 1941, to Frances Jean marriage. They are currently living in Upper French, born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. To this Sandusky, Ohio. union were born two children. See the index. 136. Lynn Ellen, January 6, 1942. 137. Lee Edward, March 21, 1944. Edward and Frances were divorced August 9, 1945. Frances married (second) a big league ball player and lived in Florida. After their divorce she married (third) Kenneth Ross. They are currently living in Lansing, Michigan. Ross adopted the two children. According to Frances, this occurred when Lee was about two years old. Edward married (third) Maye Tina (Sprague) Cardinal November 13, 1945. Maye was born in Newago, Michigan, July 18, 1906. Maye has two children by a previous marriage. She graduated from the Newago high school in 1924. Ed and Maye are currently living in Newaygo. 57. Tenth Generation Earl Palmer Hart, the second child of Horace Edward W. Hart and Wife Lovira Hart and Edna Roena Palmer was born in Maye (Crosby) (Cardine!) Hart Tuscola County, Michigan, November 27, 1915. At the time of his birth the family was living on the 56. Miller Hill farm, two miles north of Tuscola Village. Tenth Generation Shortly thereafter his father was seriously injured Edward Wallace Hart, the first child of Horace while handling a Holstein bull. They moved to the Lovira Hart and Edna Roena Palmer, was born in village. When Earl was six years old his parents Tuscola, Michigan, September 7, 1911. He lived were divorced. He and his mother and brother, there with his family until they moved to the Miller Edward, moved to Vassar, Michigan. There he Hill farm two miles north of Tuscola. Shortly graduated from high school in 1934. He completed thereafter his father was seriously injured while one year at Michigan State (college) University handling a Holstein bull. They soon moved back to with a major in horticulture and forestry. For the Tuscola. When Edward was ten years old his next five years he was with the East Lansing parents were divorced. He and his mother and police. This writer visited him occasionally at the brother, Earl, moved to Vassar, Michigan. He city fire station; while he was on telephone duty. In graduated from Vassar high school in 1930 and 1945 he went into a hardware business, for himself, from Michigan State (college) University in 1934 in Lansing. From 1948 to 1950 he operated a with a B.A. degree in agricultural economics. For Motorola T.V. store, then went into Motorola two the first fourteen years after graduation he worked way communications. Late in 1957 he became a at various jobs, starting at Fisher Tank plant in micro-wave engineer for I.T.T. in Columbus, Ohio. Grand Blanc, Michigan, working for the U. S. He was married September 3, 1938, to Bernice Government as "storekeeper in charge of the gun "Pat" Kiepert, born in Stockbridge, Michigan, crib; then in the unemployment census; next on February 17, 1915. There were two children. See 60 THE HART FAMILY the index. (second) July 23, 1966, to Ray W. Douglass. They 138. Tracey Marie, February 15, 1941. are now living in Watertown, New York. 139. Rodney Earl, March 1, 1944. Pat graduated from a Lansing high school in 58. Tenth Generation 1933. Before her marriage she worked for the ad ministrative board, State of Michigan. She com Nelson Hart, the first child of George Scott Hart pleted three years of a liberal arts course at and Nellie Viola Colbeth, was born in Tuscola Michigan State University. Earl died of coronary County, Michigan, August 29, 1913. He graduated thrombosis in Columbus, Ohio, June 27, 1959, aged from the Vassar, Michigan, high school in 1932. He 43 years and seven months. Burial in Lansing, attempted to work on the farm: However, an Michigan. asthmatic condition made it impossible for him to Apparently Earl and his family felt that he had get along with farm dust. He spent some time in finally found himself when he went into micro-wave the upper peninsula of Michigan with his mother's work. Quotes from a letter from Pat indicate this: sister. Work was not easy to find up there. Eventu "His untimely death interrupted a successful career ally he moved to Bradenton, Florida, and hired out as a micro-wave engineer with I.T.T." I shall as a maintenance engineer for one of the large always feel more "Hart" than anything else. trailer parks there. He found a great deal of relief Probably because both of my wonderful children and comfort in the south, away from the farm dust are Harts (with their red hair-no one would deny and pollen. He stayed there until his death. He was this) and also because Earl and I had a wonderful married July 3, 1941, to Juanita Harris of Detroit, marriage." "Earl had a number of hobbies; the Michigan. There were no children. Later they were greatest of which was collecting guns. He had a gun divorced. The last time I saw Nelson, his red hair to represent every step in the history of gun had turned rather gray and he was wearing a full making. He also had literature to accompany each beard. He died October 12, 1972, aged 59 years, advance". This writer suspects that he died, not one month and 23 days. Interment was in the knowing that the Hotchkiss gun was invented and Tuscola, Michigan, Cemetery. designed by a distant cousin. Says his wife, "Of course this (gun collecting) went along with his 59. keen delight in the outdoors and all nature." After Tenth Generation Earl died, Pat became an executive secretary for Dorothy Rachel Hart, the second child of George Karl P. Klassen, M.D., Professor and Chief of the Scott Hart and Nellie Viola Colbeth, was born in Division of Thoroacic Surgery at Ohio State Tuscola County, Michigan, April 17, 1917. She University, college of medicine. Pat was married graduated from the Vassar, Michigan, high school Four children of George and Nellie Hart: Nelson, Dorothy, Lola and Viola. THE LOVIRA JR. BRANCH 61 in 1936. She was married January 1, 1937, to Leroy As a wedding present, Viola's father gave them a Elmer Houghtaling, born in Vassar, Michigan, lot on his farm; beside the lot to which her sister, October 28, 1916. To this union were born four Dorothy, moved later. There they built a home in children. See the index. which they are still living. Clifford completed the 140. William Leroy, May 20, 1938. tenth grade in the Millington high school. He is 141. Donna Lee, June 22, 1939. employed in an auto factory in Flint. He prepares 142. Susan Elizabeth, July 7, 1942. metals for chromium plating. He underwent 143. Alvin John Scott, June 7, 1950. surgery for the removal of a cataract in 1975. He Dorothy and her family lived in and near Vassar, seems to be recovering well. Michigan, for several years. Leroy was a part-time farmer and part-time beauty shop operator. He 62. worked in his mother's beauty salon. Eventually Tenth Generation they moved to a small house on her father's farm. Richard Earl Hoard (1), the first child of Alice In part, it was the same house which was, for Alma Hart and Alvin Eugene Hoard, was born in years, located south of Hart's Corners. It was the Tuscola County, Michigan, February 9, 1900. He same house in which this writer was born in 1902. lived there on the farm in Arbela Township with his There Leroy died September 1, 1959, aged 42 family, until he went to work for the Vassar years, 10 months and three days. Dorothy was Foundry. He was married March 10, 1926, to married (second) December 2, 1960, to Welcome Gladys Irene Hoard, born in Tuscola County (date Lee Baldwin, born in Tuscola, Michigan, February unknown). There were no children. Two years 28, 1923. They are, at this writing, living in the after marriage he was killed by electrical shock Village of Tuscola; about two miles from where while working at the foundry on August 28, 1928, Dorothy was born. aged 28 years, six months and 19 days. Gladys was married (second) to Leslie Dormeyer. 60. Tenth Generation 63. Lola Inza Hart, the third child of George Scott Tenth Generation Hart and Nellie Viola Colbeth, was born in Tuscola Ralph Irving Hoard, the second child of Alice County, Michigan, August 10, 1918. She graduated Alma Hart and Alvin Eugene Hoard, was born in from the Vassar High School in 1936. She eloped Tuscola County, Michigan, November 22, 1902. He with and was married May 5, 1937, to Kenneth graduated from the eighth grade in the local rural Rosencrants, born in Tuscola County April 1, 1916. school in 1916. He worked on the farm with his To this union were born three children. See the parents until he went to work in a factory. After index. five years of shop work he came back and took over 144. Lora Ilene, March 23, 1940. the farm on which he spent his boyhood days. This 145. Thomas James, August 4, 1943. writer spent a night with Ralph and his wife 146. Dennis George, April 14, 1950. recently. It was the first time I had slept in that Kenneth completed the eighth grade in the house in about 55 years. Ralph was married May Tuscola Village school. Lola and her family lived in 12, 1934, to Marguerite Vivian Hoard, born in the village. Kenneth was and still is an auto factory Tuscola County, Michigan, February 21, 1911. employee. In 1944 he was inducted into the armed There were no children. Marguerite completed the services. (See records.) After Lola's parents eighth grade in 1924. When she became of age she started spending their winters in Florida, she and was employed by A.C. Spark Plug Company in her family moved to her father's farm. The farm Flint, where she worked for ten years. She was sold in 1974 and they moved to Vassar, underwent surgery for the removal of cataracts in Michigan. late 1968. Her recovery was quite complete. Ralph continued to operate the home farm until within a 61. year of his death, which occurred at his farm home Tenth Generation April 21, 1973, aged 70 years, four months and 19 Viola Annie Hart, the fourth child of George days. Marguerite died March 12, 1976, aged 65 Scott Hart and Nellie Viola Colbeth, was born in years, two months and ten days. Tuscola County, Michigan, October 26, 1927. She graduated from the Vassar high school in 1945. She 64. was married August 2, 1947, to Clifford Wilton Tenth Generation Anderson, born at Millington, Michigan, June 2, Van C. Hoard, the third child of Alice Alma Hart 1926. To this union were born four children. See and Alvin Eugene Hoard, was born in Tuscola the index. County, Michigan, February 12, 1905. He gradu 147. Wayne Clifford, December 17, 1949. ated from the Millington high school in 1925 and 148. Mary Ann, October 3, 1951. from the Baker Business Institute in 1926. 149. Andrew Scott, February 16, 1957. He was married June 2, 1928, to Beatrice Lillian Howard James, September 16, 1958. Barkley, born in Millington, Michigan, January 5, 62 THE HART FAMILY 1908. To this union were born three children. See continued with the Veterans Administration until the index. December. Shortly after that the center was 150. Jimmie Jenne, October 25, 1929. closed. Ray is now a construction contractor and 151. A. E. "Bud", January 6, 1931. operates heavy equipment. They are, at this 152. Janice Mae, August 7, 1934. writing, living in Millington, Michigan. Says Oleta Beatrice graduated from the Millington high of her husband, "Ray loves to hunt and fish; but his school in 1928. During the early part of their work always comes first". married life Van was employed in the hardware and plumbing business. Later he became veterans ad 67. ministrator for the area. He held this position until Tenth Generation his untimely death. He and his mother were riding Paul Eugene Hoard, the sixth child of Alice Alma in a pick-up truck. They collided with another Hart and Alvin Eugene Hoard, was born in Tuscola vehicle at an intersection. The two passed away County, Michigan, February 11, 1916. He lived within a few hours of each other on December 3, there on the farm with his family until completing 1947. Van was aged 42 years, nine months and his education. He graduated from the Millington three days. high school in 1934, following which he took a one year night school course at General Motors 65. Technical Institute. He went to work for A.C. Tenth Generation Spark Plug in Flint, Michigan, where he is still em Henry Hart Hoard, the fourth child of Alice Alma ployed. He was married November 16, 1940, to Hart and Alvin Eugene Hoard, was born in Tuscola Anna Louise Pichner, born in Flint, Michigan, County, Michigan, October 31, 1907. He lived on March 4, 1917. To this union were born three the farm, in Arbela Township, with his family until children. See the index. his marriage. He was married June 1, 1932, to 157. Paula Ann, September 3, 1943. Juliana Comarami, born in Trenton, New Jersey, 158. Ray Eugene, January 17, 1946. February 16, 1913. To this union were born two 159. Stephen Anthony, May 2, 1952. children. See the index. Anna graduated from a Flint high school in 1935. 153. June Alice, May 11, 1936. Much of the time, since finishing school, she has 154. Richard Earl, September 7, 1938. been employed as a secretary. At the present time Henry worked as a plumber for about twenty she is a typist at Chevrolet Motors. years. At the present time he is employed at the Tuscola Lumber Company and saw mill. Judy, as 68. we all call her, got her education in the Tuscola Eleventh Generation Village school. They live in the rural area northeast Donald Carter, the first child of Pearl Lillian of Millington, Michigan. Shaw and Gordon Carter, was born in Tuscola County, Michigan, September 7, 1925. He lived 66. there with his family until their divorce in August Tenth Generation 1934. His mother was married (second) in 1937. Ray "Stub" Hoard, the fifth child of Alice Alma Don completed the ninth grade in the Tuscola Hart and Alvin Eugene Hoard, was born in Tuscola school in 1942. He worked at various jobs until his County, Michigan, May 6, 1910. He completed the marriage September 28, 1945, to Mary Smith, born eighth grade in country school, then worked on the in Terre Haute, Indiana, September 28, 1924. To farm with his family in Arbela Township. He this union were born three children. See the index. worked at the Vassar Foundry, Davis, in Bay City, 160. David Leroy, January 11, 1948. and Buick Motors in Flint until 1946. In 1948 he 161. Lois Elaine, April 12, 1949. started teaching vocational guidance courses for 162. Paul Albert, February 16, 1951. veterans of World War II. He worked under a Don is employed as a truck driver. They have special teacher's certificate issued by the State built a home on the south side of the Cass River Superintendent of Public Instruction. He was between Tuscola Village and the town of Vassar. required annually to take refresher courses at Mary graduated from Flint Central High School in Michigan State University. These courses were 1943. Until her marriage she was a clerk for a dry sponsored by the Michigan Association of Teachers cleaning establishment. of Vocational Agriculture. He was married July 4, 1934, to Oleta Botimer, born in Watrusville, 69. Michigan, February 26, 1915. To this union were Eleventh Generation born two children. See index. Lawrence Carter, the second child of Pearl 155. Jeanette Rae, May 13, 1937. Lillian Shaw and Gordon Carter, was born in Tus 156. Eugene Ray, March 2, 1941. cola County, Michigan, December 1, 1927. He lived Oleta graduated from the Vassar high school in there with his family until the parents were 1933. Ray had a heart attack in October of 1953. He divorced in August, 1934. His mother was married T!IF: LOVIRA JR. BRANCH 63 (second) in 1937. He completed the tenth grade in born in Clio, Michigan, May 16, 1927. He graduated the Vassar high school. He is now employed in an from the Clio high school in 1945. He was drafted auto factory. He was married February 12, 1949, to into the armed services in 1946 (see service rec Nadine Fosket, born at Otter Lake, Michigan, ords). He was married June 25, 1949, to Susan February 12, 1930. To this union were born five King, born in Bay City, Mich., August 19, 1924. children. See the index. There were three children. See the index. 163. Linda Lou, July 1, 1949. 167. Kathy Sue, November 21, 1950. 164. Debra Ann, July 5, 1954. 168. Sally Ann, August 5, 1953. Mark Perry, November 26, 1960. 169. Cheryl Beth, September 1, 1954. Raymond Allen (twin), August 29, 1966. Susan graduated from a Flint high school in 1942. Ronald Joseph (twin), August 29, 1966. She has worked in the office at Buick Motors and is They are now living in Vassar, Michigan. currently employed at I.B.M. as a key punch operator. Verle is employed in customer service for 70. l.B.M. servicing typewriters at Buick Motors. Eleventh Generation They live in Clio. They are active in the United Raymond Bruce Shaw, the only child of Rex B. Methodist Church. Verle's hobby is antique cars. Shaw and Irene McPherson, was born in Flint, Michigan, October 26, 1930. He completed the 73. eleventh grade in a Bay City high school in 1946. Eleventh Generation Rex and Irene were divorced. Rex married Laverne C. Newman, the fifth child of Manley (second) to Marie Simons. According to Raymond's Edgar Newman and Wilma Kittle, was born in Clio, Aunt Pearl he did not get along with his step Michigan, September 8, 1928. He graduated from mother. At the completion of the eleventh grade he the Clio high school in 1947 and worked for Bell enlisted in the Marines. Later, through a military Telephone for two years and is now a foreman at examination, he received his high school diploma. Buick Motors. He was a member of the National Raymond was married June 7, 1952, to Carol Guard and was sent to Germany for active duty in Emily Loftin, born in Trenton, North Carolina, 1954 (see service records). He was married Sep March 7, 1932. Carol graduated from the Trenton tember 18, 1954, to Muriel Jensen, born in Flint high school in 1950. She worked one year as a sec Michigan, April 11, 1934. There were six children'. retary to an attorney and one year for the Carolina See the index. Telephone Company. Raymond died in Hubert, 170. Laverne James, February 21, 1955. North Carolina, March 7, 1976, aged 45 years, four 171. Denise Diane, December 1, 1956. months and 12 days. The cause of death was brain Michelle Gina, June 7, 1958. cancer. Carol is currently living in Hubert. There Steven Manley, July 21, 1961. were no children. Janine Ann, March 11, 1964. Cynthia Lynn, July 26, 1965. 71. Muriel graduated from a Flint high school in Eleventh Generation 1952. She took on the-job training at Buick Motors Doris Evelyn Newman, the third child of Manley for key punch operation of l.B.M. At present she is Edgar Newman and Wilma Kittles, was born in a bookkeeper for a medical doctor. They are Clio, Michigan, April 10, 1926. She graduated from divorced. the Clio high school in 1943. She took a course in 74. costume designing at Spurling Costumers in Sagi Eleventh Generation naw. She was married February 9, 1947, to John Elmer Myers, born in Flint, Michigan, September Delmar Elwyn Newman, the sixth child of Man 16, 1925. There were three children. See the index. ley Edgar Newman and Wilma Kittle, was born in 165. John Charles, December 1, 1947. Clio, Michigan, November 22, 1929. He graduated 166. Christine Sue, December 19, 1950. from the Clio high school in 1948. He enlisted in the Randall Wayne, August 25, 1954. Air Force in 1950 (see service records). After his John graduated from the Clio high school in 1943. discharge from the Air Force he enrolled in the He enlisted in the Air Force in 1943, (see service Baker Business college, where he completed one record). He is currently employed in the beverage semester. After working at odd jobs for awhile he bottling business at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. was married in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Doris is employed as cashier in a Sault Ste. Marie February 23, 1962, to Tommie Dianna Guthrie, bank. born in Corpus Christi, Texas, February 17, 1939. There were two children. See the index. 72. Dianna Paige, April 18, 1966. Eleventh Generation Del Martell, July 22, 1968. Verle Russell Newman, the fourth child of Tommie graduated from a high school in Manley Edgar Newman and Wilma Kittle, was Houston, Texas, in 1957, and then completed 103 64 THE HART FAMILY hours of work at the University of Houston with a Michigan, August 30, 1931. She graduated from the major in secondary education. Later she completed Saginaw high school in 1950, then took a six-week six additional hours at the University of Arizona. course at a key punch school. She was married After Dianna's birth in Mesa, Arizona, they moved December 31, 1950, to Raleigh McGlone, Jr., born to Fairbanks, Alaska, where Delmar was employed in Carter, Kentucky, August 13, 1928. To this as a salesman. In 1971 they moved to Sault Ste. union were born three children. See the index. Marie, Michigan, where they are currently living. 173. David Allen, February 29, 1952. 174. Cheryl Lynn, June 29, 1956. 75. Bradley Dean, May 25, 1962. Eleventh Generation Raleigh started his high school work in Carter, Wayne Darwin Newman, the seventh child of Kentucky, and finished it while in the armed ser Manley Edgar Newman and Wilma Kittle, was vices (see service records). He has since completed born in Clio, Michigan, April 4, 1935. He completed classes in communication skills. He is now em the tenth grade in the Clio high school and has since ployed as a general foreman in the auto factory. been employed in the grocery business, except for Carol and Raleigh were divorced in 1970. She was the time he spent in the Armed Services. He was married (second) July 7, 1975, to Allan Chapman, drafted in 1958 (see service records). He was mar born in Detroit, Michigan. Allen completed the ried in 1962 to Janet Hall, born in Saginaw, Michi tenth grade, then went to work. He is currently gan, December 6, 1937. There were two children. employed in school maintenance. They are living in See the index. Plymouth, Michigan. 172. Thomas Wayne, June 12, 1963. Dennis Michael, October 19, 1967. 78. Janet graduated from the Birch Run high school Eleventh Generation in 1965 and took a one-year course at Baker Busi Ethel Grace Allman, the third child of Lola New ness University. She is now employed at Buick man and Clarence L. Allman, was born in Saginaw, Motors as a key punch operator on I.B.M. They are Michigan, July 11, 1936. She graduated from a currently living in Clio. Wayne has a hobby of Saginaw high school in 1954. She attended Albion collecting antiques, mostly in the field of agricul College for one year. She was married June 17, ture. 1957, to Eugene Charles Kwaiser, born in Saginaw, Michigan, September 28, 1936. To this union were 76. born four children. See the index. Eleventh Generation Gena Louise, April 18, 1958. Mary Edith Allman, the first child of Lola Michael Eugene, May 20, 1961. Newman and Clarence L. Allman, was born in Kathleen Grace, November 7, 1962. Saginaw, Michigan, January 15, 1929. She grad Patricia Lee, December 8, 1963. uated from a Saginaw high school in 1947. She Eugene graduated from a Saginaw high school in worked as a bookkeeper for the Saginaw Paint 1954, completed his tour of duty with the armed Company. In 1949 she went to Oregon to live with forces in 1958 (see service records). He worked for her Aunt Edith. There she worked in a bank for Sears, Roebuck and Company for five years, for three years. She returned to Michigan and was Shay Water and Beverage Company two years, and married February 4, 1956, to Robert Crawford is presently employed by Buick Motors. McGregor, born in Motherwell, Lanartshire, Scot land, September 25, 1927. To this union were born 79. four children. See the index. Eleventh Generation Mark John, October 20, 1958. Maejel Janet Allman, the first child of Edith Kerry Diane, December 30, 1959. Louise Newman and Delmar I. Allman, was born in Kevin Robert (twin, August 4, 1961. Ann Arbor, Michigan, December 3, 1930. Her Keith Allman (twin), August 4, 1961. family moved to Oregon in 1937. She graduated Robert graduated from a Detroit high school in from the Corvallis, Oregon, high school in 1947 and 1945 and from the Detroit Institute of Technology received one year training at Oregon State College. in 1956 with a major in civil engineering. Part of his She was married ?, 24, 1948, to Samu~! Edlefsen time between high school and college was spent in Graf, born in Portland, Oregon, April 17, 1925. To the armed service (see service records). At the this union were born six children. See the index. present writing he is an engineer for the City of 175. Samuel Edlefsen Jr., October 19, 1948. Detroit. 176. Cinda Louise, October 9, 1950. 177. Janine Ann, May 25, 1953. 77. 178. Delmar Allman, February 5, 1955. Eleventh Generation Terrance Russell, January 16, 1964. Carol Ann Allman, the second child of Lola New Ronald Lee, November 8, 1966. man and Clarence L. Allman, was born in Saginaw, Sam graduated from the Corvallis High School in THE LOVIRA JR. BRANCH 65 1942 and from the Oregon State College in 1946 Portland, Oregon, where she practiced dental with a major in mechanical engineering. He is now hygiene for six doctors-five days a week and working on his masters degree with the Stamford taught on the clinic floor on Wednesdays at the Research Institute as a research engineer. He is dental school. There she met Daryl. She is not em working in the field of graphic arts. He did part of ployed outside the home at this time. Her hobby is the work on Magnetic, Inc., before its use on bank oil painting. They are currently living in Fairfax, checks. Maejel and Sam and their family are living Virginia. in Atherton, California at this writing. Sam's father, Samuel Herman Graf, was a rather illus trious individual, having been written up in Who's Eleventh Generation Who in America (Volume 29, 1956-1957). He rose to Gilbert Lee Allman, the third child of Edith fame through his work in experimental engineer Louise Newman and Delmar I. Allman, was born in ing, in both the fields of electrical and mechanical Ann Arbor, Michigan, November 16, 1934. He engineering. He received numerous degrees in moved with his family to Corvallis, Oregon, in both fields. He began as a teacher in 1908 and 1937. He graduated from the Corvallis high school ended up as head of the department of Mechanical in 1952 and graduated from Portland State College Engineering at Oregon State College, which posi in 1967 with a major in sociology. He received a tion he held until his retirement in 1954. Following master of Divinity degree from Western Conserva is a quote: "During his lifetime, Dr. Graf had a wide tive Baptist Theological Seminary in 1968. He was counseling practice. He was a member of the State married December 27, 1958, to Jeannie Dingle, Board of Engineering Examiners for 22 years, born in Ellensburg, Washington, March 6, 1936. To served as a board president from 1939 to 1949, "---". this union were born six children. See the index. Todd Jay, June 2, 1959. 80. Tory Dean, May 19, 1960. Eleventh Generation Taun Gregory, August 18, 1961. Daryl Manley Allman, the second child of Edith Anthony Jon "Thorny", January 4, 1964. Louise Newman and Delmar I. Allman, was born in Andrew Ty, June 26, 1967. Ann Arbor, Michigan, October 11, 1933. He moved Melissa Lee, June 30, 1968. with his family to Corvallis, Oregon. There he com Jeannie graduated from the Corvallis high school pleted his education. He graduated from the in 1954. She graduated from Oregon State College Corvallis high school in 1951 and from Oregon State in 1959 with a major in home economics and a minor College with his pre-dental B.S. degree in 1958. He in art. She worked for Janter Woolen Mills before received his degree as a doctor of dental medicine her marriage. Gilbert was a salesman, medical from the University of Oregon Dental School in representative for the Carnation Company for five 1958, and his Master's of Arts degree in education years. He was ordained as a Baptist minister in from the George Washington University, Washing November, 1967. In 1968 he enlisted as a chaplain ton, D.C. in 1969. He is currently a candidate for a in the Air Force. He was stationed at Minot, North doctorate in higher education, sponsored by the Dakota, for a couple of years. He was recently U.S. Navy. transferred to Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois. He He enlisted in the Navy as a dental surgeon in holds the rank of Captain. 1967 (see service records). Also in 1969 and 1970 he was taking flying lessons, working for a pilot's 82. license. He has continued with the Navy and now Eleventh Generation has a rating of Commander (Doctor), U.S. Navy. Lester Henry Finn, the first child of Ruth Palmer Daryl worked summers and evenings while in col and Roy L. Finn, was born in Genesee County, lege at two jobs at Finley's Mortuary and Michigan, April 23, 1919. He lived there with his Langendorf Bakery. He was married August 22, family until they moved to Columbiaville, Michi 1956, to Beverly Loomas, born in Newton, Iowa, gan. He graduated from the Clio high school in 1937 June 14, 1932. There are three children. See the and from General Motors Technical School in 1939 index. with a major in welding. He spent one year in 179. Melinda Ann, August 15, 1957. California and Oregon with relatives. He was 180. Dirk Manley, August 28, 1968. married April 29, 1941, to Ruth Gunnell, born in Robin Deanne, January 29, 1963. Detroit, Michigan August 11, 1922. To this union Robin was born in the Philippine Islands. Daryl's were born three children. See index. service records indicate that he was in the Navy at 181. Sharon Grace Louise, January 16, 1942. that time. Beverly graduated from high school at 182. Christine Ruth, October 16, 1947. Grant's Pass, Oregon, in 1950 and from the 183. Micholynn Rae "Micki", August 6, 1949. University of Oregon Dental School in 1953 with a Ruth graduated from Davison high school in 1940 dental hygiene degree. She worked six months as a and from the Michigan College of Beauty Culture in dental hygienist in Bend, Oregon, then returned to 1942. She was employed as a W.A.C. beauty opera- 66 THE HART FAMILY tor in San Antonio, Texas, until 1945. Recently was born in Flint, Michigan, October 21, 1940. She she completed a course in practical nursing, graduated from Clio high school in 1958. She was receiving her license in 1969. Lester drove a Dairy married August 1, 1958, to Owen "Mick" Keegan, Queen truck for 6½ years then spent three years born in Hillman, Michigan, April 16, 1938. To this with his father in a gas station. He has spent the union were born five children. See index. last eleven years with plant protection at Chevrolet Anna Marie, July 27, 1958. Motors. They live in a subdivision between Flint Patrick Owen, February 3, 1962. and Fenton. James Andrew, September 27, 1965. Charles Owen, January 14, 1966. 84. Michael Edward, November 27, 1970. Eleventh Generation Mick graduated from the Hillman high school in Sandra Kay Palmer, the adopted daughter of 1957. He went to work in the carpentry trade Milton C. Palmer and Grace R. Raymond, was born and received on-the-job training in the area of in Flint, Michigan, August 24, 1947. She graduated Alpena, Michigan. There he also received his from the Clio high school in 1965. She completed journeyman license. two years at Flint Junior College and one year at For a number of years they lived in Warren, Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo. She Michigan. Recently they moved to Hillman, where has since been employed as a bookkeeper for a firm he is continuing as a carpenter. They are active of contractors. She was married in 1969 to James members in the Lutheran Church. Pat spends a Lawrence Fawcett, born in Saginaw, Michigan, great deal of her time in church visitation. Her March 15, 1947. To this union was born one child, visits include new and prospective members, the Milton James, born in Flint, February 6, 1970. sick and the elderly. James graduated from the Birch Run high school in 87. 1964. He has worked at the Clio Foundry, Buick Motors and Michigan State Highway Department. Eleventh Generation Douglas Harry Edward Palmer, the third child of 85. Lester Edward Palmer and Marie Anna Gunnell, Eleventh Generation was born in Flint, Michigan, August 31, 1942. He Joan Marie Palmer, the first child of Lester graduated from the Clio high school and is now Edward Palmer and Marie Anna Gunnell, was born employed by a construction company. He works on in Clio, Michigan, September 25, 1937. She an asphalt-laying crew in the summer and pumps graduated from the Clio high school in 1955 and gasolene in the winter. He was married in 1964 to completed one year in music education at Flint Jeannie Powell, born in Flint, Michigan, March 4, Junior College in 1956. She worked at a federal 1947. To this union were born five children. See the store and continued classes at Flint Junior College. index. She passed the federal Civil Service examination Sally Lynn, February 26, 1965. and worked as an accountant at the· Sawyer Air Scott Edward, July 8, 1966. Force Base, near Marquette, Michigan, until her Brian, August 23, 1968. marriage. She was married April 27, 1961, to James (Jim E), November 10, 1969. Walter Good, born in Kellogg, Idaho, December 16, Rebecca Sue, May 1, 1971. 1938. To this union were born four children. See Jeannie completed eleven and one-half years of index. school. After marriage she worked as a waitress in Dianna Marie, August 1, 1962. a restaurant. Lester William, September 14, 1963. 88. Stephen Dale, May 24, 1967. Eleventh Generation Jeffery Allen, October 16, 1968. Barbara Ann Palmer, the fourth child of Lester Walter graduated from Spring Lake, Idaho, high Edward Palmer and Marie Anna Gunnell, was born school in 1956. Later that year he enlisted in the in Flint, Michigan, February 16, 1945. She Air Force (see service records). For the next two graduated from the Clio high school in 1963 and has years he worked in a lumber mill. In 1966 they worked at various secretarial jobs since. She was moved to Michigan and he went to work for Buick married June 15, 1962, to Hugh James VanTol, Motors. Joan hopes to finish her work at Flint born in Flint, Michigan, May 20, 1944. To this union Junior College after her children are out of school. were born two children. See the index. Walter was born into a family in the Mormon Debra Lynn, December 28, 1963. Church where they are active members. Michael James, May 27, 1966. Hugh graduated from the Mt. Morris, Michigan, 86. high school in 1962. He has since been employed at Eleventh Generation Buick Motors. He is now working as an inspector. Patricia Louise Palmer, the second child of They are living in the suburbs of Mt. Morris and Lester Edward Palmer and Marie Anna Gunnell, are active members of the Roman Catholic Church. THE LOVIRA JR. RRANCH 67 89. service records). Through high school he worked Eleventh Generation part time as a machine operator. Since September, Dale Frederick Palmer, the fifth child of Lester 1969, he has been employed as an electrician for Edward Palmer and Marie Anna Gunnell, was born M.T.E., Inc. They are currently living in Warren, in Clio, Michigan, August 13, 1947. He graduated Michigan. from the Clio high school in 1966 and enlisted in the 92. armed forces that August (see service records). He Eleventh Generation was married April 12, 1968, to Carol Campbell, Dennis Lee Palmer, the youngest child of Lester born in Detroit, Michigan, September 23, 1949. To Edward Palmer and Marie Anna Gunnell, was born this union was born one child, Dale Frederick Jr., in Clio, Michigan, July 13, 1953. He graduated from Spring Lake, North Carolina, March 3, 1969. Carol the Clio high school in 1972. Future plans still un graduated from the Warren, Michigan, high school certain. He is currently living with his parents in in 1967. She worked one year for the Metropolitan Clio. This writer saw him recently at the golden Life Insurance Company and one year for a Howard wedding anniversary of his uncle, Roy Palmer. Johnson restaurant. At Metropolitan, she worked Dennis's mother very proudly stated that he had as a key punch operator on an I.B.M. They were just been elected captain of his football team. divorced in July of 1970. At this writing Dale is employed as a meat cutter. 93. Eleventh Generation 90. Eleventh Generation Geraldine Joyce Palmer, the only child of Emroy Dewane Palmer and Margaret Scott, was born in David Michael "Mike" Palmer, the sixth child of Flint, Michigan, August 29, 1940. She graduated Lester Edward Palmer and Marie Anna Gunnell, from high school in Amarillo, Texas, in 1957 and was born in Clio, Michigan, September 2, 1950. He from the University of Michigan in 1961 with a graduated from the Clio high school in 1968. He major in psychology. She was employed as a nurses then enrolled at Flint Junior College with a major aid after high school. She was married August 29, in political science. He worked part time and took 1959, to Richard Douglas Hugh Dingle, born in part-time classes. He was married April 10, 1971, Panag, Mayala, November 3, 1936. They have to Renee Kathleen Duford, borP in Beaverton, three children. See the index. Michigan, December 15, 1952. She graduated from Jennifer Leigh, September 4, 1960. the Mt. Morris, Michigan, high school in 1970 with Hillary Allison, June 10, 1963. highest honors. She was chosen Mt. Morris Junior Tracy Alexandria, April 4, 1965. Miss in 1970 and was a finalist in the Michigan Hugh graduated from a high school in Princeton, Junior Miss pageant. She completed one year at New Jersey, in 1954. He received his B.S. degree the University of Michigan as a liberal arts major. in zoology from Cornell University in 1958; his In addition to her school work she has worked for master's degree from the University of Michigan in the Arcade Florist in Flint as an assistant party 1959; and his Ph.D from Michigan in 1961. He has decoration consultant. She is currently working at been teaching and doing research at the University the Citizens Commercial and Savings Bank in Flint. of Iowa, Iowa City. He also did one year of research Mike is employed at the Ace Asphalt and Paving at Cambridge University, Cambridge, England. Company. Both Mike and Renee are hopeful of Three summers he did research in Burma, working completing their college careers. They are current on fish and other acquatic life. They spent one ly living on Branch Road, out of Flint. summer at Woods Hole, Massachusetts; also a marine research station. In the summer of 1970 91. they were in Nairobe, Kenya, East Africa, doing Eleventh Generation research at the University of East Africa. Follow Kathleen Lynn Palmer, the seventh child of ing are two very interesting experiences in Africa. Lester Edward Palmer and Marie Anna Gunnell, On one trip they stopped to see some African was born in Flint, Michigan, March 17, 1951. warriors, in all their regalia-spears, etc. The During her high school days she went to live with warriors came and leaned on their car. When they her sister, Mrs. Owen Keegan, in Warren, Michi (the Dingles) were able to drive on, they did not gan. She graduated from the Fitzgerald high school stop again for anything until they reached Mt. in Warren in 1970. She worked for the A. & P. Kilamanjaro, which was where they had planned to Market for one and one-half years and for Sy's go in the first place. Super-Market for one year. She was married On another occasion they stopped on the road to September 19, 1970, to John Henry Anderson, allow a herd of wild elephants to cross. As they born in Pontiac, Michigan, March 21, 1949. They moved on, they rounded a curve in the road as an have one child, Linda Ann, born June 10, 1971. unsuspecting straggler roared and charged their John graduated from the Fitzgerald high school in car. They were able to escape. This latter incident 1968. In 1969 he enlisted in the Air Force (see occurred on the fifth birthday of their youngest 68 THE HART FAMILY daughter, Tracy. Hugh's mother was the daughter gan, high school in 1962. She studied two years at of an American missionary in Siam. His father was Flint Junior College with a major in art. She English and was employed by a British oil worked for a time at the Flint Osteopathic Hospital company. They were captured by the Japanese in as a physical therapist. Her grandfather, John World War II. The father died, while working on Cuddebeck, opened the first auto sales and service the Burma Road, as a prisoner of war. Hugh is in Flushing, Michigan. He also opened the first currently working at the University of Iowa. chain of small town theatres in the area. 94. 97. Eleventh Generation Eleventh Generation Patricia Lee Parker, the first child of Florence Carol Christine Parker, the fifth child of Florence Delana Hughes and Cecil Parker, was born in Flint, Delana Hughes and Cecil Parker, was born in Flint, Michigan, August 13, 1939. She completed the Michigan, October 4, 1949. She graduated from the eleventh grade in the Clio high school in 1957. She Clio, Michigan, high school in 1967. She completed then worked as a cashier and bookeeper. She was a course at a beauty school late in 1967 and worked married June 15, 1957, to Richard Charles Blake, as a beautician for one year. She was married May born in Mt. Morris, Michigan, March 11, 1936. To 4, 1968, to Thomas Patrick Burns, born in Durand, this union were born two children. See the index. Michigan, March 2, 1945. They have two children. Richard Charles Jr., April 18, 1958. See the index. Kimberly Ann, November 11, 1959. Denise Delaina, May 20, 1969. Richard graduated from the Beacher high school, Byran Patrick, February 24, 1972. near Mt. Morris, Michigan, in 1956. He is now Torn graduated from the Durand high school in employed as an assembly line repairman and 1963. Following his tour of duty with the armed inspector for the Chevrolet Motor Company. services, he was employed with the Liberty Loan Finance Company in Flint. He is presently working 95. with the Universal Electric Company in Owosso, Eleventh Generation Michigan. Donna Jeanette Parker (twin), the third child of Florence Delana Hughes and Cecil Parker, was 98. born in Flint, Michigan, December 27, 1944. She Eleventh Generation graduated from the Clio high school in 1964. Before Jeanne Ann Loranger, the first child of Gertrude her marriage she was employed in the office of a Hughes and Thomas Bernard Loranger, was born Flint hospital. She was married February 27, 1965, in Clio, Michigan, May 28, 1931. She graduated to Tyrone Scharrer, born in Flint, Michigan, from the Clio high school in 1949 and had one year February 2, 1945. To this union were born two at Baker Business College and took a course at a children. See the index. cornptometer school. She worked in the main office Karen Lynn, October 3, 1966. of Chevrolet Motors for one and one-half years. She Laura Ann, February 17, 1969. is now employed at the Genesee County Library. Tyrone graduated from a Flint high school in She was married May 20, 1950, to James Reed, 1964. He studied one year at Flint Junior College. born in Birch Run, Michigan, April 28, 1931. To this In 1966 he started a course in management study at union were born five children. See the index. General Motors Institute. He is still continuing his 184. Thomas J., October 27, 1951. studies through a night school program while 185. Robert Michael, November 28, 1953. working as a car painter. 186. Randall J., March 8, 1956. 187. Donald Adrian, June 10, 1958. 96. Debra Jeanne, February 24, 1962. Eleventh Generation Jeanne legally changed the spelling of her name Donald John Parker (twin), the fourth child of from Jean Anna to the present spelling. James Florence Delana Hugh es and Cecil Parker, was graduated from the Birch Run high school in 1949 born in Flint, Michigan, December 27, 1944. He and took a four-year course at the Chevrolet graduated from the Clio, Michigan, high school in apprentice school with on-the-job training in tool 1963. He studied at Flint Junior College for one and die work. He left there in 1957. He became a year. He is now employed at the Chevrolet Motors member of the Michigan State Police in 1968, plant hospital. He was married July 2, 1965, to operating out of the Flint post. Now has the rank of Jeannie Marie Cuddebeck, born in Flint, August Trooper. In 1969 he was promoted to the rank of 26, 1944. There were four children. See the index. Corporal and transferred to the Pontiac post. Jacqueline Jeannette, November 16, 1966. Because he preferred to live in Flint, he rescinded Melissa Mae, November 18, 1968. his promotion and returned to the Flint post. Donald John, December 9, 1974. Janelle Jeannine, September 23, 1976. 99. Jeannine graduated from the Flushing, Michi- Eleventh Generation THE LOVIRA JR. BRANCH 69 Thomas Bernard Loranger, Jr., the second child he re-entered Michigan State, but because of: 1. of Gertrude Hughes and Thomas Bernard Loranger Unrest on his part; 2. His mother's illness; 3. Lack Sr., was born in Clio, Michigan, July 14, 1936. He of funds; he soon hired out to learn the managers graduated from the Clio high school in 1955. In 1956 job with the Goodyear Tire Company. After a year he enlisted in the Air Force (see service records). with that company he went into shoe retailing. He He was married August 10, 1960, to Sharon Kay was married May 25, 1958, to Julia Louise Wright, Keith, born in Corning, Ohio, October 23, 1941. To born in Constantine, Michigan, May 12, 1939. To this union were born four children. See the index. this union were born three children. See the index. Hoval Dean, July 9, 1961. Richard Jay "Rick", August 6, 1959. Garnet Shawn, June 15, 1963. Matthew Loren "Matt", December 6, 1960. Shannon Mary, June 30, 1965. Deann Louise "Dee", born April 19, 1962. Thomas Shane, May 11, 1969. Julia graduated from the Constantine high school Sharon graduated from the Birch Run high in 1956. She completed one term at Western school in 1959 and attended Saginaw Business Michigan University. Ronald has continued in the Institute for one term. She did secretarial work and retail shoe business. Julia is presently employed as was a waitress in a restaurant before her marriage. a secretary with the Upjohn Chemical Company, Tom has worked in an auto factory for the past Kalamazoo, Michigan. Ronald and Julie have been eight years. active in their church work, Ronald with Sunday 100. school and Julia with choir directing. They were Eleventh Generation divorced in October 1976. Ronald died March 15, 1978; aged 45 years, 9 months and 22 days. Cause Susan Trier, the first child of Myrl Louise of death-heart failure. Hughes and Marvin Henry Trier, was born in Saginaw, Michigan, December 29, 1947. She 103. graduated from a Saginaw high school in 1965. She Eleventh Generation took a two-year business course at Delta College. At this writing she is a legal secretary. She was James Newell Hart, the first child of Newell married October 19, 1968, to JamPs Stuart Hanson, Ashe Hart and Neva Mabel Stinson, was born at born in Saginaw, Michigan, April 6, 1947. They Bad Axe, Michigan, June 26, 1940. He lived there have one child, Melissa Marie, born July 6, 1971. with his family until they moved, first to a farm Jim is a student at General Motors Institute in north of Fowlerville, Michigan, and second to the Flint with a major in mechanical engineering. Upon home farm, just south of Hart's Corners in Tuscola graduating in June of 1970 he changed from a part County, Michigan. He graduated from the Frank time to a full-time employee of the Chevrolet enmuth high school in 1958. In June, 1958, he Saginaw Manufacturing Company. enlisted in the U.S. Navy (see service records). After completing his tour of duty he returned 101. home. In the fall of that year he was enrolled in Eleventh generation Delta College (1961-1962) as a liberal arts student. Richard Marlin Hart, the first child of Hildred He was married in 1964 to Bethany Groulx, born in Jay Hart and Naomi P. Welch, was born in Saginaw, Michigan, January 12, 1946. To this union Lansing, Mich., October 24, 1929. He had were born two children. See the index. completed the eleventh grade in the Howell, Mich., Tina Marie, February 16, 1965. high school, when he met his untimely death Cynthia Ann, December 8, 1967. August 3, 1946, in Gregory, Mich., while working Jim was for a time employed as an auto mechanic on the Clarence Marshall farm. Aged 16 years, 9 in Frankenmuth, Michigan. More recently he has months and 10 days. Interment was in the Tuscola worked in maintenance, first at the Saginaw County cemetery at Tuscola Village. hospital and now in the power house at the Michigan State School for the Deaf in Flint, 102. Michigan. Beth graduated from the Frankenmuth Eleventh Generation high school in 1964. Until marriage she was em Ronald Jay Hart, the second child of Hildred J. ployed at housework. They live in a house on his Hart and Naomi P. Welch, was born in Lake father's farm. Odessa, Michigan, June 24, 1932. He lived there with his family until they moved to the home farm 104. at Hart's Corners in Tuscola County, Michigan, in Eleventh Generation 1934. One year later they moved to Howell, Michi Roger Paul Hart, the second child of Newell gan. There he graduated from high school in 1950. Ashe Hart and Neva Mabel Stinson, was born near After one year at Michigan State University he was Fowlerville, Michigan, March 19, 1945. He lived drafted into the armed service and spent his tour of there on the farm with his family until they moved duty at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and in Korea to the home farm just south of Hart's Corners in (see service records). After returning from Korea. Tuscola County, Michigan. He graduated from the 70 THE HART FAMILY Frankenmuth high school in 1963. He worked on psychiatry at the University of Colorado. This to be the farm with his father until he went to work in an followed by two years in the Air Force as a medical auto factory in Flint, Michigan, in 1964. He was officer. Marcia graduated from St. Catherine's married March 12, 1966, to Gloria Jean Masarik, Academy (high school equivalent) at Belige, British born in St. Johns, Michigan, June 25, 1948. To this Honduras, Central America, April 26, 1964. She union were born two children. See the index. came to the United States in October, 1964, and Michael Lynn, June 6, 1966. graduated from the Powers school of modeling in Michelle Lee, March 24, 1968. June, 1970. Says Robert of her lineage: "Marcia's At this writing they are living in Frankenmuth. blood is almost entirely Aztec-Mayan Indian, with Roger is still working for the auto industry. French lineage on her father's side to account for her name. Her family is Spanish and English 105. speaking. English is her first tongue. Her Eleventh Generation education was a standard British one. While they Stephen Lawrence Hart, the third child of were living in Denver she worked as a model, Newell Ashe Hart and Neva Mabel Stinson, was commuting between Denver and New York so she born in Tuscola County, Michigan, June 25, 1946. could carry out her assignments. In order for He graduated from the Vassar, Michigan, high Robert to complete his military responsibilities, he school in 1964. He received his Bachelor's degree in was assigned to the Air Force and sent to Germany business administration from Central Michigan in 1973 as a medical officer. He currently holds the University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan in 1969. He was rank of Major. Marcia has been doing modeling in married in 1966 to Diana Kay Rick, born in Paris and other European cities. They were Saginaw, Michigan, April 24, 1946. To this union divorced in June, 1977. Robert was married (third) were born three children. See index. to Guenne Kooymans, August 26, 1977, in Kristin Sue, November 28, 1966. Germany. Guenne is of Indonesian-Dutch extrac Karrin Dawn, October 28, 1970. tion. Dana Racquel Hart, April 26, 1974. 107. Diana graduated from the Vassar high school in Eleventh Generation 1964. She attended Central Michigan University for one year. They are, at this writing, living in a David Lloyd Hart, the second child of Raymond new home which they built across from his father's Caley Hart and Martha Isabelle Latta, was born in home on Hart Road in Tuscola County, Michigan. Saginaw County, Mkhigan, May 14, 1945. He Until recently Steve was employed in the office of graduated from the Frankenmuth, Michigan, high the Wickes Corporation in Saginaw, Michigan. school in 1963. He received his B.A. degree in physics from Oakland University in 1967. He was 106. married October 7, 1967, to Natalie Karen Doran, Eleventh Generation born in Detroit, Michigan, May 30, 1947. There Robert Raymond Hart, the first child of were two children. Raymond Caley Hart and Martha I. Latta, was Karen Maureen, January 5, 1969. born in Tuscola County, Michigan, July 22, 1943. Tanya Catherine, July 18, 1971. He graduated from the Frankenmuth, Michigan, David completed one year of graduate assistant high school in 1961. He received his B.S. degree ship at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in from Michigan State University in 1965 with a 1968. He completed his M.S. degree in physics at major in biochemistry. He was married September the University of Michigan in 1967, working as a 12, 1964, to Linda Mary Park. Linda graduated technician at the Cyclotron. David went into the from the Vassar, Michigan, high school in 1961 and Navy June 21, 1969, attending officers candidate completed three years at Central Michigan Univer school at Newport, R.I. After eighteen weeks of sity. She received her B.S. degree in music educa training he became an Ensign. His duties included tion in 1965 from Michigan State University. She teaching at the United States Naval Academy at taught school near Ann Arbor, Michigan, while Annapolis, Maryland. In 1972 he was released from Robert was attending medical school at the the Navy and went back to the University of University. They were divorced in 1967. There Michigan where he completed a Ph.D in physics. were no children. Robert graduated from medical He is currently employed by the Ford Motor school in 1969. He completed his internship at Company, working in the motor experimental de Metropolitan Hospital, New York City, specializing partment. At this writing he is dividing his time in obstetrics and gynecology. His internship was between the Ford Motor Plant in Detroit and the rotated with teaching at the New York medical Ford Motor Proving Grounds in Texas. Natalie college. Robert was married (second) June 5, 1970, graduated from a Royal Oak high school in 1965. to Marcia Denise Peyrefitte. She was born June 5, She received her B.A. degree in elementary 1946, at EI Cayo, British Honduras, a British education from Oakland University in 1970 gradu subject. On July 1, 1970, they moved to Denver, ating with departmental honors. Aside from school Colorado, where he began a three-year residency in and being a mother she has done substitute THE LOVIRA JR. BRANCH 71 teaching and worked as a secretary at the administration. After a few years of travel and Protestant Youth Organization Adoption Agency. working in various parts of the U.S.A., he is They are currently living in Ann Arbor. currently {1977) working at construction in Florida. 108. 111. Eleventh Generation Eleventh Generation Randall Charles Hart, the third child of Raymond Clayton J. Colman, the first child of Ivan J. Col Caley Hart and Martha Isabelle Latta, was born in man and Helena Maude Hoard, was born in Tuscola Saginaw County, Michigan, June 17, 1948. He County, Michigan, January 11, 1925. He completed graduated from the Frankenmuth high school in the eighth grade in the Millington public school and 1966. He received his B.D. degree from Oakland worked as a farm laborer until he went into the University with a major in pre-med in 1970 and his armed services in 1943 (see service records). He Doctor's degree in Osteopathic medicine and was married September 28, 1946, to Margaret surgery in 1973 from the Osteopathic Medical Urbanski, born in Detroit, Michigan, June 24, School in Des Moines, Iowa. He was married in Des 1919. To this union were born four children. See Moines June 9, 1973, to Sarah "Sally" Kay the in-iex. DeKoster, born in Hull, Iowa, May 10, 1944. There 188. Nancy Ann, April 17, 1947. are three children. 189. Shirley Ann, December 12, 1948. Nathan Douglas, May 17, 1974. 190. Ronald J., June 24, 1950. Cynthia Theresa, March 17, 1976. 191. Coleen Kay, October 17, 1951. Valerie Christine, July 20, 1977. Clayton operated a farm from 1951 to 1953. He is Sally graduated from the Hull high school in 1962 now employed in the Vassar Foundry. His civic and from the University of Northern Iowa with a mindedness is shown in the fact that he is a volun double major in music and English in 1967. She teer fireman for the Village of Millington. Also he is taught high school English for five years and is constable and sexton for Millington Township. currently working on her master's degree in Margaret completed the eighth grade in Vassar remedial reading at Drake University in Des public school. From then until marriage, she Moines. For a time they lived in Detroit, Michigan, worked at home on the farm and in the Vassar where Randall completed his internship in an osteo Foundry. pathic hospital. They are currently living in Athens, Wisconsin, where he is practicing osteo 112. pathic medicine. Eleventh Generation Willard "Bill" H. Colman, the second child of Ivan 109. J. Colman and Helena Maude Hoard, was born in Eleventh Generation Tuscola County, Michigan, September 23, 1926. He Jonathan Jay Hart, the fourth child of Raymond completed the eighth grade in the Millington public Caley Hart and Martha Isabelle Latta, was born in schools. He first worked as a meat cutter in a Saginaw County, Michigan, November 4, 1950. He Millington grocery. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in graduated from the Frankenmuth high school in 1943 (see service records). He went back and 1968 and completed three years of training in finished high school after his discharge from the physics at Michigan State University. In 1973 Jon Navy. He was married July 24, 1948, to Joyce Jean and his brother, Larry, visited Braintree, Essex Hope, born in Flint, Michigan, November 9, 1930. County, England, where they discovered a book To this union were born three children. See the written by Winifred Ashwell of Braintree, pub index. lished in 1971. The title of the book is "Essex and 192. Calvin James, September 3, 1949. the Lyon". It listed Stephen Hart of Braintree of 193. Connie Jean, July 15, 1952. Dedham as an emigrant to Newton, Massachusetts, 194. Burton, July 5, 1953. aboard the ship Lyon in 1632. After a few years of Willard is employed as a shop worker and travel and working in various parts of the U.S.A., machine operator. Joyce completed the eleventh Jon is currently (1976-77) a student completing his grade in the Millington high school in 1947. She work at Michigan State University. traces her ancestry back to England. She says she is distantly related to the actor and comedian, Bob Hope. Her great-great-grandfather was a guard in 110. Eleventh Generation the King's Court. Her great-grandfather was shipped out of England to the United States Lawrence Michael Hart, the fifth child of because he was a drunkard and unfit for guard duty Raymond Caley Hart and Martha Isabelle Latta, in the King's Court. Joyce worked in a factory was born in Saginaw County, Michigan, May 23, before marriage and is, at this writing, a house 1952. He graduated from the Frankenmuth high wife and school bus driver in Millington. school in 1970 and completed three years at Michigan State University with a major in business 72 THE HART FAMILY 113. 117. Eleventh Generation Eleventh Generation Donald George Colman, the third child of Ivan J. Agnes Elsie Colman, the eighth child of I van J. Colman and Helena Maude Hoard, was born in Colman and Helena Maude Hoard, was born in Tuscola County, Michigan, July 31, 1927. He com Tuscola County, Michigan, February 1, 1936. She pleted the ninth grade in the Millington high completed the eleventh grade in Millington high school. He worked on the farm until his marriage school. Later she took three credits through the March 3, 1950, to Lorraine Morse, born in American School in Chicago, the first of these Kingston, Michigan, October 11, 1932. To this credits for high school graduation. She was married union were born three children. See the index. July 12, 1952, to Wayne Titsworth, born in Vassar, 195. Donald Gene, September 28, 1950. Michigan, August 1, 1934. To this union were born 196. Dianne Lynn, July 7, 1952. five children. See the index. James Ray, September 3, 1962. 197. Janet Marie, October 4, 1953. Donald is a truck operator in a foundry. Lorraine 198. Susan Marie, July 27, 1955. completed the ninth grade in the Millington high 199. Charles Ivan, September, 1957. school. She lived and worked at home on the farm Anna Marie, January 13, 1964. until her marriage. Marianna Marie, January 12, 1966. Wayne graduated from Vassar high school m 114. 1952. He also took five years of night school at Eleventh Generation General Motors Tech in Flint. He is now working as Grace Marion Colman, the fourth child of Ivan J. a mechanic. He and Agnes were divorced in 1967. Colman and Helene Maude Hoard, was born in Agnes was married (second) September 14, 1968, Tuscola County, Michigan, August 11, 1928. She to Douglas Wayne Romain, born at North Branch, completed the ninth grade in Millington high Michigan, May 26, 1938. To this union were born school, after which she worked at home. She was two children. married September 3, 1949, to Jay D. Morse, born Sheri Lynn, September 22, 1969. at Kingston, Michigan, February 24, 1924. To this Terri Lee, April 11, 1971. union was born one child, Ruth Helene, November Douglas completed the tenth grade at the North 2, 1959. She died ten days later. Grace has not been Branch high school. He is now employed as a in very good health. Jay is employed as a shop mechanic. worker. 118. Eleventh Generation 115. Charles Wesley Colman, the ninth child of Ivan Eleventh Generation J. Colman and Helena Maude Hoard, was born in Robert Lee Colman, the fifth child of Ivan J. Tuscola County, Michigan, January 19, 1939. He Colman and Helena Maude Hoard, was born in graduated from the Millington high school in 1957. Tuscola County, Michigan, October 7, 1929. He He was never married. At this writing he is completed the ninth grade in Millington high working as a door maker for a trailer manufactur school. He is employed by a travel trailer company er. He works extra hours in the Millington Bakery. where he makes windows. Robert was married He lives with his brother Donald and family. June 11, 1955, to Joyce Joan Britton, born in Flint, Michigan, January 14, 1932. To this union was born 119. one child, Britton Stephen, August 3, 1959. Joyce Eleventh Generation graduated from the Durand, Michigan, high school Melvin Ronald Colman, the eleventh child of Ivan in 1951. She does secretarial work. She has been J. Colman and Helena Maude Hoard, was born in afflicted with polio, but gets around very well. Tuscola County, Michigan, March 19, 1942. He started high school in Millington and finished in 116. Upper Sandusky, Ohio, in 1959. After completing a Eleventh Generation tour of duty with the U.S. Navy, he was married Russell Earl Colman, the seventh child of Ivan J. July 10, 1965, to Nanette Nabor. They were Colman and Helena Maude Hoard, was born in divorced in 1967. Ronald was married (second) Tuscola County, Michigan, June 29, 1933. He October 11, 1969, to Cheryl Joy DeOrnellas, born graduated from the Millington high school in 1951. in Flint, Michigan, October 2, 1947. They had one At that time he started working for the Wolverine child, Ronald Scott, February 5, 1971. Cheryl Telephone Company of Millington, which position graduated from Millington high school in 1965. he still holds. He was never married. At this Before her marriage she was employed by United writing he is living with his brother, Donald, and Plastics Industries. Later she took training at the family. Weaver Airline School. Ronald is now employed by the Wolverine Telephone Company. THE LOVIRA JR. BRANCH 73 120. her family until the completion of her education. Eleventh Generation She graduated from Vassar, Michigan, high school Marye! Carolyn Baker, the first child of Anna in 1957. After high school she worked at Al's Vere Colman and Wayne Elsworth Baker, was born Doughnut Shop, then for Farm Bureau Services, in Montrose, Michigan, June 11, 1931. She Inc. in Saginaw, Michigan. She was married March graduated from Millington high school in 1949. She 12, 1960, to Luther James Steward, born in was married November 3, 1951, to Leroy Lee Saginaw, Michigan, December 1, 1939. Their one Haggarty, born in Laingsburg, Michigan, May 20, child was adopted. 1926. To this union was born one child, Marilee Jack Edward, August 29, 1968. Vere, March 12, 1960, in Saginaw, Michigan. Leroy Luther was graduated from the Vassar high is employed in highway construction. They were school in 1956. He attended Alma College for one divorced early in 1970. Marye! was married year as a liberal arts student. The next year he (second) to Walter Arnold, born in Alabama. To attended a Saginaw business school. From there he this union was born one child, Robert W. Arnold, went into the employ of the U.S. Postal Service, as August 18, 1970. Marye! is employed as a a rural mail carrier. At this writing, they are living beautician. just north of Vassar. 121. 124. Eleventh Generation Eleventh Generation Westley Wayne Baker, the second child of Anna Marjorie Sue Colman, the third child of Leon H. Vere Colman and Wayne Elsworth Baker, was born Colman and Wilhelmina Catherine Hyslop, was in Clio, Michigan, February 23, 1933. He was born in Tuscola County, Michigan, January 19, married September 19, 1953, to Marie McTaggert, 1941. She lived and worked there on the farm with born in Vassar, Michigan, November 1, 1933. To her family until the completion of school. She this union were born two children. See the index. graduated from Vassar high school in 1959. She 200. Steven Wayne, January 9, 1956. was employed as a clerk for the LG.A. store until 201. Sue Ann Marie, January 14, 1959. 1963. She was married July 1, 1961, to Ronald Westley was employed as an auto factory Stange, born near Saginaw, Michigan, September worker. One year after Sue Ann was born, he died. 28, 1940. To this union were born three children. Death occurred in Tuscola County, Michigan, April See the index. 24, 1960, aged 27 years, two months and one day. Steven Ronald, December 17, 1963. Marie was married (second) to Howard Hergen James William, August 25, 1966. reder. Kathy Sue, October 6, 1972. Ronald is a part-time farmer and painter. He 122. graduated from Vassar high school in 1958. He has Eleventh Generation worked on the farm all his life except for high school and the time spent with the army reserves. Rex Leon Colman, the first child of Leon H. At this writing, they are living on a farm just west Colman and Wilhelmena Catherina Hyslop, was born in Tuscola County, Michigan, November 22, of Vassar. 1934. He lived there on the farm with his family 125. until his marriage. He graduated from the Vassar, Eleventh Generation Michigan, high school in 1952. He then completed Geneva May Colman, the fourth child of Leon H. two terms of agricultural short course at Michigan Colman and Wilhelmina Catherine Hyslop, was State University in the winters of 1953 and 1954. In born in Tuscola County, Michigan, May 8, 1943. 1965 he was employed as an auto mechanic in the She lived and worked on the farm with her family Village of Vassar, at which job he still works. He until the completion of school. She graduated from was married in 1968 to Joyce Ann Franko, born in Vassar high school in 1961. She worked for the A. Saginaw, Michigan, July 12, 1943. Rex and Joyce & P. and Super Food Service, both in Vassar. She built a home on a lot just east of the family was married June 27, 1964, to John Anthony residence on the Colman farm. To this union was Horwath, born in Vassar, Michigan, June 23, 1943. born one child, Leon Alexander, December 25, To this union were born two children. See the 1968. index. Rae Ann, August 5, 1965. 123. Michael John, January 6, 1968. Eleventh Generation John graduated from Vassar high school in 1961. Marie Candace Colman, the second child of Leon He worked for the state highway department and H. Colman and Wilhelmena Catherina Hyslop, was later for A. & P. stores in Vassar. From 1962 to born in Tuscola County, Michigan, February 12, 1964 he was employed by Farm Bureau Services, 1939. She lived and worked there on the farm with Inc. in Saginaw. During that time he spent six 74 THE HART FAMILY months in active duty with the National Guard; in Elsie Colman and Norman Richard VanCleve, was 1964 he was employed by the Vassar police force as born in Detroit, Michigan, September 7, 1937. He a patrolman, which job he still holds. In 1967 his completed the eighth grade in the Detroit schools guard unit was activated and was sent to Detroit in 1953. Later, he took on-the-job training in wire during the race riots. fence manufacturing. He has taken over the business since the death of his father. He was 126. married May 8, 1957, to Bertha Bixman, born in Eleventh Generation Dearborn, Michigan, July 16, 1939. She died in Phyllis May VanCleve, the first child of Nina Chicago, Illinois, in 1959. Roger was married Elsie Colman and Norman Richard VanCleve, was (second) October 21, 1960, to Patricia Clare Brown, born in Tuscola County, Michigan, May 10, 1934. born in Huntington, West Virginia, March 3, 1941. She completed the eleventh grade in Detroit To this union were born two children. See the schools in 1950. She has worked in the assembly index. plant of the Burroughs Corporation since 1953. She Norman William Blake, March 11, 1962. was married May 5, 1951, to Junice Clayton Rize. Roger Lee, August 23, 1964. born at Lake Leelanau, Michigan, August 25, 1927. Patricia completed the eleventh grade in a To this union were born seven children. See the Wayne, Michigan, high school, in 1956. She has one index. son by a previous marriage. They are, at this 202. Jan Denise, October 3, 1951. writing, living in Bellville, Michigan. 203. Renee Lee, May 12, 1953. 204. Theodore Clayton, November 18, 1956. 129. Kevin Norman, June 22, 1958. Eleventh Generation Bruce Robert, December 30, 1963. Patricia Jane VanCleve, the fourth child of Nina Daryl Howard, December 8, 1964. Elsie Colman and Norman Richard VanCleve, was Deanne Nina, May 2, 1971. born in Detroit, Michigan, September 23, 1938. She Clayton completed the tenth grade in the Lake completed the eleventh grade in Garden City high Leelanau schools in 1944. After moving to the school in 1958. She was employed by Belco Brass Detroit area he was employed by Great Lakes Steel Company from 1960 to this writing. She was Corporation. He took a one-week course in super married February 20, 1960, to Roy Coran visory work shop and is now a foreman in the steel Kronemann, born in Chicago, Illinois, January 22, plant in the masonry department. He has been with 1938. To this union were born three children. See that corporation 26 years. the index. Roy Coran Jr., September 1, 1961. 127. Westley Lenn, December 8, 1962. Eleventh Generation Tracy Lynn, September 29, 1964. Norman Loren VanCleve, the second child of Roy completed the eleventh grade in the Inkster, Nina Elsie Colman and Norman Richard VanCleve, Michigan, high school in 1956. He has since been was born in Tuscola County, Michigan, May 11, employed at Liberty Tool and Engineering Com 1935. He completed the eleventh grade in the pany. They are, at this writing, living in Dearborn Detroit city schools. He received his (G.E.D.) Heights, Michigan. government euqivalent to a high school diploma in 1964. He took on-the-job training in drill press 130. operation and in machine shop inspection. Recently Eleventh Generation he has completed three years of training at the Alan Herbert Cole, the first child of Edith Belle McComb Community College. He has specialized in Colman and Herbert Cole, was born in Saginaw, drafting. He was married January 22, 1954, to Michigan, February 22, 1940. He enlisted in the Bettye Robinson, born in Huntsville, Alabama, U.S. Navy in 1957 (see service records). We know November 15, 1937. To this union were born two very little about him, except that he was a bartend children. See the index. er and night club operator. He was married in Michael David, October 1, 1963. Chicago, Illinois, June 7, 1958, to Betty Jo Evans, Michelle Lynn, July 19, 1971. date and place of her birth unknown. To this union Betty completed the eleventh grade in 1953. were born four children. See the index. They are presently living in Warren, Michigan, a Lannie Alan, November 2, 1959. suburb of Detroit. They are both active counselors Karan Susanne, November 2, 1960. in the youth program of the Church of God in their Tracy Herbert, June 9, 1962. community. Donna Jo, October 21, 1963. According to some of his aunts and uncles, he 128. deserted his family in Chicago. His whereabouts Eleventh Generation was unknown for some time. He visited some of his Roger William VanCleve, the third child of Nina relatives in Michigan in the summer of 1968. THE LOVIRA JR. BRANCH 75 According to his Aunt Vere, he and Betty Jo are In June, 1970, Tom enrolled as an apprentice in divorced. One must assume the children are with the structural steel industry. He received his their mother. journeyman license in 1974. They are currently living between Hemlock and Saginaw, with a 131. Saginaw address. Eleventh Generation Ned E. Cole, the second child of Edith Belle 133. Colman and Herbert Cole, was born in Saginaw, Eleventh Generation Michigan, July 18, 1946. His mother died (suicide) Margo Ann Coleman, the second child of Dan G. when he was seven years old. He graduated from Coleman and Arlene Belle Stratton, was born at the Millington high school in 1964, then completed Escondido, California, September 11, 1946. She one and one-half years of study at the University of lived there with her family until they moved to Michigan at Ann Arbor. He enlisted in 1966 in the Saginaw, Michigan, sometime before November of U.S. Air Force in the middle of his sophomore year 1951. They later moved to Vassar, Michigan, where (see service records). Margo graduated from high school in 1964. She He was married in Las Vegas, Nevada, August attended a beautician school at Tri-City College in 16, 1969, to Sheri Lynn Whann, born in Inglewood, 1965. She wab married in 1964 to Larry Enos, born California, October 23, 1946. There are two in Caro, Michigan, December 15, 1943. To this children. See index. union were born two children. See the index. Jennifer Anna, April 26, 1971. Tina Marie, June 29, 1965. Dorothy Christine, January 31, 1977. Gerry Lee, June 2, 1968. Sheri graduated from high school in Las Vegas in Larry graduated from Caro, Michigan, high 1964 and completed one year of music at the school in 1962. He received some special training University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She worked for while in the Navy (see service records). He is now five years as a dental assistant and three months as working as an inspector. They are living in Vasaar, an insurance claims adjuster (dental claims). Sheri, Michigan. along with her sister, Susan, and brother, Dennis, 134. were active in 4-H Club work, with rabbits, sewing Eleventh Generation and knitting as projects, music and art are her hobbies. She participated in a number of singing Jess L. Coleman, the third child of Dan G. Cole groups in the Catholic church, of which she is a man and Arlene Belle Stratton was born in member. Ned is currently employed as a draftsman Saginaw, Michigan, November 27, 1951. He with his father-in-law's architectural firm. They graduated from the Caro high school in 1970. He is are currently living in Las Vegas. employed as an assistant foreman in a plastic factory. He was married September 11, 1971, to 132. Grace Ellen Keltner, born in Bay City, Michigan, Eleventh Generation February 19, 1954. They had one child. See the index. Thomas D. Coleman, the first child of Dan G. Kristin Jane, February 3, 1972. Coleman and Arlene Belle Stratton, was born at Grace graduated from the Caro, Michigan, high Escondido, California, November 11, 1944. He lived school in 1974 (night school diploma). They are there with his family until they moved to currently living on Weeden Road near Caro. Millington, Michigan. He completed the eleventh grade in Vassar, Michigan, high school. Close to the 135. end of his senior year, he joined the armed forces Eleventh Generation (see service records). While in service the Vassar Randy F. Coleman, the fourth child of Dan G. high school granted him his graduation diploma. Coleman and Arlene Belle Stratton, was born in This was in 1966. He was married April 16, 1966, to Saginaw, Michigan, October 6, 1953. He graduated Connie Peters, born in Saginaw, Michigan, from Caro, Michigan, high school in 1972. He is February 7, 1948. There were no children. They currently employed as a restaurant manager. He were divorced September 13, 1968. Tom was was married in Unionville, Michigan, April 19, married (second) April 11, 1970, to Marie Elaine 1975, to Karen Ross, born in Peterbourgh, Ontario, Kruth, born in Saginaw March 11, 1950. They have Canada, May 11, 1955. Her parents were Harold one child. See index. Arthur Ross and Irene Barbara Elliott. Karen Kelli Lynn, April 11, 1973. graduated from the Unionville high school in 1973. Marie graduated from the Hemlock, Michigan, They are currently living on Tomlinson Road near high school in 1967. She completed two years in the Caro. Saginaw Business Institute in 1969. She worked in a law office for eight months and since then has 136. been employed at the Saginaw License Plate Eleventh Generation Bureau. Lynn Ellen Hart, the first child of Edward 76 THE HART F'AMIL Y Wallace Hart and Frances Jean French, was born curriculum from the College of William and Mary. in Lansing, Michigan, January 6, 1942. When Lynn While completing her formal education, she worked was three years old her parents were divorced. Her for the college food services, 1958 1962, and as a mother married (second) a big league ball player. typist and camp counselor, 1958-1963. She is They were divorced a couple of years later and she currently teaching health and physical education in married (third) to Kenneth Delmar Ross. Ken the high school in Willowick, Ohio, grades 7 adopted both Lynn and her brother, Lee Edward. through 12. Lynn graduated from the Laingsburg high school in 1959. She worked as a secretary at Michigan 139. State University and then spent the next five years Eleventh Generation in the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., working for Rodney Earl Hart, the second child of Earl the U.S. A.ir Force. Eventually she was transferred Palmer Hart and Bernice "Pat" M. Kiepert, was to Lansing, Michigan, on the same kind of an born in Lansing, Michigan, March 1, 1944. He assignment. She is currently attending Lansing graduated from high school in Columbus, Ohio, in Community College with a major in speech. Lynn 1962. He enlisted in the Army in 1962 (see service was married September 2, 1960, to Roy M. Hill, records). In 1968 he went to work for Vaughn Aero born in Fulton, Michigan, October 1, 1941. Their nautics Company. He was with General Dynamics children are: for awhile and is currently employed as a helicopter Jennifer Lynn, October 17, 1968. technician with Vaughn Helicopter, Incorporated. Jason Roy, November 11, 1970. He was married March 22, 1965, to Rebecca Jane Roy graduated from the Laingsburg high school Chambers, born in Princeton, Kentucky, October in 1959 and completed two years at Michigan State 29, 1946. See the index. Their children are: University with a major in commercial art. He then Shawn Michael, August 3, 1966. enlisted in the Marines (see service record). He is Christopher Thomas, June 30, 1970. currently employed as a salesman for the Polack Rebecca graduated from high school in Balboa, Organization. They are living in Holt, Michigan, Canal Zone, in 1965. She was married shortly after where they are active in the United Methodist high school graduation. They lived and worked in Church. Roy has held a number of responsible jobs Iran, U.A.R. Rodney died February 12, 1977, aged in the church. They are both in the choir and Lynn 32 years, 11 months and 11 days. teaches a Sunday school class. 140. Eleventh Generation 137. Eleventh Generation William Leroy Houghtaling, the first child of Dorothy Rachel Hart and Leroy Elmer Houghta Lee Edward Hart, the second child of Edward ling, was born in Vassar, Michigan, May 20, 1938. Wallace Hart and Frances Jean French, was born He lived there on the farm with his family until in Lansing, Michigan, March 21, 1944. When Lee they moved to a small house on his Grandfather was one year old his parents were divorced. His Hart's farm. He was married December 16, 1957, to mother was married (second) to a big league ball Mona Moody, born in Flint, Michigan, December player. They were divorced a couple of years later 23, 1938. They were divorced in 1958. He was and she was married (third) to Kenneth Delmar married (second) September 12, 1959, to Sandra Ross. Ken adopted both Lee and his sister, Lynn. Davis, born in Saginaw, Michigan, September 3, Lee graduated from the Laingsburg high school in 1942. To this union was born one child. 1962. He was in the National Guard six years and Bridget Louise, August 19, 1960. then enlisted in the Air Force (see service record). Bill and Sandra were divorced in 1962. He was This writer met Lee at his mother's home in married (third) November 28, 1964, to Joan A. September of 1971. He had finished his basic Boensch, born in Saginaw July 27, 1945. To this training and was in the process of being transferred union were born two children. See index. to Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Dawn Marie, August 15, 1968. Bert William, February 11, 1971. 138. Both were born in Anchorage, Alaska. Joan Eleventh Generation graduated from the Buena Vista high school in Tracey Marie Hart, the first child of Earl Palmer 1963. She worked at the Saginaw dental laboratory Hart and Bernice "Pat" M. Kiepert, was born in making and delivering dentures. While Bill was Lansing, Michigan, February 15, 1941. She grad stationed at Selfridge Air Force Base she worked uated from high school in Columbus, Ohio, in 1958 for Model Products making slot cars. After he was and from Bowling Green State University in Ohio transferred to Alaska she worked for Miss Alaskan in 1962 with a B.S. degree in health and physical Sportwear, making and designing Alaskan cloth education. In 1969 she received her master's ing. Bill enlisted in the Army Reserves in 1955. He degree in education in the field of supervision and was discharged in 1962. He immediately enlisted in THE LOVIRA JR. BRANCH 77 the Air Force (see service records). He is now out evening after Susan arrived at Nyack, she was of service, but still living in Alaska. sitting in the cafeteria with the other kids. She was 141. asked if she wanted to work for her meals. Within Eleventh Generation two weeks she was managing the campus store, Donna Lee Houghtaling, the second child of which job paid for all her food and lodging. This job Dorothy Rachel Hart and Leroy Elmer Houghta she held for three years. The next two years she ling, was born in Vassar, Michigan, June 22, 1939. worked as a secretary on the campus. Truly a story She lived there on the farm with her family until of faith. they moved to a small house on her Grandfather Hart's farm. It was the same house, enlarged and 143. improved, in which this writer was born. She Eleventh Generation graduated from the Frankenmuth high school in Alvin John Scott Houghtaling, the fourth child of 1957. She was married June 22, 1958, to Donavon Dorothy Rachel Hart and Leroy Elmer Houghta George Laugavitz, born in Clio, Michigan, Febru ling, was born in Tuscola County, Michigan, June ary 8, 1938. To this union were born two children. 7, 1950. He graduated from Vassar high school in See the index. 1969 and then took training at a truck mechanic Christine Elizabeth, August 22, 1959. school in Dearborn, Michigan. He enlisted in the Ronald Phillip, September 19, 1960. U.S. Navy August 18, 1969 (see service records). Except for time out for her family, Donna has Alvin was married October 10, 1969, to Jeannie been employed at office work. Donavon graduated Smith, born in Flint, Michigan, June 22, 1952. They from Clio high school in 1956. He took a have one child. See index. correspondence school course for diesel mechanics. Christopher Jay, September 21, 1974. He is now employed in an auto factory with some Jeannie completed the eleventh grade in the sales work on the side. Durand high school in 1969. She was taking special courses for Navy wives at Millington, Tennessee, 142. where Alvin is now stationed. She has now Eleventh Generation completed the twelfth grade high school require Susan Elizabeth Houghtaling, the third child of ments. Dorothy Rachel Hart and Leroy Elmer Houghta ling, was born in Tuscola County, Michigan, July 7, 144. 1942. She lived on the farm with her family until Eleventh Generation they moved to a small house on her Grandfather Lora Ilene Rosencrants, the first child of Lola Hart's farm. She graduated from Frankenmuth Inza Hart and Kenneth Rosencrants, was born in high school in 1960, and completed three years at Tuscola County, Michigan, March 23, 1940. She Nyack Missionary College, Nyack, New York. She lived in the village of Tuscola, Michigan, with her was married June 18, 1966, to Charles Sigmond, mother, while her father was in service (see service Jr., born in Cheswick, Pennsylvania, March 3, records). Later they moved to her Grandfather 1941. There are two children. See the index. Hart's farm at Hart's Corners. There she lived until James Leroy, September 5, 1969. her marriage. She graduated from the Franken David Charles, May 3, 1974. muth high school in 1958. She was married in 1962 Charles graduated from the Springdale senior to James Moffat, born March 25, 1933. To this high school in 1960 and from Nyack missionary union were born two children. See index. College in 1965 with a degree in theology. He Todd James, October 18, 1962. received his Bachelor of Divinity degree from Keith Daniel, May 9, 1966. Wheaton Graduate School in 1968. Jim graduated from the Vassar high school in In the fall of 1968, they were called to their first 1951. He is employed as a lathe operator and tool church, located in Smethport, Pennsylvania. The maker for General Motors Corporation in Flint. story of Susan's three years in college is worthy of Todd died November 13, 1970. note here. Susan was born into a branch of the family where money for college expenses was 145. virtually unthought of. Here is the story as her Eleventh Generation mother told it to me. "Susan came home from Thomas James Rosencrants, the second child of school one day and asked her mother to write a Lola Inza Hart and Kenneth Rosencrants, was born check for $5.00 to Nyack Missionary College. The in Flint, Michigan, August 4, 1943. He lived there check was written and Susan was asked what it with his mother until his father returned from was for. "It is my registration fee for college this service (see service records). Later they moved to· fall." Mother, "And where is the rest of the money his Grandfather Hart's farm, where they lived until to come from?" Susan, "I have my tuition and I will his marriage. He graduated from Frankenmuth get along somehow." She finally admitted that she high school in 1961. He was married in 1960 to Sally had only enough tuition for one term. The first Sue Wescoat, born in Vassar, Michigan, November 78 THE HART FAMILY 29, 1943. To this union were born two children. See 150. the index. Eleventh Generation Deborah Diane, December 10, 1960. Jimmie Gene Hoard, the first child of Van C. Doyle Thomas, December 30, 1962. Hoard and Beatrice Lillian Barkley, was born at Sally completed the ninth grade in the Vassar Millington, Michigan, October 25, 1929. He high school in 1960. Tommy was working as a farm completed the eleventh grade in the Millington hand when his untimely death occurred October 20, high school in 1948. While in the armed services, he 1962. He was killed in an auto accident about nine completed the Cooks and Bakers school. He has weeks before the birth of his last child, aged 19 since completed a course in welding at the years, two months and 16 days. Sally was married Wolverine Trade School. (second) to Eddie Bills. He moved to Detroit in 1951; and was married December 1, 1951, to Elizabeth Macrum, born in 146. Detroit, February 12, 1932. To this union were Eleventh Generation born two children-see the index. Dennis George Rosencrants, the third child of 205. Dale Gene, September 1, 1953. Lola Inza Hart and Kenneth Rosencrants, was born 206. Debora May, May 2, 1955. in Tuscola County, Michigan, April 14, 1950. He Jim is employed as a welder at R.F.P. Industries lived there on the farm with his family until he in Detroit. Elizabeth graduated from a Detroit high graduated from Frankenmuth high school in 1968. school in 1948. Before her marriage, she worked as He enlisted in the U.S. Navy September 24, 1968 a waitress; also as a dime store clerk. They are (see service records). At this writing, he is serving presently living in Detroit. as steward aboard a ship to which he was assigned at Long Beach, California. 151. Eleventh Generation 147. A. E. "Bud" Hoard, the second child of Van C. Eleventh Generation Hoard and Beatrice Lillian Barkley, was born in Wayne Clifford Anderson, the first child of Viola Millington, Michigan, January 6, 1931. He grad Anna Hart and Clifford Milton Anderson, was born uated from the Millington high school in 1949. In in Tuscola County, Michigan, December 17, 1949. January, 1950, he was employed by General He graduated from the Frankenmuth high school in Motors Corporation; where he works at this 1967; and completed two years at Saginaw Valley writing. He was married March 8, 1951, to Mary College with a major in business administration, Emma Dowe, born in Grand Blanc, Michigan, working between classes at a K-Mart grocery. Says November 7, 1929. To this union were born five his mother, "He should realize how he came by his children-see the index. education." He was married, May 3, 1974, to 207. Karen Mary, September 16, 1953. Kimberly June Gibson, born in Saginaw, Michigan, 208. Patricia Ann, February 1, 1956. April 1, 1953. Kimberly's parents were Harry 209. Kay Lynn, November 14, 1957. Gibson and Joan Cronkright. She graduated from Janet Elaine, August 19, 1961. the Bridgeport, Michigan, high school in 1970 and Hope Lea, October 24, 1970. went to work at K-Mart. In 1974, she was working Mary graduated from the Millington high school for Super-X. in 1949. 148. 152. Eleventh Generation Eleventh Generation Mary Ann Anderson, the second child of Viola Janice Mae Hoard, the third child of Van C. Anna Hart and Clifford Milton Anderson, was born Hoard and Beatrice Lillian Barkley, was born at in Tuscola County, Michigan, October 3, 1951. She Millington, Michigan, August 17, 1934. She graduated from the Frankenmuth high school in graduated from the Redford high school in 1952. 1969. She enrolled at Ferris State University, Big Her first job was that of secretary for an insurance Rapids, Michigan, in the fall of 1970. It took about company, which job she still holds at this writing. three days for her to find out that she was She was married November 12, 1954, to Everett physically unable to stand the rigors of college life. Podgers-born in Buffalo, New York, February 24, From babyhood she had been plagued with a heart 1918. There were no children. Everett had two condition. Her parents, through the help of the children by a previous marriage. Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, got her an Barbara Evelyn, December 9, 1938. electric scooter. She continued on with her classes Gerald Everett, July 21, 1940. until early October. She went home for a weekend Everett finished three and one-half years at the and there had a very severe heart attack. She died Cass Technical high school in Detroit. Following his October 16, 1970, of pulomnary hemorrhage, aged tour of duty with the Marines (see service records), 19 years and 13 days. he went to work for the Detroit Street Railway THE LOVIRA JR. BRANCH 79 (1941). He was promoted to Driver Training in Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan, 1963. This position he holds at this writing. He is a receiving her B.S. degree in nursing from 32nd degree Mason and a member of the Moslem Washington Mission College in 1960. She worked as Shrine. a registered nurse at Washington Sanitorium and As a Marine, he witnessed the historic flag Hospital in Buchanan, Michigan, and at the raising at Iwo Jima. Following is a quote from a University Hospital in Loma Linda, California. Jetter he wrote in March, 1970. "Yes, as you know About six years altogether. She was married at Iwo Jima was bad. I will never forget it. I was Silver Springs, Maryland, June 5, 1960, to William there on my birthday; of all times to be in Jerry Keith Jr.-born in Meridan, Mississippi, battle-and very scared. We were on Red Beach #1 August 30, 1938. To this union were born three and pinned down for four days. I went in on the children. See the index. second wave. I was a radio crewman on an Leila Joy, January 21, 1965. amphibian tractor. When our tractor was knocked Liane Jean, November 28, 1968. out they put us with the front line infantry. We Nicoli Jeanette, February 6, 1972. were fortunate in the fact we took such a beating Jerry graduated from the Mount Vernon there that they had to send us back to re-form. By Academy in Mount Vernon, Ohio, in 1956. He that time Japan surrendered; so I got to come received his B.S. degree from Columbia Union home. College, Tacoma Park in Washington, D.C., in 1960 and his degree in theology from Andrews 153. University in Berrien Springs, Michigan, in 1964. Eleventh Generation He pastored a Seventh Day Adventist church in June Alice Hoard, the first child of Henry Hart Silver Springs, Maryland, and at Kilmarnock, Hoard and Juliana R. Comarami, was born in Virginia; a total of four years altogether. At this Tuscola County, Michigan, May 11, 1936. She writing, he is instructional television consultant at graduated from the Millington high school in 1954. Loma Linda University; in addition to working on She was married January 14, 1955, to Fred I. his B.V. degree at the university. Horning Jr., born in Millington, Michigan, July 14, 1934. To this union were born four children. See 156. the index. Eleventh Generation 210. Julia Ann, November 21, 1955. Eugene Ray Hoard, the second child of Ray 211. Lora June, July 22, 1957. "Stub" Hoard and Oleta Botimer, was born in Janice Elizabeth (twin), May 21, 1963. Tuscola County, Michigan, March 2, 1941. He Joan Charlotte (twin), May 21, 1963. graduated from the Millington high school in 1960; Fred is employed in the shops as a skilled and took a night school course in radio, electronics laborer. and television. He was married November 4, 1960, to Sandra 154. Lee Youmans-born in Flint, Michigan, August 22, Eleventh Generation 1943. To this union were born three children. see Richard Earl Hoard (2), the second child of the index. Henry Hart Hoard and Juliana Comarami, was Terri Ann, May 15, 1961. born in Tuscola County, Michigan, September 7, Marc Eugene, August 4, 1962. 1938. He graduated from the Millington high school Raymond Charles, September 24, 1967. in 1957, and from Flint Junior College in 1964. "Gene" has one step-daughter, Laura Youmans, He was married April 4, 1959, to Charlotte born in Flint, Michigan, April 6, 1958. He is an Taylor-born in Pine Run, Michigan, May 7, 1938. operator of heavy equipment and a truck driver for To this union were born two children. See the a wholesale food distributor. Sandra completed the index. eleventh grade in the Millington high school. They Marlene Marie, March 23, 1960. live in Millington, Michigan. Vicki Lynne, December 16, 1962. Richard is employed in a shop as a skilled 157. laborer. Charlotte graduated from the Millington Eleventh Generation high school in 1957. Paula Ann Hoard, the first child of Paul Eugene Hoard and Anna Louise Pichner, was born near 155. Flint, Michigan, September 3, 1943. She graduated Eleventh Generation from a Flint high school in 1961, completed the Jeanette Rae Hoard, the first child of Ray "Stub" secretarial course at the Flint Career School, and Hoard and Oleta Botimer, was born in Tuscola worked in insurance claims until marriage. County, Michigan, May 13, 1937. She graduated She was married April 6, 1963, to Jackie from the Adelpheas Academy in Holly, Michigan, Campbell, born in Marston, Missouri, September in 1955. She took two years of pre-nursing at 17, 1942. They have one child, Rodney Alan, born 80 THE HART FAMILY in Flint, Michigan, May 28, 1969. 162. Jack completed the eleventh grade in a Flint high Twelfth Generation school. He is now employed in a Flint auto factory. Paul Albert Carter, the third child of Donald Carter and Mary Smith, was born in Saginaw, 158. Michigan, February 16, 1951. He graduated from Eleventh Generation the Vassar high school in 1970. He is currently Ray Eugene Hoard, the second child of Paul working as a laborer. Eugene Hoard and Anna Louise Pichner, was born in Flint, Michigan, January 17, 1946. He graduated 163. from a Flint high school in 1965. He worked at a Twelfth Generation Fisher Body plant until he entered the armed Linda Lou Carter, the first child of Lawrence services. See service records. Upon returning from Carter and Nadine Foskett, was born in Flint, Viet Nam he was employed, part time, at a jewelry Michigan, July 1, 1949. She graduated from the store; while attending Flint Junior College with a Vassar high school in 1968; and has since been major in mechanical design. employed as a babysitter in her own immediate neighborhood. 159. Eleventh Generation 164. Stephen Anthony Hoard, the third child of Paul Twelfth Generation Eugene Hoard and Anna Louise Pichner, was born Debra Ann Carter, the second child of Lawrence in Flint, Michigan, May 2, 1952. He graduated from Carter and Nadine Foskett, was born in Flint, a Flint high school in 1969; and has been working on Michigan, July 5, 1954. She completed the tenth the assembly line for Chevrolet Motors ever since. grade in the Vassar high school in 1969. She was married April 11, 1970, to Lee Eugene Smith, born 160. at Caro, Michigan, February 2, 1951. They have Twelfth Generation one child. See index. David Leroy Carter, the first child of Donald Sherri Lee, July 4, 1974. Carter and Mary Smith, was born in Saginaw, Lee graduated from the Vassar high school in Michigan, January 11, 1948. He graduated from the June, 1970. Currently he is employed at Welch Vassar, Michigan, high school in 1966. He is Industries in Vassar. currently employed by the City of Vassar in maintenance; this writer recently saw him working 165. at the Riverside Cemetery. He was married May 6, Twelfth Generation 1969, to Elizabeth Gayle Fox, born in Detroit, John Charles Myers, the first child of Doris Michigan, March 27, 1954. To this union was born Evelyn Newman and John Elmer Myers, was born one child. See the index. in Flint, Michigan, December 1, 1947. His family Kevin Shane, March 7, 1970. moved to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, where he Gayle completed the seventh grade in the Vassar school; and then worked at home until her graduated from high school in 1966. He completed marriage. David has currently completed training one year of pre-law at Lake Superior State College, in the handling of heavy equipment; specialty then enlisted in the U.S. Air Force (1968). Part of trucks and semis. his Air Force training was taken at the University They are living in Vassar, Michigan, divorce of Maryland. Later he was transferred to Platte pending. College in Nebraska with a major in business administration. He was married September 4, 161. 1971, to Shirley Jean Benson, born in York, Twelfth Generation Nebraska, December 30, 1946. They have one Lois Elaine Carter, the second child of Donald child: John Charles Jr., born York, Nebraska, Carter and Mary Smith, was born in Saginaw, February 26, 1972. Michigan, April 12, 1949. She graduated from the Shirley graduated from high school in Shickley, Vassar high school in 1967. She is currently Nebraska, in 1965; and received her B.S. degree in employed as a nurses aid in the Caro, Michigan, elementary education from Peru State College in hospital. Nebraska, in 1969. She taught first grade in the She was married November 6, 1971, to Earl Genoa public school, Genoa, Nebraska, from 1969 Gohs, born in Lapeer, Michigan, July 6, 1940. They to 1972. They are currently living at Sault Ste. have adopted a child; Kristine Marie, born in Marie, Michigan. John is employed as a salesman Saginaw January 15, 1967. Earl graduated from for the Soo Bottling Company. Following his the Lapeer high school in 1958 and is currently discharge from service, he plans to complete his employed as a truck driver. He has four children by education at the Lake Superior State College. a previous marriage. They are currently living in Caro. THE LOVIRA JR. BRANCH 81 166. 173. Twelfth Generation Twelfth Generation Christine Sue Myers, the second child of Doris David Allen McGione, the first child of Carol Ann Evelyn Newman and John Elmer Myers, was born Allman and Raleigh Lynn McGlone Jr., was born in in Flint, Michigan, December 19, 1950. Her family Flint, Michigan, February 29, 1952. He graduated moved to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, where she from the Clio high school in 1970; after which he graduated from high school in 1969. She completed completed work on an engineering course at two years of training at Albion College, Albion, Genesee Community College. While he was still in Michigan, with a major in education; specialty school, he worked part time for the Century retarded children. She received her B.S. degree in engineering and designing. He is currently em vocational rehabilitation from the University of ployed with the Genesee County Government. He Northern Colorado in 1973. She is, at this writing was married in Clio, April 10, 1970, to Cheri Ann (1977). employed as vocational rehabilitation Phipps, born in Flint, November 18, 1952. There counselor, Michigan Department of Education. are two children. See the index. Christine was married at Sault Ste. Marie, Matthew David, September 17, 1970. December 29, 1973, to Russell Jerome Staffeld, Nathan Allen, January 12, 1974. born March 16, 1949, in Saginaw, Michigan. Sheri graduated from the Clio high school in Russell's parents were Russell Jerome Staffeld Sr., 1970. She was employed in the Secretary of State and Margaret Jane Dittmar. He graduated from office in Clio in 1969. They are currently living in the Sault Ste. Marie high school in 1967; and has Clio. college training at the University of Arizona, and at the University of Northern Michigan with a major 174. in special education. He graduated from Northern Twelfth Generation Michigan with a B.A. degree in 1976. They are Cheryl Lynn McGlone, the second child of Carol currently living in Negaunee, Michigan. Ann Allman and Raleigh Lynn McGlone Jr., was born in Flint, Michigan, June 29, 1956. She 167. graduated from the Plymouth, Michigan, high Twelfth Generation school in 1974; and is a student in the University of Kathleen "Kathy" Susanna Newman, the first Michigan with a major in elementary education. child of Ver! Russell Newman and Susan N. King, She expects to receive a B.A. degree in 1978. was born in Flint, Michigan, November 21, 1950. She was married in Plymouth May 10, 1975, to She graduated from the Clio high school in 1969. Uthai Sangpichi Tara, born in NaKornpatham, She completed one year of a general education Thailand, May 5, 1947. Following his elementary course at Ferris State University at Big Rapids, schooling in Thailand, he attended Mahachulalong Michigan. She is now employed at Hudson's korn University in Bancock, where he completed department store in Flint, earning money to his secondary education (high school equivalent). finance further college training. He received a B.A. degree in social science at Chadron State College in Nebraska, in 1971; 168. followed by a M.S. degree at Central Michigan Twelfth Generation University in education administration in 1973 and Sally Ann Newman, the second child of Verl an educational science degree in 1975. Russell Newman and Susan "Sue" Margaret King, In 1977, he completed an M.A. degree in library was born in Flint, Michigan, August 5, 1953. She science at the University of Michigan. He plans to graduated from the Clio, Michigan, high school and complete his Ph.Din educational administration at was married in 1972 to Thomas Edwin Belill, born U. of M. in 1978. He also plans to become a teacher in Flint, Michigan, September 23, 1950. They have after receiving his doctorate. His parents are Tiam one child, named Travis Eric, born in Flint, Sangpichi Tara and Chua W ongsawan. Michigan, December 8, 1972. Tom is currently working with his father in sewer and street 174½ construction in the Flint area. They are currently Twelfth Generation living in an apartment in Clio. Gena Louise Kwaiser, the first child of Ethel Grace Allman and Eugene Charles K waiser, was 171. born in Saginaw, Michigan, April 18, 1958. After Twelfth Generation high school she was married in Saginaw, Michigan, Denise Diane Newman, the second child of January 28, 1978, to Thomas M. ~einer. Laverne C. Newman and Muriel Jenson, was born in Flint, Michigan, December 1, 1956. She 175. graduated from the Clio, Michigan, high school. Twelfth Generation After working for a couple of years, she was Samuel Edlefsen Graf Jr., the first child of married June 25, 1975, to Duane McQueen. Maejel Janet Allman and Samuel Edlefsen Graf 82 THE HART FAMILY Sr., was born in Corvallis, Oregon, October 19, 182. 1948. He moved with his family to Palo Alto and Twelfth Generation later to Atherton, California. He graduated from Christine Ruth Finn, the second child of Leslie the Woodside high school in Palo Alto in 1966. He Henry Finn and Ruth Gunnell, was born in Flint, completed one year at Multnomah Bible College, Michigan, October 16, 1947. She graduated from Portland, Oregon, and two years in Junior College, the Grand Blanc high school in 1964. She was San Mateo, California. He graduated from San Jose employed as a secretary for a realty company until State College in 1972 with a B.A. degree in her marriage. psychology. She was married October 24, 1964, to Kenneth He was married in Mt. Herman, California, June Gerald Bees, born in Flint, Michigan, January 3, 4, 1972, to Joan Butteweg, born in the Hague, 1945. To this union were born two children. See the Holland, January 18, 1949. There is one child, index. Samuel Thomas, born February 26, 1973. She Theresa Faith, June 30, 1965. graduated from a Los Angeles high school in 1967, Ernest Russell (2), November 4, 1968. and from San Jose State University with a B.A. Kenneth graduated from a Flint high school in degree in English in January of 1972. She received 1964. He is now employed in one of the auto a teachers credential certificate in January, 1973. factories in Flint. Sam is currently employed as a driver training instructor. They are living in San Jose. 183. Twelfth Generation 176. Micholynn "Micki" Rae Finn, the third child of Twelfth Generation Leslie Henry Finn and Ruth Gunnell, was born in Cinda Louise Graf, the second child of Maejel Flint, Michigan, August 6, 1949. She graduated Janet Allman and Samuel Edlefsen Graf Sr., was from the Grand Blanc high school in 1967, and born in Corvallis, Oregon, October 9, 1950. She completed one year at Flint Junior College with a moved with her family to Palo Alto and later to major in pre-med. She was employed at the parts Atherton, California. She graduated from the division of General Motors. Menlo-Atherton high school in 1968; and attended She was married in Flint, Michigan, September Junior College in Atherton. 5, 1970, to Ronald Schacher, born in Flint May 21, She was married February 27, 1971, to Robert 1949. They have one child. See index. Geoffrey Hoag, born in Long Beach, California, Michan Lei, July 5, 1973. June 21, 1949. Robert graduated from the Laguna Ronald graduated from a Flint high school in Blanca high school in June, 1968. He attended 1967, following which he completed two years at Menlo Business College and is currently attending Flint Junior College with a major in electrical Louis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon, with engineering. In 1968, he enlisted in the U.S. Air a major in business administration. Cinda is also Force (see service records). studying at Louis and Clark. They were divorced in 1975. 184. Twelfth Generation 181. Thomas James Reed, the first child of Jeanne Twelfth Generation Ann Loranger and James Edward Reed, was born Sharon Grace Louise Finn, the first child of in Saginaw, Michigan, October 27, 1951. He Leslie Henry Finn and Ruth Gunnell, was born in graduated from the Mt. Morris, Michigan, high Flint, Michigan, January -16, 1942. She graduated school (St. Mary) in 1969. In 1968, he worked part from a Flint high school in 1959. She completed one time in Wahli's Diner; and in 1969, for Kroger and one-half years at Flint Junior College with a Company; and later for K-Mart (Holly Corpor major in business administration; following which ation). He is currently completing his training for she was employed in the secretarial pool at the . managership with K-Mart. Chevrolet Motors. He was married in Davison, Michigan, August She was married February 20, 1965, to Charles 25, 1973, to Janet Louise Lund, born in Flint Edward Paulson, born in Flint, Michigan, Sep October 20, 1955. Janet graduated from Davison tember 23, 1937. To this union were born two high school in 1973. They are currently living m children. See the index. Davison. Eric Charles, September 21, 1966. Michael Leslie, February 7, 1968. 185. Charles graduated from the Flint high school in Twelfth Generation 1957; then received on-the-job training as appren Robert Michael Reed, the second child of Jeanne tice plumber. He is now employed as a Master Ann Loranger and James Edward Reed, was born plumber. They live in Flint, Michigan. in Flint, Michigan, November 28, 1953. He THE LOVIRA JR. BRANCH 83 graduated from the Mt. Morris high school in 1971; He was married February 14, 1970, to Nancy and completed part of a year at Genesee Lynn Petzold, born in Millington September 28, Community College. He has since been employed as 1950. They have one child, Lou Alan, born January a gas station attendant. Good jobs in the vicinity of 28, 1972. Nancy graduated from the Millington high Flint are difficult to find. Bob has been considering school in 1968. She is currently working for the enlisting in the armed services. Vassar Manufacturing Company. They were di He was married in Mt. Morris in 1973 to Sydnee vorced. Ronald married (second) wife's name Kay Hall, born in Flint, Michigan, February 1, unknown. They have one child. Travor Lee, 1955. There is one child, Tera Lynn, born August 2, September 6, 1974. 1973. Sydnee graduated from Mt. Morris high school in 1973. They are currently living in Mt. 191. Morris. Twelfth Generation Coleen Kay Coleman, the fourth child of Clayton 188. J. Coleman and Margaret Urbanski, was born in Twelfth Generation Saginaw, Michigan, October 17, 1951. She left Nancy Ann Coleman, the first child of Clayton J. Millington high school in the early winter of Coleman and Margaret Urbanski, was born in 1968-during her senior year. She was married Saginaw, Michigan, April 17, 1947. She graduated December 21, 1968, to Lewis Charles Babcock, from the Millington high school in 1965. She born in Flint, Michigan, July 31, 1947. They have worked in a shop until marriage. two children. See the index. She was married May 11, 1968, to Elden S. Louis Charles Jr., December 22, 1969. Engler, born in Tuscola County, Michigan, October Ronald Clarence, November 6, 1970. 18, 1941. They have no children. Louis Sr., graduated from the Millington high Elden graduated from the Millington high school school in 1965. He is currently employed at Eaton, in 1959. From 1960 to 1966, he served in the U.S. Yale & Towne in Vassar, Michigan. They were Navy. See service records. He is now employed as divorced. a mechanic. They are currently living in Millington. 192. 189. Twelfth Generation Twelfth Generation Calvin James Colman, the first child of Willard Shirley Ann Coleman, the second child of Clayton H. Colman and Joyce Jean Hope, was born in Flint, J. Coleman and Margaret Urbanski, was born in Michigan, September 3, 1949. He graduated from Flint, Michigan, December 12, 1948. She attended the Millington high school in 1966, and worked for Millington high school until 1966; when she was Fisher Body in Flint until he entered the armed married to Kenneth Clarence Long, born in services (see service records). Millington, September 28, 1947. To this union was He was married September 12, 1968, to Debra born one child, Kenneth Clarence Jr., January 21, Lee Crump, born in Flint, Michigan, February 11, 1967. The child lived only two weeks; he died 1951. Four days after marriage, he left for Viet February 5, 1967. Kenneth graduated from the Nam. The marriage was immediately annuled, Millington high school in 1965. He was drafted in through the efforts of her mother. Debra Lee the U.S. Army in 1967. He went A.W.O.L.; then graduated from the Vassar high school in 1969. was reassigned (see service records). They were Calvin was wounded in action. He was awarded the divorced in 1969. Bronze Star. The presentation was seen on Shirley received her high school diploma through television. He later returned to action. Calvin was the G.E.D. tests in Flint in 1969. She completed a married (second) July 3, 1971, to Loretta May one-year course in cosmetology at the Pointe Green, born in Flint, Michigan, J(l].y 20, 1956. Beauty Academy in Flint in 1970. She was married There is one child; Jinny Rebecca, born in Flint, (second) July 25, 1970, to Sargeant Anthony E. December 13, 1971. DeMaria. At this writing, they are adopting a Loretta completed the tenth grade in the child, Anthony J., born in November, 1969. They Millington high school in 1971. They were divorced. are currently living in Millington. Calvin was married (third) in 1975 to Julia Lynn Cross. 190. Twelfth Generation 193. Ronald J. Coleman, the third child of Clayton J. Twelfth Generation Coleman and Margaret Urbanski, was born in Connie Jean Colman, the second child of Willard Flint, Michigan, June 24, 1950. He graduated from H. Colman and Joyce Jean Hope, was born in Flint, the Millington high school in 1968 and was drafted Michigan, July 15, 1952. She graduated from the into the U.S. Army in 1969 (see service records). Millington high school in 1970, and from a 84 THE HART FAMILY secretarial school in 1971. 202. She was married May 6, 1972, in Millington to Twelfth Generation Karl Titsworth, born in Flint April 1, 1951. They Jan Denise Rize, the first child of Phyllis May have one child, see index. VanCleve and Junice Clayton Rize, was born in Brian Allen, February 11, 1975. Detroit, Michigan, October 3, 1951. She graduated Karl graduated from the Millington high school from the Wayne, Michigan, high school in 1969. She in 1969. He works as a laborer for one of the trailer worked for the Michigan Bell Telephone Company factories. Connie is currently employed as a for eighteen months; and is now employed at secretary. They are living in Millington. clerical work for Sears Roebuck and Company. She was married April 18, 1970, to H. Royce 194. Ramsey, born at Monteroy, Tennessee, May 23, Twelfth Generation 1948. They have one child. See index. Burton Colman, the third child of Willard H. Jason Royce, August 13, 1976. Colman and Joyce Jean Hope, was born in Flint, Royce graduated from the Two Rivers, Tennes Michigan, July 5, 1953. He graduated from the see, high school in 1966. After completing his tour Millington high school in 1972 and is employed as a of duty with the armed services, he was employed mechanic. by the Ford Motor Company as final inspector in He was married April 29, 1972, to Cynthia Jo job set-up. They are currently living in Wayne, Hecht, born in Saginaw, Michigan, March 20, 1956. Michigan. To this union were born two children. See index. 205. Rachel Lynn, September 2, 1972. Twelfth Generation Kristen Ann, May 25, 1975. Cynthia graduated from the Millington high Dale Gene Hoard, the first child of Jimmie Gene school in 1972. They are currently living in Hoard and Elizabeth Macrum, was born in Detroit, Millington. Michigan, September 1, 1953. He graduated from a Detroit high school in 1971. He went to work for 196. Bell Telephone Company, where he is still Twelfth Generation employed. He was married May 3, 1974, to Cathy Ann Dianna Lynn Colman, the second child of Donald Morrison, born April 20, 1954, in Detroit. Cathy's George Colman and Lorraine Morse, was born in parents are John Morrison and Diane Marie Clark. Flint, Michigan, July 7, 1952. She graduated from She graduated from a Redford, Michigan, high the Millington high school in 1970. school in 1972 and from Schoolcraft College with a She was married March 27, 1971, to Thomas major in business. She went to work for Bell Warren Laude, born in Detroit, Michigan, August Telephone in August, 1972. She is currently 30, 1950. There were two children. See the index. employed as a marketing sales representative. Shannon Marie, March 31, 1972. Dale is now employed as a Record Center clerk. Stacy Larraine, January 21, 1975. They are living in Livonia, Michigan. Tom graduated from the Vassar, Michigan, high school in 1968. He is currently employed as a 206. factory worker. He has also enlisted in the National Twelfth Generation Guards (see service records). They· are living in Debora May Hoard, the second child of Jimmie Vassar. Gene Hoard and Elizabeth Macrum, was born in Detroit, Michigan, May 2, 1955. She graduated 200. from a Detroit high school in 1973 and went to work Twelfth Generation as a machine operator. Steven Wayne Baker, the first child of Westley She was married in Detroit July 12, 1975, to Wayne Baker and Marie MeTaggart, was born in Gerald Peter Respondek, born in Detroit. His Saginaw, Michigan, January 9, 1956. After parents are Arnold Respondek and Betty Rubel. finishing high school, he was married to Yvonne Jerry graduated from a Detroit high school in 1970, Stange May 14, 1977. and went to work as a Control Panel wireman. They are living in Detroit. 201. Twelfth Generation 207. Sue Ann Marie Baker, the second child of Twelfth Generation Westley Wayne Baker and Marie McTaggert, was Karen Mary Hoard, the first child of A. E. "Bud" born in Saginaw, Michigan, January 14, 1959. Hoard and Mary Emma Daws, was born in Flint, After finishing high school, she was married to Michigan, September 16, 1953. She graduated from Peter Kinney January 29, 1977. Peter was born the Millington, Michigan, high school in 1972 and January 13, 1959. went to work for Falls General Store. She was THE LOVIRA JR. BRANCH 85 married in Kawkaulin, Michigan, in 1973 to James Hoard and Mary Emma Daws, was born November A. Hendrickson, born in Bay City, Michigan, 14, 1957. She graduated from the Millington high August 24, 1955. There are two children. See the school in 1976. She was married to Terry Lee index. Nagy in Millington, Michigan, February 22, 1975. Christine Ann, July 1, 1973. There is one child. See the index. Patience Marie, November 8, 1976. Lola Lee, June 7, 1976. James completed the eleventh grade in high Terry was born .J:uly 5, 1956, in Saginaw, school and went to work as a gas station attendant. Michigan. He graduated from Millington high school in 1974. He is employed by Saginaw 209. Products Company as a shop worker. They are Twelfth Generation living in Millington. Kay Lynn Hoard, the third child of A. E. "Bud" The Orlando Branch Wolf Trap - Made by Orlando Hart in his blacksmith shop in Mt. Morris, Livingston County, New York. Orlando made his first visit to Michigan in 1838. He brought with him the famed "Wolf Trap" which he presented to his brother, Lovira Jr., living at Tuscola, Michigan. On September 13, 1842, the Livingston County Republican, printed at Genesseo, New York, carried a "Show Cause" notice of bankruptcy proceedings. The certificate of bankruptcy was granted him in December of that year. Orlando established a blacksmith shop at Mt. Morris, New York, which he operated until 1845. In Orlando Hart 1846, he moved to LaGrange County, Indiana, where he worked as a farmer and realtor. His wife, Elizabeth, died there April 25, 1859. His second 4. marriage was to Harriet Allen February 9, 1860. Seventh Generation (See LaGrange County records.) Orlando Hart (1813-1914), the fifth child of He spent the next two years in Berrien County, Lovira Hart Sr. and Anna Hotchkiss, was born in Michigan. His death notice, many years later, says Avon, Livingston County, New York, September that he lived in St. Joseph. Register of Deeds 6, 1813. His family moved to Mt. Morris, New records give his address as Niles, Michigan. In York, in 1828. There, he worked with his three about 1862, he and Harriet moved to Mendon, St. brothers on his mother's farm. His first marriage Joseph County, Michigan. There three of his was July 11, 1835, in Dansville, New York, to children were married. They were Martha, Julia Elizabeth Aldrich, born April 13, 1819. To this and George Henry. There, also, he was divorced union were born seven children: See the index. from Harriet April 25, 1866. See county clerk 212. George Henry, January 25, 1838. records at Centreville, Mich. 213. Isaac Barber, January 11, 1840. In 1879, he moved to Mt. Morris, Michigan, 214. Lora Elizabeth, December 29, 1841. where he established his second blacksmith shop. 215. Martha Ann, February 8, 1844. This he operated until his retirement. News 216. Julia Lovira, May 1, 1846. clippings show that he was a worker of steel; that 217. William Orlando, February 22, 1853. he made traps for the Indians and tools for the 218. James Haviland, September 14, 1856. settlers. In April of 1869, he was married to Emma 86 THE ORLANDO BRANCH 87 Twogood. To this union was born one son. See the substantiated the above statements. Orlando made index. numerous trips to Michigan and Indiana between 218½. Charles Lovira, January 3, 1870. 1838 and 1850. He has worked as a farmer, In September of 1912, Orlando celebrated his blacksmith, and realtor. This writer has found at ninety-ninth birthday. A news clipping from the least forty records of land transactions and Mt. Morris Democrat gives an insight into his early mortgages in five different county recorder's life. Here is an excerpt from that article. offices. Following are examples. A Couplet, "Looking backward at ninety nine" 1. Livingston Co., N.Y. - Liber 17, page 193. Our old dinner horn, I remember it well 2. LaGrange Co., Ind. - Liber 13, page 121. At the home of my youth where my mother did 3. St. Joseph Co., Mich. - Liber 30, page 342. dwell 4. Berrien Co., Mich. - Liber 50, page 193. Twas rimless and dingy and battered and 5. Genesee Co., Mich. - Liber 119, page 401. bruised · Orlando and Emma lived in Mt. Morris, As if it descended from the ancient old Jews. Michigan, for 35 years. There, also, they lived out My Mother she blew it, I knew by the tone their retirement years. It has been said by some of As it came o'er the fields from that old his descendants that Orlando made three wishes: Wardsworth home. (first) to live to be 100 years old, (second) to ride on How welcome the call to a frugal warm meal the interurban railway between Mt. Morris and Prepared by that widow for four sons in the Saginaw, (third) see Brian elected president. He field. -Orlando Hart realized the first two of these ambitions. He died January 3, 1914, at the age of 100 years and four months. Land transactions recorded in the county clerk's office, Genesseo, Livingston County, New York. ORLANDO HART'S 100th BIRTHDAY Standing: William 0. Hart, Julia (Hart) White, Martha (Hart) Averill, Lora (Hart) Baldwin, Emma (Twogood) Hart (Orlando's wife), Isaac B. Hart, Charles L. Hart. Seated: Libb, George Hart's wife, George Hart, Orlando Hart, "Captain" E. M. Miller, Orlando's life-long friend. Note: All those standing, except Emma, are Orlando's children. 88 THE HART FAMILY 212. were born five children. See the index. Eighth Generation 219. Henry Irwin, September 22, 1870. George Henry Hart (1838-1912), the first child of 220. Orville Benjamin, December 26, 1871. Orlando Hart and Elizabeth Aldrich (first wife), 221. Laura Elizabeth, July 14, 1873. was born in Livonia, Livingston County New York, 222. Alvin Lewis, December 8, 1874. January 25, 1838. There he lived until 1842, when 223. Orlando William, January 25, 1876. his family moved to LaGrange County, Indiana. In I have very little information about Helen. Her 1860, his family moved to Berrien County, mother, Sarah Marshall, was born someplace in Michigan; and 1862, to Mendon, St. Joseph County, New York City. While visiting a sister in Wisconsin Michigan. On November 27, 1875, he was married Territory, she met and married Orville B. Cottle. to Sara Davis Jewett. She was born March 10, After Helen's birth, they migrated to San Jose, 1840, in St. Joseph County, Michigan. Her parents California. There Helen met and married Isaac were Joseph Jewett and Mary Farmington. This Hart. Isaac and Helen continued as ranch writer is not certain where the Jewetts lived. Their operators. This writer saw Isaac just once. That burial lot is in the Centreville, Michigan, cemetery. was in 1913 when he came to Michigan to attend his According to a neighbor, Henry was a small man. father's one-hundredth birthday party. He died He was a very polite and religious man, being an May 2, 1922, aged 82 years, 3 months and 23 days. active member of the Episcopal church. He Helen died October 2, 1923, aged 84 years, 9 operated a china shop in the Village of Mendon until months and 12 days. They are buried in the Oak his death June 17, 1912; aged 74 years 4 months Hill Cemetery in San Jose. and 22 days. Sarah died seven days later, June 24, 1912, aged 72 years. Their grave markers may be 214. seen on the Jewett lot-Centreville cemetery. Eighth Generation His niece, Florence (Selby) Homer, of Kalamazoo Lora Elizabeth Hart (1841-1937), the third child tells that she and her mother visited "Uncle Henry" of Orlando Hart and Elizabeth Aldrich, was born at his home in Mendon. She recalls seeing a portrait December 29, 1841, at Mt. Morris, New York. She of Mr. Hart; hanging on a stairs landing in his moved with her family to LaGrange County, home. For a number of years the family did not Indiana, in 1850. Her mother died there in 1859. know where the picture was. Recently, this writer Her father was remarried in 1860 and moved to located it. It is now in the possession of Mrs. Berrien Springs, Michigan. Newspaper records Homer. From a news clipping: "Henry Hart came show that Lora left her family late in 1860 and went to LaGrange Co., Indiana, in 1842. Henry Hart was to live with the Baldwin family in Tonica, Illinois, a great lover of flowers; and though his health was as did her youngest brother James. Reason rather poorly for some time, his magnificant home personality conflicts between them and their step is fairly surrounded today by beautiful flowers." mother. Lora married May 3, 1862, to Elijah Both Mr. and Mrs. Hart were devoted members of Baldwin, born September 17, 1835, at Lexington, the Episcopal Church. The Rev. Purce of St. Paul's New York. To this union were born nine children. Church conducted both of their services. Mr. Hart See the index. was a quiet, unassuming man, but greatly loved in the community. His quiet, dignified and gentle manly presence is missed by all. Mrs. Hart shares equally in the love and esteem in this community." 213. Eighth Generation Isaac Barber Hart (1840-1922), the second child of Orlando Hart and Elizabeth Aldrich was born in Perry, Wyoming County, New York, January 11, 1840. There he lived with his family until 1850 when they moved to LaGrange County, Indiana. There his mother died April 25, 1859. There, also, his father married (second) Harriet Allen February 9, 1860. In 1860 also, his family moved to Berrien County, Michigan. Isaac went to San Jose, California, in 1860. Soon after arriving in San Jose he went to work on the Henry McClay ranch. Later he rented part of the McClay ranch and went to work for himself. He was married November 17, 1869, to Helen Julia Cottle, born December 21, 1848, in Hazel Green, Wisconsin. To this union Elijah Baldwin, Husband of Lora Elizabeth Hart THE ORLANDO BRANCH 89 224. Oren "Joe" Orlando, SeptembPr 21, 1866. newspaper, ''Bretice Baldwin Graves was the 225. William, July 23, 1868. sweetest and most soft-spoken person I ever 226. Bertha, October 27, 1870. knew." Elijah died at Tonica January 21, 1916, age Waldo Allen, October 19, 1872. 80 years, 4 months and 4 days. He was a Civil War 227. Etta, April 19, 1875. veteran (see service records). Lora died at Tonica 228. Leona Lora, January 3, 1878. April 19, 1937, age 95 years, 3 months and 20 days. 229. Herbert Isaac, February 21, 1880. Elizabeth Emert, March 26, 1882. 230. James Henry, June 16, 1884. Lora and Elijah lived in Tonica, Illinois, all of their married lives. Besides raising a family she took time to work with the Randolph Relief Corps; teach school (Trout School District in Vermillion Township) and was appointed postmaster at Tonica for four years; 1894 through 1898. Elijah was a painter by trade. A newspaper item says that Elijah and three of his sons painted for a total of ninety years. Seth Henry Averill husband of Martha Ann Hart 215. Eighth Generation Martha Ann Hart (1844-1920), the fourth child of A CARPENTRY SCENE Orlando Hart and Elizabeth Aldrich, was born Left to right: Elijah Baldwin, Orrin Baldwin, Mike February 8, 1844, at Mt. Morris, New York. She Mehan,??????, James Hart, Tom Mehan. moved with her family to LaGrange County, Indiana, in 1850. There, her mother died in 1859. We could ask the question, "How did Lora and Her father remarried and moved to Berrien her brother, Jim, find their way to the Baldwin Springs, Michigan, in 1860 and to Mendon, home in Tonica?" when her father was moving in Michigan, in 1862. She was married, before the opposite direction-up into Central Michigan. Reverand L.B. Goodrich, September 17, 1862, to Remember, these were horse and buggy days and Seth Henry Averill, born in 1835 at Ontario, communications were slow. Records show that Indiana. There were two children. See the index. both "Hart" and "Baldwin" were pioneer names in 231. Alva, June 8, 1867. Green County, New York. Elijah was born at 232. Floyd N., January 11, 1877. Lexington and Lora's family lived at Durham, Alva was born in Mendon, Michigan, and Floyd fifteen miles away. Thus, it would be possible there was born in Lincoln, Illinois. This writer has no were several generations of interfamily acquaint record as to whether Floyd was born en route to ances. The fact that Lora, James and William 0. Oregon, or if they lived in Lincoln for a time. Seth Hart were all married in the vicinity of Tonica helps was a mechanic by occupation. He was pre to substantiate this theory. deceased by his wife, Martha, who died in The Baldwins were a well-respected family in Portland October 12, 1920, aged 76 years, 8 months Tonica. Said by the wife of the editor of the local and 4 days. No record of Seth's death. 90 THE HART FAMILY Springs, Michigan, and to Mendon, Michigan, in 1862. She was married, before Luther B. Goodrich, November 9, 1865, to Aaron Baker White, born in Worcester, Massachusetts, December 4, 1837. To this union were born two children. See the index. 233. Walter Elmer, November 6, 1867. 234. Edith M., May 1, 1873. Aaron's parents, Ziba and Elsey White moved from Massachusetts to Mendon, Michigan, in 1839 when Aaron was two years old. Aaron served in the Union Army during the Civil War. When he returned home, he worked as a mechanic. He moved his family to San Jose, California, in 1903. County Register of Deeds office in St. Joseph County, Michigan, show that they sold a piece of property in Mendon in 1905. Their address at that time was given as Santa Clara County, California. His granddaughter told me that he operated a poultry ranch in California. Julia died there January 7, 1920, aged 73 years, 7 months and 27 days. Aaron died March 12, 1920, aged 73 years, 10 months and 1 day. Interment was in the San Jose Julia (Hart) White cemetery. The Aaron White farm home, San Jose, Calif. Aaron Baker White 216. Eighth Generation Julia Lovira Hart (1846-1920), the fifth child of · Orlando Hart and Elizabeth Aldrich, was born May 11, 1846, at Mt. Morris, New York. She moved with her family to LaGrange County, Indiana, in 1850. Her mother died there in 1859. Her father married (second) in 1860 and moved to Berrien William Orlando Hart THE ORLANDO BRANCH 91 217. of Lora Hart (James' older sister), that Harriet was Eighth Generation so mean to the younger children, that James and William Orlando Hart (1853-1934), the sixth child Lora, and perhaps the brother William, were sent of Orlando Hart and Elizabeth Aldrich (his first to Tonica, Illinois, to live with the Bald wins. James wife), was born February 22, 1853, in Bloomfield, was a painter by trade. He was married May 31, Indiana. In 1860, his family moved to Berrien 1875, to Jeanette "Nettie" Allen, born in Green County, Michigan; and in 1862, to Mendon, St. County, New York. There were two children. See Joseph County, Michigan. He must have lived with the index. his uncle Albert in Mt. Morris, Michigan, from 1865 until his marriage in 1876. His father did not move to Mt. Morris until about 1879. According to one interview with a news reporter, William said, "I have lived here or near here since I was 12 years old and I am now 72," On July 10, 1876, William was united in marriage to Josephine Chance at Tonica, Illinois. Directly after their marriage, they came to Mt. Morris, Michigan. They set up housekeeping on the farm owned by William's uncle, Albert Henry Hart. To this union were born two children. 235. Nellie Hannah, July 15, 1877. 236. Roy Hugh, February 3, 1883. William Hart, along with two of his uncles and his father, was very influential in the pioneering of Mt. Morris. County Register of Deeds records show William as a participant in several land transactions in and near the village. In the same news interview William said, "Flint, when I first arrived, was but a tiny village. The first night after I arrived there, the Indians gathered there and made merry with lots of firewater. I have seen Mt. Morris burn down twice; once in 1871 and again in 1881." "Will and Jose" were life-long members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Mt. Morris, Michigan, and held many positions of devotion and trust in that church. William was a decorator by trade. In 1914, he and his half-brother, Charles, did all of the interior decorating and exterior trim on my father's new home near Tuscola, Michigan. He was a man of short stature and a great deal of wit. He always was the life of the party. Some have said that he had a temper to go with his red hair. William passed away December 12, 1934; aged 81 years, 9 months and 21 days. Josephine passed away April 28, 1930; aged 73 years and 18 days. 218. Eighth Generation James Haviland Hart (1856-1898), the seventh child of Orlando Hart and Elizabeth Aldrich (his first wife), was born in Lima, LaGrange County, Indiana, September 14, 1856. His mother died in Bloomfield, Indiana, April 25, 1859. Orlando married (second) Harriet Allen at Lima February 9, 1860. Later that year, his family moved to Berrien County, Michigan; and in 1862, they moved to Mendon, St. Joseph County, Michigan. This writer does not know at what age James left Ralph and William Hart home. We were told by Ruth Perkins, a descendant Sons of James and Nettie Hart 92 THE HART FAMILY 237. William Lee, May 3, 1876. He completed grammar school and two years of 238. Ralph S., August 18, 1878. business college in San Jose, California. He was We were also told by Ruth that the home in married August 19, 1907, to Matilda Prusch, born which James· and his family was living was in San Jose, August 2, 1880. There were two destroyed by fire. That soon afterwards, James children. See the index. sold everything and moved to a new location. Just 241. Orville Haven, June 9, 1908. where, she did not know. All of this happened three 242. Jean, December 12, 1914. years before Ruth was born. At this point, this Orville was in business for himself as an auto writer has no further information about the James mobile dealer. Matilda completed grammar school Hart family; except to say that he died October 20, and San Jose Normal College. She worked as a 1898, aged 42 years, 1 month and 6 days. grammar school teacher. She died April 6, 1916; aged 35 years, 8 months and 11 days. Orville was 218½. married (second) April 16, 1919, to Susan Mason Eighth Generation Dietrich, born in Dallas, Oregon, January 11, 1896. She completed ten grades of grammar and high Charles Lovira Hart (1870-1941), the only child of school and then worked at home until her marriage. Orlando Hart and Emma Twogood (his third wife), was born at Vienna, Genesee County, Michigan, Orville died March 11, 1922, at Los Gatos, California; aged 50 years, 2 months and 16 days. January 3, 1870. There he lived with his family Susan died in Millbrace, California, May 22, 1953; until their death. Charles was never married. He was a painter by trade. He and his half-brother, aged 57 years, 4 months and 11 days. Interment William 0. Hart, did all of the decorating of my was at San Jose. parents new home at Tuscola, Michigan. This was about the winter of 1914-1915. This writer lived with Charles and his mother the summer of 1922; while I was working at the Chevrolet auto factory. My personal memory of him is that he was a quiet, soft-spoken man, not given to much frivolity. Charles died June 30, 1941. Aged 71 years, 5 months and 27 days. His grave marker may be seen in the Mt. Morris, Michigan, cemetery. 219. Ninth Generation Henry Irwin Hart (1870-1954), the first child of Isaac Barber Hart and Helen Julia Cottle, was born in San Jose, California, September 22, 1870. He completed grammar school in 1884, and two years of business college. He was married January 15, 1899, to Mayme Athemon Snyder, born January 6, 1877, in San Jose. To this union were born two children. See the index. 239. Evelyn, January 1, 1908. 240. Hazel Vivian, May 25, 1910. Henry was a rancher (orchardist) by occupation; he grew prunes and apricots. Mayme completed grammar school in 1891, and San Jose Normal School (now San Jose State Lora Elizabeth (Hart) McClay College) in 1896. She taught for three years before and Husband Arthur Rae marriage. Henry died January 9, 1954; aged 83 221. years, 3 months and 18 days. Mayme died Ninth Generation December 28, 1952; aged 75 years, 11 months and 22 days. Interment was in Oakhill cemetery, San Lora Elizabeth Hart (1873-1943), the third child Jose. of Isaac Barber Hart and Helen Julia Cottle, was born in Gilroy, California, July 14, 1873. Lora was 220. named after her father's favorite sister, Lora Ninth Generation (Hart) Baldwin. She completed grammar ·school in Orville Benjamin Hart (1871-1922), the second the Evergreen school system, near San Jose, child of Isaac Barber Hart and Helen Julia Cottle, California. She worked in the farm home which her was born in Gilroy, California, December 26, 1871. parents owned. THE ORLANDO BRANCH 93 She was married April 8, 1903, to Arthur Rae were born three children. See the index. McClay, born in Evergreen November 1870. There 249. Leonard Orlando, July 16, 1908. were four children. See the index. 250. Francis "Buzz" William, July 21. 19?? 243. Leslie Leroy, March 1, 1904. 251. Willard, June 6, 19?? 244. Dorothy Helen, May 3, 1906. Orlando died in Hollister, California, June 25, 245. Florence Elizabeth, July 4, 1909. 1952; aged 76 years and 5 months. 246. Eugenia Lena, February 2, 1913. Arthur completed grammar school in Evergreen 224. and graduated from a high school in San Jose in Ninth Generation 1891. He took a course at Head Business College Orren Orlando "Joe" Baldwin (1866-1950), the and then enlisted in the eighth regiment, Cali first child of Lora Elizabeth Hart and Elijah fornia, U.S. Volunteers. Arthur's grandfather Baldwin, was born at Tonica, Illinois, September settled in the San Jose area in 1852. Part of the 22, 1966. He was married September 18, 1889, to ranch which they purchased was still in the family Alice Janet White, born in Lostant, Illinois, March in 1971. This writer spent three days there in 31, 1868. To this union were born three children. March of 1971 with Florence and her husband, Jack See the index. Wool. The McClays established a canning factory in Elsie Mae, October 31, 1890. the area. It has been in the family the last four 252. Waldo White, January 22, 1892. generations. Arthur was active in community 253. Frank Earl, December 13, 1899. affairs. He served as township supervisor; was one Orren was employed as a painter until his retire of the organizers of the California Prune and ment. They were members of the Tonica Congre Apricot Growers Association. He was active in gational Church. Alice was a member of the Eden organizing the United Prune Growers and the chapter of the Eastern Star; also of the Women's California Prune Pool. He was an active member of Relief Corps. Orren died October 1, 1950, aged 84 the Masonic Lodge #210, Knights Templer and years and 14 days. Alice died September 26, 1932; Shriner. Lora was also community-minded-being age 64 years, 5 months and 25 days. Orren lived his active in P.T.A., the Rose Club and other social entire life in and near Tonica, Illinois. Interment clubs. Arthur died in San Francisco September 16, was in the Tonica cemetery. 1937; aged 66 years, 10 months and 19 days. Lora died in San Jose March 4, 1943; aged 69 years, 7 225. months and 21 days. Interment was the San Jose Ninth Generation cemetery. William Baldwin (1868-1956), the second child of 222. Lora Elizabeth Hart and Elijah Baldwin, was born July 23, 1868, in Tonica, Illinois. He lived there Ninth Generation with his family until after he finished high school. Alwyn Lewis Hart (1874-1945), the fourth child He was married May 20, 1890, to Rosa Josephine of Isaac Barber Hart and Helen Julia Cottle, was Eichorn, born December 6, 1868, at Washburn, born in Alviso, California, December 8, 1874. His Illinois. To this union was born one child. See the formal education included two or three years in index. high school. He was a rancher by occupation. He 254. Bretice Lora, June 10, 1891, at Tonica. was married March 3, 1907, to Matilda Jane William was a rural mail carrier and painter by Mantis, born in Saledad, California, August 2, occupation. He lived in Tonica until after his retire 1879. There were two children. See the index. ment; when he moved to San Benito, Texas. 247. William Alwyn, April 24, 1912. Rosa died at Ottawa, Illinois, August 15, 1939; 248. Helen Elizabeth, November 11, 1914. aged 70 years, 8 months and 9 days. The following Matilda graduated from the Saledad high school from her obituary in the Tonica News. and from a business college. Alwyn died November "This short sketch is inadequate to fully record 25, 1945; aged 70 years, 11 months and 17 days. the life history of one who spent nearly half a Matilda died August 29, 1966; aged 87 years and 27 century in this village. Her life was full of good days. Interment was in the Hollister cemetery. deeds. A good neighbor and friend to all; excellent wife and mother." Funeral services at her home. Reverend C. E. Withrow officiating. The Eastern 223. Star gave a graveside tribute. William died in San Ninth Generation Benito in July, 1956; aged 87 years and 11 months. Orlando William Hart (1876-1952), the fifth child of Isaac Barber Hart and Helen Julia Cottle, was born in Alviso, California, January 25, 1876. 227. Ninth Generation Orlando and his brother, Alwyn, operated a farm together for about forty years. He was married Etta Baldwin (1875-1970), the fifth child of Lora July 14, 1907, to Mamie Mose Wilson. To this union Elizabeth Hart and Elijah Baldwin, was born April 94 THE HART FAMILY 19, 1875, at Tonica, Illinois. She lived there with making the Navy a career. After he retired they her family until after she finished high school moved to Bradenton, Florida, where he died (1894). She worked for a time as a postal clerk, and August 2, 1954; aged 75 years, 9 months. Leona later in a drygoods store in Tonica. She married died at a convascelent home in Bradenton February November 1, 1900, to Robert Roland Fenton, born 18, 1969; aged 91 years, 1 month and 15 days. December 19, 1874, at Erie, Illinois. To this union were born three children. See the index. 255. Ruth Roberta, September 19, 1901. 256. Elmer Robert, April 25, 1903. 257. Clyde Vincent, July 30, 1904. Etta and Robert reared their family in Tonica. Robert was a jeweler and optometrist by occu pation. After retirement they moved to Bradenton, Florida, where he died August 28, 1959; age 84 years, 8 months and 9 days. Etta died November 12, 1970, in Bradenton; aged 95 years, 6 months and 23 days. Until just a few months before her passing, she was able to sit in a wheelchair and braid rag rugs. Burial was at Mansota Memorial Park, Oneco, Florida. Leona Lora (Baldwin) McKee and Husband Walter Etta (Baldwin) Fenton and Husband Robert R. Golden Wedding Herbert "Bert" Isaac Baldwin 228. Ninth Generation 229. Leona Lora Baldwin (1878-1969), the sixth child Ninth Generation of Lora Elizabeth Hart and Elijah Baldwin, was Herbert Isaac Baldwin (1880-1966), the seventh born ,T anuary 3, 1878, at Tonica, Illinois. She lived child of Lora Elizabeth Hart and Elijah Baldwin there with her family until after she finished high was born at Tonica, Illinois, February 20, 1880. He school. She worked as a milliner and dressmaker graduated from the Tonica high school and from the until her marriage. She was married October 24, business college in Dixon, Illinois. 1908, to Walter McKee, born at Montpelier, He was married February 24, 1904, to Mabelle Vermont, November 2, 1878. To this union was Lord, before her father, the Reverend F. R. Lord. born one child. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri, December 21, 258. Leland Baldwin McKee, January 30, 1911. 1880. To this union was born one child at Walter was a Naval officer much of his life; Bloomington, Illinois. See index. THE ORLANDO BRANCH 95 259. Herbert Eugene, February 5, 1910. moved with his family to Santa Clara County, They lived in and near Tonica all of their lives. California, in 1903. In his younger years, he worked Mabel received a business school education in for the S. P. Railroad as station master and wire Orange, Illinois. Following is a quote from the less telegrapher. Later he was the rural mail Tonica News, November 18, 1966. carrier in Dos Palos, California, in San Joaquin "Bert was actively connected with the Tonica Valley. He was married February 4, 1899, to Laura State Bank for 46 years, serving as assistant Adele Cummings, born June 28, 1874, in Chicago, cashier and cashier for a period of 33 years, retiring Illinois. To this union were born five children. See in 1956. He continued as a director, vice president the index. and president until his death. Prior to entering the 260. Edith Adele, August 4, 1900. bank he was Tonica Postmaster, and before that 261. Mildred Elizabeth, May 21, 1905. clerked in various stores in the village. He was one 262. Charles Floyd, May 22, 1907. of the organizers of the Tonica Commerical Associ 263. Dorothy Grace, February 10, 1910. ation and secretary and director for a number of 264. Walter Willis, March 11, 1912. years; also an honorary member of the Tonica Volunteer Fire Company. He served on the board of directors of Tonica School No. 76; was a trustee of the Tonica Cemetery Association; treasurer of the Village of Tonica. For many years he headed the annual Red Cross drive." He died in St. Mary's Hospital in Peru, Illinois, on Wednesday morning, November 16, 1966. Aged 86 years, 8 months and 21 days. Interment was in the Tonica cemetery. Mabelle died in Ottawa, Illinois, May 28, 1975. Aged 94 years, 5 months and 7 days. 230. Ninth Generation James Henry Baldwin (1884-1964), the eighth child of Lora Elizabeth Hart and Elijah Baldwin, was born at Tonica, Illinois, June 16, 1884. This writer has very little information about his early life, except that he was a painter by occupation. He was never married. He enlisted in the armed services during World War IL Following a short training period, he was sent to the Panama Canal Zone where he served in the outfit which protected the Canal instillations against sabotage (see service records). Following is a quote from the Tonica News: "James Henry Baldwin died at Manatee Memorial Hospital in Bradenton, Florida, February 4, 1964. ·He had suffered a heart attack two days before. The remains will arrive in Tonica this Saturday; friends may call after 12 o'clock that day, at Elias Chapel. Funeral services will be held in the Chapel at 2 o'clock saturday. Military graveside services will be conducted by the Russell, Zinor Post, American Legion in Brookside cemetery. The deceased was born in Tonica; the youngest child of Lora and Elijah. While still living at Tonica, he was a member of the Volunteer Fire Company. Also was Town Clerk of Eden Township." He died aged 79 years, 7 months and 16 days. 233. Ninth Generation Walter Elmer White (1867-1925), the first child of Julia Lovira Hart and Aaron Baker White, was born in Mendon, Michigan, November 6, 1867. He Walter White, Rural Mail Carrier, Dos Palos, Calif. 96 THE HART FAMILY Laura completed the fourth grade in grammar school. She worked until her marriage at various jobs; she picked cotton, cut corn, worked in a cannery and in a laundry, and even set type in a small town newspaper. Walter died December 25, 1925, at Dos Palos; aged 58 years, 1 month and 19 days. Laura was married (second) about 1934 to John Hornady. She died September 22, 1958; aged 85 years, 2 months and 24 days. Interment was in the Dos Palos cemetery. Frederick Newton and Nellie Hannah (Hart) Selby 235. Ninth Generation Nellie Hannah Hart (1877-1945), the first child of William Orlando Hart and Josephine Chance, was born at Mt. Morris, Michigan, July 15, 1877. There she lived with her family until her marriage October 5, 1897, to Frederick Newton Selby, born July 6, 1874. To this union were born five children. See the index. 265. Helen Josephine, January 29, 1899. 266. Ruth Jessie, June 8, 1901. 267. Florence N., April 6, 1903. Marjorie Edith, February 3, 1905. 268. Frederick Noel, February 20, 1912. 269. Phyllis Jean, May 21, 1917. Edith W. (White) Edmondsen They lived in Clio for a short time then moved to Montrose. They moved to North Star in 1908 and to 234. Lansing in 1930. Fred was employed as a banker Ninth Generation until they moved to Lansing, where he managed a Edith White (1873-1959), the second child of Julia hotel. They lived out their retirement years in Lovira Hart and Aaron Baker White, was born in Lansing, Michigan. Nellie died December 4, 1945, Mendon, Michigan, May 1, 1873. When she was at age 68 years, 4 months and 20 days. Fred died just a few years old, her parents left Mendon. Their February 2, 1961, age 86 years, 6 months and 24 where-abouts for the next few years are unknown days. to this writer. Eventually, they ended up at San Jose, California. At the age of 12 years, she and her 236. parents visited Mt. Morris, Michigan, to attend a Ninth Generation family reunion. This is the earliest Hart family Roy Hugh Hart (1883-1941), second child of reunion of which this writer has record. The William Orlando Hart and Josephine Chance, was reunion must have been held in the early spring; born at Mt. Morris, Michigan, February 3, 1883. because the entire group drove about 18 miles, by There he lived with his family until about the age of horse and buggy, to "Hart's Corners" where her 18. Rumor says that for the next three or four great-uncle, Lovira Hart, was operating a maple years he lived and worked in Flint, Michigan. His sugar bush. movements for the next few years are a bit Edith must have gone beyond high school uncertain to this writer. because in later years she became a chiropractor. On July 3, 1916, he was married to Lucille She was married to Al Edmondsen. There were no Thomas at Missouli, Montana. To this union were children. We have no information about Al. Edith born four children, in this order. See the index. died April 15, 1959; aged 85 years, 11 months and 270. Atwood Roy, September 25, 1917. 14 days. 271. William Hugh, January 18, 1924. THE ORLANDO BRANCH 97 272. Doris Ann (twin), July 20, 1929. 239. 273. Don Allen (twin), July 20, 1929. Tenth Generation Atwood was born in Montana, the others were Evelyn Hart, the first child of Henry Irwin Hart born in Texas. Most of his adult life he was and Mayme Atheman Snyder, was born near San apparently a law enforcement officer. When he Jose, California, January 6, 1908. She graduated died in Wichita Falls, Texas, he was County from the San Jose high school in 1923; and from the Sheriff. Said by his children: He was a very severe University of California with a degree in physical man. He demanded complete respect and perfect education in 1930; also from Heald Business College table manners from his children. Doris told me that with a degree in accounting in 1934. She taught the worst spanking she ever got was the day when physical education in a private school and "her mother told her to call her father to dinner." Y.M.C.A. for six years. She worked as a physical She stuck her head out the back door and shouted therapist in a doctor's office for three years and as a "Dinner's ready, Pop." Lucille died February 18, laboratory technician two years. 1940. Aged 45 years, 5 months and 8 days. Roy died She was married April 24, 1931, to Herman John March 9, 1941. Aged 58 years, 1 month and 6 days. Gerdts, born in San Jose, California, January 28, The twins were eleven years old at that time. They 1905. There was one child, born in Oakland, were raised by their mother's sisters until Atwood California. See the index. returned from the service. He then took them 274. Joan Laverne, June 26, 1938. back to Wichita Falls; where he raised them, until Herman graduated from the San Jose high school they were out on their own. in 1923, and from a business college in 1925 with a major in mechanical training. He was employed as a service supervisor and instructor for the Burroughs Adding Machine Company from 1927 to 1944. He was a field representative for Sunsweet Growers, 1944-1965. He died December 28, 1965; aged 60 years, 11 months. At this writing, Evelyn is living near San Jose and is still working for a doctor. Roy Hugh Hart and Lucille Nelson (Thomas) Hart 237. Ninth Generation Hazel Vivian (Hart) Gerdts and Husband Henry William Lee Hart, the first child of James Haviland Hart and Jeannette "Nettie" Allen, was 240. born in Tonica, Illinois, May 3, 1876. We have only Tenth Generation two bits of information about this man: (1) He was Hazel Vivian Hart, the second child of Henry married to Margaret McAuliffe, born May 10, 1877, Irwin Hart and Mayme Atheman Snyder, was born and died November 23, 1929. Aged 52 years, 6 in San Jose, California, May 25, 1910. She months and 13 days. (2) William was the informant graduated from San Jose high school in 1928 and at the time of Margaret's death. See county clerk's from Heald's Business College in 1930. She was records, Ottawa, Illinois. employed for the next two years by the Santa Clara 98 THE HART FAMILY County Library. She was married May 27, 1932, to Hart and Matilda Prusch, was born in Los Gatos, Henry Fred Gerdts, born near San Jose April 16, California, December 12, 1914. She graduated from 1906. To this union were born three children. See the San Jose high school in 1932, and from the the index. University of California, Berkley, in 1936 with a 275. Joyce Elaine, July 18, 1933. major in applied art. She studied at an art institute 276. Marvin Henry, May 18, 1935. in New York for a few years. She has worked in 277. Marilyn Elsie, June 29, 1945. San Francisco as an artist. She was married July Henry graduated from the San Jose high school 18, 1942, to Bruno Borghi, born in the Canton of in 1925. He is a rancher by occupation. He is active Bellingona, Ticino, Switzerland, November 3, 1897. in community affairs; having acted as a director of They had one child, born in California. See the the County Fair Association. In September of 1870, index. he was awarded a pin for twenty-five years of 4-H 280. Hugo, September 6, 1943. leadership. As this writer visited with him in Bruno has been employed in the ship building March of 1971, I had the feeling that he is good for trade. He was retired in 1969. They are currently ten or fifteen more years of leadership. Hazel and living in Millbrae, California. Henry are living a semi-retired life on their ranch near San Jose. 243. Tenth Generation Leslie Leroy McClay, the first child of Lora Elizabeth Hart and Arthur Ray McClay, was born at San Jose, California, July 14, 1904. He was married to Dorothy Curtis. There was one child, born near San Francisco. 281. Loree Arlene. They lived on the ranch until World War II. After his tour of duty in the armed forces they moved to Redwood City where he worked in industry. Dorothy had a college degree and taught school many years. This writer has very little information about this family, except that currently, Dorothy is still living. Leslie died of accidental gun shot in 1939. Henry Gerdts ranch, San Jose, Calif., 1971 241. 244. Tenth Generation Tenth Generation Orville Haven Hart, the first child of Orville Dorothy Helen McClay, the second child of Lora Benjamin Hart and Matilda Prusch, was born in Elizabeth Hart and Arthur Ray McClay, was born Hollister, California, June 9, 1908. He graduated in San Jose, California, May 3, 1906. She graduated from the Los Gatos high school in California in from the San Jose high school in 1923, and from 1923, and from Stamford University in 1927 with an Mills College in 1927 with a B.S. degree in English. A.B. degree in civil engineering. He was married She received her M.A. degree from Cornell June 16, 1931, to Margaret Johanna Corell, born in University in 1928. She was married June 1, 1934, Jamestown, North Dakota, August 25, 1907. To to Max Eugene Kuehn, born May 12, 1900, in this union were born two children. See the index. Groninger, Holland. To this union were born four 278. Neil Corell, January 16, 1934. children. See the index. 279. Stephen Prusch, July 18, 1935. 282. Helen Dorothy, January 29, 1939. Margaret graduated from high school in Visalia, 283. Carol Jean, December 13, 1941. California, in 1925; and from San Jose State College 284. Douglas Arthur, October 30, 1943. with a kindergarten-primary teachers certificate in 285. Phyllis Ann, August 25, 1946. Max was born in the Netherlands, of German and education in 1928. She taught primary grades in Dutch parentage. His family migrated to the Jackson School in San Jose in 1928-29 and U.S.A. about 1910. They lived in Virginia City, kindergarten at Bakersfield (1929-30). Haven is Nevada, for several years. They moved to San employed as a civil engineer. They are currently Francisco and later to San Jose. living in Sacramento. Following old country customs, Max was apprenticed out to become a butcher. He owned his 242. own business for a time. He sold out and put him Tenth Generation self through three years of schooling at the U niver Jean Hart, the second child of Orville Benjamin sity of California, Berkley. He left college when an THE ORLANDO BRANCH 99 opportunity came to buy a feed mill in Petaluma, children. See the index. California. It was there that he met and married 286. Marcia Rae, January 18, 1937. Dorothy; who was teaching in the Petaluma high 287. Harvey Delaine, January 27, 1943. school. Later he branched out into the manufacture 288. Jack Alwin, November 27, 1945. of dog food under the label of Q. N. Jack graduated from the San Jose high school in He retired in 1960; and passed away September 1927, and received his B.A. degree in physical 25, 1968. Aged 68 years, 4 months and 13 days. education and science from San Jose State College This writer visited Dorothy in March of 1971. She in 1932. This five-year period included one year out was living in their beautiful home among the red of school to earn college expense money. woods; just off Skyline Boulevard, south of San Francisco. Dorothy (McClay) Kuehn and Husband Max Florence (McClay) Wool and Husband John "Jack" Jack was active in both high school and college sports; including football, basketball and track. In 1931, he held the national poll vault title and in 1932 tried out for the Olympic Club in San Francisco. He is currently employed in the T. G. Wool Packing Company, an organization which has been in the Wool family for four generations. Florence was an active 4-H Club leader for fifteen years. All three of her children were active in 4-H livestock and home economics projects. Her hobby is family history. She is collecting data for four different families, of which she is a descendant: Hart, McClay, Cottle and Rae families. In fact, it was she who saw the ad this writer placed 245. in the San Jose Mercury News in 1970; when he Tenth Generation was attempting to contact Hart descendants who Florence Elizabeth McClay, the third child of had migrated to California in 1860. Lora Elizabeth Hart and Arthur Ray McClay, was After Florence's family was grown, she went born in San Jose, California, July 4, 1909. She back into 4-H Club work for two years as a special graduated from the San Jose high school in 1927, leader in a program known as "A Nation in One and received her A.B. degree in general elemen Foundation-American Indian." Their theme was tary and science from San Jose State College in "Sharing our Head, Heart, and Hands with 4-H 1931. She taught school until 1942, when gas Indian members and their people." They worked to rationing made travel impossible. Her teaching improve their property by properly harvesting experience included work with both junior and their almonds and by improving their ecology by senior high school students, as well as the planting trees and wildlife and by collecting used Department of Adult Education. She was married clothing for them. Also by teaching them to April 14, 1932, to Francis John "Jack" Wool, born understand the cultural and historical value of their May 24, 1909, in San Jose. There were three own artifacts. Florence and Jack continued to live 100 THE HART FAMILY on the family farm until 1973, when extremely high Thomas "Tom" Richard, May 16, 1960. taxes (because the farm was in the city limits) Nellie graduated from the Coffee high school, caused them to sell out and to move to a new Florence, Alabama, in March, 1940. She attended location near the Henry Gerdts farm. the Birmingham Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama, and received her B.S. degree in chem 246. istry in 1944. She was employed as chemist for Tenth Generation Bechtal-McCone-Parsons in Birmingham. She Eugenia Lena McClay, the fourth child of Lora served as an ensign in the Waves (see service Elizabeth Hart and Arthur Ray McClay, was born records). William is employed with the Nationwide near San Jose, California, February 2, 1913. She Paper Company and operated a ranch in the started playing golf as a high school freshman in vicinity of Hollister. They are active members of 1926. Won her first golf championship in 1931, and the United Methodist Church of Hollister. repeated the championship five times. She grad uated from the San Jose high school in 1930, and completed a two-year course in landscaping at San Jose State College and at the University of California, Davis. Eugenia has never married. She has led a most interesting life. She landscaped grounds and gardens for a large home near the San Jose Country Club. She built two adobe homes; starting with making the adobe bricks. She has managed a pet shop; raised pure bred Cocker and Springer Spaniels and Poodles. Eventually, she became an American Kennel Club show judge. She has judged in Oregon, Washing ton, California and Hawaii. She has also planned costumes for 4-H talent shows and has written songs, made slides of local birds and recorded their songs. Two of her songs were published and used with the 4-H wildlife project. Eugenia "Genie" owns a 160-acre ranch at "Fallen Leaf." She raises Shorthorn and Hereford cattle. She has built all of her own barns and corrals and spends time hammering out gold and silver ornaments for her saddle. Helen (Hart) Davis and Husband Gene In March of 1971, when this writer was at San 248. Jose, Genia spent one day at the ranch spreading Tenth Generation commercial fertilizer on the pastureland. She is Helen Elizabeth Hart, the second child of Alwyn definately an outdoor person. One of her hobbies is Lewis Hart and Matilda Jane Mantis, was born in "fishen'." She spends a lot of time caring for injured Hollister, California, November 11, 1914. She dogs, cats and birds. She is currently living in the graduated from the Hollister high school in 1932 vicinity of San Jose. and from Stanford University with a B.A. degree in teaching in 1936. She received her teaching 247. credentials in 1938 and a Master's in education in Tenth Generation 1944. She has been a substitute teacher for the past William Alwyn Hart, the first child of Alwyn ten years. She was married December 16, 1943, at Lewis Hart and Matilda Jane Mantis, was born in the Stanford Chapel, Stanford University, to Gene Hollister, California, April 24, 1912. He graduated Stewart Davis, born January 17, 1915, in Esparto, from the San Benito County Union high school in California. To this union were born two children. 1931. During the next seven years, he received See the index. training in: Menlo Junior College, Williams Insti 292. John Hart, September 4, 1947. tute, Stanford University, Armstrong College. He 293. James Marvin, August 15, 1952. received his B.S. degree from Armstrong in Gene graduated from the Esparto High School in business administration in 1938. 1933. He is a rancher by occupation. At one time, He was married October 12, 1945, to Nellie Ilves he was employed as an agricultural teacher in high Renegar, born March 20, 1923, in Florence, school. They live in the town of Woodland, near Alabama. There were four children. See the index. their almond ranch. They have built up a sizeable 289. William Alwyn, September 18, 1949. business in Fancy Holiday packs. The work on an 290. John "Jack" Renegar, April 19, 1952. almond ranch is seasonal; leaving them time for 291. Anne Melissa, December 7, 1954. hobbies. Their hobbies include fishing and camp- THE ORLANDO BRANCH 101 ing. They are active members of the United 250. Methodist Church. Tenth Generation 249. Francis "Buzz" William Hart, the second child of Tenth Generation Orlando William Hart and Mayme Moss Wilson, was born in Hollister, California, July 21, 19??. He Leonard Orlando Hart (1908-1969), the first child graduated from the San Benito high school and of Orlando William Hart and Mayme Moss Wilson, completed two years at California Poly-Tech at San was born in Hollister, California, July 16, 1908. He Louis Obispo. Buzz is in construction work in graduated from the Hollister high school in 1929, Hollister. He was married to Irene ????. There and from Stanford University in 1933 with a degree were no children. in engineering. From 1933 to 1940 he worked, first, for the California Packing Corporation, and later, 251. for Richmond Shipyards in California. He enlisted Tenth Generation in the Navy in 1940 (see service records). From 1946 to 1948, he was with the Air Force-Army Willard Hart, the third child of Orlando William engineers; and from 1948 to 1969, he was employed Hart and Mayme Moss Wilson, was born in as an engineer by the City of Oakland. Hollister, California, June 6, 19??. The only He was married September 1, 1943, to Alice information we have on this man is: He was Estelle Powell, born in San Francisco,' California, married to Delores ????, and they had two sons. August 5, 1908. There were no children. Alice See the index. graduated from an Oakland City high school in 294. Don Hart, ??? ???. 1928. We have no record of her activities until her Paul Hart, December, 1949. marriage in 1943. Leonard died May 9, 1969; aged Willard and Delores were divorced several years 60 years, 9 months and 24 days. Alice continued to ago, and Willard raised his two sons on the ranch, live in Oakland. She keeps busy with her home which he operated. Don is currently working for his and her garden. Following is a quotation from a Uncle Buzz in the construction business. recent letter which she wrote me. "Leonard was a collector, mostly art, paintings, 252. bronze, china and oriental art of all kinds. My home Tenth Generation is like a museum, very colorful and required lots of Waldo White Baldwin (1892-1961), the second attention and care; and I love it all. He was an avid child of Orrin "Joe" Orlando Baldwin and Alice photographer as a hobby. I have hundreds of slides Janet White, was born in Tonica, Illinois, January and pictures. He was a past president of the East 22, 1892. He lived on the farm with his family until Bay Reserve Officers Association (R.0.A.) a he moved to Flint, Michigan, sometime before national organization. He participated in all their December, 1924. conventions and conferences. I was also active in He was married December 31, 1924, to Bessie E. R.O.A.L.-the ladies division. It is terrible to be McCreery, born at Grand Blanc, Michigan, March left a widow when you love a man as wonderful as 10, 1891. To this union was born one son, Bruce. Leonard. He was one in a million and I can't forget See the index. it a moment." 295. Bruce, November 27, 1925. Waldo was employed at Buick Motors until his retirement. They lived out their retirement years in the city of Flint. Waldo died December 16, 1961; aged 69 years, 10 months and 25 days. Bessie died July 17, 1968; aged 77 years, 4 months and 7 days. 253. Tenth Generation Frank Earl Baldwin (1899-1956), the third child of Orrin "Joe" Orlando Baldwin and Alice Janet White, was born at Tonica, Illinois, December 13, 1899. He lived there on the farm with his family until he went to Flint, Michigan, with his brother, Waldo. He was married August 19, 1922, to Florence Marguerite Secrist, born in Johnsonburg, Pennsyl vania, in 1896. To this union was born one child. See the index. 296. Nancy Loy, August 9, 1930. Leonard Orlando and Alice (Powell) Hart Frank was employed as a beverage distributer 102 THE HART FAMILY (truck driver). Florence was an avid antique col and went to work in a printing office as a pressman lector. Much of the furniture in their home had and printer. been made by Frank's father and grandfather. He was married November 22, 1924, to Hope When this writer knew Frank and Florence, they Quary, born at Mt. Union, Pennsylvania, June 25, were living at Sylvan Lake near Pontiac, Michigan. 1903. To this union were born two children. See the One of the Hart Family reunions was held there; index. probably in the early 1930's. They spent their later 299. Dorothy Ann, November 15, 1927. years wintering in Florida. Frank died at Venice, 300. Charles Robert, August 12, 1930. Florida, April 18, 1956; aged 56 years, 4 months Hope completed one year of high school and one and 5 days. Florence died October 11, 1967; aged 71 year of business school in 1915 in Pittsburg, Penn years. sylvania. Elmer continued in the printing business until retirement. He died in Bradenton, Florida, 254. April 5, 1968; aged 64 years, 11 months and 10 Tenth Generation days. At this writing, Hope is still living in Bretice Lora Baldwin, only child of William Bradenton; aged 74 years. Baldwin and Rosa Josephine Eichorn, was born in Tonica, Illinois, June 10, 1891. She lived there with 257. her family until her marriage. She graduated from Tenth Generation the Tonica high school in 1909. She taught school Clyde Vincent Fenton (1st) (1904-1959), the third for a number of years. child of Etta Baldwin and Robert Roland Fenton, She was married November 30, 1911, to Arthur was born in Senaca, Illinois, July 30, 1904. He lived Erwin Graves, born at Tonica, Illinois, August 19, there with his family until 1920; when they moved 1890. To this union was born one child, William L., to Bradenton, Florida. He graduated from the born May 27, 1923. He lived only one day. Bretice Bradenton high school, and then went to work as a and Arthur moved to San Benito, Texas, in clerk in a men's clothing store. December, 1920. Arthur was a farmer by occu He was married July 31, 1924, to Elizabeth pation. There William L. was born and died. There Hoffman, born in Grovetown, Georgia, October 24, also Arthur died January 24, 1965; aged 74 years, 5 1907. To this union were born two children. See the months and 5 days. At this writing, Bretice is still index. living in the family home near San Benito; aged 87 301. Clyde Vincent (2nd), November 28, 1927. years. 302. Betty Jean, February 3, 1930. Elizabeth graduated from Grovetown high school 255. in 1923. Clyde was in the men's clothing business Tenth Generation until his death. He died in Bradenton May 13, 1959; Ruth Roberta Fenton, the first child of Etta aged 54 years, 9 months and 14 days. Elizabeth is Baldwin and Robert Roland Fenton, was born at currently living in Bradenton. Tonica, Illinois, September 19, 1901. She lived in Tonica with her family until her marriage. She worked four years in a furniture store and seven years as cashier in a grocery. She was married June 9, 1928, to Robert Warren Perkins, born at Erie, Illinois, April 22, 1905. To this union were born three children. See the index. 297. Lora Kathryn, May 19, 1929. 297½. Robert Edward, November 17, 1930. 298. Etta Leona, June 19, 1934. Ruth and Robert were married in Bradenton, Florida. There they raised their family. Robert was a mechanic, machine shop foreman and salesman. Ruth is, at this writing, acting as an air mail messenger. Her present age-seventy-six years. Robert was recently retired. 256. Tenth Generation Elmer Robert Fenton (1903-1968), the second child of Etta Baldwin and Robert Roland Fenton, was born at Tonica, Illinois, April 25, 1903. He moved, with his family to Bradenton, Florida, in 1920. He left school after passing the tenth grade Leland B. and Louise (Ormsbee) McKee THE ORLANDO BRANCH 103 258. 307. Marilyn Jean, November 14, 1925. Tenth Generation 308. Donald Lee, December 26, 1934. Leland Baldwin McKee, the only child of Leona Robert completed part of his high school work Lora Baldwin and Walter McKee, was born in New and then went to work. Edith and Robert home York City January 30, 1911. He completed high steaded a MO-acre tract of land; about 16 miles school and received his private pilot license from from Dos Palos in the foothills of the San Juaquin the T. C. Ryan Flying School at San Diego, Cali- Valley. Apparantly, homesteading, in those days, fornia, November 12, 1930. For several years he was very rugged. They lived in a tent the first was employed as a dispatcher in the air terminal in I year. By the second year, they had erected and Atla~ta, _Georga. He was transferred to an air lived in a one-room cabin. Robert was a well driller; termmal m Coral Gables, Florida, in about 1971. but never succeeded in bringing in anything but He was married in Washington, D.C., October salty water. Following is a quote from a letter 25, 1947, to Louise Northurst Ormsbee. There was written by their daughter, Mildred. one child. See the index. "When my parents lived on the homestead in Ara 303. Margaret "Maggie" Ashley McKee Loi:na, I was a baby. We lived in a one-room cabin, Margaret was born in Atlanta, Georgia, July 31, w?1ch they built. They hauled all of their water in 1950. milk cans; for washing and drinking, etc. There were lots of rattlesnakes around the area, also. 259. And not much else." Tenth Generation Eventually, they gave up that venture and Herbert Eugene "Gene" Baldwin (1910-1968 ), the Robert went to work for Standard Oil Company. only child of Herbert Isaac Baldwin and Mabel He continued with Standard until his retirement. Lord, was born at Bloomington, Illinois, February Edith was very artistic; as were all of her brothers 5, 1910. He graduated from the Tonica high school and sisters. She spent some time in Chicago in 1928, and received his B.S. degree in general studying Art. She met her untimely death in business from the University of Illinois in l932. , Chicago, Illinois, September 20, 1954; aged 54 He was married December 23, 1933, to Alice years, 1 month and 16 days. The accident happened Florian Walker, born in St. Louis, Missouri, March the day before she was to return to California. 15, 1912. There were four children. See the index. They were driving to Chicago North Side to a Infant boy-no name. ceramics shop; their car was struck by another car. Infant boy-no name Edith was thrown out and killed instantly. Robert 304. Elizabeth Gayle, February 19, 1943_ was married (second) March 19, 1958, to Della May Suzanna, 19 1. (Essary) White, born in Logan, New Mexico, 5 Alice completed two years of high school in St. October 4, 1904. He died March 17, 1971, of a Louis. Gene became associated with the County massive coronary. Aged 73 years, 6 months and 13 Mutual Insurance Company (Farm Bureau) in 1938. days. 261. In 1942, he took a year leave of absence while he Tenth Generation served as a meteorologist for the U.S. Air Force. In 1952, he became agent manager for Grundy Mildred Elizabeth White, the second child of County, Illinois, which position he retained until Walter Elmer White and Laura Adele Cummings, November of 1968, when he resigned. was born in Florin, California, May 21, 1905. She He died December 26, 1968, from influenza and graduated from Dos Palos high school in 1923. She bronchial inflammation; aged 58 years, 10 months worked one and one-half years in the Dos Palos and 21 days. Alice is currently living in Morris, post office before her marriage. Illinois, in the house which she and Gene had She was married October 5, 1924, to Martin shared. She is employed at the Grundy County Amos Millett, born in Merridian, Idaho, October National Bank. 13, 1903. There were two children. See the index. 309. James Derrill, November 11, 1927. 260. 310. Janis Adele, January 24, 1936. Tenth Generation Martin completed two years in the Dos Palos high school; then went to work as a mechanic. Edith Adele White (1900-1954), the first child of Upon the death of her father in 1925, Mildred Walter Elmer White and Laura Adele Cummings, was appointed Acting Postmaster at Dos Palos. In was born in Lovelack, Nevada, August 4, 1900. Her February, 1927, she was appointed Postmaster, parents moved to Dos Palos, California, where she which position she held for eight years. They are graduated from high school. She was married living out their retirement years in Dos Palos, Dece~ber 2, 1919, to Robert Eugene Chapman, which has been their home most of their lives. born m New London, Connecticut, September 4, 1897. There were four children. See the index. 262. 305. Mildred Eugenia, September 16, 1920. Tenth Generation 306. Robert Gerald, August 10, 1923. Charles Floyd White, the third child of Walter 104 THE HART FAMILY Elmer White and Laura Adele Cummings, was Some idea of the dedication of this group may be born in Oakland, California, May 22, 1907. He seen in the fact that Charles turned down an offer graduated from high school in Dos Palos, Califor of $22,000.00 per year when he joined the group in nia, in 1925, and received his B.S. degree in elec 1962. This is not unusual in the M.A.F." trical engineering from the University of Califor nia, Berkley, in 1932. In 1930 and 1931, he was involved in research at Bell Telephone laboratories in New York City. From his graduation on, until retirement in 1962, he was employed by Bell Telephone Company. At first he worked in trans mission testing on long distance circuits, then plant staff work designing long line circuits and finally transmission engineering and testing of mobile radio, microwave radio, and coastal harbor radio telephone systems. Following is a quote from a letter written by his brother, Walter. "Charles retired from the telephone company in 1962, at the age of fifty-five, to work full time with the Mission · Aviation Fellowship; who serve missionaries of all denominations by providing air transportation of personnel and mail and equipment to remote areas in South America, Africa, South East Asia and Mexico and Central America. They maintain about forty-five airplanes in service. Headquarters is at Fullerton, California, where Charles lives a good share of the time. The group is supported entirely by private contributions; and many of the person nel (including Charles) are self-supporting. Person nel includes doctors and dentists as well as missionary pilots, mechanics and other technicians. Dorothy (White) Coyle and Husband Kenneth Charles' work first included conversion of a large 263. amount of war surplus communications equipment Tenth Generation to a more suitable form for MAF needs. The past several years have been spent largely ironing out Dorothy Grace White, the fourth child of Walter problems of radio communications between mission Elmer White and Laura Adele Cummings, was stations and between ground stations and MAF air born in Dos Palos, California, February 10, 1910. craft, and upgrading the service where possible. She graduated from the Dos Palos high school in However, it has been possible, occasionally, to 1927. She worked as a clerk in the Dos Palos post repair a much needed X-ray machine, or a office until her marriage October 2, 1929, to Christian broadcasting station transmitter, or Charles Kenneth Coyle, born March 17, 1907, in modify a recorder used in dubbing the local Parsons, Kansas. To this union were born five language onto a Moody Institute of Science film in children. See the index. place of the English, or to repair some linguist's 311. Virginia Fae, December 16, 1931. tape recorder." 312. Kenneth Sterling, August 4, 1933. 312½. Erin Grace, November 3, 1934. 313. David Charles, February 24, 1941. 314. Jane Ellen, December 21, 1944. Ken graduated from the Parsons high school and completed two years at Bakersfield Junior College. He was employed, for several years, as a ranch accountant. Much of their married life was lived in the Dos Palos area in the San Joaquin Valley. Ken is currently working for the Sunnyvale Presbyterian Church. Dorothy and Ken are very active in the Trinity Baptist Church, where he is a Deacon. This writer attended a church supper and missionary meeting with them at Trinity Baptist. We found them to be very gracious hosts and well liked and respected by the other people in the church. Charles Floyd White Concerning their hobbies: Dorothy enjoys sewing THE ORLANDO BRANCH 105 and gardening; Ken is an amateur photographer. He has some beautiful floral close-ups. Some of the pictures which appear in this genealogy are. reprints which Ken made from old portraits and stereotypes. 264. Tenth Generation Walter Willis White, the fifth child of Walter Elmer White and Laura Adele Cummings, was born in Dos Palos, California, March 11, 1912. He graduated from the Dos Palos high school in 1929; and from the University of California, Berkley, in 1937 with a B.S. degree in forestry. After working six and one-half years as range examiner, he went into aircraft engineering, then civil engineering (bridge design) qualifying by night study. He worked as bridge designer for the State of Arizona (1945 to 1949), and for the State of California (1949 to the present date. He was married April 9, 1939, to Lois Mary VanDoren, born in San Bernadino, California, June 7, 1916. There were five children. Helen (Selby) Decker See the index. 315. Lois Adele, April 21, 1940. 316. Edwina Fae, July 30, 1941. 265. 316½. Andrew Charles, May 23, 1943. Tenth Generation 317. David Lee, May 27, 1952. Helen Josephine Selby, the first child of Nellie 318. Sharon Lynn, August 8, 1954. Hannah Hart and Frederick Newton Selby, was Lois graduated from the high school in Tuscon, born in Clio, Michigan, January 29, 1899. She Arizona, in 1935, and from the University of moved with her family to Montrose, Michigan, in Arizona in 1939 with a B.A. degree in education. 1900; and to North Star in 1908. She graduated She does substitute teaching. Walter has been out from the Alma high school in 1916, and received her standing in bridge design and construction. Follow teachers life certificate from Central Michigan ing are excerpts from a resume of his experiences University with a major in mathematics in 1918. and accomplishments. She received her B.S. degree from the same school "Began as an aircraft structural engineer, Good in 1956. She taught in the Laingsburg schools from year Aircraft Corporation, then became senior 1918 to 1923. She was married November 2, 1923, structural engineer (Aircraft) and group leader. In to Dee Decker, born in St. Johns, Michigan, April addition to regular assignments, was able to put 26, 1896. To this union were born two children. See new type aircraft rivet, several inspection devices the index. and shop tools into successful use." Responsible for 319. Wendall Dee, May 8, 1930. "more than 50 million dollars worth of structural 320. Helen Janice, July 1, 1931. design, largely comprising bridges; but also Helen taught school in Ovid, Michigan, from 1929 including buildings, churches, hangers, stores, ·to 1933; then again from 1935 to 1940. She taught in reservoir structures, etc." Planned and conducted the Ionia schools two years, in the Saranac schools two engineering courses, now being used by the fourteen years, and in the Belding system four California Division of Highways. years. She taught school a total of thirty-six years, He is the author of a number of articles pertain besides raising a family. ing to bridge design) such as "An Economical Steel She says "We did jump around alot from 1928 to Bridge in the Short Span Range," and in "Modern 1941, but they were depression years and they Welded Structures." He has received several were tough. We looked for the most promising awards, including: First place award for the "Oak opportunities and took them." Hill Road Overpass; also, the distribution structure Dee completed the eleventh grade in the St. of the superstructure of a bridge in Oakland, Johns high school, then went to work helping with California." "Also a $25,000.00 award and research his families support. He handled a milk route while contract as part of nationwide competition spon in Ovid. He then secured employment at the Ionia sored by the Highway Research Board of the State Reformatory, where he worked twenty National Academy of Science." He holds two seven years until his retirement. They built a home patents pertaining to radiation turbine and to type at Morrison Lake Gardens, near Saranac, Michi of structure. gan. Dee never got to live in the new home. He died Walter and Lois are currently living in Rio just a few weeks before they planned to move in, Linda, California. June 24, 1961. Age 65 years, one month and 28 106 THE HART FAMILY days. Helen lived in their retirement home until James McDonnell, born in Valpariso, Illinois, April 1969 when she sold it and moved to Ionia, 4, 1895. There were no children. Jesse graduated Michigan. from a Grand Rapids high school and from the 266. Lansing Business University. He was employed as Tenth Generation manager of the Downey Hotel in Lansing, Michigan. He resigned that position to enlist in the Ruth J. Selby, the second child of Nellie Hannah Navy. See service record. After completing his Hart and Frederick Newton Selby, was born in tour of duty in the Navy, he returned to the Montrose, Michigan, June 8, 1901. She lived there Downey as manager. There he stayed until with her parents until they moved to North Star, retirement. Michigan, in 1908. She graduated from the Ithaca They lived at their East Lansing home until his high school in 1920 and from Cleary Business death April 28, 1969; aged 74 years and 24 days. At School at Ypsilanti, Michigan, in 1921. this writing, Ruth still lives in their retirement She was employed as a secretary of the State and home on Woodingham Drive in East Lansing. In Public Service Commission; housed in the State the late summer of 1969, she received a citation Capitol building at Lansing, Michigan. She worked signed by the President of the United States. The there thirty-three years; or until her retirement. mailing envelope was stamped "The White House." She was married August 31, 1929, to Jesse JESSE J. MC DONNELL :JZ:icc1'4#@/41/4i:dtM:1rlclZ /y::«;j'vt ¥/ ,,42al?t:JJlft i1;;;,;ic~?l / R'/JJZ:,~/e11(J/c/i1111/I ~&~d,,,C'fJJl:/CCJW-11/C/l:, ltJ~d&~dC:Ff'l/C& /~ltJ;;C~IIJZM~tjl~~~JltYIg;;;;;t?:f ~/,Acfmtth!!ilaic.:J ~~ @w~~~q6uuw~ THE ORLA>IDO BRANCH 107 267. 269. Tenth Generation Tenth Generation Florence N. Selby, the third child of Nellie Phyllis Jean Selby, the fifth child of Nellie Hannah Hart and Frederick Newton Selby, was Hannah Hart and Frederick Newton Selby, was born in Montrose, Michigan, April 6, 1903. She born in North Star, Michigan, May 21, 1917. Her lived there with her family until they moved to family moved to Lansing, Michigan, in 1930. She North Star, Michigan, in 1908. They moved to graduated from Lansing Central high school in Lansing, Michigan, in 1930. She graduated from 1934. She completed a secretarial course at Acme the Ithaca high school in 1920. Received a degree in Business College, then was employed by the physical education from Eastern Michigan Univer Pioneer Insurance Company. She was married sity in 1924. She taught school until her marriage February 14, 1936, to Lynn Russell Kestenholtz, August 4, 1934, to Arthur Frank Homer, born in born in Grayling, MiC'higan, January 7, 1916. To Hinsdale, Illinois, April 2, 1909. There were no this union was born one child. See the index. children. They adopted two children: See the 326. Thomas Lynn, July 25, 1942. index. Lynn attended the Lansing Central high school. 321. John Selby, March 2, 1940. He was employed in the electrical business and 322. Mary Ruth, March 17, 1944. eventually became a master electrician. He went Art graduated from the Hinsdale Township high into the electrical business; in partnership with his school in 1927. He received a degree in business brother-in-law, Frederick Selby. administration from the University of Illinois in 1931, and took advanced studies at Northwestern University. He was employed by the Florsheim Estate in Chicago and later by the Northern Trust Bank of Chicago. At this writing, he is in the employ of a Kalamazoo bank. Florence, in addition to maintain ing her home, has been active in the Kalamazoo Garden Club and in Guild work in the Episcopal Church. In their home are several antiques and heirlooms of the family. Included among these is a portrait of her grandfather's oldest brother, George Henry Hart. 268. Tenth Generation Frederick Noel Selby, the fourth child of Nellie Hannah Hart and Frederick Newton Selby, was born in North Star, Michigan, February 20, 1912. He lived there with his family until they moved to Lansing, Michigan, in 1930. He graduated from the Ithaca high school in 1930, and from the Coyne Electrical School in 1932. He was married September 28, 1939, to Velma Lenora Freda Doubt, born in Covert, Michigan, October 9, 1913. To this union were born three children. See the index. 323. Jo Ellen K., December 13, 1941. 324. John Frederick, September 28, 1943. 325. Charles William, August 21, 1945. Velma graduated from a Lansing high school in Phyllis (Selby) Kestenholtz and husband Lynn 1931. She was employed as a bookkeeper until her marriage. Frederick operates an electrical business in Both Phyllis and Lynn were civic-minded. Phyllis Lansing, Michigan. For many years, he was in worked with the hospital auxiliary and with the partnership with his brother-in-law, Lynn Kesten Red Cross. Lynn worked with the Boys Clubs of holtz. Lynn passed away very suddenly in 1967. America. Following is a quotation from the Lansing Frederick bought out the heirs and is now sole State Journal. "Lynn R. Kestenholtz, a local owner of the business. Frederick and Velma live in electrical contractor, was active in many Civic their home on Delta River Road at this writing. organizations including the Boys Clubs of Lansing. 108 THE HART FAMILY He was president of the club at the time of his to Alice Elaine Kay at Medicine Lodge, Kansas. death last April. Kestenholtz also was serving his She was born December 13, 1922, at Moorland, second term as a vice president of the National Oklahoma. Elaine has three children by a previous Electrical Contractors Association." marriage. She graduated from high school in In remembrance of his interest in and work with Dimmitt, Texas, in 1940. She completed a course at boys, the officers of the District IV of the electrical the Chillocothe Business College in Chillocothe, group, last week, presented the Boys Clubs with a Missouri, and then took training at the Practical $1,000.00 donation for the start of the Lynn Nurses School in Woodland, Oklahoma, from which Kestenholtz library at the local clubrooms. she became a licensed practical nurse. Lynn died April 23, 1967. Aged 51 years, 3 Before her first marriage she worked as a civilian months and 16 days. Phyllis and her son, Tommy, secretary on the U.S. Army engineers payroll. operate a stock car racing facility in the vicinity of Between marriages she worked as a practical Lansing. Phyllis was married (second) May 5, 1975, nurse. Roy and Elaine were stationed in Wooster, to Col. Homer Curtis. The wedding took place in Ohio, for a year. Roy is currently back with B. & East Lansing, Michigan. W. Incorporated in Oklahoma City, where they are now living. 270. Tenth Generation 271. Atwood Roy Hart, the first child of Roy Hugh Tenth Generation Hart and Lucille Nelson Thomas, was born at William Hugh Hart, the second child of Roy Thompson Falls, Montana, August 25, 1917. He Hugh Hart and Lucille Nelson Thomas, was born in moved with his family to Wichita Falls, Texas, Wichita Fall, Texas, January 18, 1924. He moved sometime before 1924. Sometime before 1929 they with his family to Electra, Texas, in 1933. A short moved to Electra, Texas, then after 1934 they time later they moved back to Wichita Falls. In moved back to Wichita Falls. 1940 his mother died. In 1941 his father died. He Atwood graduated from the high school in was taken to Charlo, Montana, to live with his Electra in 1934. He then took two years of basic aunt. There he graduated from high school the training at Decatur Baptist College in Decatur, same year. Texas. When he was twenty-four years old, both of In 1941 he enlisted in the U.S. Navy (see service his parents died. This left him with the care of his records). He was married January 1, 1946, to seventeen-year-old brother, William Hugh, and his Elizabeth Jane "Bo" Crisman, born at Greenville, twelve-year-old twin brother and sister, Don Allen New Mexico, March 28, 1924. There were three and Doris Ann. children. See the index. In 1942, he enlisted in the Seabees and was given 329. Donald Foster, 21, 1946. Marine Comando training with the Seventh Fleet 330. Roy Leon, October 25, 1948. (see service records). After his discharge he Peggy Jean, September 27, 1961. brought the twins back to Wichita Falls and cared After his tour of duty in the Navy, he worked as for them until they came of age. Atwood was an enbalmer and later as a "Rough Neck" on an oil married December 31, 1946, to Lois Lee Hill, born drilling rig. These for a total of six years. In 1966 he at Decatur, Texas, January 10, 1912. There were graduated from the International Correspondence no children. Lois had previously adopted two boys. School with a major in oilfield technology See the index. petroleum production. This gave him the equiva 327. George Jay, January 23, 1938. lent of two and one-half years college credit. He 328. Charles Thomas, January 30, 1940. went to work for Phillips 66 in Vernon, Texas, in When the boys reached the age of accountability 1952. Since then he was transferred to Duncan, they changed their names to Hart. Oklahoma, Raceland, Louisana, and in 1962 to Soon after returning from service Atwood Galeta, California, where he was production became involved in the oil well equipment business. manager of two of the oil well platforms off Santa In 1966, when this writer visited him, he was Barbara in the Pacific. Currently, they are living managing a branch of B. & W. Oil Well Equipment and working in Ulysses, Kansas. He graduated Incorporated in Oklahoma City. His job was to from high school in Olney, Texas, in 1940; and from supply the necessary equipment and the help in Draughams Business College, Wichita Falls, bringing in new wells. Like a doctor, he was on call Texas, in 1944 with a degree in accounting. twenty-four hours a day. The big difference being he sometimes traveled up to 800 miles to reach a 272. location. In 1968, he purchased the local business in Tenth Generation Oklahoma City and became an independent Doris Ann Hart (twin), the third child of Roy operator. Also, in 1968, he and Lois were divorced. Hugh Hart and Lucille Nelson Thomas, was born in On November 21, 1969, he was married (second) Electra, Texas, July 20, 1929. She moved with her THE ORLANDO BRANCH 109 family to Wichita Falls, Texas. There she lived 273. until about the age of eleven years; at that time Tenth Generation both of her parents died. Her mother in 1940 and Don Allen Hart (twin), the fourth child of Roy her father in 1941. Hugh Hart and Lucille Nelson Thomas, was born in She and her twin brother, Don Allen, were cared Electra, Texas, July 20, 1929. He moved with his for by their older brother, Atwood. When Atwood family to Wichita Falls. There he lived until age was called into service, they were separated. They eleven, at which time both his parents died. His were sent to live with a brother and a sister of their mother in 1940 and his father in 1941. He and his mother. One to Montana, the other to California. twin sister, Doris Ann, were cared for by their When Atwood returned from service, the twins older brother, Atwood. When Atwood was called came back to Wichita Falls to live with him. There into service, the twins were separated. she completed the eighth grade in the Wichita Falls They were sent to live with a brother and sister schools. She was employed as a telephone operator. of their mother. One to Montana and the other to California. When Atwood returned from service, the twins came back to Wichita Falls to live with him. Don completed the ninth grade in the Electra high school in 1942. He was married March 4, 1949, to Rita Colleen Rhoades, born in Wichita Falls, October 13, 1927. There were four children. See the index. 333. Patricia Ann, April 15, 1950. 334. Atwood Allen "Bubba," July 5, 1951. 335. Darrell Lynn "Speedy," August 23, 1952. 336. Donna Jean, July 26, 1957. Rita graduated from the Wichita Falls high school in 1940. When this writer first met Don in 1966, he was in the employ of the Wichita Falls Fire Department. He was spending from two to four hours daily on the switchboard in the city police station; directing fire fighting traffic throughout the city. At this writing, he is still with that department. Also, he drives an armoured truck for the Wichita Falls banking and big business interests. Don is currently living in Wichita Falls. Rita passed away recently; I do not have the date. 274. Doris (Hart) Blankenship Eleventh Generation Joan Laverne Gerdts, the only child of Evelyn Hart and Herman John Gerdts, was born in She was married June 11, 1945, to Ellsworth Oakland, California, June 26, 1938. She graduated Oren Blankenship, born in Joplin, Missouri, May from Campbell Union high school in 1956, and from 20, 1920. There were two children. See the index. San Jose State College in 1960 with an A.B. degree 331. Samuel Allen, October 18, 1950. in biology. She received her Masters degree in 332. Daniel Hugh, June 30, 1953. marine biology in 1964 from the University of the Oren was graduated from the Wichita Falls high Pacific. She was married March 27, 1965, to school in 1938, and received his B.S. degree from Richard Pierce Stapleton, born January 29, 1935, Midwestern University in 1948 with a degree in in Cochran, Ontario, Canada. There was one child. mathematics. He enlisted in the Naval Reserves in See the index. 1948 and was recalled to active duty in 1951 (see Edward Miles, November 25, 1970. service records). Edward was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. When this writer first met Oren in 1966, he was Richard graduated from high school in Bradford, employed as civil service education specialist, at Ontario, in 1951; and from Queen's University, the Air Force base in Wichita Falls. He has Kingston, Ontario, in 1963 with a B.S. degree in developed a number of courses of study and has geology. He received his M.S. degree in 1965 from written a number of textbooks used in the Aero Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and space training program. They are currently living his Ph.D. in the same subject from the University in Wichita Falls. of Southern California in 1970. He was employed as 110 THE HART FAMILY aerial ice observer, Arctic Islands and East Coast San Jose, California, June 29, 1945. Included in her for the Canadian Government. He is currently early years of development were several seasons of employed as a paleontologist (student of prehistoric 4-H Club work. She graduated from the San Jose forms of life, through the study of plant and animal high school in 1963, and from the San Jose State fossils). He is working on the "Texaco Exploration" College in 1968 in a course in liberal arts. She was in the area of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. married June 18, 1966, to Edward Dale Baker, 275. born November 28, 1946, in San Jose. There were Eleventh Generation two children. See the index. Dale Edward, August 6, 1968. Joyce Elaine Gerdts, the first child of Hazel Shawn Henry, December 18, 1970. Vivian Hart and Henry Fred Gerdts, was born in Ed graduated from the San Jose high school in San Jose, California, July 18, 1933. She graduated 1964. He is now employed as a C.O.L.O. calf hand from James Luck high school in 1951, and received at a registered Hereford ranch near Kilgore, one year training as an executive secretary from Nebraska. Heald Business College in 1952. She worked as secretary in the First National Bank of San Jose 278. until her marriage March 14, 1952, to Robert Eleventh Generation Raymond Silvera, born in San Jose ~arch 11, 1927. Neil Corell Hart, the first child of Orval Haven There were four children. See the mdex. Hart and Margaret Johanna Corell, was born in 337. Virginia Ann, June 21, 1953. Stocton, California, January 16, 1934. He grad Gary Robert, September 11, 1955. uated from a Sacramento high school in January, Loren Gene, September 16, 1958. 1952, then completed a course in general contract Matt Raymond, April 19, 1961. ing at Sacramento Junior College and Anthony Robert completed grammar school, then went to School of Contractors. Earlier, he was employed as work on the ranch. Since his tour of duty in the assistant manager of a Standard Oil station and armed services (see service records), he has then he owned a Chevron service station. worked as a truck driver and rancher. At this Currently, he is employed as a foreman on a writing, they are living near San Jose. carpentering crew; and working as an auto 276. mechanic on the side. Eleventh Generation He was married in Carson City, Nevada, October 4, 1952, to Elizabeth "Betty" Marie Van Kampen, Marvin Henry Gerdts, the second child of Hazel born in Ellensburg, Oregon, August 9, 1934. There Vivian Hart and Henry Fred Gerdts, was born in were three children. See the index. San Jose, California, May 18, 1935. He graduated 339. Jacquelyn Marie, September 15, 1954. from James Luck high school in San Jose in 1953; 340. Robin Sue, October 1, 1955. and from the University of California, Davis, in Michael David, December 18, 1958. 1957 with a B.S. degree in pomology. He received Betty graduated from a Sacramento high school his Masters degree in agricultural economics from in June, 1952. Between school and marriage she the University of Connecticut. He is currently worked for C~mpbell Soup Company and later for employed as extension pomologist for the Univer- the State of California as a secretary. Neil and sity of California. . Betty were divorced in June of 1963. He was married August 11, 1956, to Jamee Beth He was married (second) in Reno, Nevada, Kirkman, born September 24, 1936, in Turlock, January 26, 1964, to Doris Gene (Morgan) Gifford. California. There are four children. See the index. There was one child, Cindy Susanne, born in 338. Timothy John, July 25, 1957. Sacramento August 31, 1964. Kerry Vincent, September 24, 1958. Doris graduated from the Klamatte Union high Sheri Jean, August 24, 1960. school, Klamath Field, Oregon, in 1943; and Douglas Richard, September 19, 1962. completed two years at Sacramento City College Janice graduated from the Live Oaks high school with a major in accounting and general business in 1954. She studied at the San Jose State College law. She has three children by a previous marriage. for two years and then at Sacramento State College They are currently living in Sacramento. one year. She was out of school from 1957 to 1963. She then took two years at Fresno State College and received her B.S. degree in education from San 279. Jose State in 1965. They are currently living in Eleventh Generation Sanger, California. Stephen Prusch Hart, the second child of Orval Haven Hart and Margaret Johanna Corell, was 277. born in Sacramento, California, July 18, 1935. He Eleventh Generation graduated from a Sacramento high school in 1953; Marilyn Elsie Gerdts, the third child of Hazel and from the University of California, Berkeley, Vivian Hart and Henry Fred Gerdts, was born in with a B.S. degree in civil engineering in 1958. He THE ORLANDO BRANCH 111 was employed as a U.S. Army engineer, stationed his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of in Sacramento from 1958 to 1962, and by the California, Berkley. From 1963 to 1967, he held a National Park Service from 1962 to date. He was position with M.I.T., during which time he spent married June 11, 1960, to Joy Kolleen Freund, two years with the University of Argentina. Since born in Chico, California, November 9, 1937. They 1967, he has held a position with U.C.L.A. He is have two children. See the index. currently (1971-72) on a year leave of absence with Debra Lynn, April 7, 1965. the University of Argentina. He is the author of Kathleen Sue, July 5, 1968. "Uniform Algebra," Prentice Hall, 1969, and of Joy graduated from the Chico high school in 1955 several journal articles. and completed two years at Chico State College before marriage. In 1958, she was employed by a radio station as copy writer. In 1959, at the 283. reservations desk for Pacific Airlines (currently Eleventh Generation called Air West); and in 1961, for Household Carol Jean Kuehn, the second child of Dorothy Finance as secretary and credit investigator. They Helen McClay and Max Eugene Kuehn, was born in are currently living in Novato, California. San Mateo, California, December 13, 1944. She graduated from Carlmont high school in 1959, and 280. from Stanford University with a B.A. degree in Eleventh Generation psychology in 1964. Between school and marriage Hugo Borghi, the only child of Jean Hart and she worked for the Wool Canning Company; plus various other short-term jobs. She was married Bruno Borghi, was born in San Francisco, June 11, 1960, to Stephen Bartlett Sears, born California, September 6, 1943. He was married to September 27, 1941, at Mare Island, California. Barbara Jean Castro in Redwood City, California, There were two children. See the index. March 3, 1964. There is one child, born in San Stephen Bartlett Jr., October 9, 1962. Francisco. See the index. Rosallie Carol, June 3, 1964. Tavra, December 2, 1966. Stephen graduated from the Carlmont high According to cousins, Hugo and Barbara are school in 1959, and from Stanford University in separated. 1963 with a B.S. degree in physics. He completed one year of graduate work at the University of 281. Southern California, San Diego. He is now em Eleventh Generation ployed in electronics. Carol and Stephen were Loree Arlene McClay, the only child of Leslie divorced September 6, 1968. Leroy McClay and Dorothy Curtis, was born in San Carol was married (second) September 6, 1968, Jose, California. She took nurses training and later to Stephen Davis Ellen, born in Reading, Pennsyl became a teacher of disturbed children. She was vania, April 14, 1942. To this union was born one married in Red Bluff, California, July 26, 1970, to child-Jessie Eugene-in Stanford, California, Paul Anthony Ruskauff. Paul is also a teacher. December 20, 1970. They are currently living in Red Bluff. Stephen Ellen graduated from the Gilmore high school in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1960; and from 282. Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1964 Eleventh Generation with a degree in geology. He received his Master's Helen Dorothy Kuehn, the first child of Dorothy and Doctor's degree in geology from Stanford Helen McClay and Max Eugene Kuehn, was born at University in June of 1971. He is currently Petaluma, California, January 29, 1919. She employed as a consulting geologist. They are living graduated from high school in San Carlos, Califor in Redwood City, California. nia, in 1951. She completed two years at Mills College; then got her B.A. degree in the Slavic language and literature with a minor in English at 284. the University of California, Berkley, in 1962. Eleventh Generation She was married August 24, 1961, to Ted Douglas Arthur Kuehn, the third child of William Gamelin, born in Decorah, Iowa, Septem Dorothy Helen McClay and Max Eugene Kuehn, ber 24, 1939. They have four children. See the was born in San Mateo, California, October 30, index. 1943. He graduated from the Carlmont high school Michelle Louise, September 15, 1963. in Belmont, California, and received his B.A. Andre Sebastion, January 15, 1966. degree in economics from Stanford University in Daniel, May 14, 1968. 1965 and his Master's degree in Economics from the David William, September 24, 1971. University of Warwick in England. At this writing Ted graduated from high school in Austin, he is completing his Ph.D. from the same Minnesota, in 1956, and from Yale in 1960 with an university. He is working as a lecturer and A.B. degree in mathematics. In 1963, he received research fellow at Stirling University in Scotland. 112 THE HART FAMILY 285. Arizona, February 11, 1936. Their wedding took Eleventh Generation place in the Trinity Mission (Wayside Chapel) in Phyllis Anna Kuehn, the fourth child of Dorothy the Santa Cruz mountains above Los Gatos. There Helen McClay and Max Eugene Kuehn, was born in were three children. See the index. San Mateo, California, August 25, 1946. She Stanley Neil, February 20, 1960. graduated from the Carlmont high school in 1964; Leslie Diane, March 20, 1963. and received her B.S. degree in biologyical science Betsy Jean, September 11, 1965. from the University of California, Davis, in 1968. Tom graduated from a San Jose high school in She is currently teaching and working on her 1954. He had one year of training in agricultural Master of Arts degree in the field of "Teaching engineering at California Poly Tech, San Louis English as a Foreign Language" in the American Obispo; following which he served in the armed University in Cairo. forces (see service records). He works in construc She was married August 19, 1959, to Ahmed tion; specializing in dry wall. He built his own Tawfic Hassanein Abd-El-Al, born in Cairo, Egypt, home. He has worked as a farmer and as a bull January 4, 1941. To this union were born two dozer operator. Tom has part ownership in an children. See the index. airplane and has flown to Canada and other Rawi Eugene Amed Abd-El-Al, born July 18, vacation spots, on fish trips, etc. They are 1971. currently living in San Jose. Laila Helen Abd-El-Al, April 10, 1976. Note: Eugene is not an acceptable name m the 287. Egyptian naming system. This actually is his Eleventh Generation American name. Harvey Delaine Wool, the second child of Ahmed completed his high school (equivalent) in Florence Elizabeth McClay and Francis John 1956, and his B.S. degree in biology at the "Jack" Wool, was born in San Jose, California, University of Cairo in 1960. He received his Ph.D. January 27, 1943. Harvey was a 4-H member for in microbiology at the University of California, seven years; carrying projects in agriculture and Davis, in June, 1967. He spent from December, junior leadership. Other awards: (1) Represented 1960, to October, 1968, in California. He is Santa Clara County at the State Farm Bureau currently employed as assistant profession at Ain youth conference. (2) Won the Standard OIi Shams University, Cairo. scholarship. (3) Member of the Fleur De Lis This writer was interested in the Egyptian National Honor Society. He once owned a lamb naming system as it was described to me by which had both back legs broken at birth. A vet put Phyllis. "Each name is made up of three parts-the the legs in casts. The lamb grew to maturity. This given name, the father's name and the grand human interest story was picked up by the United father's name. In Ahmed's case, he has two given Press. names Ahmed and Tawfic. Hassenein is his father's Harvey graduated from the San Jose high school name and Abd-El-Al is his grandfather's name. The in 1961; and received his B.S. degree in animal hus same system goes for a girl-she always retains bandry from California Poly Tech, San Louis her three names, even after marriage. This is Obispo, in 1966. During his college career he was complicated by the fact that relatives often marry captain of the wrestling team; C.C.A.H. Champion, each other. Family trees in Egypt are more like 1964; Boots and Spurs Honor Society and received forests." an "Outstanding Service Award." He is employed as a ranch manager. The ranch, which is a combina 286. tion of three ranches, is located near Kamloops, Eleventh Generation British Columbia, and consists of between thirty Marcia Rae Wool, the first child of Florence five and forty thousand acres; in a rundown Elizabeth McClay and Francis John "Jack" Wool, condition, mostly from mismanagement. Harvey was born in San Jose, California, January 18, 1937. was put in charge of cattle, hay production, sales She completed nine years of 4-H Club work; and business administration. The ranch was soon including such projects as agriculture, home brought out of the "red." The owners have moved economics and junior leadership. She was a gold up there and are continuing the business. star member at the State 4-H convention and held top honors at the county fair. As a specialty she 288. raised Easter egg chickens; a program organized in Eleventh Generation South America. Each chicken laid its own special Jack Alwin Wool, the third child of Florence color of eggs. The story of this specialty was Elizabeth McClay and Francis John "Jack" Wool, written up in many western newspapers. Between was born in San Jose, California, January 27, 1945. school and marriage she worked in the office of T. He was very active in the 4-H Club work before and G. Wool Packing Company. She was married June during high school. He graduated from the San 23, 1959, to C. B. "Tom" Ratliff, born in Phoenix, Jose high school in 1963; and received his B.S. THE ORLANDO BRANCH 113 degree in animal husbandry from California Poly Elizabeth Hart and Gene Stewart Davis, was born Tech, San Louis Obispo, in 1968. He was married in Woodland, California, September 4, 1947. He September 19, 1970, to Barbara Jean Savidge, born graduated from the Woodland high school in 1965, April 9, 1947, in Tuscon, Arizona. There is one and completed two years of training at Yuba child, born in Zephyr Cove, Nevada. See the index. College with a major in agriculture. He then Shane Alwin, February 28, 1972. enlisted in the Navy (see service records). Barbara graduated from the Tuscon high school After his tour of duty in the Navy, John returned in 1965 and took some work at a business college. to college. He received his Bachelor's degree in She worked as a secretary for the Mutual agricultural business management at California Insurance Company of New York and later as Poly Tech University in San Louis Obispo. cashier at Harraks General Store. Jack is holding John was married August 2, 1975, to Deborah down two jobs. He is floorman at Harraks and also Sue Ingle, born November 23, 1951, in Brawley, does horseshoeing. He plans to leave Harraks and California. Her parents were Woodrow Pershing do horseshoeing full time. He also plans to return to Ingle and Alice June Edgar. Alice's father was Glen college to get his degree in veterinary medicine. Edgar, Imperial Valley pioneer. John and Debby They are currently living near Zephyr Cove, were married in the United Methodist Church in Nevada. Woodland before Rev. Henry McFadden, retired. 289. The wedding reception was unique in that it Eleventh Generation featured a pig roast. Because of his father's work as an almond rancher, the family employs hand labor; William Alwyn Hart Jr., the first child of William mostly by Philippinos. A pig roast is an annual Alwyn Hart Sr. and Nellie Ilves Renegar, was born event on the Davis ranch. The laborers wanted to in San Jose, California, September 18, 1949. He show appreciation, so the pig roast was planned. graduated from the Hollister, California, high There was equipment to roast three pigs at one school in 1967; and received his B.A. degree in time. Over two hundred guests were served. political science from the University of California, Debby graduated from high school in El Centro, Santa Barbara. He is currently attending graduate California, in 1969; and received her B.S. degree in school of business; University of California, dietetics, food administration, from California Poly Berkley. In the spring he will spend three months Tech University in 1975. Between school and traveling in Europe. In the summer of 1972, he marriage 1969-1972), she was a bookkeeper at worked for the State of California as a canning Sweetbriar Shops Inc. in El Centro. John is tomato inspector. currently employed as a field representative of 290. Production Credit Association in its Salinas office. Eleventh Generation Debby is a secretary for King City Cable T.V. Co. They are living in King City. John "Jack" Renegar Hart, the second child of William Alwyn Hart Sr. and Nellie lives Renegar, 293. was born in San Jose, California, April 12, 1952. He Eleventh Generation graduated from the Hollister, California, high school in 1970; and is attending the University of James Marvin Davis, the second child of Helen California, Berkeley, with a major in biological Elizabeth Hart and Gene Stewart Davis, was born sciences. Since high school he has worked summers in Woodland, California, August 15, 1952. He for the Standard Oil Company. graduated from the Woodland high school in 1970. He has just completed his second year at Sierra 291. College with a major in liberal arts. Eleventh Generation Ann Melissa Hart, the third child of William 294. Alwyn Hart Sr. and Nellie lives Renegar, was born Eleventh Generation in Hollister, California, December 7, 1954. She Don Hart, the first child of Willard Hart and graduated from the San Benito high school in 1973 Delores ?????, born in California. Don graduated and continued her studies at Gavilan College where from Hollister high school and from Robert Lewis she was on the dean's honor list for the three Stevenson College, Pebble Beach. He was a part of quarters she attended the college. Ann had been the 526th engineering detachment in Viet Nam, accepted as a student at the University of 1967-1968 (see service records). He is currently California, Berkeley, that fall. She died July 30, working for his Uncle "Buzz" Hart; driving heavy 1974, after a lengthy illness; aged 19 years, 7 construction equipment. months and 23 days. He was married January 9, 1972, to Carol Gibson. There are no children. 292. Carol completed her elementary schooling in Eleventh Generation Sacred Heart and graduated from the San Benito John Hart Davis, the first child of Helen high school in 19??; and received her B.A. degree 114 THE HART FAMILY from the University of California, Santa Barbara. education and coaching athletics at the Waterford, She recently completed trainee work in medical Michigan, high school. technology at Monterey Central Hospital in Nancy recently sold her parents home on Sylvan Salinas, California. They are currently living in Lake. In the summer of 1969, they moved into a Hollister. new home near Lake Angelis, Pontiac. They still retain a winter home left by her parents in Florida. 295. Her father, Frank, and her grandfather, Orren Eleventh Generation "Joe," were fine craftsmen. Nancy's home is well Bruce Baldwin, only child of Waldo White furnished with antique furniture made by those Baldwin and Bessie E. McCreary, was born in two gentlemen. At one time Nancy was in Flint, Michigan, November 27, 1925. He graduated possession of a portrait which her mother mis from high school in Flint in 1944, and from the takenly told her was a portrait of William 0. Hart. Detroit Institute of Technology with a degree in This writer was able to prove to her that it was accounting in 1950. actually a portrait of George Henry, a brother of He was married September 21, 1951, to Mary William 0. Hart. The portrait was actually to have Ann (Molly) Anderson, born in Flint, Michigan, gone to Florence (Selby) Homer, a niece of George October 15, 1928. To this union was born one child. Henry Hart. So after sixty years of mistaken See the index. identity, the portrait went to its rightful owner. 340½ Norman B., January 22, 1953. Molly graduated from a Flint high school in 1946, 297. and received a degree in commercial retailing from Eleventh Generation Flint Junior College in 1948. She was employed as a Lora Kathryn Perkins, the first child of Ruth comptometer operator, accounting department, Fenton and Robert Warren Perkins, was born in Buick Motors. From 1951 to 1955, Bruce was Bradenton, Florida, May 19, 1929. She has lived employed as assistant comptroller, Palace Corpor there with her family most of her life. She left ation, Flint. From 1955 to present date, vice school after the eighth grade. Later she went to president and comptroller of the Kelley Mortgage work caring for her sister, Leona's, children. She and Investment Company of Flint. They are has continued in that capacity. She was never currently living in a new subdivision on the west married. side of Davison, Michigan. 297½. 296. Eleventh Generation Eleventh Generation Robert Edward Perkins, the second child of Ruth Nancy Loy Baldwin, the only child of Frank Fenton and Robert Warren Perkins, was born in Baldwin and Florence Secrist, was born in Flint, Bradenton, Florida, November 17, 1930. He Michigan, August 9, 1930. She moved· with her graduated from high school in 1948. Not long after, family to Sylvan Lake, Pontiac, Michigan, in 1936. he enlisted in the Navy (see service records). She graduated from the Pontiac Central High He was married, July 15, 1953, to Ruth Ann School in 1948 and from Michigan State University Besse, born in Fenton, Illinois, May 29, 1931. To in June, 1952, with a degree in English and elemen this union were born three children. See the index. tary education. She has taught third grade for the 344. John Robert, July 25, 1954. past eleven years. Brian Edward, May 6, 1957. She was married June 14, 1952, to Wallace Dan Paul William, April 28, 1958. Riley, born in Detroit, Michigan, July 5, 1927. To In 1953, Robert enlisted in the Air Force. He is this union were born four children. See the index. currently a First Sergeant and is making the armed 341. Linda Shannon, August 16, 1953. services a career. Ruth Ann graduated from 342. Kristen Baldwin, March 3, 1955. Fenton high school and went on to ·nursing school. 343. Kevin Scott, April 24, 1957. She worked as a registered nurse from the end of Michael Wallace, November 11, 1958. her formal schooling until marriage. She has done Nancy and Wallace were divorced in February, substitute nursing since. 1961. She was married (second) February 3, 1961, to John Moffat, born in Pontiac, Michigan, January 298. 24, 1930. To this union was born one child. See the Eleventh Generation index. Etta Leona Perkins, the third child of Ruth Nancy Alexandra, July 21, 1962. Fenton and Robert Warren Perkins, was born in John graduated from Pontiac high school in 1949 Bradenton, Florida, June 19, 1934. She graduated and from Hillsdale College in 1957 with a B.S. from the Bradenton high school in 1952. She degree in physical education. He is currently worked for the Florida Light and Power Company working on his Master's degree at Michigan State until her marriage. University; at the same time teaching physical She was married April 18, 1955, to Frederick THE ORLANDO BRANCH 115 Oliver Shaffer, born in Greenville, Pennsylvania, of Clyde Vincent Fenton (first) and Elizabeth November 29, 1933. To this union were born six Hoffman, was born in Bradenton, Florida, Novem children. See the index. ber 28, 1927. After finishing high school, he 345. Frederick Oliver Jr., November 12, 1956. enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. After he had Ralph Warren, October 28, 1957. completed his tour of duty with the armed services, Mark Daniel, November 10, 1958. he went to work as an insurance and car salesman. Carl Steven, January 30, 1960. He was married June 23, 1948, to Mildred Lydia Ann (twin), March 28, 1963. Jeannie Ridgdell, born in Bradenton December 10, Deanna Kay (twin), March 28, 1963. 1927. To this union were born four children. See Leona has been a "working girl" most of her life. the index. Currently she is working for a Kentucky Fried 349. Clyde Vincent (third), October 2, 1949. Chicken stand. Fred is an agricultural inspector, 350. Sarah Miller, May 21, 1952. working for the State of Florida. He was unable to 351. Rebecca Jean, January 23, 1954. finish high school because of the death of his father 352. Carol Lee, December 24, 1955. in 1945. Fred was only eleven years old. Clyde is now in the employ of the U.S. Post They are currently living in Bradenton, Florida. Office. They are currently living in Bradenton. 299. 302. Eleventh Generation Eleventh Generation Dorothy Ann Fenton, the first child of Elmer Robert Fenton and Hope Quary, was born in Betty Jean Fenton, the second child of Clyde Vincent Fenton (first) and Elizabeth Hoffman, was Bradenton, Florida, November 15, 1927. She born in Bradenton, Florida, February 3, 1930. She graduated from a Bradenton high school in 1945 graduated from the Manatee high school in 1948 and completed one year in a school of optometry. and spent one year at the University of Florida. She was married April 25, 1948, to Richard P. She was married June 21, 1949, to John Farrand Wagner, born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, Feb Kirk, born in Buffalo, New York, September 16, ruary 7, 1923. To this union were born three 1926. To this union were born three children. See children. See the index. 346. Richard Paul Jr., February 12, 1951. the index. 353. Kandra Jean, September 15, 1950. 347. Donna Lee, December 21, 1952. 354. John Farrand Jr., October 27, 1951. 348. William David, January 30, 1954. Dick graduated from Walls high school in South 355. Douglas Fenton, December 8, 1953. bridge, Massachusetts, in 1942. He completed John graduated from high school in Cainsville, three and one-half years in the Pennsylvania State Florida, in 1945. He is now employed as a postal College of Optometry, 1950. Because of illness he clerk in the Bradenton post office. Betty Jean and entered the Veterans Hospital in West Roxbury, John were divorced in 1965. She is employed as Massachusetts. He did not return to college but cashier at the Manatee Memorial Hospital in came to Bradenton. He is currently operating his Bradenton. own realty business and living in Bradenton. 303. 300. Eleventh Generation Eleventh Generation Margaret "Maggie" Ashley McKee, the only Charles Robert Fenton, the second child of child of Leland Baldwin McKee and Louise Elmer Robert Fenton and Hope Quary, was born in Northurst Ormsbee, was born in Atlanta, Georgia, Bradenton, Florida, August 12, 1930. He graduated July 31, 1950. She graduated from high school in from the Bradenton high school; then enlisted in Atlanta in 1968. She is currently enrolled as a the Navy (see service records). While in service, he senior at the University of South Florida with a received training in electronics. He was married major in psychology. She hopes to be employed January 13, 1957, to Nancy Jane Curtis, born in with Eastern Air Lines, where her father is Port Gibson, New York, September 11, 1935. To employed. Her one comment to this writer about a this union were born two children. See the index. future job was: "But not as a stewardess." She was Jacquelyn Dawn, September 7, 1957. married December 15, 1973, in Miami, Florida, to Amy Jo, May 19, 1960. Warren Riebard Whittaker. Michael David, September 26, 1973. Nancy graduated from high school in 1954. 304. Charles is employed in the field of electronic Eleventh Generation engineering in Rockwell, Maryland, where they are Elizabeth Gayle Baldwin, the only child of currently living. Herbert Eugene Baldwin and Alice Florian Walker, 301. was born in Chicago, Illinois, February 19, 1943. Eleventh Generation She lived with her family in Morris, Illinois, until Clyde Vincent Fenton (the second), the first child her marriage. She graduated from the Morris high 116 THE HART FAMILY school in 1961 and from Illinois Wesleyan in 1965 from the French family who hid him from the with a B.F.A. degree in arts and education. She Germans. The other, a piece of flack taken from his worked for a public relations firm for two and one eye. He was married in Chicago, Illinois, Septem half years and for a syndicated newspaper for one ber 9, 1944, to Dorothy Lorraine Shea, born in Oak year. Park, Illinois, May 11, 1925. To this union were She was married in 1967 to David Gordon Smith, born five children. See the index. born in Chicago, Illinois, October 27, 1943. There 358. Patricia Maureen, September 15, 1945. were two children. See the index. 359. Robert Gerald Jr., July 10, 1947. Jason David, May 7, 1968. 360. William Donald, May 3, 1951. Matthew Baldwin, April 6, 1970. 361. Christine Mary, February 29, 1956. David Sr. graduated from the Lombard, Illinois, Elizabeth Ann, July 6, 1962. high school in 1962. He attended Arizona State Dorothy graduated from Trinity High School in College one year and Illinois Wesleyan for three Chicago in 1942. Robert is a salesman by occupa years. He graduated with a B.S. degree in physical tion. They were living in Littleton, Colorado. He education in 1966. He is currently working on his died March 21, 1974; aged 50 years, 8 months and Master's at North Eastern Teachers College, 11 days. Evanston, Illinois. At the same time, he is teaching physical education and coaching at a Lombard high 307. school. They are currently living in Lombard. Eleventh Generation Marilyn Jean Chapman, the third child of Edith 305. Adele White and Robert Eugene Chapman, was Eleventh Generation born in Dos Palos, California, November 14, 1925. She graduated from high school in Shandon, Cali Mildred Eugena Chapman, the first child of fornia, in 1943. She started nurses training at San Edith Adele White and Robert Eugene Chapman, Jose State College. After six months she quit and was born in Dos Palos, California, September 16, went to work at odd jobs. 1920. She graduated from high school in Shandon, She was married in Reno, Nevada, August 31, California, and then went to work doing alterations 1945, to William Frederick Pottharst, born in in a tailor shop. Monterey, California, December 18, 1918. There She was married in Monterey, California, were three children. See the index. January 25, 1944, to Werner Otto Albert Schroe 362. JoAnne, March 4, 1947. der, born in Berlin, Germany, September 8, 1916. 363. Rebecca Lynn, November 29, 1952. There were two children. See the index. Laura Jean, September 21, 1958. 356. Robert Randall, September 4, 1945. From 1952 to 1956 and again from 1963 to 1971, 357. Susan Adele, June 3, 1953. she worked for J.C. Penney Company. During the Werner migrated to the U.S.A. in 1928 at the latter period, she was department head in the age of twelve years. He graduated from high school fashions department. Marilyn and Bill were in Everett, Washington, in 1938. He was in the divorced in 1965. Merchant Marines two years and was drafted into In 1971, she attended a real estate school and is the Army in 1942 (see service records). now associated with "Vance" Realty Center at After being discharged he went to work for the Spring Valley, California, as a licensed realtor. Bill Standard Oil Company, which post he held until graduated from high school in Monterey in 1936. 1959. Since that time he has worked as chief He worked for the Monterey County sheriffs office engineer for the Monterey Hospital. They are from 1954 to 1964. He is currently employed as a currently living in Pacific Grove, California. car salesman. Marilyn and the children are currently living in Chula Vista, California. 306. Eleventh Generation 308. Robert Gerald Chapman Sr., the second child of Eleventh Generation Edith Adele White and Robert Eugene Chapman, Donald Lee Chapman, the fourth child of Edith was born at Redonda Beach, California, August 10, Adele White and Robert Eugene Chapman, was 1923. He graduated from high school in Shandon, born in Dos Palos, California, December 26, 1934. California, in 1941 and had one year at the San Jose He graduated from high school in Salinas, Califor State College with a major in physical education. nia, in 1966 in night school. From 1951 to 1956, he He enlisted in the Air Force in 1941-one month operated a Western Operations Booster Station for after Pearl Harbor (see service records). an oil company. From 1957 to 1964, he was a sales On August 9, 1944, his plane was shot down over man for the Prudential Life Insurance Company. Brest, France, in enemy territory. He was picked He was married in Seaside, California, January up by the French underground and eventually 10, 1953, to Lillian Laverne Duke, born in Cherry returned through the American lines. He has in his Valley, Arkansas, December 17, 1935. There were possession two souvenirs of the war. One, a letter four children. See the index. THE ORLANDO BRANCH 117 364. Teresa "Terry" Lynn, August 21, 1953. in Dos Palos, California, December 16, 1931. She 365. Donald Eugene, August 3, 1955. graduated from the Dos Palos high school in 1948 Julia Kay, March 13, 1959. and completed one semester at C.O.P. College with Kenneth Martin, December 9, 1961. a major in home economics. She was employed as a Lillian completed the tenth grade in high school dental assistant from 1949 to 1959. then went to work. Don and Lillian are both She was married in Dos Palos March 17, 1951, to employed in the Sprouse-Reitz Variety Store in Los Elbert Eudorice Hollister, born in Modesta, Cali Gatos. Don is manager. They are currently living in fornia, February 25, 1930. There were three San Jose, California. children. See the index. 367. Wendy Marion, December 18, 1956. 309. Mark Dana, August 10, 1959. Eleventh Generation Melissa Dorothy, April 19, 1962. James Darrill Millett, the first child of Mildred Elbert graduated from the Dos Palos high school Elizabeth White and Martin Amos Millett, was in 1948 and received his B.A. degree in zoology born in Dos Palos, California, November 11, 1927. from the University of California, Berkley, in 1952; He graduated from the Dos Palos high school in also, his M.D. degree from the University of 1945 and from Fresno State College with a major in Colorado Medical School in 1956. He did his army business administration in 1953. He received his service in the William Beaumont Army Hospital degree as an attorney-at-law from Hastings and (see service records). He is currently occupied as a Lincoln School in San Francisco in 1957. physician in Evergreen, California, where they are He was married in San Francisco June 21, 1958, living. to Sandra Jane Clark, born April 17, 1938, in Fort Wayne, Indiana. There were five children. See the 312. index. Eleventh Generation Patrick Michael, June 6, 1959. Kenneth Sterling Coyle, the second child of Jeffery Lee, July 26, 1960. Dorothy Grace White and Charles Kenneth Coyle, Peter Clark, April 23, 1963. was born in Merced, California, August 4, 1933. He Scott Martin, December 21, 1965. graduated from the Dos Palos high school in 1951 Kathryn Angela, October 31, 1969. and from Fresno State College in 1961 with a B.A. Sandra graduated from the George Washington degree in journalism. He worked as a salesman High School in San Francisco in 1956 and from the after completing his tour of duty with the Navy. Mount Zion Hospital and Medical Center School of See service records. After completing his college Nursing in 1961. They are currently living in degree, he continued in sales work. He is currently Fresno, where Darrill is a member of a law firm. living in Fresno. 312 1/z. 310. Eleventh Generation Eleventh Generation Erin Grace Coyle, the third child of Dorothy Janice Adele Millett, the second child of Mildred Grace White and Charles Kenneth Coyle, was born Elizabeth White and Martin Amos Millett, was in Dos Palos, California, November 3, 1934. She born in Dos Palos, California, January 24, 1936. graduated from the Dos Palos high school in 1952 She graduated from the Dos Palos high school in and completed two years at Fresno State College June, 1953. She was married in Fresno, California, with a major in education. She taught one year in October 9, 1955, to Michael Hans Morganstern, the Dos Palos school system. born in Vienna, Austria, August 31, 1933. To this She was married in Fresno October 9, 1955, to union were born three children. See the index. Edwin Daniel Doerges, born in Los Angeles, Cali 366. Susan Adele, October 7, 1956. fornia, February 28, 1933. They have three Steven Martin, November 2, 1959. children. See the index. Sheryl Ann, May 12, 1967. Edwin Dennis, April 25, 1958. Mike graduated from the Fresno high school in Elizabeth Ann, June 6, 1959. June of 1951 and from Fresno State College with a Eric David, August 19, 1961. B.A. degree in psychology in 1954. He received his Ed graduated from high school in Merced, Cali Master's degree from the University of Purdue, fornia, in 1951; completed work at Head Engineer Indiana. He is currently a lieutenant colonel in the ing College with a major in mechanical engineering. U.S. Air Force (see service records). They are Later he entered a Naval apprentice school and into currently living in Rapid City, South Dakota. the service (see service records). From 1955 to 1960, he was employed by the U.S. Navy Shipyard; 311. 1961 to 1965, by Western Arctronic; and 1965 to Eleventh Generation 1972, by Madco Welding and Building Supplies Virginia Fae Coyle, the first child of Dorothy Company. He is currently their general manager. Grace White and Charles Kenneth Coyle, was born Erin and Ed are now living in San Jose, California. 118 THE HART FAMILY 313. ?????, he is doing unskilled labor." They are Eleventh Generation currently living in Palo Alto, California. David Charles Coyle, the fourth child of Dorothy 315. Grace White and Charles Kenneth Coyle, was born Eleventh Generation in Los Banos, California, February 24, 1941. He graduated from the Dos Palos Union High School in Lois Adele White, the first child of Walter Willis 1958. He completed courses in industrial tech White and Lois Mary VanDoren, was born at Silver nology at Coaling Junior College and Fresno State City, New Mexico, April 21, 1940. She graduated College. He is presently employed as an I.B.M. from Grant Union High School in Del Paso, consumer engineer (repair and maintenance). California, in 1958 and completed two years at He left college to enlist in the U.S. Coast Guard. Sacramento State College with a major in labora He was married in Fresno August 2, 1964, to Carol tory technology. In 1960, she was employed at the Jean Shannon, born in Fresno May 4, 1941. There Florence Hotel. In 1961, as a bookkeeper for a were two children. See the index. credit union; and in 1962, as a dental assistant. She David Shannon, August 28, 1966. was married December 29, 1962, to Robert Olsen Kimberly Heather, March 3, 1969. Caldwell, born February 25, 1940, at Chico, Califor Carol graduated from the Fresno high school in nia. There were two children. See the index. 1959 and from the Fresno State College in 1963 Brent Alan, July 3, 1963. with a B.A. degree in elementary education. While Teri Lynn, July 11, 1966. in school, she worked as a hostess in a pancake Robert graduated from the Bryn Athen, Penn house. Before her marriage she taught third grade sylvania, high school in 1958 and from Montana in the Fresno school system for one year. After State University in 1963 with a B.A. degree in marriage she taught second grade in the San economics. In 1964, he enlisted in the U.S. Air Lorenzo system for two years. At this writing, she Force (see service record). He is making the armed is working on her Master's degree at California services a career and now has the rank of captain. State College in Hogwood. They are living in They are currently living in Las Vegas, Nevada. Castro Valley. 316. Eleventh Generation 314. Eleventh Generation Edwina Fae White, the second child of Walter Willis White and Lois Mary VanDoren, was born in Jane Ellen Coyle, the fifth child of Dorothy Grace Cheyenne, Wyoming, July 30, 1941. She graduated White and Charles Kenneth Coyle, was born from Grant Union High School in Del Paso Heights, December 21, 1944, in Los Banos, California. She California, in 1959 and from the San Francisco graduated from high school in Dos Palos in 1962 State College in 1971 with a B.A. degree in liberal and completed one year at the Kaiser Foundation arts. She is currently living at home with her School of Nursing. After that, she worked at parents. The Whites are active members of the various secretarial jobs. For the past five years she United Methodist Church in Rio Linda, California. has been employed as medical staff secretary for the Stanford University Hospital. She was married 316½. March 6, 1965, to Donald Eugene Pelton, born Eleventh Generation February 15, 1942, at Hayward, California. They Andrew Charles White, the third child of Walter have two children. See index. Willis White and Lois Mary VanDoren, was born in Paul Andrew Pelton, November 18, 1969. San Bernadino, California, May 23, 1943. He Laura Michelle Pelton, November 22, 1973. graduated from Highland High School in Sacra Donald graduated from the San Leondro high mento, California, in 1961. He then took a school in 1959. He completed courses at San Jose six-month course in computer operation at an State College, San Jose, California; and received Automation Institute in 1962. He is currently his B.S. degree in American history from the employed as a computer operator for Formica University of California, Berkley. Upon completion Company. of his Master's thesis, he will receive his Master's He was married February 13, 1965, to Marilyn degree. Marie Clark, born in Sacramento October 1, 1945. Jane writes: "Prior to re-entering college, he To this union was born one child. See the index. attended the University of California for two years; Anthony Charles, July 5, 1965. before we met and before his military service, he Marilyn graduated from the Rio Linda high worked as a bank loan officer and then loan depart school in 1963. They are living in Rio Linda, ment manger. His distate for that work motivated California. him to take seriously his plans to finish school. The market for teachers in California is practically non 317. existant (teaching was his chosen profession). Until Eleventh Generation he can settle into a career, either as a teacher or David Lee White, the fourth child of Walter THE ORLANDO BRANCH 119 Willis White and Lois Mary VanDoren, was born in Ovid, Michigan, July 1, 1931. She moved with her Sacramento, California, May 27, 1952. He grad family to Lansing, Michigan, in 1933; to Ionia in uaged from high school in Rio Linda, California, in 1940; and to Saranac in 1941. She graduated from 1970. He is currently enrolled in a science mathe the Saranac high school in 1949 and took two years matics course in American River Junior College in at the Lansing Business University. She is Rio Linda. He expects to complete an A.A. degree presently employed as a teacher's aid in the Ionia in 1972. His plans are to go on to Sacramento State school system. or the University of California. She was married September 11, 1954, to Irving E. Krebs, born in Sunfield, Michigan, October 23, 318. 1929. To this union were born three children. See Eleventh Generation the index. Sharon Lynn White, the fifth child of Walter 368. Teri Dee, December 27, 1956. Willis White and Lois Mary VanDoren, was born in Mary Jo, July 16, 1958. Sacramento, California, August 8, 1954. She Cheryl Ann, November 5, 1960. graduated from high school in Rio Linda, Califor Irving graduated from the Woodland, Michigan, nia, in 1972 and plans to take nurses training at the high school in 1948 and from the Michigan State American River College in the fall of 1972. She is University in 1957 with a major in business currently employed as a clerk and model at Rhodes administration. He was employed in one of the Department Store in Sacramento. Following is a banks in Ionia, Michigan. He died June 12, 1974; quote from a letter I received from her parents. aged 44 years, 7 months and 18 days. "It may be of interest to note that Sharon was number one in her graduation class with a 4.00 321. grade point average. She is a Christian and quite Eleventh Generation active in the campus ministry of the Campus John Selby Homer, the first child of Florence N. Crusade movement, and also in the local church Selby and Arthur Frank Homer, was born in youth group. She plays the piano (sometimes for Lansing, Michigan, March 2, 1940. He graduated the church service) and sings in a 'gospel rock' from a Kalamazoo, Michigan, high school in 1958. group called 'The Promised Ones,' who recently He received a degree in economics from Western performed at one of the sub-assemblies at 'Expo 72' Michigan University in 1968 and his Master's in Dallas, where they received a standing ovation. degree from the University of Hawaii in 1969; and She is interested in art and has won a couple of is, at this writing, working on his Doctor's degree awards for poetry." in Hawaii. He was married April 19, 1965, in Naha, Okinawa, to Kiyoka Neka, born in Yomitan, Son, 319. Okinawa, July 5, 1943. To this union ·were born two Eleventh Generation children. See the index. Wendall Dee Decker, the first child of Helen Anna Marie, November 20, 1966. Josephine Selby and Dee Decker, was born in John Arthur, June 30, 1971. Ovid, Michigan, May 8, 1930. He moved with his Anna was born in Koza, Okinawa, and John was family to Lansing, Michigan, in 1933 and to Ionia in born in Hawaii. 1940. He graduated from the Saranac high school in Kiyoka graduated from high school in Nan Ha, 1948 and from Michigan State University in 1952 Okinawa. She took courses in conversational with a B.A. in psychology. English at a Kalamazoo high school; also, courses in He was married September 9, 1956, to Myrna art at Kalamazoo Art Center. John and Kiyoka Hagan, born in Sunfield, Michigan, June 21, 1936. were divorced in July of 1975. To this union were born four children. See the index. 322. Michael, June 4, 1959. Eleventh Generation Wendy Sue, January 13, 1961. Mary Ruth Homer, the second child of Florence Patrick D., July 10, 1963. N. Selby and Arthur Frank Homer, was born in Courtney, November 5, 1968. Hinsdale, Illinois, April 17, 1944. She graduated Wendall is employed in the insurance business in from a Kalamazoo high school in 1962. She had one Lansing, Michigan. Myrna graduated from the year of study at the University of Michigan; also, Woodland high school in 1956. She took special one year at Western Michigan University with a training and worked for I.B.M. until her marriage. major in theatre. She was employed as a secretary at Upjohn Company until her marriage. She was married November 18, 1967, to Richard 320. "Rich" Warren Blackney, born in Saginaw, Eleventh Generation Michigan, October 3, 1943. There was one child. Helen Janice Decker, the second child of Helen See the index. Josephine Selby and Dee Decker, was born in Jane Elizabeth, August 31, 1970. 120 THE HART FAMILY Rich was graduated from the Arthur Hill High Minnesota with a major in architecture. While School in Saginaw in 1961. He took college training studying at the university, he was also taking at Delta College, Saginaw, and at Western training with the National Guard. He was married Michigan University, graduating in 1967 with a August 1, 1970, to Rebecca Jane Nelson, born in degree in art education. He is teaching at Portage Madison, Wisconsin, December 18, 1946. There Jr. High School and has earned nine hours credit were two children. See index. toward his M.A. degree. Arny Jane Selby, May 21, 1973. Laura Mae Selby, May 5, 1975. 323. Rebecca graduated from a Minneapolis, Minne Eleventh Generation sota high school in 1965 and from Moorehead State Jo Ellen Selby, the first child of Frederick Noel College and University of Minnesota with a B.S. Selby and Velma Lenora Doubt, was born in degree in history, social studies and education. Lansing, Michigan, December 13, 1941. She During the school year of 1969-1970, she taught graduated from Sexton High School in Lansing in school in Columbia Heights, Minnesota. At this 1960. She received her B.A. degree from State writing, they continue to live in Minneapolis. University at Bowling Green, Ohio, with a major in Charles is working as sales engineer for Horton elementary education in 1964. Until her marriage Mfg. Co., continuing his National Guard work and she was employed as camp counselor, teacher and planning to finish his education. playground director. She was married June 18, 1966, to Dean Robert Mogelgaard, born in Detroit, 326. Michigan, December 6, 1944. There were two Eleventh Generation children. See the index. Thomas Lynn Kestenholtz, the only child of Timothy Dean, February 19, 1971. Phyllis Jean Selby and Lynn Russell Kestenholtz, Kathleen Anne, February 21, 1973. was born in Lansing, Michigan, July 25, 1942. He Dean graduated from the Ferndale high school in graduated from a Lansing high school in 1960 and 1962. He received his B.S. degree in sociology and from Florida State University in 1962 with a degree psychology from Western Michigan University in in electrical blueprinting. He was married January 1967; also, his M.A. degree in psychology the same 2, 1965, to Judy Ann Sellek, born in Lansing, year. He is now teaching psychology in college in Michigan, March 11, 1942. To this union were born Hamilton, New York. two children. See the index. Samuel Thomas, November 18, 1967. 324. Lynn Ann, August 13, 1971. Eleventh Generation Judy graduated from a Lansing high school in John Frederick Selby, the second child of 1960 and from Michigan State University in 1964 Frederick Noel Selby and Velma Lenora Doubt, with a degree in elementary education. She taught was born in Lansing, Michigan, September 28, school one year, between graduation and marriage. 1943. He graduated from the Sexton High School in At present, she is working on a Master's degree. Lansing in 1961. He attended Western Michigan She has a State of Michigan permanent teaching University in Kalamazoo, but was drafted into the certificate. They are currently living in the City of armed services before he got his degree. Lansing. He was married August 20, 1966, to Patricia Sue Nemer, born in Howell, Michigan, November 6, 327. 1944. To this union were born two children. See the Eleventh Generation index. George Jay Hart, the first adopted child of Susan Marie, January 3, 1970. Atwood Roy Hart and Lois Lee Hill, was born in Mark Frederick, October 13, 1971. Wichita Falls, Texas, January 23, 1938. He John is now employed in the electrical contract graduated from a Wichita Falls high school in 1956 business with his father. and from Midwestern University in 1966 with a Patricia "Patti" graduated from the Dansville degree in accounting. high school in 1963. She was employed as a He was married December 18, 1964, to Judy Ann secretary at the Lansing Community College. Crudup, born in Glendale, California, March 6, 1943. To this union were born two children. See the 325. index. Eleventh Generation Thomas Scott, December 19, 1966. Charles William Selby, the third child of Christopher Jay, May 27, 1969. Frederick Noel Selby and Velma Lenora Doubt, Judy graduated from a Wichita Falls high school was born in Lansing, Michigan, August 21, 1945. in 1961 and from Midwestern University in 1966 He graduated from the Lansing Sexton High School with a degree in secretarial science. George is in 1963. He has taken training at the Lansing currently operating his own accounting business in Community College and at the University of Graham, Texas. THE ORLANDO BRANCH 121 328. as electronics technician (radar) on board the Eleventh Generation U.S.S. Independence (C.V.A.-62" aircraft carrier). Charles Thomas Hart, the second adopted child He completed his tour of duty in July of 1972. of Atwood Roy Hart and Lois Lee Hill, was born in He was married in Wichita Falls, June 11, 1971, Wichita Falls, Texas, January 30, 1940. He to Terry Lynn Allison, born in Wichita Falls, graduated from a Wichita Falls high school in 1958 January 20, 1953. They have two children, born in and from Midwestern University at Wichita Falls Norfolk, Virginia. See the index. with a B.B.A. degree in 1963. After his tour of duty Shay Lynn, October 1, 1972. in Viet Nam, he went to California where he was Patrick Allen, May 7, 1978. employed by the Shell Oil Company. At this Terry graduated from Wichita Falls high school writing, he is working in retail petroleum in 1917. She worked in the coffee shop at Sears marketing. Roebuck after finishing high school. He was married May 29, 1969, to Darlene Joan Catherine Meyer, born at St. Paul, Minnesota, 332. February 2, 1939. Darlene graduated from the St. Eleventh Generation Paul high school in 1957. Daniel Hugh Blankenship, the second child of Doris Ann Hart and Elsworth Oren Blankenship, 329. was born in Wichita Falls, Texas, June 30, 1953. He Eleventh Generation graduated from a Wichita Falls high school in 1971 Donald Foster Hart, the first child of William and is currently enrolled in Midwestern University Hugh Hart and Elizabeth Jane Crisman, was born with a major in architecture. in Wichita Falls, Texas, in 1946. He graduated from He was married in Wichita Falls January 4, 1974, a Santa Barbara City College. to Betty Jane Gaines, born in Wichita Falls May 21, He was married September 9, 1966, to Marilyn 1953. Betty graduated from the Wichita Falls high Ann Witbradt, born August 17, 1946, in Bay City, school in 1971 and is in her third year at the Mid Michigan. To this union were born two children. western University with a major in special educa See the index. tion. She has held part-time jobs as follows: in Deanne Marie, April 23, 1967. 1972, with Penneys; 1973, with Sears and with the Melissa Ann, May 23, 1969. university library. They are currently living in Donald is employed as a stone setter; making Wichita Falls. college and high school rings. Marilyn graduated from a Santa Barbara high school in 1964. She was 333. a student at Santa Barbara City College in 1965 Eleventh Generation with a major in sociology. Patricia Ann Hart, the first child of Don Allen Hart and Rita Colleen Rhoades, was born in 330. Wichita Falls, Texas, April 15, 1950. She com Eleventh Generation pleted the eleventh grade in the Wichita Falls high Roy Leon Hart, the second child of William Hugh school in 1968. She worked as a waitress until her Hart and Elizabeth Jane Crisman, was born in marriage April 6, 1969, to Jack Allen Smith, born Wichita Falls, Texas, October 25, 1948. He moved in Wichita Falls June 5, 1951. with his family to Raceland, Louisiana, then to Jack completed the tenth grade in the Wichita California. He graduated from the Santa Barbara Falls high school in 1968. He worked with a roofing high school in 1967. He was employed as a lineman crew until after his marriage. He is now employed for the General Telephone Company until he as a welder for a mobile home manufacturing entered the armed services of his country in 1969. company. They are living in Wichita Falls at this He was discharged August 19, 1970. He is now back writing. with the telephone company. 334. 331. Eleventh Generation Eleventh Generation Atwood Allen "Bubba" Hart, the second child of Samuel Allen Blankenship, the first child of Don Allen Hart and Rita Colleen Rhoades, was Doris Ann Hart and Elsworth Orin Blankenship, born in Wichita Falls, Texas, July 5, 1951. He was born in Wichita Falls, Texas, October 18, 1950. graduated from the Wichita Falls high school in He graduated from the Wichita Falls high school in 1969 and completed one year at Southeastern 1969. He completed his freshman year at Mid University. western University with a major in business He was married in Wichita Falls April 17, 1971, administration. On May 19, 1970, he enlisted in the to Vicki Ann Bragg, born in Wichita Falls March 9, Naval Reserve and took his boot training in San 1953. There is one child, born in Wichita Falls. See Diego, California; Seattle, Washington; and Great the index. Lakes Naval Training Station in Illinois. He served Scott Allen, June 10, 1973. 122 THE HART FAMILY Vickie graduated from a Wichita Falls high Ann Fenton and Richard Paul Wagner Sr., was school. born in Bradenton, Florida, December 21, 1952. 336. She graduated from the Manatee high school in Eleventh Generation Bradenton in 1970. She completed one year at Manatee Junior College then went to work as sales Donna Jean Hart, the fourth child of Don Allen clerk at the shell factory in Bradenton. She is Hart and Rita Colleen Rhoades, was born in currently living with her parents. Her hobbies are Wichita Falls, Texas, July 26, 1957. After grad designing and making clothing and cake decorating. uation from a Wichita Falls high school, she was employed by Flowerama in Sikes Center. She was 349. married July 3, 1976, to Robert Dale Rosdhal, born Twelfth Generation in Winner, Texas. Clyde Vincent Fenton (third), the first child of After Robert graduated from the Winner high Clyde Vincent Fenton (second) and Mildred Jeanne school, he was employed by Ebner Brothers Pack Ridgdell, was born in Bradenton, Florida, October ing Company. He is also in the National Guard. 2, 1949. He graduated from the Manatee high They are currently living in Wichita Falls. school in Bradenton in 1967 and from Mars Hill College at Mars Hill, North Carolina, in 1971 with a 340½. major in business administration and an A.B. Twelfth Generation degree in economics. Norman B. Baldwin, the only child of Bruce He is currently employed as a department Baldwin and Mary Ann "Molly" Anderson, was manager for Montgomery Ward Company in born in Flint, Michigan, January 22, 1953. He Bradenton. He was married at Charlotte, North graduated from Davison high school in 1971 and is Carolina, May 29, 1971, to Patricia Annette currently enrolled in Genesee Community College. Culbreth, born in Miami, Florida, July 14, 1949. He is working part time for Hamady Brothers Food "Pat" graduated from East Micklenburg high Market-started out as a doorman and is now a school in Charlotte in 1967 and from Mars Hill with clerk. a B.A. degree in elementary education. She is Note: Norman is the only remaining male currently teaching third grade in the Palmetto descendant (with last name of Baldwin) of Lora elementary school in Bradenton. (Hart) and Elijah Baldwin. He is, therefore, the last chance for this branch of the Baldwin name to be 350. perpetuated. Twelfth Generation Sarah Miller Fenton, the second child of Clyde 341. Twelfth Generation Vincent Fenton (second) and Mildred Jeanne Ridgdell, was born in Bradenton, Florida, May 21, Linda Shannon Riley, the first child of Nancy Loy 1952. She graduated from the Manatee high school Baldwin and Wallace Dan Riley, was born at Fort in Bradenton in 1970 and from Manatee Junior Belvoir, Virginia, August 16, 1953. She graduated College in 1972 as a registered nurse. She is now with honors from the Waterford, Michigan, Mott employed in a local hospital. She was married high school in 1971. She has completed four years September 16, 1973, to Henry Clayton Robertson at Michigan State University with a major in Jr., born in Tampa, Florida. special education for the deaf. She is also carrying a minor in fine arts. 353. Twelfth Generation 346. Kandra Jean Kirk, the first child of Betty Jean Twelfth Generation Fenton and John Farran Kirk, was born in Richard Paul Wagner Jr., the first child of Bradenton, Florida, September 15, 1950. She Dorothy Ann Fenton and Richard Paul Wagner graduated from a Bradenton high school in 1968 Sr., was born in Bradenton, Florida, February 12, and completed the requirements for an associate 1951. He graduated from the Manatee high school nurse at the Manatee Junior College in 1970. in Bradenton in 1969 and completed two years at She was married July 22, 1970, to Daniel Joe Manatee Junior College. He is currently enrolled at Goodpaster, born in Dayton, Ohio, May 4, 1949. the University of South Florida with a major in Dan graduated from a Bradenton high school in business administration and accounting. He has 1968. He worked as a draftsman with Y.O.H. of been an honor student throughout his college Cocoa Beach for a year, then enlisted in the Navy. career. His hobbies are playing drums, family He is currently employed in the aerospace industry history, and antiques. as a missle technician. They are living in Hanahan, South Carolina. 347. 354. Twelfth Generation Twelfth Generation Donna Lee Wagner, the second child of Dorothy John Farran Kirk Jr., the second child of Betty THE ORLANDO BRANCH 123 Jean Fenton and John Farran Kirk Sr., was born in in biology and aeronautics. He did not graduate. Bradenton, Florida, October 27, 1951. He com They are currently living in San Diego, California. pleted the eleventh grade in the Manatee high school then enlisted in the armed forces of the 358. U.S.A. His tour of duty was terminated in 1972 Twelfth Generation (see service records). He was married March 29, Patricia Maureen Chapman, the first child of 1972, to Glanda (Salmon) Owens. Robert Gerald Chapman and Dorothy Lorraine Shea, was born in Chicago, Illinois, September 15, 355. 1945. She graduated from high school in Lamont, Twelfth Generation Illinois, in 1963. She completed one year at the Douglas Fenton Kirk, the third child of Betty Monterey Peninsula College with a major in Jean Fenton and John Farran Kirk, was born in secretarial education. She worked as a bookkeeper Bradenton, Florida, December 8, 1953. After high 1963-1967. school he was married to Deborah Lynn Stewart She was married October 15, 1966, to James May 5, 1973. Adelbert Sobriesk, born in Argo, Illinois, Novem ber 26, 1943. There were two children. See the 356. index. Twelfth Generation Martin Robert, April 30, 1967. Robert Randall Schroeder, the first child of Monica Lynn, September 23, 1968. Mildred Eugenia Chapman and Werner Otto James graduated from a Chicago high school in Schroeder, was born in Atascadero, California, 1961 and completed three years at Western January 4, 1945. He graduated from the high school Michigan University with a major in aviation in Pacific Grove, California, in 1963 and from engineering technology. For a time, he worked at Monterey Peninsula College with an associate of the Kalamazoo, Michigan, airport. They are arts degree in computer programming. He then currently living in the vicinity of Denver, Colorado. received his Master's degree from Anthony School 359. in real estate salesmanship. He is now employed as Twelfth Generation a real estate salesman. Robert was married in Pacific Grove April 6, Robert Gerald Chapman Jr., the second child of 1968, to Sharon Lee Duvall, born in Carmel, Cali Robert Gerald Chapman Sr. and Dorothy Lorraine fornia, February 4, 1946. They have one child, born Shea, was born in Chicago, Illinois, July 10, 1947. in San Diego, California. See the index. He graduated from high school in Oak Lawn, Kristi Louise, September 3, 1968. Illinois, in 1965. He took a business course at Sharon graduated from Pacific Grove high school Southern Illinois University. He worked as an Air in 1963 and from Monterey Peninsula College with Force weatherman, 1966-1970 (see service re an A.A. degree in business administration. She cords); as a graphic designer, 1970-1971; and is was employed as a bookkeeper for the Dan Ro currently employed as a National Sales promotion System in San Francisco. They are currently living manager. He was married November 29, 1968, to in San Diego. Jean Marie Vickroy, born in Geneseo, Illinois, October 19, 1948. There are no children. Jean 357. graduated from high school in LaGrange, Illinois, in Twelfth Generation 1966. She completed two years at Hope College, Susan Adele Schroeder, the second child of Illinois, with a major in art. They are currently Mildred Eugenia Chapman and Werner Otto living in Littleton, Colorado. Schroeder, was born at Bakersfield, California, 360. June 3, 1953. She graduated from high school in Twelfth Generation Pacific Grove, California, in 1971. She took training William Donald Chapman, the third child of in P.B.X. (private branch exchange) telephone Robert Gerald Chapman Sr. and Dorothy Lorraine system while in high school. She worked for the Shea, was born in Chicago, Illinois, May 3, 1951. He local school district in 1970 and 1971. A quote from graduated from a Chicago high school in 1969 and a letter written by her mother: "Susan did very has completed two years at Southern Colorado well in high school. She has pins fro!Jl an honor State College with a major in physical education. society and wants to go to college." Recently, she has learned slip covering from a local upholsterer. He is currently ·living at home with his parents. She was married November 16, 1974, to Michael Joel Bilbo, born in Newport, Rhode Island, March 362. 28, 1951. Twelfth Generation Michael graduated from high school in Chula Jo Anne Pottharst, the first child of Marilyn Vista, California, in 1969. He took courses at South Jean Chapman and William Frederick Pottharst, western College in Chula Vista in 1972 with a major was born in Monterey, California, March 4, 1947. 124 THE HART FAMILY She ·graduated from high school in San Diego in Lee Chapman and Lillian Laverne Duke, was born 1965 and studied at American Business College; in Paso Robles, California, August 21, 1953. She also, at Southwestern College with a major in graduated from high school in San Jose in 1970. She P.B.X. (private branch exchange) telephone sys is currently training as a dental assistant in San tem. While in high school her extra-curricular Jose City College and working part time in the activities included majorette and drama club. She Sprouse-Reitz Variety Store in Los Gatos. She is currently employed in the personal department started there in 1969; working with her parents. of Foodmaker Incorporated. She is currently living at home. 363. Twelfth Generation Rebecca Lynn Pottharst, the second child of Marilyn Jean Chapman and William Frederick I missed this material; it is not in proper sequence. Pottharst, was born in Monterey, California, It should belong on page 95. November 29, 1952. She graduated from high school in Chula Vista, California, in 1970 and 232 completed one year in dancing school at South Ninth Generation western College in 1971. She worked as a P.B.X. Floyd N. Averill (1877-1947), the second child of switchboard operator for Pacific Telephone Com Martha Hart and Seth Henry Averill, was born at pany. She was married at Coronado, California, Lincoln, Ill., January 11, 1877. This writer has no November 1, 1971, to Steven Michael Davis, born information about this man except that he was at Chula Vista January 4, 1952. Steve graduated married to Pearl L. Leas in Angola, Indiana. They from high school in Chula Vista in 1970. He is moved to Portland, Oregon, where their two employed at Catalina Pools in LaMesa, California, children were born. See the index. as a plumber. His father owned Azore Pools Supply 259½. Floyd Averill - no dates. Company in Chula Vista for about twelve years. 259¾. Barbara Averill - no date. Both Steve and his father are now employed by Barbara was married October 18, 1930, to R. Catalina Pools. Rebecca and Steve are currently Robbins Sulton. In about 1970, Floyd told Edith living in Chula Vista. Allman (34) by telephone conversation that Barbara had just moved to California. 364. Floyd N. died August 27, 1947; aged 70 years, 7 Twelfth Generation months and 16 days. Pearl died November 23, 1955; Teresa Lynn Chapman, the first child of Donald aged 78 years, one month and 25 days. The Anna Branch Daniel and Anna (Hart) Miller Wedding Picture 5. that the Millers moved to Grand Traverse County, Seventh Generation Michigan. Anna Hart, 1815-1890, the sixth child of Lovira 3. Grand Traverse County records contain the Hart Sr. and Anna Hotchkiss, was born in Avon, following. "Wells Benson Miller, son of Daniel Livingston County, New York, March 5, 1815. Her Miller and Anna Hart, was born in Livingston family moved to Mt. Morris_, New York, in 1827. County, New York, February 8, 1833. Died in There she lived with her mother, four brothers and Traverse City February 14, 1913, aged 80 years a sister until her marriage. and six days. She was married to Daniel Miller. They moved to Traverse City Register of Deeds records show Clayton, Lenawee County, Michigan, sometime Wells with several land transactions, both as between the spring of 1833 and the autumn of 1836. grantor and grantee. Co-signer was his wife, Reasons for the above statement. Cynthia E. One such transaction was land pur 1. Their son, Wells Benson Miller, #369, was chased from George W. Miller and wife, Mary A. born in Livingston County, New York, in 1833. Date 1895. Amount $1500.00. "Anna's brother, Lovira Hart Jr., visited them at 4. My father's album has three Miller pictures: Clayton in February of 1837 on his way to his farm (a) Aylmer Miller and wife; (b) Cousin Silas Miller; in Tuscola County, Michigan." See Lovira Hart (c) Cousin Ed Miller. letters elsewhere in this book. 5. Following is a quote from notes given me by I find very little record of the Daniel Miller Aunt 'Delana (Hart) Palmer. "Anna Miller died of family. The following, mostly unrelated items cancer here at Hart's Corners. She did a lot of gives us a very dim picture of the Millers and thei; knitting, sat in the corner by the fireplace, near the movements. North bedroom. Visited with the Squaws a great 1. A letter to Susan Hoyt (my grandmother's deal. Had a Yankee brogue in her speech. Anna sister) states "Rhoda and the Miller boys have died March 20, 1890, aged 75 years and 15 days. moved to California." This writer found a record in This writer found no death records for either the Lenawee County Register of Deeds showing Anna or Daniel in either the Tuscola, Lenawee or that Rhoda Miller sold a piece of property there Grand Traverse County records. August 18, 1865, for $750.00. See Liber 72, page I am sure there are plenty of Hart-Miller 447; and Liber 88, page 388, Lenawee County. descendants, if one just knew where to look. 2. A cousin, Carrie (Shaw) Newman, told me 125 The Nancy Branch Michigan, with her daughter, Sarah Ann (Thurs ton) Carroll. There she died November 6, 1909, at the age of 92 years, 8 months and 8 days. Note: For further information on the ancestors of Silas and Joshua Thurston, see the "Thurston Geneologies 1835-1892" compiled and published by Brown Thurston, Portland, Maine. 370. Eighth Generation George Albert Thurston (1838-1929), the first child of Nancy Hart and Silas Rawson Thurston, was born at Hemlock Lake, Livingston County, New York, September 4, 1838. He operated the hop farm which had been his parents home farm. He was married to Margaret Ellen Austin on May 3, 1871. To this union were born five children, two boys and three girls. See the index. 373. George Thomas, June 17, 1873. 374. Katherine "Kittie," November 7, 1875. 375. Frank, June 15, 18--. 376. Bessie E., February 5, 1879. Nancy (Hart) Thurston 377. Charlotte Ellen (Lottie), January 7, 1881. He worked on this farm until his retirement. He 6. died at Hemlock February 7, 1929, aged 90 years, 5 Seventh Generation months and 3 days. Margaret died at Hemlock Nancy Hart, 1817-1909, the seventh child of October 21, 1924, aged 79 years, 7 months and 6 Lovira Hart Sr. and Anna Hotchkiss, was born days. near Mt. Morris, Livingston County, New York, This writer visited the farm in July, 1967. The February 28, 1817. only one of the original buildings left was the hop She was married November 9, 1837, to Silas drying shed. We also visited his daughter, Bessie Rawson Thurston, born in Otsego County, New E. (Thurston) Colgrove. She had previously York, in 1808. There were five children. See the suffered a broken hip and was living at the Conesus index. Lake Rest Home. Bessie was Eighty-eight years 370. George Albert, September 4, 1838. old at this time. She seemed very sharp. 371. Sarah Ann, June 23, 1840. Charles Rawson, February 2, 1842. 371. Clara Jane, September 27, 1849. Eighth Generation 372. William Henry, March 16, 1858. Sarah Ann Thurston (1841-1922), the second Silas was the son of Joshua and Betsy (Green) child of Nancy Hart and Silas Rawson Thurston, Thurston of Springfield, New York. Joshua and was born near Hemlock Lake, Livingston County, Betsy lived and died on Thurston's Hill, located New York, June 23, 1841. She was married to about one mile west of the north end of Otsego Edwin Morgan Carroll, born September 11, 1836, Lake, Otsego County, New York. Burns, New York. Information about their first ten This writer found the grave marker of Edward years of married life is a bit hazy. They must have Thurston Jr., grandfather of Silas. It is located in a moved to Pittsford, Michigan, before 1872. Her little rural cemetery on a hillside about one-half niece, Bessie Colegrove, told me that Silas went to mile from Thurston's Hill. Silas moved to Living Michigan with Ed Carroll to help him select a farm. ston County, New York, sometime before 1837. He There were six children. See the index. purchased a farm near Hemlock Lake, Livingston 378. Lester Scott, August 24, 1863. County. He became a hop farmer. 379. Jessie, February 21, 1865. He died on his farm at Hemlock Lake on 380. F. Louise, August 27, 1866. September 4, 1872, at the age of sixty-six years. 381. Walter Myron, December 7, 1870. After Silas died, Nancy moved to Pittsford, Verna E., December 1, 1872. 126 THF, NANCY BRANCH 127 Died September 14, 1887. He died March 28, 1901. This writer does not 382. Edwin Clifton, July 31, 1876. know the date of their divorce. Florence died Ed was a farmer by occupation. We have no August 7, 1949, aged 85 years, 4 months and 9 other information about him except that he died days. William was married (second) August 3, September 21, 1914. Aged 77 years, 10 months and 1921, to Nellie Ann (Shaw) Bigelow, born in Clio, 3 days. Sarah spent her last days in Park Ridge, Michigan, February 27, 1872. They lived in and Illinois, with one of her children. She died there near Flint, Michigan. William was a miller by January 18, 1922. Aged 80 years, 6 months, 25 trade. There were no children. Nellie had three days. The body was returned to Pittsford, children by a previous marriage. They were Michigan, for buriel. Clarence and Jeffry Bigelow and Mrs. Glen Eliza A. Carroll was a sister-in-law of Sarah Ann (Bigelow) Schneck. This writer remembers "Will" Carroll. Eliza's will gave all her property to Sarah. when he attended the Hart reunions. He died in In case Sarah did not survive Eliza, all of her Flint, Michigan, November 10, 1939, aged 81 years, property was to go to E. Clifton Carroll, et al. 7 months and 24 days. Nellie died at the home of Sarah did survive her so all her property went to one of her sons in Millington, Michigan, March 18, Sarah Ann, except that needed for debts and 1951, aged 79 years and 22 days. funeral expenses. See Liber 191, page 236, Hills dale County records. Sarah Ann's property, 373. including that received from Eliza, was willed to Ninth Generation the following: Lester Scott Carroll, Theodore H. George Thomas Thurston (1873-1935), the first Cole, Louise C. Perrin, E. Clifton Carroll and Edna child of George Albert Thurston and Margaret Ella L. Carroll. See Liber 191, page 311, Hillsdale Austin, was born at Hemlock Lake, New York, County records. June 17, 1873. He lived and worked there on the farm with his family until his marriage. He was married August 13, 1901, to Maud Arloween Gleason, born in Portage, New York, April 1, 1877. There were three children. See the index. 383. Ralph Wesley, November 27, 1903. 384. Blanche Arloween, August 16, 1905. 385. George Leicester, March 16, 1907. George was a cabinet maker by trade. He and his family moved to Rochester, New York. There, he took a correspondence school course and passed the tests necessary to become a mail carrier. He moved to Avon, New York, for a time and later returned to Rochester. He continued in postal service until his retirement. He died in Rochester September 3, 1935, aged 62 years, 2 months and 17 days. Maud died in Fairlawn, New Jersey, September 24, 1955; aged 78 years, 5 months and 23 days. Interment was in the Mt. Hope cemetery in Rochester. William Henry Thurston and Nellie (Shaw) (Bigelow) Thurston 374. Ninth Generation Katherine "Kittie" Thurston (1875-1958), the 372. second child of George Albert Thurston and Eighth Generation Margaret Ella Austin, was born near Hemlock, William Henry Thurston (1858-1939), the fifth New York, November 7, 1875. She lived there on child of Nancy Hart and Silas Rawson Thurston, the farm with her family until her marriage. was born at Hemlock Lake, Livingston County, She was married January 22, 1895, to Frank New York, March 16, 1858. He lived there on the Short, born January 18, 1873. To this union was farm with his parents until he migrated to born one child. See the index. Michigan. According to news clippings, he must 386. Nathan, February 28, 1896. have spent his early years in Michigan with his Kittie and her family lived on a farm in the Hart cousins in Mt. Morris. That is where he was vicinity of Hemlock until Frank's untimely death. married September 25, 1889, to Florence Elizabeth He was killed while operating farm machinery. He Barber, born in Mt. Morris March 29, 1864. There got caught in a belt. He died January 17, 1929, aged was one child. See the index. 55 years, 11 months and 30 days. Kittie died in Melson, November 1, 1894. Rochester, New York, March 1958. 128 THE HART FAMILY 375. 377. Ninth Generation Ninth Generation Frank Austin Thurston (1876-1952), the third Charlotte "Lottie" Ella Thurston (1881-1933), the child of George Albert Thurston and Margaret Ella fifth child of George Albert Thurston and Margaret Austin, was born near Hemlock New York, June Ella Austin, was born near Hemlock, New York, 15, 1876. He lived on the farm with his family until January 7, 1881. She lived on the farm with her his marriage. He completed his formal education in family until her marriage. the Hemlock school. According to my record, She was married October 22, 1906, to Glenn Frank was a farmer. He apparently lived in the Henry Crout, born in Hemlock, New York, May 30, vicinity of Rochester until between 1918 and 1920; 1881. There were four children. See the index. when he moved to Murray, New York, where his 391. Pauline Jeanette, January 6, 1908. last two children were born and where he 392. Genevieve Margaret, January 18, 1910. eventually died. He had taken the mail carrier 393. Audry Georgia, April 4, 1912. examination and carried mail until he received a Harold Glenn, August 4, 1917. medical discharge. Lottie and her family lived in the vicinity of He was married November 23, 1910, to Minnie Hemlock until 1912. Sometime before 1917 they Rusher, born at Rochester, New York, August 4, moved to Rochester, New York. I do not know 1880. There were five children. See the index. Glenn's occupation, whether they lived in town or 387. Ruth Edith, January 23, 1912. on the farm. Lottie died in Livonia Center, New 388. Sue Margaret, December 5, 1915. York, in November, 1933; aged 52 years, 10 389. Ella Jannett, November 3, 1917. months and 6 days. Interment was in the Livonia Sally Edgerley, December 27, 1920. cemetery. Ester May, May 7, 1922. 378. Minnie finished high school in Rochester and took Ninth Generation secretarial training and worked in a law office. She Lester Scott Carroll, the first child of Sarah Ann lived in a nursing home in Rochester. Frank died Thurston and Edwin Morgan Carroll, was born in June 10, 1952, in Holly, New York, aged 75 years, Hemlock, New York, August 25, 1863. He moved 11 months and 22 days. Interment was in a with his family to Pittsford, Michigan, in about Rochester cemetery. Minnie died January 20, 1975. 1871 at the age of eight years. Aged 94 years, 5 months and 16 days. In 1886, he returned from Henry, South Dakota, 376. to attend the wedding of his sister, Jessie. He Ninth Generation signed as witness at her wedding. In 1887, he Bessie E. Thurston (1879-1969), the fourth child returned from Chicago, Illinois, to take part in the of George Albert Thurston and Ella Margaret wedding of his sister, Louise. He also signed as a Austin, was born near Hemlock, New York, witness at her wedding. He was married to Alice V. September 4, 1879. She lived there on the farm Igel. We have a record of one child. See the index. until her marriage. She was married December 6, 394. Dorothy Carroll. 1903, to William Colegrove, born at Tabours She was married to Dr. J. R. Mersiman in Corners, New York, April 1, 1878. There was one October of 1920. A very sketchy record also shows child. See the index. that Lester lived in New York City in later years. 390. Myron Nelson, September 10, 1904. Bessie and her family lived on a farm in the 379. vicinity of Hemlock for a number of years. William Ninth Generation walked out on his family; after which Bessie bought Jessie Carroll, the second child of Sarah Ann a home in Hemlock, where she was still living at the Thurston and Edwin Morgan Carroll, was born in time of her passing. William died in Rochester, Hemlock, New York, February 21, 1865. She date unknown. moved with her family to Pittsford, Michigan, in This writer visited Bessie in 1967. We found her about 1871, at the age of six. She was married in in the Conesus Lake Rest Home, where she had Pittsford November 25, 1886, to Hugh M. Cole, been taken because of a broken hip. She was born in Erie County, Pennsylvania. We have a eighty-eight years old, but we found her to be record of one child. See the index. sharp and mentally alert. The Michigan Hart whom 395. Theodore Hugh Cole Sr., December 12, 1895. she remembered most vividly was George Hart, He was born in the Pittsford area. Theodore was brother of Orlando Hart. She died July 26, 1968; married October 15, 1919, to Gladys Blackburn. aged 89 years, 5 months and 21 days. I quote her One child is listed. See the index. niece, Pauline Page. "Bessie was a woman of very Theodore Hugh Jr., August 4, 1921. strong purpose and determination. She died of a Jessie died in Park Ridge, Illinois, in 1922. This heart attack while on her hands and knees laying a writer talked with Stacy and Hazel Cole, living carpet in her home. Interment was in the Livonia, near Hillsdale, Michigan. Stacy, at the age of New York, cemetery." eighty-six, remembered the Coles of Pittsford. He THE NANCY BRANCH 129 is not related to them so far as he knows. Wesley worked as a tool and die maker until his retirement. They started spending their winters in 381. Florida in 1951. He died in Seminole, Florida, Ninth Generation November 21, 1969; aged 65 years, 11 months and Walter Myron Carroll, the fourth child of Sarah 24 days. Interment was in White Haven cemetery Ann Thurston and Edwin Morgan Carroll, was in Pittsford, New York. born in Hemlock, New York, December 7, 1870. He Sarah is currently living in Pittsford. Following moved with his family to Pittsford, Michigan, in is a quote from one of her letters. "Wesley was a about 1871, at the age of one year. He was married very serious and talented man. He was a member September 2, 1893, to Edna Lee Eddy. There were of the Masonic lodge and was a Shriner and very six children. See the index. active in his lodge. He also was a man of many 396. Zua, March 9, 1894. hobbies; hunting, fishing, and wood carving. He Died September 12, 1923. had made me some nice pieces of furniture." They 397. Marjorie, May 10, 1900. Married were active members in the Christ Episcopal September 20, 1922, to Daniel A. Cameron. Church. Willard W., January 7, 1905. 384. Hugh Daniel, May 8, 1906. Tenth Generation Lester M., December 28, 1907. Blanch Arloween Thurston, the second child of Charlotte M., May 10, 1909. George Thomas Thurston and Maud Arloween 382. Gleason, was born in Rochester, New York, Ninth Generation August 16, 1905. She finished grade school in Gates, New York, in 1919; then completed a course Edwin Clifton Carroll, the sixth child of Sarah in Culver Beauty School. She worked for Kodak Ann Thurston and Edwin Morgan Carroll, was Company from 1923 to 1945. born in Pittsford, Michigan, July 31, 1876. The only She was married September 31, 1931, to Bruce other record we have of this person is: Lee Stephens, born at Burkettsville, Maryland, 1. He _was married twice. His second wife was April 5, 1900. There were no children. Bruce Evelyn Creel, born in 1884. completed the eighth grade and went to work for a 2. He was living in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1939, paper mill in Fairlawn, New Jersey, where he when his uncle, William Henry Thurston, died in became plant superintendent. He died in Fairlawn Flint, Mich. 3. E. Clifton (as he seemed to have been called) May 29, 1953; aged 53 years, 2 months and 24 days. was employed as a manager of Globe Steel Tube Blanch went to work for the Kaplowitz Raub Estate in 1952. She was married (second) June 11, Company with headquarters in Milwaukee, Wis 1955, to Paul Donald Stephens, born at Brunswick, consin. Missouri, March 26, 1906. There were no children. 4. One child is recorded. See the index. Paul graduated from high school in Charleston, Richard Carroll. West Virginia, in 1920. He has worked most of his 5. He died at St. Louis October 2, 1940. Aged 64 life in a paper mill. Like his brother, Bruce, he is years, 2 months, 28 days. This writer never had employed as a plant superintendent. They are contact with this family; however, a St. Louis currently living in Charleston, West Virginia. telephone directory printed in 1967 lists a Mrs. E. C. Carrolt as living at the same address where 385. Edwin and Evelyn were living in 1940. Tenth Generation 383. George Leicester Thurston (1907-1966), the third Tenth Generation child of George Thomas Thurston and Maud Ralph Wesley Thurston (1903-1969), the first Arloween Gleason, was born in Avon, New York, child of George Thomas Thurston and Maud March 15, 1907. He completed grammar school and Arleween Gleason, was born in Rochester, New one year of high school. He went west into the York, November 27, 1903. He completed high lumber camps. Later he worked for the Art Glass school and then went to work as a tool and die Company. His last thirty years were spent in the maker. employ of Kodak Company in Rochester. He was He was married August 31, 1931, to Sarah married August 8, 1927, to Lillian Cecil Dauser, Creighton Williamson, born in County Antrim, born in Rochester September 5, 1906. They have North Ireland, March 13, 1910. There were no three children. See the index. children. 389. Barbara Delores, April 5, 1934. Sarah's family migrated to Canada in 1925. She 399. Georgina Rose, December 22, 1936. graduated from high school in Kingston, Ontario, 400. Deanna Jean, August 11, 1939. Canada. She worked as a saleslady in McCurdy's Lillian completed grammar school and worked Department Store in Rochester, New York, until for six years as a beautician. She worked until her marriage. retirement from Stromberg-Carlson Radio. George 130 THE HART FAMILY Leicester died in Rochester December 27, 1966; Rochester State Hospital for the mentally ill. In aged 59 years, 9 months and 11 days. Lillian sold 1936, he began private practice in Pittsford, New the family home in 1971. She is currently living York. with her youngest daughter, Deanna Jean. Deanna From September, 1942, until April, 1946, he was and her husband are building a home in Victor, in the armed services; but retained his office in New York. Pittsford until he retired in December of 1968. As a child, Ruth was brought up in the Methodist 386. Church and Glenn as a Lutheran. They both love to Tenth Generation be with people. Ruth spends about a month each Nathan Short (1896-1967), the only child of fall working in the grape vineyards with the Katherine "Kittie" Thurston and Frank Short, was migrants. They are currently living in Holcomb, born near Hemlock, New York, February 29, 1896. New York. He lived there on the farm with his family until they moved to Rochester. He was married April 12, 1928, to Mary Smith. Her date and place of birth unknown. Nathan died in 1967. Place unknown. Mary later married (second) to Harrington B. Woodworth. They are currently living in Livonia, New York. 388. Tenth Generation Sue Margaret Thurston, the second child of Frank Austin Thurston and Minnie Rusher, was born in Rochester, New York, December 9, 1915. She lived there with her family until they moved to Murray, New York, in 1921. She graduated from the Kendall high school in New York in 1933 and worked for Kodak until her marriage. For the past four years, she has worked for a bookstore in Ruth (Thurston) Carlson and husband Glenn Rochester. She was married October 9, 1939, to Norman 387. Bartlett Fuller, born in Brockport, New York, Tenth Generation November 16, 1913. They had the following Ruth Edith Thurston, the first child of Frank children. See the index. Austin Thurston and Minnie Rusher, was born in 401. Norman Bartlett Jr., November 16, 1940. Rochester, New York, January 23, 1912. She 402. Judith Ann, January 27, 1944. graduated from high school in Kendall, New York, 403. Sharon Ann, December 26, 1945. in 1928 and from a school of nursing in Rochester in Norman graduated from the Brockport high 1933. She retired from the nursing profession in school in 1932. He operated a farm for a number of 1946. years. In 1947 he went to work for Kodak, where She was married July 9, 1939, to Glenn William he is currently employed. They are living in Carlson, born in Watertown, Minnesota, December Rochester. 28, 1905. There were no children. Glenn graduated from high school in Watertown in 1923, and from 389. the University of Minnesota in 1927 with a B.S. Tenth Generation degree, and in 1929 with a degree in dental Ella Jane Thurston, the third child of Frank surgery. He completed his internship at Eastman Austin Thurston and Minnie Rusher, was born in Dental Dispensary in Rochester, New York. He Rochester, New York, November 11, 1917. She stayed on at the dispensary as an assistant. Later graduated from high school in Kendall, New York, he became head of the dental department of the in 1934 and completed two years at Rochester THE NANCY BRANCH 131 Collegiate Center with a major in liberal arts. of the John Deere Plow Company from 1927 to Besides rearing her family, she has been employed 1933. as follows: Eastman Kodak Company, 1936 to 1945; 391. welfare department, Santa Cruze, California, 1945 Tenth Generation to 1969; Emporium Department Store in Santa Pauline Jeanette Crout, the first child of Rosa, California, 1969 to 1973. Charlotte Ella "Lottie" Thurston and Glen Henry She was married August 11, 1944, to George Crout, was born at Hemlock, New York, June 6, Jack Bockrath, born in San Francisco, California, 1908. She completed the ninth grade in the October 10, 1914. There were two children. See the Hemlock schools then went to work. She worked in index. a meat market and in a knitting mill. She worked at 404. Joseph Thurston, March 2, 1947. Kodak in Rochester during World War II. 404½. Terri Ann, November 30, 1953. She was married September 12, 1926, to Basil George graduated from high school in Berkeley, Edward Page, born in Bakerton, Kentucky, California, in 1933; and from the University of January 28, 1905. There were four children. See California, Berkeley, in 1935 _with a major in the index. economics. He is currently employed in the insur 4061/z. Phyllis Sue, April 3, 1927. ance business. They are living in Santa Rosa, 407. Betty Jean, July 4, 1929. California. 408. Barbara Ann, June 27, 1932. 409. Sharon Lee, April 30, 1946. Basil completed the fourth grade in country school and went to work on the farm. He continued farming for twenty-five years. The next twenty years he was employed by the New York State highway department. He died in Rochester December 16, 1970; aged 65 years, 10 months and 19 days. Pauline continues to live in their home at Livonia Center. This writer visited her there in October, 1971. All of her daughters, sons-in-law, and grand children were there for supper. It was a grand opportunity for me to get acquainted with that family. Pauline is a member of the local Pres byterian church and works, part time, as a check out clerk at a local super market. 392. Tenth Generation Myron Colegrove and wife Genevieve Margaret Crout, the second child of Hilda (Bennett) Colegrove Charlotte Ella "Lottie" Thurston and Glen Henry Crout, was born at Hemlock, New York, January 390. 18, 1910. She was married to John Collins. She died Tenth Generation January 5, 1967, aged 56 years, 11 months and 18 days. There were no children. According to her Myron Nelson Colegrove, the only child of Bessie E. Thurston and William Colegrove, was born at sister, Pauline, she was never in very good health. Candice Hollow, New York, September 10, 1904. He graduated from high school in Hemlock, New York, in 1921. After a number of odd jobs, he went with a carnival as a bingo operator. At this writing, he is the owner of the carnival. He operates in the Yukon, in Alaska, in the summer; and lives in Sarasota, Florida, in the winter. He was married in Syracuse, New York, September 28, 1933, to Hilda Amanda Bennett, born in Syracuse August 13, 1910. There were two children. See the index. 405. Lester Henry, December 4, 1934. 406. Barbara Ann, April 25, 1943. Hilda graduated from high school in Polaski, New York, in 1927 and attended City Business School. She worked in the accounting department Audrey (Crout) Smith and husband Frank 132 THE HART FAMILY 393. Nancy Jane, January 30, 1958. Tenth Generation John Thurston, December 16, 1959. Audrey Georgia Crout (1912-1973), the third Mary Beth, March 20, 1963. child of Charlotte "Lottie" Ella Thurston and Glen Mary Beth lived only five days. Barbara recently Henry Crout, was born at Hemlock, New York, took special training and was employed with the April 23, 1912. She completed the eleventh grade in Rochester Savings Bank. Jack graduated from a high school in Livonia, New York. In 1928, she Rochester high school in 1950. After completing a went to work as a secretary. Later she was tour of duty with the U.S. Air Force, he attended employed as an executive secretary for an oil the University of Rochester, graduating with a company, which job she was still holding just prior degree in economics in 1963. He is currently to her death in 1973. employed by Xerox Corporation. He was recently She was married May 10, 1929, to Frank Fulton transferred to their California plant. Jack has a Smith, born near Lima, New York, August 8, 1910. most interesting ancestry. "An early king of There was one child, born at Lima. See the index. Scotland, while crossing a stream of water, lost his 410. Gene Frederick, October 17, 1929. ring in the water. A man by the name of Kincaid, Frank completed the eleventh grade in the Lima who was standing nearby, dove into the water and high school in 1967. He operated a farm until 1952, retrieved the ring. From that day on all Kincaids when he hired out as a truck driver for an oil have had free fishing rights in that area forever." company. Audrey and Frank were both employed They are living in Costa Mesa, California. by the same oil company. Audrey died June 9, 1973; aged 61 years, 1 month and 16 days. The 399. cause of death was cancer. Frank is currently living Eleventh Generation in Lima. He told me that his ancestors came from Georgina Rose Thurston, the second child of County Antrim in Northern Ireland. They were George Leicester Thurston and Lillian Cecil active members of the Lima Presbyterian Church. Dauser, was born in Rochester, New York, December 22, 1936. She graduated from the Spencerport high school in 1954 and worked for Kodak five years. She was married September 5, 1959, to Lawrence William Tobias, born in Rochester October 8, 1936. They have four children. See the index. Terry Lynn, August 15, 1960. Kim Ann, February 25, 1962. Lawrence William (3), November 22, 1963. Debra Susan, January 22, 1965. Larry graduated from a Rochester high school in 1955. He enlisted in the Marines in 1955 (see service records). He has worked for Kodak since his discharge in 1959. His service records indicate that he received his wings and a citation for 55 parachute jumps. They are currently living in Rochester, New York. 400. Eleventh Generation Barbara (Thurston) Kincaid and husband John Deanna Jean Thurston, the third child of George also children Nancy and John Jr. Leicester Thurston and Lillian Cecil Dauser, was born in Rochester, New York, August 11, 1939. 398. She graduated from high school in Spencerport, Eleventh Generation New York, in 1957. She worked as a secretary for Barbara Delores Thurston, the first child of Kodak for eight years. George Leicester Thurston and Lillian Cecil She was married July 29, 1961, to Gary Elton Dauser, was born in Rochester, New York, April 5, Preston, born in Knoxville, Pennsylvania, Feb 1934. She graduated from a Rochester high school ruary 26, 1937. There were four children. See the in 1952 and worked for Kodak as a secretary until index. 1957. Jacqueline Jeanne, October 5, 1962. She was married April 23, 1955, to John Charles Barbara Dale, December 3, 1963. "Jack" Kincaid, born in Rochester, New York, Susan Ellen, May 9, 1965. April 7, 1931. There were three children. See the Tracy Lynn, July 25, 1969. index. Gary graduated from the Spencerport high THE NANCY BRANCH 133 school in 1955. He took training at the State Police completed one year at the Delhi State University Academy, housed at that time with the Oneota and worked as a secretary two years before her Teachers College. He is a helicopter pilot for the marriage. New York State Police. They are currently living in She was married September 16, 1966, to James Victor, New York. Munger, born in Rochester, New York. There were two children. See the index. 401. Tamalyn Sue, July 8, 1968. Eleventh Generation Michelle Lee, March 12, 1970. Norman Bartlett Fuller Jr., the first child of Sue Tamalyn lived only ten and one-half months. She Margaret Thurston and Norman Bartlett Fuller died May 30, 1969, of pneumonia. Michelle died in a Sr., was born in Brockport, New York, November tragic accident early in 1971. James graduated 16, 1949. He completed the eleventh grade in the from a Rochester high school in 1964. He completed Hilton high school, then joined the Navy (see a night school course at the Rochester Business service records). Institute while working at Kodak. Sharon and Jim He was married December 18, 1965, to Nancy were divorced in 1972. She is currently with the Lee Hay, born in Cortland, New York, November armed services in Germany. 6, 1944. There were two children. See the index. William Leslie, May 25, 1967. 404. Jeffery Scott, September 22, 1969. Eleventh Generation Nancy graduated from high school in Homer, Joseph Thurston Bockrath, the first child of Ella New York, in 1963. She then completed a one-year Jane Thurston and George Jack Bockrath, was course at the Ithica School of Practical Nursing to born in Oakland, California, March 2, 1947. He become a licensed practical nurse. She is currently graduated from the Santa Rosa high school in 1964 working in a hospital. They are now living in and Chico College with a B.S. degree in social Cortland. science in 1968. He received his law degree from Hastings College of Law, University of California. 402. He is currently employed as an attorney. Eleventh Generation He was married June 16, 1971, to Gloria ???? Judith Ann Fuller, the second child of Sue Begley, born in Petaluma, California, May 22, 1946. Margaret Thurston and Norman Bartlett Fuller Gloria has a son, John Begley, born August 26, Sr., was born in Brockport, New York, January 27, 1965, by a previous marriage. Gloria graduated 1944. She graduated from high school in Hilton, from the Petaluma high school in 1963. She is New York, in 1963 and completed a licensed currently attending Rochester Community College. practical nurses course at Morrisville, New York. They are living in Rochester. She worked in a hospital in Rochester, New York, until her marriage. 404½. She was married June 18, 1966, to Richard Eleventh Generation Portheymiller, born in ????. There were four Terri Ann Bockrath, the second child of Ella Jane children. See the index. Thurston and George Jack Bockrath, was born in Teresa Marie, June 16, 1967. Fresno, California, November 30, 1953. She Elizabeth Ann, April 7, 1968. graduated from the Forestville high school in 1971, John Richard, January 28, 1970. and is attending Stanislaus State College with a Peter James, February 13, 1974. major in sociology. During the summers of 1971 Richard graduated from high school in Hicks and 1972, she was employed with the State Farm ville, New York, and then completed one year in Insurance Company. She is currently at home with junior college. He then went into the armed her parents in Santa Rosa. services (see service records). This writer does not know what his work is; however, they lived in 405. eastern New York for several years and later Eleventh Generation moved to Alaska, where they are still located at Lester Henry Colegrove, the first child of Myron this writing. Nelson Colegrove and Hilda Amanda Bennett, was born in Hemlock, New York, December 4, 1934. He 403. graduated from the Hemlock high school in 1954 Eleventh Generation and went to work for the Rural Electrification Sharon Ann Fuller, the third child of Sue Association. Except for the two years out for Margaret Thurston and Norman Bartlett Fuller armed services, he worked for R.E.A. Recently, Sr., was born in Rochester, New York, December however, he acquired a carnival. He operated the 26, 1945. She graduated from a Rochester high carnival in the eastern seaboard states and in school in 1965; having completed the early part of eastern Canada. her education in the Hilton school system. She He was married in Hemlock, New York, early in 134 THE HART FAMILY 1954 to Barbara Ann Humphrey. Barbara grad in the Presbyterian church. Betty is employed at uated from the Hemlock high school in 1954. Her the Conesus school cafeteria. parents were R. B. and Ruby Humphrey. There was one child. See the index. 408. Randy, December 27, 1954. Eleventh Generation Lester and Barbara were divorced in 1958. Barbara Ann Page, the third child of Pauline Lester was married (second) in Canaan, Con- Jeanette Crout and Basil Edwin Page, was born in necticut, May 20, 1961, to Susan Leah Anderson, Livonia Center, New York, June 27, 1932. She born in Troy, New York, May 20, 1944. She graduated from the Livonia high school in 1950 and graduated from the Troy high school in 1961. They studied one year at the Rochester Business are currently operating the carnival in the summer Institute. She worked for Delco, in Rochester, four season and living near Tellavast, Florida, in the years. winter. She was married January 23, 1954, to Edwin Arthur Batt, born February 18, 1921. There were 406. three children. See the index. Eleventh Generation Steven Basil, March 26, 1957. Barbara Ann Colegrove, the second child of Susan Jean, August 4, 1959. Myron Nelson Colegrove and Hilda Amanda Linda Ann, September 5, 1961. Bennett, was born in Rochester, New York, April Edwin graduated from a Rochester high school in 25, 1943. She graduated from the Sarasota high 1940. He went to work for Kodak, then went into school in 1961. Until she was married, she was the armed services (see service records). In 1946, employed as a hostess in a restaurant. She was he was discharged and went back to Kodak. Then married January 26, 1964, to Richard Carlyle in 1949, he enlisted in the Ordinance department of Thacker, born in Pikeville, Kentucky. There were the Air Force. In that capacity he travelled all over two children. See the index. the U.S.A. He has worked for Kodak ever since. Richard Carlyle Jr., September 4, 1966. They are currently living in Honeoye, New York, Kerry Ann, June 22, 1970. where they are active in the Congregational Dick graduated from high school in Columbus, church. In their earlier years, they were members Ohio, in 1961. He is employed as a coal miner. of a Presbyterian church. Barbara and her children are currently living in Sarasota, Florida. A divorce is pending. 409. Eleventh Generation 406½. Sharon Lee Page, the fourth child of Pauline Eleventh Generation Jeanette Crout and Basil Edward Page, was born Phyllis Sue Page, the first child of Pauline in Rochester, New York, April 30, 1946. She Jeanette Crout and Basil Edward Page, was born graduated from the Livonia high school in 1965. in Livonia Center, New York, April 3, 1927. She She worked for Sears Roebuck and Company five graduated from the Livonia high school in 1944 and years. went to work for Kodak in Rochester. She has been She was married May 19, 1969, to Bruce Charles there ever since. She is currently living in Johnson, born in Moline, Illinois, December 11, Rochester. 1943. There were two children. See the index. Amy Lynn, January 12, 1971. 407. Eric, May 31, 1973. Eleventh Generation Bruce graduated from a Rochester high school in Betty Jean Page, the second child of Pauline 1961. Except for the time he spent in the armed Jeanette Crout and Basil Edward Page, was born services, he has worked for the Rochester Gas and in Livonia Center, New York, July 4, 1928. She Electric Company. See service record. They are graduated from the Livonia high school in 1946 and currently living in Livonia, New York. went to work for Kodak. She was married June 19, 1948, to Clayton Henry Hermann, born in 410. Schnectady, New York, March 31, 1918. There Eleventh Generation were three children. See the index. Gene Frederick Smith, the only child of Audrey 411. Christy Ann, December 29, 1949. Georgia Crout and Frank Fulton Smith, was born 412. Jacqueline Sue, January 10, 1953. near Lima, New York, October 17, 1929. He Nancy Lee, March 26, 1958. graduated from the Lima high school in 1946 and Clayton graduated from the Schnectady high received his B.S. degree in chemical engineering school in 1936. He has worked for Kodak ever from Clarkson Tech, at Potsdam, New York, in since, except for his tour of duty with the U.S. Air 1950. He was a member of the R.O.T.C. at Potsdam Force (see service records). They are currently and was drafted in the armed services (see service living in Conesus, New York, where they are active records). After his discharge, he received his THE NANCY BRANCH 135 Master's degree in business administration and worked summers at Kodak in Rochester. accounting at the University of Rochester in 1962. She was married in Geneseo, New York, March He received a special degree in advanced manage 10, 1972, to William Frederick Tayler, born in ment from Harvard in 1969. He is now employed by Irondequoit, New York, May 5, 1949. They have Xerox Corporation in Webster, New York, in two children, born in Riddle, Pennsylvania. See the management. index. He was married June 3, 1951, to Mary Adelaid Sara Abigail, May 10, 1975. Williams, born in Rochester August 7, 1931. There Jill Ryan, March 20, 1978. were five children. See the index. Bill graduated from the Irondequoit high school 413. Victoria Jeanne, May 16, 1954. in 1967 and from Grove City College in 1971 with a 414. David Stephen, November 19, 1955. B.S. degree in electrical engineering. He is now Marta Lee, April 24, 1957. employed as a civilian electrical engineer for the Eric Owen, May 11, 1961. Philadelphia Naval Base. They are living in Media, Melissa Shirley, November 16, 1963. Pennsylvania. Mary graduated from a Rochester high school in 194 7 and from the Potsdam State Teachers College 412. in 1951 with a degree in music. She taught music at Twelfth Generation the Spencerport high school for one year. She is Jacqueline Sue Hermann, the second child of now doing part-time teaching in the Webster school Betty Jean Page and Clayton Henry Hermann, was system. She is director of music in the United born in Rochester, New York, January 10, 1953. Methodist Church; having direction of the Chancel Her family was living in Conesus, New York. She Choir and the Cherub Choir. Gene is a member of graduated from the Livonia high school in 1971 and the church finance committee. They are currently was employed by Eastman Kodak as a clerk until living in Webster. her marriage. Jackie was married in Geneseo, New York, 411. October 6, 1973, to Michael John Judy, born Twelfth Generation September 28, 1949, at Brookfield, Pennsylvania. Christy Ann Hermann, the first child of Betty They currently have one child, born in Houston, Jean Page and Clayton Henry Hermann, was born Texas. See the index. in Rochester, New York, December 29, 1949. She Chad Michael, December 25, 1975. graduated from high school in Henrietta, New Michael was stationed in the armed services in York, in 1968 and from New York State University Houston, Texas. Michael's parents were Paul Judy at Geneseo in May, 1972, with a B.S. degree in and Mary Lou Leisure. He graduated from high elementary education, specializing in deaf educa school in Henrietta, New York, in 1968. He had tion, with a minor in English. She will be looking some training at Orange University before becom for a teaching position in the vicinity of Philadel ing an assistant golf pro. They are currently living phia in one of the deaf schools. Between high school on Forsythia Drive in Rochester, New York. and college,, she was employed as a waitress and The George Branch George Hart and wife Margaret Elizabeth (Libb) Rone 7. Seventh Generation record. We have his picture. George Hart (1818-1915), the eighth child of Following from a news clipping about George and Lovira Hart Sr. and Anna Hotchkiss, was born at Libby: "For a number of years he operated a farm Mt. Morris, Livingston County, New York, in Vienna Township, Genesee County, but came December 5, 1818. There he lived and worked with here and built the Mt. Morris Roller Mills. He has his three brothers on his mother's farm-his father always been an active worker in the M. E. Church having died when he was ten months old. George and practically built the wooden edifice that stood apparently made his first trip to Michigan in 1840 on the site of the new M. E. Church and was one of or 1841. He took up permanent residence there in the largest contributors to the present building 1845. He worked at Tuscola with his brother, (1915). He was a member of the official board. Mr. Lovira Jr., and also at Mt. Morris with Albert. Hart has been president of the Village and has In 1847, he was married to Elizabeth Johnson. occupied nearly every office in Village affairs and She died one year later. On January 1, 1850, he was for a number of years a member of the board of married Margaret Elizabeth (Libby) Rone, born in Education." 1828 at Lavonia, New York. There were no Libby's obituary states that "Mr. Hart was in children of their own. However, they are credited partnership in the flour mill in this place." with having brought up ten or twelve orphans. This George Hart was ninety-five years old and in writer has record of three of them. (1) Sarah J. was good health at the time of his brother Orlando's adopted by them. She died April 28, 1865; aged 17 one-hundredth birthday party. He died January 18, years and 28 days. (2) Agnes (Aggie) Lawson-she 1915; aged 96 years, 1 month and 13 days. lived with them until her marriage to George Libby died two months later-March 7, 1915- Knickerbarker. (3) William Jones. No further aged 86 years and 7 months. ~-,-- . ✓ '. f-~t'~~ f ~~ : ~%~ ; \ The Lovira Hart Family Vital Statistics The pages in this report are in this particular Co., Mich.; d. 2/15/1832, Genesee Co., Mich. order for two reasons: to divide the members into Cornelia Ann Hart, b. 8/19/1833, Genesee Co., family groups, and to make it easier to trace each Mich.; d. 12/24/1853, Genesee Co., Mich. family. Nancy Jane Hart, b. 3/15/1836, Genesee Co., Lovira Hart, Sr., had eight children-six of Mich.; d. 8/18/1855, Genesee Co., Mich. whom raised families. Each of these six has a Albert Smith Hart, b. 5/26/1841, Genesee Co., separate place in this record. They are Albert Mich.; d. 3/20/1862, service, civil war. Hem:y Hart, Lovira Hart, Jr., Orlando Hart, Ann William Henry Hart, b. 4/14/1846, Genesee Co., (Hart) Miller, Nancy (Hart) Thurston, and George Mich.; d. 10/10/1879, at the farm home of Lovira Hart. Hart, Jr., Tuscola Co., Mich. Sarah (Smith) Hart, second husband, Joseph Fairbanks, b. 1796; m. FIRST CHILD OF ELIHU HART 8/4/1863. 1. Lovira Hart, Sr., farmer, b. 12/25/1778, Kensington, Conn.; m. 11/16/1800, Kensington, FIRST CHILD OF ALBERT HENRY HART (1) Conn.; d.11/14/1819. He married Anna Hotchkiss, 8. Harriet Amanda Hart, b. 11/11/1829, Genesee b. 6/22/1782, Durham, N.Y.; d. 10/17/1863, Co., Mich.; m. 7/4/1855, Genesee Co., Mich.; d. Tuscola, Mich. Their children: 11/13/1869, Genesee Co., Mich. She married 2. Albert Henry Hart, b. 8/18/1801, Kensington, Oliver Upton, farmer, b. 1830, Genesee Co., Mich.; Conn.; m. 1/7/1827, Sarah Smith; d. 3/26/1851, d. 4/9/1862, Genesee Co., Mich. Their children: Genesee Co., Mich. Theodosa Cornelia Upton, b. 5/9/1857, Genesee Polly Hart, b. 12/18/1803; d. 10/26/1819. Co., Mich.; d. 1/7/1879, Genesee Co., Mich. 3. Lovira Hart, Jr., b. 12/8/1808, Durham, N.Y.; Scott Albert Upton, b. 4/23/1861, Genesee Co., m. 6/12/1834 and 11/16/1842; d. 3/5/1892, Tuscola Mich.; d. 3/29/1878, Genesee Co., Mich. Co., Mich. Harriet Amanda, m. (second) Joshua S. Briggs, Ann Hart, b. 9/30/1810, Durham, N.Y.; d. b. 1/13/18??; m. no date; d. 2/5/1875, Genesee Co., 8/27/1811, Durham, N.Y. Mich. Their children: 4. Orlando Hart, b. 9/6/1813, Avon, N.Y.; m. Mary E. Briggs, b. 1867, Genesee Co., Mich.; d. 7/11/1835, 2/9/1860 and 4/21/1869; d. 1/13/1914, 9/15/1868, Genesee Co., Mich. Genesee Co., Mich. Infant Sister, b. 1868, Genesee Co., Mich.; d. 5. Ann Hart, b. 3/5/1815, Avon, N.Y.; m. Daniel 10/1/1868, Genesee Co., Mich. Miller; d. 3/20/1890. Note: All of these children died very early in life. 6. Nancy Hart, b. 2/28/1817, Mt. Morris, N.Y.; None of them were married. It would seem that m. 11/9/1837, Silas R. Thurston; d. 11/6/1909, this Albert Hart's family line ended at this point. Pittsford, Mich. 7. George Hart, b. 12/5/1818, Mt. Morris, N.Y.; m. 1847 and 1/1/1850; d. 1/18/1915, Mt. Morris, BRANCH OF LOVIRA Mich. BRANCH OF ALBERT HENRY THIRD CHILD OF LOVIRA HART, SR. 3. Lovira Hart, Jr., farmer, b. 12/8/1808, FIRST SON OF LOVIRA HART, SR. Durham, Greene Co., N.Y.; m. 6/12/1834 and 2. Albert Henry Hart, farmer, b. 8/18/1801, 9/14/1842; d. 3/5/1892, Tuscola Co., Mich. He Kensington, Conn.; m. 1/7/1827; d. 3/26/1851, married Hannah Emeline Abbey, b. 1808; m. Genesee Co., Mich. He married Sarah Smith, b. 6/12/1834, Livingston Co., N. Y.; d. 7/3/1841, 8/22/1809, d. 3/26/1877, Genesee Co., Mich. Their Tuscola Co., Mich. Their children: children: 9. Ann Janette Hart, b. 10/8/1835, Livingston 8. Harriet Amanda Hart, b. 11/11/1831, Genesee Co., N.Y.; m. 1861, Leicester Johnson; d. Co., Mich.; m. 5/16/1855 and 1867; d. 11/13/1869, 6/13/1920, Avon, N.Y. No children. Genesee Co., Mich. Emergene Hart, b. 5/10/1837, Livingston Co., Sarah Elizabeth Hart, b. 1/15/1832, Genesee N.Y.; d. 5/3/1851, Tuscola Co., Mich. 138 THE LOVIRA JR. BRANCH 139 10. Mary Jane Hart, b. 1/9/1839, Tuscola Co., Co., Mich.; m. 12/24/1903, John N. Hughes; d. Mich.; m. 12/18/1860 and 2/24/1870; d. 8/26/1929, 2/8/1955, Genesee Co., Mich. Tuscola Co., Mich. 20. Henry Russell Palmer, farmer, b. 8/14/1881, IL Hannah Emeline Hart, b. 7/3/1841, Tuscola Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 12/9/1910, Mena Dean; d. Co., Mich.; not married; d. 11/6/1921, Tuscola Co., 9/17/1945, Tuscola Co., Mich. Mich. Lovira married (second) Esther Maria Parker, b. SIXTH CHILD OF LOVIRA HART, JR. 7/6/1812, Springfield, Mass.; m. 9/14/1842, Tus 13. Lemuel Parker Hart, farmer, b. 4/20/1848, cola Co., Mich.; d. 12/11/1889, Tuscola Co., Mich. Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 12/25/1874, McMinnville, Their children: Tenn.; d. 2/17/1933, Tuscola Co., Mich. He 12. Sarah Delana Hart, b. 8/13/1843, Tuscola married Clarabelle Rachael Hoyt, b. 9/26/1853, Co., Mich.; m. 5/5/1875, Delroy Palmer; d. Craftsbury, Vt.; d. 9/9/1931, Tuscola Co., Mich. 5/23/1937, Tuscola Co., Mich. Their children: 13. Lemuel Parker Hart, farmer, b. 4/20/1848, 21. Lemuel Jay Hart, farmer, b. 11/4/1875, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 12/25/1874, Clarabelle Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 9/4/1901, Esther Maria Rachael Hoyt; d. 2/17/1933, Tuscola Co., Mich. Ashe; d. 3/25/1961, Three Rivers, Mich. 14. Albert Henry Hart, farmer, b. 2/21/1851, 22. Anniebelle Hart, b. 7/13/1877, Tuscola Co., Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 9/28/1874, Eliza Wilson; d. Mich.; m. 11/13/1895, James McPherson; d. 8/12/1876, Genesee Co., Mich. 1/6/1931, Tuscola Co., Mich. No children. 23. Elsie Emeline Hart, b. 8/12/1879, Tuscola FIRST CHILD OF LOVIRA HART, JR. Co., Mich.; m. 12/23/1901, Jesse Colman; d. 9. Ann Janette Hart, b. 10/8/1835, Livingston 3/6/1947, Tuscola Co., Mich. Co., N.Y.; m. 1861, Geneseo, N.Y.; d. 6/13/1920, Baby Hart, b. 2/7/1884, Tuscola Co., Mich.; d. Avon, N.Y. She married Leicester Johnson, 2/7/1884, Tuscola Co., Mich. farmer, b. no date; d. 2/1/1915, Avon, N.Y. No 24. Horace Lovira Hart, farmer and radio repair children. man, b. 2/9/1886, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 10/12/ 1910, Edna Palmer; d. 8/18/1948, Tuscola, Mich. THIRD CHILD OF LOVIRA HART, JR. 25. George Scott Hart, farmer, b. 10/18/1887, 10. Mary Jane Hart, b. 1/9/1839, Tuscola Co., Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 12/22/1912, Nellie Colbath; Mich.; m. 12/18/1860 and 2/24/1870; d. 8/26/1929, d. 12/29/1958, Bradenton, Fla. Tuscola Co., Mich. She married Marshall S. Lamson, farmer, b. 10/9/1834, Lawrence, Vt.; m. SEVENTH CHILD OF LOVIRA HART, JR. 12/18/1860, Tuscola Co., Mich.; d. 3/26/1866, 14. Albert Henry Hart, farmer, b. 2/21/1851, Tuscola Co., Mich. Their child Virgil R. Lamson, b. Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 9/28/1874, Genesee Co., 5/15/1864, Tuscola Co., Mich.; d. 3/21/1866, Mich.; d. 8/12/1876, Mt. Morris, Genesee Co., Tuscola Co., Mich. She married (second) Robert W. Mich. He married Eliza Jane Wilson, b. 8/7/1855, Shaw, farmer, b. 11/17/1848, Chatham, Ontario; Birch Run, Mich.; d. 12/21/1923, Vassar, Tuscola m. 2/24/1870, Tuscola Co., Mich.; d. 10/2/1926, Co., Mich. Their children: Tuscola Co., Mich. Their children: 26. Alice Alma Hart, b. 1/1/1875, Tuscola Co., 15. Elwood Z. Shaw, b. 2/10/1871, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 4/19/1899, Alvin Eugene Hoard; d. Mich.; m. 6/30/1903, Lettie Miller, d. no date; 12/3/1947, Millington, Tuscola Co., Mich. m. Clara Harris; d. 11/22/1958, Ferndale, Mich. 27. Esther Jane Hart, b. 6/27/1876, Tuscola Co., 16. Clay Shaw, b. 8/1/1872, Tuscola Co., Mich.; Mich.; m. 6/12/1905, Loren VanCleve; d. 12/5/ m. 6/11/1901, Alta Rathbun; d. 12/30/1959, 1960, Arbela, Tuscola Co., Mich. No children. Roscommon, Mich. Note: Eliza (Wilson) Hart, married (second) 17. Carrie E. Shaw, b. 1/7/1873, Tuscola Co., Charles Thomas VanWormer, farmer, b. 1864; m. Mich.; m. 1/9/1895, Edgar E. Newman; d. 2/18/1884, Tuscola Co., Mich.; d. 1902. Their 9/28/1967, Saginaw, Mich. children: Gladys VanWormer, Tuscola Co., Mich.; Lottie VanWormer, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. FIFTH CHILD OF LOVIRA HART, JR. Bagerow. 12. Sarah Delana Hart, b. 8/13/1843, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 5/5/1875, Tuscola Co., Mich.; d. SECOND CHILD OF MARYJANE HART 5/23/1937, Tuscola Co., Mich. She married Emroy 15. Elwood Z. Shaw, teacher and Ford Motors, b. Delroy Palmer, farmer and merchant, b. 8/12/ 2/10/1871, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 6/30/1903 and 1853, Tuscola Co., Mich.; d. 5/21/1938, Tuscola 9/11/1935; d. 11/22/1958, Ferndale, Mich. He Co., Mich. Their children: married Lettie Miller, b. 7/2/1868, Saginaw, 18. Edward Lovira Palmer, farmer, b. 6/23/ Mich.; m. 6/30/1903, Fairgrove, Mich.; d. 11/22/ 1876, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 4/22/1899, Mabel 1931, Detroit, Mich. He married (second) Clara Townsend; d. 3/13/1963, Vassar, Mich. Abbie Harris, m. 9/11/1935, Detroit, Mich.; d. 19. Lillian Janette Palmer, b. 5/31/1879, Tuscola Detroit, Mich. No children. 140 THE HART FAMILY THIRD CHILD OF MARY JANE HART Co., Mich.; m. 12/24/1903, Tuscola Co., Mich.; d. 16. Clay Shaw, farmer, b. 8/1/1872, Tuscola Co., 2/8/1955, Genesee Co., Mich. She married John N. Mich.; m. 6/11/1901, Vassar, Mich.; d. 12/30/1959, Hughes, laborer and tool maker, b. 2/26/1878, Merrill, Mich. He married Alta May Rathbun, b. Wallaceburg, Canada; d. 1/18/1950, Genesee Co., 7/25/1882, Vassar, Mich.; d. 10/3/1952, West Mich. Their children: Branch, Mich. Their children: 43. Florence Delana Hughes, b. 12/4/1905, 28. Max R. Shaw, b. 2/17/1903, Vassar, Mich.; Onaway, Mich.; m. 7/1/1937, Cecil Parker. 44. Gertrude Hughes, b. 4/30/1909, Tuscola Co., m. 11/10/1923, Florence M. McLain. Mich.; m. 5/30/1930, Tom Loranger. 29. Pearl Lillian Shaw, b. 3/20/1906, Tuscola 45. Myrl Louise Hughes, b. 9/8/1919, Clio, Co., Mich.; m. 12/25/1923 and 8/22/1937. Mich.; m. 8/10/1946, Marvin H. Trier. 30. Rex B. Shaw, b. 4/23/1911, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 4/2/1930 and 6/1/1939. THIRD CHILD OF SARAH DELANA HART FOURTH CHILD OF MARY JANE HART 20. Henry Russell Palmer, farmer, b. 8/14/1881, 17. Carrie E. Shaw, b. 1/7/1873, Tuscola Co., Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 12/9/1910, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 1/9/1895; d. 9/28/1967, Saginaw, Mich. Mich.; d. 9/17/1845, Tuscola Co., Mich. He married She married Edgar E. Newman, farmer, auto Mena C. Dean, B. 6/23/1886, Tuscola Co., Mich. sales, b. 3/4/1870, Byron, Mich.; d. 2/5/1936, Their children: Saginaw, Mich. Their children: 45½. Harold James Palmer, b. 11/14/1911, 31. Manley Edgar Newman, farmer, mail carrier, Tuscola Co., Mich.; d. 1/13/1939, Tuscola Co., b. 7/20/1897, Birch Run, Mich.; m. 8/13/1921, Mich. Wilma Kittle. Pauline Dean Palmer, b. 8/19/1914, Tuscola Co., 32. Mary Emergene Newman, b. 6/12/1899, Mich.; d. 8/23/1931, Tuscola Co., Mich. Birch Run, Mich.; not married; d. 1/7/1970, Doris Delana Palmer, b. 8/3/1919, Tuscola Co., Detroit, Mich. Mich.; d. 2/18/1934, Tuscola Co., Mich. 33. Lola Newman, b. 12/15/1901, Birch Run, Note: None of these young people were ever Mich.; m. 3/6/1926, Clarence Allman. married. 34. Edith Louise Newman, b. 12/18/1904, Birch Run, Mich.; m. 3/6/1926, Delmar Allman. FIRST CHILD OF LEMUEL PARKER HART 35. Russell E. Newman, grocer, salesman, b. 21. Lemuel Jay Hart, farmer, b. 11/4/1875, 6/22/1911, Flint, Mich.; m. 4/16/1933, Myrtle Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 9/4/1901, Tuscola Co., Kring. No children. Mich.; d. 3/25/1961, Three Rivers, Mich. He married Esther Maria Ashe, b. 11/1/1878, Tuscola FIRST CHILD OF SARAH DELANA HART Co., Mich.; d.11/27/1959, Tuscola Co., Mich. Their 18. Edward Lovira Palmer, farmer, b. 6/23/ children: 1876, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 4/22/1899, Tuscola 46. Hildred Jay Hart, youth worker (4-H), b. Co., Mich.; d. 4/4/1963, Saginaw, Mich. He 5/28/1902, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 12/25/1926, married Mabel Townsend, b. 8/19/1879, Tuscola Naomi Welch. Co., Mich.; d. 4/5/1948, Clio, Mich. Their children: James Lemuel Hart, b. 4/14/1905, Tuscola Co., 36. Ruth Irene Palmer, b. 1/29/1900, Tuscola Mich.; d. 2/5/1907, Tuscola Co., Mich. Co., Mich.; m. 2/19/1919, Roy Finn. Baby Hart, b. 9/17/1906, Tuscola Co., Mich.; d. 37. Roy Townsend Palmer, b. 9/14/1901, Tuscola 9/17/1906, Tuscola Co., Mich. Co., Mich.; m. 11/5/1921, Doris Parker; d. 47. Newell Ashe Hart, farmer and insurance, b. 12/16/1977, Flint, Mich. 1/22/1911, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 12/28/1936, 38. Leah Janette Palmer, b. 5/29/1903, Tuscola Neva Stinson. Co., Mich.; m. 6/1/1920, Earl Penfield; d. 48. Raymond Caley Hart, farmer, mechanic, b. 2/15/1955, Clio, Mich. 6/1/1916, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 9/14/1940, 39. Milton C. Palmer, b. 2/26/1910, Tuscola Co., Martha I. Latta. Mich.; m. 11/26/1931, Grace Raymond; d. 7/24/ 49. Ted Stanley Hart, singer, b. 2/6/1921. 1962, Clio, Mich. Tuscola Co., Mich.; d. 8/28/1970, Seattle, Wash. 40. Lester Edward Palmer, b. 11/28/1916, Genesee Co., Mich.; m. 12/21/1936, Marie Anna SECOND CHILD OF LEMUEL PARKER HART Gunnell. 22. Annie Belle Hart, b. 7/12/1877, Tuscola Co., 41. Emroy Dewain Palmer, b. 8/21/1918, Clio, Mich.; m. 11/13/1895, Tuscola Co., Mich.; d. Mich.; m. 9/23/1939, Margaret Scott; d. 6/27/ 1/6/1931, Tuscola Co., Mich. She married James 1946, Roger City, Mich. McPherson, teacher and farmer, b. 2/23/1864, 42. Evelyn Mabel Palmer, b. 10/14/1920, Clio, Tuscola Co., Mich.; d. 7/28/1931, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 5/30/1940, William Gratsch. Mich. No children. SECOND CHILD OF SARAH DELANA HART 19. Lillian Janette Palmer, b. 5/13/1879, Tuscola THE LOVIRA JR. BRANCH 141 THIRD CHILD OF LEMUEL P. HART 12/3/1947, Millington, Mich. She married Alvin 23. Elsie Emeline Hart, b. 8/12/1879, Tuscola Eugene Hoard, farmer, b. 1/9/1875, Tuscola Co., Co., Mich.; m. 12/25/1901, Tuscola Co., Mich.; d. Mich.; d. 3/2/1936, Saginaw, Mich. Their children: 3/6/1947, Tuscola Co., Mich. She married Wesley 62. Richard Earl Hoard, b. 2/21/1900, Tuscola Jesse Colman, farmer, b. 5/30/1876, Tuscola Co., Co., Mich.; m. 3/10/1926, Gladys I. Hoard; d. Mich.; d. 12/2/1953, Tuscola Co., Mich. Their 8/28/1928, Vassar, Mich. children: 63. Ralph Irving Hoard, b. 11/22/1902, Tuscola 50. Ivan J. Colman, b. 10/26/1902, Tuscola Co., Co., Mich.; m. 5/12/1934, Marguerite Hoard; d. Mich.; m. 4/18/1925, Helena M. Hoard; d. 4/21/1973, Tuscola Co., Mich. 12/18/1975, Millington, Mich. 64. Van C. Hoard, b. 2/12/1905, Tuscola Co., 51. Anna Vere Colman, b. 12/3/1903, Tuscola Mich.; m. 6/2/1928, Beatrice Barkley; d. 12/3/ Co., Mich.; m. 7/30/1928, W. Baker, and 4/18/ 1947, Millington, Mich. 1946, Wm. Lennox. 65. Henry Hart Hoard, b. 10/31/1907, Tuscola 52. Leon H. Colman, b. 5/3/1906, Tuscola Co., Co., Mich.; m. 6/1/1932, Juliana Comarami. Mich.; m. 9/29/1933, Wilhelmina Hyslop. 66. Ray "Stub" Hoard, b. 5/6/1910, Tuscola Co., 53. Nina Elsie Colman, b. 11/7/1914, Tuscola Mich.; m. 7/4/1934, Oleta Botimer. Co., Mich.; m. 1/16/1934, N. VanCleve, and 67. Paul Eugene Hoard, b. 2/11/1916, Tuscola 12/20/1952, R. Blair. Co., Mich.; m. 11/16/1940, Anna Pichner. 54. Edith Belle Colman, b. 12/10/1917, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 8/11/1937, Herbert Cole; d. SECOND CHILD OF ALBERT HENRY HART (2) 12/7/1953, Tuscola Co., Mich. 27. Esther Jane Hart, b. 6/27/1876, Tuscola Co., 55. Dan G. Colman, b. 5/13/1923, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 6/12/1905, Caro, Mich.; d. 12/5/1960, Mich.; m. 2/1/1944, A. Stratton, and 5/30/1957, J. Caro, Mich. She married Loren VanCleve, b. Stalter. 2/16/1873, Tuscola Co., Mich.; d. 12/26/1942, Tuscola Co., Mich. No children. FIFTH CHILD OF LEMUEL P. HART 24. Horace Lovira Hart, b. 2/9/1886, Tuscola FIRST CHILD OF CLAY SHAW Co., Mich.; m. 10/12/1910, Tuscola Co., Mich.; d. Descendant of Mary Jane Hart 8/18/1948, Tuscola Co., Mic1'. He married Edna 28. Max R. Shaw, b. 2/17/1903, Vassar, Mich.; Roena Palmer, b. 3/2/1890, Tuscola Co., Mich.; d. m. 11/10/1923, Millington, Mich. He married 1/6/1952, Lansing, Mich. Their children: Florence May McLain, b. 6/4/1904, Otisville, Mich. 56. Edward Wallace Hart, b. 9/7/1911, Tuscola No children. Co., Mich.; m. 8/16/1932, 2/1941 and 11/13/1945. 57. Earl Palmer Hart, b. 11/27/1915, Tuscola SECOND CHILD OF CLAY SHAW Co., Mich:; m. 9/3/1938, Bernice Kiepert; d. Descendant of Mary Jane Hart 6/27/1959, Columbus, Ohio. 29. Pearl Lillian Shaw, b. 3/20/1906, Tuscola Note: Horace and Edna were divorced in 1921. Co., Mich.; m. 12/25/1923 and 8/22/1937. She married Gordon Carter, b. 9/8/1904, Onaway, SIXTH CHILD OF LEMUEL P. HART Mich., m. 12/25/1923, Tuscola Co., Mich.; their 25. George Scott Hart, farmer, b. 10/18/1887, children: Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 12/22/1912, Tuscola Co., 68. Donald Carter, b. 9/7/1925, Tuscola Co., Mich.; d. 12/29/1958, Bradenton, Fla. He married Mich.; m. 9/28/1945, Mary Smith. Nellie Viola Colbeth, b. 4/12/1890, Tuscola Co., 69. Lawrence Carter, b. 12/1/1927, Tuscola Co., Mich.; d. 1/12/1966, Bradenton, Fla. Their Mich.; m. 2/12/1949, Nadine Foskett. children: Note: Pearl and Gordon divorced August, 1934. 58. Nelson Hart, b. 8/29/1913, Tuscola Co., Pearl married (second) Joseph Mata,jovitz, b. Mich.; m. 7/3/1941, Juanita Harris; d. 10/21/1972, 7/26/1905, Milladore, Wisc.; m. 8/22/1937, An Bradenton, Fla. No children; divorced. gola, Ind. No children. 59. Dorothy Rachel Hart, b. 4/17/1917, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 1/1/1937, L. Houghtaling, and THIRD CHILD OF CLAY SHAW 12/2/1960, W. Baldwin. Descendant of Mary Jane Hart 60. Lola I. Hart, b. 8/10/1918, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 5/5/1937, Kenneth Rosencrants. 30. Rex B. Shaw, b. 4/23/1911, Tuscola Co., 61. Viola Anna Hart, b. 10/26/1927, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 4/2/1930 and 6/1/1939. He married Mich.; m. 8/2/1947, Clifford Anderson. Irene McPherson 4/2/1930. Their child: 70. Raymond Bruce Shaw, b. 10/26/1930, Flint, Mich.; m. 6/7/1952, Carol E. Loftin; d. 3/7/1976, FIRST CHILD OF ALBERT HENRY HART (2) Hubert, N.C. Rex and Irene divorced. He married 26. Alice Alma Hart, b. 1/1/1875, Tuscola Co., (second) Marie Simons, b. 3/11/1921, Grayling, Mich.; m. 4/19/1898, Arbela Township, Mich.; d. Mich.; m. 6/1/1939, West Branch, Mich. 142 THE HART FAMILY FIRST CHILD OF CARRIE SHAW Co., Mich.; m. 2/19/1918, Clio, Mich. She married Descendant of Mary Jane Hart Roy L. Finn, farmer, b. 8/16/1887, Genesee Co., 31. Manley Edgar Newman, farmer and mail Mich.; d. 1/1/1959, Lapeer, Mich. Their children: carrier, b. 7/20/1899, Birch Run, Mich.; m. 82. Leslie Henry Finn, security police, Chev 8/13/1921, Clio, Mich. He married Wilma Kittle, b. rolet, b. 4/23/1919, Genesee Co., Mich.; m. 9/3/1894, Birch Run, Mich.; d. 4/21/1977, St. 3/29/1941, Ruth Gunnell. Cloud, Fla. Their children: 83. Mildred Joyce Finn, b. 7/21/1922, Flint, Manley Newman, b. 7/14/1922, Clio, Mich.; d. Mich.; d. 5/8/1952, Lapeer, Mich. 9/24/1925, Clio, Mich. Betty Ruth Finn, b. 8/16/1928, Flint, Mich.; d. Shirley Newman, b. 9/22/1924, Clio, Mich.; d. 8/16/1928, Flint, Mich. 8/5/1925, Clio, Mich. 71. Doris Evelyn Newman, b. 4/10/1926, Clio, SECOND CHILD OF Mich.; m. 2/9/1947, John E. Myers. EDWARD LOVIRA PALMER 72. Ver! Russell Newman, b. 5/16/1927, Clio, Descendant of De/,ana Hart Mich.; m. 6/25/1949, Sue King. 37. Roy Townsend Palmer, electrical appliance 73. Laverne C. Newman, b. 9/8/1928, Clio, retailer, b. 9/14/1901, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. Mich.; m. 9/18/1954, Muriel Jensen. 11/5/1921, Flint, Mich. He married Doris Parker, 74. Delmar Edwin Newman, b. 11/22/1929, Clio, b. 4/15/1903, Saginaw, Mich. No children. Mich.; m. 2/23/1962, Tommie D. Guthrie. 75. Wayne Darwin Newman, b. 4/4/1935, Clio, THIRD CHILD OF EDWARD LOVIRA PALMER Mich.; m. 12/6/1937, Janet Hall. Descendant of De/,ana Hart THIRD CHILD OF CARRIE E. SHAW 38. Leah Janette Palmer, b. 5/29/1903, Tuscola Descendant of Mary Jane Hart Co., Mich.; m. 6/1/1920, Clio, Mich.; d. 2/15/1955, Clio, Mich. She married Earl W. Penfield, black 33. Lola Newman, teacher, b. 12/15/1901, Birch smith, b. 11/11/1895, Colfax, Ill.; d. 4/22/1942, Run, Mich.; m. 3/6/1926, Clawson, Mich.; d. Clio, Mich. Their children: 3/15/1978, St. Cloud, Fla. She married Clarence L. Arthur R. Penfield, b. 11/28/1921, Clio, Mich.; Allman, teacher, b. 11/17/1900, Belle Rive, Ill. d. 1/24/1922, Clio, Mich. Their children: Floyd Earl Penfield, b. 12/6/1930, Clio, Mich.; d. 76. Mary Edith Allman, b. 1/15/1929, Saginaw, 12/6/1930, Clio, Mich. Mich.; m. 2/4/1956, Robert C. McGregor. 77. Carol Anne Allman, b. 8/30/1931, Saginaw, Mich.; m. 12/31/1950, Raleigh McGlone, Jr. FOURTH CHILD OF 78. Ethel Grace Allman, b. 7/11/1936, Saginaw, EDWARD LOVIRA PALMER Mich.; m. 6/17/1957, Eugene C. Kwaiser. Descendant of Dewna Hart FOURTH CHILD OF CARRIE E. SHAW 39. Milton C. Palmer, highway construction, b. Descendant of Mary Jane Hart 1/16/1910, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 11/26/1931, Birch Run, Mich.; d. 7/24/1962, Clio, Mich. He 34. Edith Louise Newman, b. 12/18/1904, Birch married Grace Raymond, b. 3/9/1909, Merrill, Run, Mich.; m. 3/6/1926, Clawson, Mich. She Mich.; d. 4/11/1973, Flint, Mich. Their child: married Delmar I. Allman, physical education, 84. Adopted child, Sandra Kay Palmer, b. University of Oregon, b. 10/3/1895, Remington, 7/24/1947, Flint, Mich.; m. 8/30/1969, James L. Ind. Their children: Fawcett. 79. Maejel Janet Allman, b. 12/3/1930, Ann Note: Milton set a world record for pouring Arbor, Mich.; m. 3/24/1948, Sam Graf. concrete. In twelve hours his crew poured 6,488 80. Daryl Manley Allman, b. 10/11/1933, Ann linear feet of road. It was twenty-four feet wide Arbor, Mich.; m. 9/22/1956, Beverly Loomis. and nine inches deep. 81. Gilbert Lee Allman, b. 11/16/1934, Ann Arbor, Mich.; m. 12/27/1958, Jeanne Dingle. FIFTH CHILD OF EDWARD LOVIRA PALMER Descendant of De/,ana Hart FIFTH CHILD OF CARRIE E. SHAW 40. Lester Edward Palmer, grocery trucking, b. Descendant of Mary Jane Hart 11;28/1916, Genesee Co., Mich.; m. 12/21/1936, 35. Russell E. Newman, grocer and salesman, b. Clio, Mich. He married Marie Anna Gunnell, b. 6/22/1911, Flint, Mich.; m. 3/16/1933, Ypsilanti, 12/20/1915, Thetford, Mich. Their children: Mich. He married Myrtle Mae Kring, teacher, b. 85. Joan Marie Palmer, b. 9/25/1937, Clio, 8/3/1911, Blissfield, Mich. No children. Mich.; m. 4/27/1961, Walter Good. 86. Patricia Louise Palmer, b. 10/21/1940, Flint, FIRST CHILD OF EDWARD PALMER Mich.; m. 8/1/1958, Owen Keegan. Descendant of Del.ana Hart 87. Douglas Harry Palmer, b. 8/31/1942, Flint, 36. Ruth Irene Palmer, b. 1/29/1900, Tuscola Mich.; m. 1/30/1965, Jeanne Powell. THE LOVIRA JR. BRANCH 143 88. Barbara Ann Palmer, b. 2/16/1945, Clio, 45. Myrl Louise Hughes, b. 9/8/1919, Clio, Mich.; m. 6/15/1962, Hugh VanTol. Mich.; m. 8/10/1946, Saginaw, Mich. She married 89. Dale Frederick Palmer, b. 8/13/1947, Clio, Marvin Henry Trier, postal clerk, b. 5/26/1918, Mich.; m. 4/12/1968, Carol Campbell. Saginaw, Mich. Their children: 90. David Michael Palmer, b. 9/2/1950, Clio, 100. Susan Trier, b. 12/29/1947, Saginaw, Mich.; Mich.; m. 4/10/1971, Renee K. Duford. m. 10/19/1968, James S. Hanson. 91. Kathleen Lynn Palmer, b. 3/17/1951, Flint, Harry Marvin Trier, b. 4/10/1951, Saginaw, Mich.; m. 9/19/1970, John H. Anderson. Mich. 92. Dennis Lee Palmer, b. 7/13/1953, Clio, Mich. Ross Kevin Trier, 11/2/1956, Saginaw, Mich. SIXTH CHILD OF EDWARD LOVIRA PALMER FIRST CHILD OF LEMUEL JAY HART Descendant of Del,ana Hart 46. Hildred Jay Hart, youth worker (4-H), b. 41. Emroy Dewain Palmer, public accountant, b. 5/28/1902, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 12/25/1926, 8/21/1918, Clio, Mich.; m. 9/23/1934, Toledo, Davison, Mich. He married Naomi P. Welch, b. Ohio; d. 6/27/1946, Rogers City, Mich. He married 12/30/1905, West Branch, Mich. Their children: Ill. Margaret Scott, b. 4/22/1918, Champaign, 101. Richard Marlin Hart, b. 10/24/1929, Their child: Lansing, Mich.; d. 8/3/1946, Gregory, Mich. Note: 93. Geraldine Joyce Palmer, b. 8/29/1940, Flint, Richard died of electric shock while working on a Mich.; m. 8/29/1959, Richard Douglas Hugh farm. Dingle. 102. Ronald Jay Hart, shoe sales, b. 6/24/1932, Note: Dewain was killed in a plane crash. Lake Odessa, Mich.; m. 5/25/1958, Julia L. Margaret married (second) John R. Allen, 12/31/ Wright; d. 3/15/1978, Centreville, Mich. 1961, at Amarillo, Tex. He was born at Horse Shoe, N.C., 3/25/1913. FOURTH CHILD OF LEMUEL JAY HART SEVENTH CHILD OF 47. Newell Ashe Hart, farmer and insurance, b. EDWARD LOVIRA PALMER 1/22/1911, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 12/28/1936, Descendant of Del,ana Hart Cadillac, Mich. He married Neva Mabel Stinson, b. 42. Evelyn Mable Palmer, licensed stockbroker, 5/14/1909, Cadillac, Mich. Their children: b. 10/14/1920, Clio, Mich.; m. 5/10/1940, Clio, 103. James Newell Hart, maintenance, b. Mich. She married William Donald Gratsch, b. 6/26/1940, Elkton, Mich.; m. 8/29/1964, Bethany 4/4/1909, Covington, Ky. No children. Grouex. 104. Roger Paul Hart, Chevrolet, b. 3/19/1945, Fowlerville, Mich.; m. 3/12/1966, Gloria J. FIRST CHILD OF LILLIAN J. PALMER Descendant of Ddana Hart Marsarik. 105. Stephen Lawrence Hart, office supervisor, 43. Florence Delana Hughes, b. 12/4/1905, b. 6/25/1946, Saginaw, Mich.; m. 6/11/1966, Diana Onaway, Mich.; m. 7/1/1937, Flint, Mich. She Kay Rick. married Cecil Parker, lathe operator, b. 4/4/1909, Evart, Mich. Their children: FIFTH CHILD OF LEMUEL JAY HART 94. Patricia Lee Parker, b. 8/13/1939, Flint, 48. Raymond Caley Hart, farmer and mechanic, Mich.; m. 6/15/1957, Richard C. Blake. b. 6/1/1916, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 9/14/1940, 95. Donna Janette Parker (twin), b. 12/27/1944, Jackson, Mich. He married Martha I. Latta, b. Flint, Mich.; m. 2/27/1965, Tyrone Scharrer. 9/15/1917, Jackson, Mich. Their children: 96. Donald John Parker (twin), b. 12/27/1944, 106. Robert Raymond Hart, doctor of medicine Flint, Mich.; m. 7/2/1965, Jeannie Cuddeback. and psychiatry, b. 7/22/1943, Saginaw, Mich.; m. 97. Carol Christine Parker, b. 10/4/1949, Flint, 9/12/1964, Linda Mary Park, and 6/5/1970, Marcia Mich.; m. 5/4/1968. Thomas P. Burns. D. Peyrefitte. Robert and Linda were divorced in 1967. SECOND CHILD OF LILLIAN J. PALMER 107. David Lloyd Hart, b. 5/14/1945, Saginaw, Descendant of Del,ana Hart Mich.; m. 10/7/1967, Natalie K. Doran. 44. Gertrude Hughes, b. 4/30/1909, Tuscola Co., 108. Randall Charles Hart, b. 6/17/1948, Mich.; m. 5/30/1930, Clio, Mich. She married Tom Saginaw, Mich.; m. 6/9/1973, Sarah Kay De Bernard Loranger, tractor sales, b. 11/12/1904, Koster. Hemlock, Mich. Their children: 109. Jonathan Jay Hart, b. 11/4/1950, Saginaw, 98. Jeanne Ann Loranger, b. 5/28/1931, Clio, Mich. Mich.; m. 5/20/1950, James Reed. 110. Lawrence Michael Hart, b. 5/23/1952, 99. Thomas Bernard Loranger, Jr., b. 7 /14/ Saginaw, Mich. 1936, Clio, Mich.; m. 8/13/1960, Sharon K. Keith. THIRD CHILD OF LILLIAN J. PALMER FIRST CHILD OF ELSIE EMELINE HART Descendant of Del,ana Hart 50. Ivan J: Colman, shop work, b. 10/26/1902, 144 THE HART FAMILY Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 4/18/1924, Tuscola Co., FOURTH CHILD OF ELSIE EMELINE HART Mich.; d. 12/18/1975, Millington, Mich. He married 53. Nina Elsie Colman, b. 11/7/1914, Tuscola Helena Maude Hoard, b. 7/24/1905, Millington, Co., Mich.; m. 1/18/1933 and 12/20/1952. She Mich.; d. 8/15/1958, Flint, Mich. Their children: married Norman Richard VanCleve, shop worker, 111. Clayton J. Colman, b. 1/11/1925, Tuscola b. 9/22/1916, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 1/18/1933, Co., Mich.; m. 9/28/1946, Margaret Urbanski. Millington, Mich.; d. 5/14/1969, Garden City, 112. Willard H. Colman, b. 9/23/1926, Tuscola Mich. Their children: Co., Mich.; m. 8/11/1948, Joyce Hope. 126. Phyllis May VanCleve, b. 5/10/1934, 113. Donald G. Colman, b. 7/31/1927, Tuscola Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 5/5/1950, J. Clayton Rize. Co., Mich.; m. 3/3/1950, Lorraine Morse. 127. Norman Loren VanCleve, b. 5/11/1935, 114. Grace Marion Colman, b. 8/11/1928, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 1/22/1954, Bettye Robin Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 9/3/1949, Jay Morse. son. 115. Robert Lee Colman, b. 10/7/1929, Tuscola 128. Roger William VanCleve, b. 9/7/1937, Co., Mich.; m. 6/11/1955, Joyce Britten. Detroit, Mich.; m. 5/8/1957, B. Bixman and Allice I. Colman, b. 2/17/1931, Tuscola Co., 10/21/1961, P. Brown. Mich.; d. 4/5/1937, Tuscola Co., Mich. 129. Patricia Jane VanCleve, b. 9/23/1938, 116. Russell Earl Colman, b. 6/29/1933, Tuscola Detroit, Mich.; m. 2/20/1960, Roy Caron Krone Co., Mich. mann. 117. Agnes Elsie Colman, b. 2/1/1936, Tuscola Nina and Norman divorced in 1952. Nina married Co., Mich.; m. 7/12/1952, Wayne Titsworth. (second) Robert Blair, shop worker, b. 5/22/1926, 118. Charles Wesley Colman, b. 1/19/1939, Detroit, Mich.; m. 12/20/1952, Vassar, Mich. Tuscola Co., Mich. Jack Duane Colman, b. 12/1/1940, Tuscola Co., FIFTH CHILD OF ELSIE EMELINE HART Mich.; d. 7/15/1941, Tuscola Co., Mich. 54. Edith Belle Coleman, b. 12/10/1918, Tuscola 119. Melvin Ronald Colman, b. 3/19/1942, Co., Mich.; m. 8/1/1937, Vassar, Mich.; d. Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 7/10/1965, Nanette Nabor, divorced 1967. 12/7/1953, Tuscola Co., Mich. She married Herbert Cole, shop worker, b. 11/30/1915, Arbela, Mich. Their children: SECOND CHILD OF ELSIE EMELINE HART 130. Allen Herbert Cole, b. 2/22/1940, Saginaw, 51. Anna Vere Colman, b. 12/3/1903, Tuscola Mich.; m. 6/7/1958, Betty Jo Evans. Co., Mich.; m. 7/30/1928 and 4/18/1946. She 131. Ned E. Cole, b. 7/18/1946, Saginaw, Mich.; married Wayne Elsworth Baker, auto factory, b. m. 8/16/1969, Shari L. Whann. 8/12/1908, Burt, Mich.; m. 7/30/1928, Toledo, Ohio; d. 8/13/1935, Flint, Mich. Their children: SIXTH CHILD OF ELSIE EMELINE HART 120. Marye} Carolyn Baker, b. 6/11/1931, 55. Dan G. Colman, shop worker, b. 5/13/1923, Montrose, Mich.; m. 11/3/1951, Leroy Lee Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 2/1/1944 and 5/30/1957. He Haggerty. married Arlene Bell Stratton, b. 2/26/1920, 121. Westley Wayne Baker, b. 2/23/1933, Clio, Fostoria, Mich.; m. 2/1/1944, Escondido, Calif. Mich.; m. 9/19/1953, Marie McTaggert; d. 4/24/ Their children: 1960, Tuscola Co., Mich. 132. Thomas D. Colman, b. 11/11/1944, Escon She married (second) William George Lennox, dido, Calif.; m. 4/16/1966, Connie Peters. telephone service, b. 4/19/1908, Millington, Mich.; 133. Margo Ann Colman, b. 9/11/1946, Escon m. 4/18/1946, Saginaw, Mich.; d. 9/24/1961, dido, Calif.; m. 5/14/1965, Larry Enos. Saginaw, Mich. 134. Jess L. Colman, b. 11/27/1951, Saginaw, Mich.; m. 9/11/1971, Grace E. Keltner. THIRD CHILD OF ELSIE EMELINE HART 135. Randy F. Colman, b. 10/6/1953, Saginaw, 52. Leon H. Colman, farmer, b. 5/3/1906, Mich.; m. 4/19/1975, Karen Rose. Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 9/29/1933, St. Louis, Mich. Dan and Arlene were divorced in 1957. He He married Wilhelmena Catherine Hyslop, b. married (second) Jean Stalter, b. 5/30/1957, Upper 2/26/1913, Millington, Mich. Their children: Sandusky, Ohio. Arlene married (second) Donald 122. Rex Leon Colman, b. 11/22/1934, Tuscola Sanford, 5/28/1966, Caro, Mich. Co., Mich.; m. 9/14/1968, Joyce Ann Franko. 123. Marie Candace Colman, b. 2/12/1939, FIRST CHILD OF HORACE LOVIRA HART Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 3/12/1960, Luther J. 56. Edward Wallace Hart, salesman and con Stewart. struction, b. 9/7/1911, Tuscola, Mich.; m. 8/16/ 124. Margorie Sue Colman, b. 1/19/1941, 1932, 2/1941 and 11/13/1945. He married Alta D. Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 7/1/1961, Roland Stange. Miller, b. 10/29/1913, Gilford, Mich.; m. 8/16/ 125. Geneva May Colman, b. 5/8/1943, Tuscola 1932, Vassar, Mich. He married (second) Frances Co., Mich.; m. 6/27/1964, John A. Horwath. Jean French, b. Ann Arbor, Mich.; m. 2/1941, THE LOVIRA JR. BRANCH 145 Lansing, Mich. Their children: Wescoat; d. 10/20/1962, Tuscola Co., Mich. 136. Lynn Ellen Hart, b. 1/6/1942, Lansing, 146. Dennis George Rosencrants, b. 4/14/1950, Mich.; m. 9/2/1960, Roy M. Hill. Tuscola Co., Mich. 137. Lee Edward Hart, b. 3/21/1944, Lansing, Mich. FOURTH CHILD OF GEORGE SCOTT HART Edward and Frances were divorced 8/9/1945. 61. Viola Anna Hart, b. 10/26/1927, Tuscola Co., He married (third) May Tina (Crosby) Cardine!, b. Mich.; m. 8/2/1947, Vassar, Mich. She married 7/18/1906, Newago Co., Mich.; m. 11/13/1945, Clifford Wilton Anderson, electroplating, b. 6/2/ East Lansing, Mich. Note: Alta D. Miller's second 1926, Millington, Mich. Their children: husband, Henry Novakoski, b. 1916, m. 7/30/1938. 147. Wayne Clifford Anderson, b. 12/17/1949, Lynn and Lee were adopted in 1945 by Kenneth Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 5/3/1974, Kimberly Gibson. Ross, the second husband of Frances French. 148. Mary Ann Anderson, b. 10/3/1951, Tuscola Co., Mich.; d. 10/16/1970, Tuscola Co., Mich. SECOND CHILD OF HORACE LOVIRA HART 149. Andrew Scott Anderson, b. 2/16/1957, 57. Earl Palmer Hart, hardware and electronics, Tuscola Co., Mich. b. 11/27/1915, Tuscola, Co., Mich.; m. 9/3/1938, Howard James Anderson, b. 9/16/1958, Tuscola Milford, Mich.; d. 6/27/1959, Columbus, Ohio. Co., Mich. Interment, Lansing, Mich. He married Bernice "Pat" M. Kiepert, b. 2/17/1915, Stockbridge, FIRST CHILD OF ALICE ALMA HART Mich. Their children: 62. Richard Earl Hoard (1), b. 2/21/1900, 138. Tracey Marie Hart, b. 2/15/1941, Lansing, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 3/10/1926, Vassar, Mich.; Mich. d. 8/28/1928, Vassar, Mich. He married Gladys 139. Rodney Earl Hart, b. 3/1/1944, Lansing, Irene Hoard, Tuscola Co., Mich. Gladys married Mich.; m. 3/22/1965, Rebecca J. Chambers; d. (second) Leslie Dormeyer. 2/12/1977. Bernice married (second) Ray W. Douglass, SECOND CHILD OF ALICE ALMA HART 6/23/1966. 63. Ralph Irving Hoard, farmer, b. 11/22/1902, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 5/12/1934, LaGrange, Ind.; SECOND CHILD OF GEORGE SCOTT HART d. 4/21/1973, Tuscola Co., Mich. He married 59. Dorothy Rachel Hart, b. 4/17/1917, Tuscola Marguerite Hoard, b. 2/2/1911, Tuscola Co., Co., Mich.; m. 1/1/1937 and 12/2/1960. She Mich.; d. 4/12/1976, Otisville, Mich. No children. married Leroy Elmer Houghtaling, farmer and beautician, b. 10/28/1916, Vassar, Mich.; m. THIRD CHILD OF ALICE ALMA HART 1/1/1937, Tuscola Co., Mich.; d. 9/1/1959, Tuscola 64. Van C. Hoard, plumbing, hardware, veter Co., Mich. Their children: an's administration, b. 2/12/1905, Tuscola Co., 140. William Leroy Houghtaling, Air Force, b. Mich.; m. 6/2/1928, Millington, Mich.; d. 12/3/ 5/20/1938, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 12/16/1957, 1947, Millington, Mich. He married Beatrice Lillian 9/12/1959 and 11/28/1964. Barkley, b. 1/5/1908, Millington, Mich. Their 141. Donna Lee Houghtaling, b. 6/22/1939, children: Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 6/22/1958, Donavan G. 150. Jimmie Jenne Hoard, b. 10/25/1929, Flint, Lougavitz. Mich.; m. 12/1/1950, Elizabeth Marcum. 142. Susan Elizabeth Houghtaling, b. 7/7/1942, 151. A. E. "Bud" Hoard, b. 1/6/1931, Millington, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 6/18/1966, Charles Sig Mich.; m. 3/8/1951, Mary E. Dowe. mond. 152. Janice Mae Hoard, b. 8/17/1934, Millington, 143. Alvin John Scott Houghtaling, b. 6/7/1950, Mich.; m. 11/12/1954, Everett Podgers. Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 10/25/1969, Jeannie Smith. Dorothy married (second) Welcome Lee Bald FOURTH CHILD OF ALICE ALM'A HART win, clerk, Buick, b. 2/28/1923, Tuscola Co., Mich.; 65. Henry Hart Hoard, saw mill, b. 10/31/1907, m. 12/2/1960, Tuscola, Mich. Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 6/1/1932, Millington, Mich. He married Juliana Comarami, b. 2/16/1913, THIRD CHILD OF GEORGE SCOTT HART Trenton, New Jersey. Their children: 60. Lola Inza Hart, b. 8/10/1918, Tuscola Co., 153. June Alice Hoard, b. 5/11/1936, Tuscola Mich.; m. 5/5/1937, Vassar, Mich. She married Co., Mich.; m. 1/4/1955, Fred Horning. Kenneth Rosencrants, auto factory, b. 4/1/1916, 154. Richard Earl Hoard, b. 9/7/1938, Tuscola Tuscola Co., Mich. Their children: Co., Mich.; m. 4/4/1959, Charlotte Taylor. 144. Lora Ilene Rosencrants, b. 3/23/1940, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 5/26/1962, James Moffat. FIFTH CHILD OF ALICE ALMA HART 145. Thomas James Rosencrants, b. 8/4/1943, 66. Ray Hoard "Stub," construction contractor, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 5/22/1960, Sally Sue b. 5/6/1910, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 7/4/1934, 146 THE HART FAMILY Tuscola Co., Mich. He married Oleta Botemer, b. Elmer Myers, Coca Cola Bottling, b. 9/16/1925, 2/26/1915, Watrousville, Mich. Their children: Flint, Mich. Their children: 155. Jeanette Hoard, b. 5/13/1937, Arbela, 165. John Charles Myers, b. 12/1/1947, Flint, Mich.; m. 6/5/1960, William Jerry Keith, Jr. Mich.; m. 9/4/1971, Shirley J. Benson. 156. Eugene Ray Hoard, b. 3/2/1941, Arbela, 166. Christine Sue Myers, b. 12/19/1950, Flint, Mich.; m. 11/4/1960, Sandra Lee Youmans. Mich.; m. 12/29/1973, Russell J. Staffeld. Randall Wayne Myers, b. 8/25/1954, Flint, SIXTH CHILD OF ALICE ALMA HART Mich. 67. Paul Eugene Hoard, auto factory, b. 2/11/1916, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 11/16/1940, FOURTH CHILD OF MANLEY E. NEWMAN Flint, Mich. He. married Anna Louise Pichner, b. Descendant of Mary Jane Hart 3/4/1917, Flint, Mich. Their children: 72. Ver! Russell Newman, I.B.M. repair and 157. Paula Ann Hoard, b. 9/3/1943, Flint, Mich.; maintenance, b. 5/16/1927, Clio, Mich.; m. m. 4/6/1963, Jackie Campbell. 6/25/1949, Flint, Mich. He married Susan Mar 158. Ray Eugene Hoard, b. 1/17/1946, Flint, garet King, b. 8/19/1924, Bay City, Mich. Their Mich. children: 159. Stephen Anthony Hoard, b. 5/2/1952, Flint, 167. Kathy Sue Newman, b. 11/21/1950, Flint, Mich. Mich. 168. Sally Ann Newman, b. 8/5/1953, Flint, FIRST CHILD OF PEARL SHAW Mich.; m. 6/17/1972, Thomas E. Belill. Descendant of Mary Jane Hart 169. Cheryl Beth Newman, b. 9/1/1954, Flint, 68. Donald Carter, truck driver, b. 9/7/1925, Mich. Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 9/28/1945, Flint, Mich. He FIFTH CHILD OF MANLEY E. NEWMAN married Mary Smith, b. 9/28/1924, Terre Haute, Ind. Their children: Descendant of Mary Jane Hart 160. David Leroy Carter, b. 1/11/1948, Saginaw, 73. Laverne C. Newman, shop foreman, b. Mich.; m. 5/6/1969, Elizabeth Gayle Fox. 9/8/1928, Clio, Mich.; m. 1954, Angola, Ind. He 161. Lois Elaine Carter, b. 4/12/1949, Saginaw, married Muriel Jensen, b. 4/11/1934, Flint, Mich. Mich.; m. 11/5/1971, Earl Gohs. Their children: 162. Paul Albert Carter, b. 2/16/1951, Saginaw, 170. Laverne James Newman, b. 2/21/1955, Mich. Flint, Mich. 171. Denise Diane Newman, b. 12/1/1956, Flint, SECOND CHILD OF PEARL SHAW Mich.; m. 6/28/1975, Duane McQueen. Descendant of Mary Jane Hart Michele Gina Newman, b. 6/7/1958, Flint, Mich. Steven Manley Newman, b. 7/21/1961, Flint, 69. Lawrence Carter, shop worker, b. 12/1/1927, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 12/1949, Vassar, Mich. He Mich. Janine Ann Newman, b. 3/11/1964, Flint, Mich. married Nadine Foskett, b. 2/12/1930, Otter Lake, Mich. Their children: Cynthia Lynn Newman, b. 7/26/1965, Flint, 163. Linda Lou Carter, b. 7/1/1949, Flint, Mich. Mich. 164. Debra Ann Carter, b. 7/5/1954, Flint, Laverne and Muriel divorced 9/20/1974. Mich.; m. 4/11/1970, Lee Eugene Smith. SIXTH CHILD OF MANLEY E. NEWMAN Mark Perry Carter, b. 11/25/1960, Saginaw, Descendant of Mary Jane Hart Mich. Ronald Joseph Carter (twin), b. 8,(29/1966, 74. Delmar Elwyn Newman, b. 11/22/1929, Clio, Saginaw, Mich. Mich.; m. 2/23/1962. He married Tommie Dianna Raymond Allen Carter (twin), b. 8/29/1966, Guthrie, b. 2/17/1939, Corpus Christi, Tex. Their Saginaw, Mich. children: Dianna Paige Newman, b. 4/18/1966, Mesa, ONLY CHILD OF REX B. SHAW Ariz. Descendant ofMary Jane Hart Del Martell Newman, b. 7/22/1968, Fairbanks, Alaska. 70. Raymond Bruce Shaw, b. 10/26/1930, Flint, Mich.; m. 6/7/1952, Jacksonville, N.C.; d. 3/7/ SEVENTH CHILD OF MANLEY E. NEWMAN 1976, Hubert, N.C. He married Carol Emily Loftin, Descendant of Mary Jane Hart b. 3/7/1932, Trenton, N .C. No children. 75. Wayne Darwin Newman, repair and sales, b. 4/4/1935, Clio, Mich.; m. Clio, Mich. He married THIRD CHILD OF MANLEY E. NEWMAN Janet Hall, b. 12/6/1937, Saginaw, Mich. Their Descendant of Mary Jane Hart children: 71. Doris Evelyn Newman, b. 4/10/1926, Clio, 172. Thomas Wayne Newman, b. 6/12/1963, Mich.; m. 2/9/1947, Clio, Mich. She married John Saginaw, Mich. THE LOVIRA JR. BRANCH 147 Dennis Michael Newman, b. 10/19/1967, Sagi Corvallis, Ore.; m. 6/4/1972, Joan Butteweg. naw, Mich. 176. Cinda Louise Graf, b. 10/9/1950, Corvallis, Ore.; m. 2/27/1971, Robert Hoag. FIRST CHILD OF LOLA NEWMAN 177. Janine Ann Graf, b. 5/25/1953, Oakland, Descendant of Mary Jane Hart Calif. 76. Mary Edith Allman, b. 1/15/1929, Saginaw, 178. Delmar Allman Graf, b. 2/5/1955, Palo Mich.; m. 2/4/1956, Saginaw, Mich. She married Alto, Calif. Robert Crawford McGregor, city engineer, b. Terrance Russell Graf, b. 1/16/1964, Palo Alto, 9/25/1927, Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Calif. Their children: Ronald Lee Graf, b. 11/8/1966, Palo Alto, Calif. Mark John McGregor, b. 10/20/1958, Detroit, Mich. SECOND CHILD OF EDITH L. NEWMAN Kerry Diane McGregor, b. 12/30/1959, Detroit, Descendant of Mary Jane Hart Mich. 80. Daryl Manley Allman, dentist, b. 10/11/ Kevin Robert McGregor (twin), b. 8/4/1961, 1933, Ann Arbor, Mich.; m. 9/22/1956, Grants Detroit, Mich. Pass, Ore. He married Beverly Loomis, b. Keith Allman McGregor (twin), b. 8/4/1961, 6/14/1932, Newton, Iowa. Their children: Detroit, Mich. 179. Melinda Ann Allman, b. 8/15/1957, Port land, Ore. SECOND CHILD OF LOLA NEWMAN 180. Dirk Manley Allman, b. 8/28/1958, Port Descendant of Mary Jane Hart land, Ore. 77. Carol Ann Allman, b. 8/30/1931, Saginaw, Robin Deanne Allman, b. 1/29/1963, Philippine Mich.; m. 12/31/1950 and 7/7/1975. She married Islands. Raleigh McGlone, Jr., auto factory, b. 8/13/1928, Carter, Ky.; m. 12/31/1950, Saginaw, Mich. Their THIRD CHILD OF EDITH L. NEWMAN children: Descendant of Mary Jane Hart 173. David Allen McGlone, b. 2/29/1952, Flint, 81. Gilbert Lee Allman, minister, b. 11/16/1934, Mich.; m. 4/10/1970, Cherie Ann Phipps. Ann Arbor, Mich.; m. /27 /1958, Corvallis, Ore. He 174. Cheryl Lynn McGlone, b. 6/29/1956, Flint, married Jeanne Dingle, 3/6/1936, Ellinsburg, Mich.; m. 5/10/1975, Uthai Songpicha Tara. Wash. Their children: Bradley Dean McGlone, b. 5/25/1962, Flint, Todd Jay Allman, b. 6/2/1959, Eugene, Ore. Mich. Tory Dean Allman, b. 5/19/1960, Eugene, Ore. Note: Carol and Raleigh divorced in 1970. She Taun Gregory Allman, b. 8/18/1961, Eugene, married (second) Al Chapman, custodian, school, b. Ore. Detroit, Mich.; m. 7/7/1975, Plymouth, Mich. Anthony "Thorny" Jon Allman, b. 1/4/1964, Portland, Ore. THIRD CHILD OF LOLA NEWMAN Andrew Ty Allman, b. 6/26/1967, Portland, Ore. Descendant of Mary Jane Hart Melissa Lee Allman, b. 6/30/1968, Minot, N.D. 78. Ethel Grace Allman, b. 7/11/1936, Saginaw, FIRST CHILD OF RUTH PALMER Mich.; m. 6/17/1957, Saginaw, Mich. She married Descendant of Delana Hart Eugene Charles Kwaiser, b. 9/29/1936, Saginaw, Mich. Their children: 82. Leslie Henry Finn, security police, Chev Gena Louise Kwaiser, b. 4/18/1958, Saginaw, rolet, b. 4/23/1919, Genesee Co., Mich.; m. Mich. 3/29/1941, Flint, Mich. He married Ruth Gunnell, Michael Eugene Kwaiser, b. 5/20/1961, Sagi b. 8/11/1922, Detroit, Mich. Their children: 181. Sharon Grace Louise Finn, b. 1/16/1942, naw, Mich. Flint, Mich.; m. 2/20/1965, Charles Edward Kathleen Grace Kwaiser, 11/7/1962, Saginaw, Paulson. Mich. 182. Christine Ruth Finn, b. 10/16/1947, Flint, Patricia Lee Kwaiser, 12/8/1963, Saginaw, Mich.; m. 1/3/1965, Kenneth Bees. Mich. 183. Micholynn Rae Finn, b. 8/6/1948, Flint, Mich.; m. 9/5/1970, Ronald Schocher. FIRST CHILD OF EDITH L. NEWMAN Descendant of Mary Jane Hart ONLY CHILD OF MILTON C. PALMER 79. Maejel Janet Allman, b. 12/3/1930, Ann Descendant of Delana Hart Arbor, Mich.; m. 24/19/1948, Corvallis, Ore. She 84. Sandra Kay Palmer, b. 7/24/1947, Flint, married Sam E. Graf, Sr., research engineer, Mich.; m. 8/30/1969, Clio, Mich. She married Stanford; b. 4/17/1925, Portland, Ore. Their James Lawrence Fawcett, b. 3/15/1947, Saginaw, children: Mich. Their child: 175. Samuel Edlefsen Graf, Jr., b. 10/19/1948, Milton James Fawcett, b. 2/6/1970, Flint, Mich. 148 THE HART FAMILY FIRST CHILD OF LESTER E. PALMER Dale and Carol divorced, July 1970. Descendant of Delana Hart 85. Joan Marie Palmer, b. 9/25/1937, Clio, SIXTH CHILD OF LESTER EDWARD PALMER Mich.; m. 4/27/1961, Marquette, Mich. She Descendant of De/,ana Hart married Walter Good, b. 12/16/1938, Kellogg, 90. David Michael Palmer, b. 9/2/1950, Clio, Idaho. Their children: Mich.; m. 4/10/1971, Mt. Morris, Mich. He married Dianne Marie Good, b. 8/1/1962, Marquette, Renee Kathleen Duford, 12/15/1952, Beaverton, Mich. Mich. Lester William Good, b. 9/14/1963, Wallace, Idaho. SEVENTH CHILD OF Stephen Dale Good, b. 5/24/1967, Flint, Mich. LESTER EDWARD PALMER Jeffery Allen Good, b. 10/16/1968, Flint, Mich. Descendant ofDe/,ana Hart 91. Kathleen Lynn Palmer, b. 3/17/1951, Flint, SECOND CHILD OF LESTER E. PALMER Mich.; m. 9/19/1970, Hazel Park, Mich. She Descendant of Delana Hart married John Henry Anderson, electrician, b. 86. Patricia Louise Palmer, b. 10/21/1940, Flint, 3/21/1949, Pontiac, Mich. Their child: Mich.; m. 8/1/1958, Hillman, Mich. She married Linda Ann Anderson, b. 6/10/1971, Warren, Owen Keegan, carpenter, b. 3/16/1938, Hillman, Mich. Mich. Their children: Ann Marie Keegan, b. 7/27/1959, Alpena, Mich. ONLY CHILD OF EMROY DEWAIN PALMER Patrick Owen Keegan, b. 2/3/1962, Alpena, Descendant of Dewna Hart Mich. 93. Geraldine Joyce Palmer, b. 8/29/1940, Flint, James Andrew Keegan, b. 9/27/1965, Detroit, Mich.; m. 8/29/1959, Pinckney, Mich. She married Mich. Richard Douglas Hugh Dingle, college professor, b. Charles Owen Keegan, b. 1/14/1966, Ferndale, 11/3/1936, Penang, Malay. Their children: Mich. Jennifer Leigh Dingle, b. 9/4/1960, Ann Arbor, Michael Edward Keegan, b. 11/27/1970, Fern Mich. dale, Mich. Hilary Allison Dingle, b. 6/10/1963, Cambridge, England. THIRD CHILD OF LESTER EDWARD PALMER Tracy Alexandrea Dingle, b. 4/4/1965, Iowa Descendant ofDelana Hart City, Iowa. 87. Douglas Harry Palmer, auto factory, b. 8/31/1942, Flint, Mich.; m. 1/30/1965, Flint, Mich. FIRST CHILD OF He married Jeannie Powell, b. 3/4/1947, Flint, FLORENCE DELANA HUGHES Mich. Their children: Descendant of Delana Hart Sally Lynn Palmer, b. 2/26/1965, Flint, Mich. 94. Patricia Lee Parker, b. 8/13/1939, Flint, Scott Edward Palmer, b. 7/8/1966, Flint, Mich. Mich.; m. 6/15/1957, Clio, Mich. She married Brian Palmer, b. 8/23/1968, Flint, Mich. Richard Charles Blake, repairman, b. 3/11/1937, James "Jim-E" Palmer, b. 11/10/1969, Flint, Flint, Mich. Their children: Mich. Richard Charles Blake, Jr., b. 4/18/1958, Flint, Rebecca Sue Palmer, b. 5/1/1971, Flint, Mich. Mich. Kimberley Ann Blake, b. 11/11/1959, Flint, FOURTH CHILD OF LESTER E. PALMER Mich. Descendant of Delana Hart 88. Barbara Ann Palmer, b. 2/16/1945, Clio, SECOND CHILD OF Mich.; m. 6/15/1962, Clio, Mich. She married Hugh FLORENCE DELANA HUGHES James VanTol, inspector at Buick, b. 5/20/1944, Descendant of Dewna Hart Flint, Mich. Their children: 95. Donna Jeanette Parker (twin), b. 12/27 / Debra Lynn VanTol, b. 12/28/1963, Flint, Mich. 1944, Flint, Mich.; m. 2/27/1965, Clio, Mich. She Michael James VanTol, b. 5/27/1966, Flint, married Tyrone Scherrer, relief man, b. 2/2/1945, Mich. Flint, Mich. Their children: Karen Lynn Scharrer, b. 10/3/1966, Flint, Mich. FIFTH CHILD OF LESTER EDWARD PALMER Laura Ann Scha:rer, b. 2/17/1969, Flint, Mich. Descendant of Delana Hart 89. Dale Frederick Palmer, b. 8/13/1947, Clio, THIRD CHILD OF Mich.; m. 4/12/1968, Dillon, S.C. He married Carol FLORENCE DELANA HUGHES Campbell, b. 9/23/1949, Detroit, Mich. Their child: Descendant of Delana Hart Dale Frederick Palmer, Jr., b. 3/3/1969, Spring 96. Donald John Parker (twin), medical assis Lake, S.C. tant, factory hospital, b. 12/27/1944, Flint, Mich.; THE LOVIRA JR. BRANCH 149 m. 7/2/1965, Flushing, Mich. He married Jeannie Melissa Marie Hanson, b. 7/6/1971, Saginaw, Marie Cuddeback, b. 8/26/1944, Flint, Mich. Their Mich. children: Jacqueline Jeanette Parker, b. 11/16/1966, SECOND CHILD OF HILDRED J. HART Flint, Mich. 102. Ronald Jay Hart, shoe store, b. 6/24/1932, Melissa Mae Parker, b. 11/18/1968, Flint, Mich. Lake Odessa, Mich.; m. 5/25/1958, Three Rivers, Donald John Parker, Jr., b. 12/9/1974, Flint, Mich.; d. 3/15/1978, Centreville, Mich. He married Mich. Julia Louise Wright, b. 5/12/1939, Constantine, Janelle Jeannine Parker, b. 9/23/1976, Flint, Mich. Their children: Mich. Richard "Rick" Jay Hart, b. 8/6/1959, Three Rivers, Mich. FOURTH CHILD OF Matthew "Matt" Loren Hart, b. 12/6/1960, FLORENCE DELANA HUGHES Three Rivers, Mich. Descendant of Del,ana Hart Deann "Dee" Louise Hart, b. 4/19/1962, Three 97. Carol Christine Parker, b. 10/4/1949, Flint, Rivers, Mich. Mich.; m. 5/4/1968, Clio, Mich. She married Ronald and Julia divorced October, 1976. Thomas Patrick Burns, b. 3/2/1945, Durand, Mich. Their children: FIRST CHILD OF NEWELL A. HART Denice Delaina Burns, b. 5/20/1969, Flint, Mich. 103. James Newell Hart, maintenance, b. Byran Patrick Burns, b. 2/24/1972, Flint, Mich. 6/26/1940, Bad Axe, Mich.; m. 1964, Franken muth, Mich. He married Bethany Groulx, b. FIRST CHILD OF GERTRUDE HUGHES 1/12/1946, Saginaw, Mich. Their children: Descendant of Del,a,na Hart Tina Marie Hart, b. 2/16/1965, Saginaw, Mich. 98. Jeanne Ann Loranger, b. 5/28/1931, Clio, Cynthia Ann Hart, b. 12/8/1967, Saginaw, Mich. Mich.; m. 5/20/1950, Birch Run, Mich. She married James Reed, Michigan State Police, b. 4/28/1931, SECOND CHILD OF NEWELL A. HART Birch Run, Mich. Their children: 104. Roger Paul Hart, auto worker, b. 3/19/ 184. Thomas James Reed, b. 10/27/1951, 1945, Howell, Mich.; m. 3/12/1966, Tuscola Co., Saginaw, Mich.; m. 8/25/1973, Janet Lund. Mich. He married Gloria Jean Masarik, b. 185. Robert Michael Reed, b. 11/28/1953, Flint, 6/25/1948, St. Johns, Mich. Their children: Mich.; m. 2/24/1973, Sydnee Kay Hall. Michael Lynn Hart, b. 6/6/1966, Flint, Mich. 186. Randall J. Reed, b. 3/8/1956, Flint, Mich. Michelle Lee Hart, b. 3/24/1968, Flint, Mich. 187. Donald Adrian Reed, b. 6/10/1958, San dusky, Mich. THIRD CHILD OF NEWELL A. HART Debra Jeanne Reed, b. 2/24/1962, Flint, Mich. 105. Stephen Lawrence Hart, b. 6/25/1946, Note: Jean Anne legally changed her name to Saginaw, Mich.; m. 1966, Vasar, Mich. He married Jeanne Ann. Diana Kay Rick, b. 4/24/1946, Saginaw, Mich. Their children: SECOND CHILD OF GERTRUDE HUGHES Kristin Sue Hart, b. 11/28/1966, Saginaw, Mich. Descendant of Del,ana Hart Karrin Dawn Hart, b. 10/28/1970, Saginaw, 99. Thomas Bernard Loranger, Jr., b. 7 /14/ Mich. 1936, Clio. Mich.; m. 8/10/1960, Clio, Mich. He Dana Racquel Hart, b. 4/26/1974, Saginaw, married Sharon Kay Keith, b. 10/23/1941, Corn Mich. ing, Ohio. Their children: Hoval Dean Loranger, b. 7/9/1961, Saginaw, FIRST CHILD OF RAYMOND C. HART Mich. 106. Robert Raymond Hart, psychiatrist, b. Garnet Shawn Delayne Loranger, b. 6/15/1963, 7/22/1943, Saginaw, Mich.; m. 9/12/1964 and Saginaw, Mich. 6/5/1970. He married Linda Mary Park, b. Shannon Mary Loranger, b. 6/30/1965, Saginaw, 8/27/1944, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 9/12/1964, Mich. Vassar, Mich. Robert and Linda divorced in 1967. Thomas Shane Loranger, b. 5/11/1969, Saginaw, No children. He married (second) Marcia Denise Mich. Peyrefitte, Powers model, b. 6/5/1946, El Coyo, British Honduras; m. 6/5/1970, New York City. FIRST CHILD OF MYRL LOUISE HUGHES Descendant of Del,ana Hart SECOND CHILD OF RAYMOND C. HART 100. Susan Trier, b. 12/29/1947, Saginaw, Mich.; 107. David Lloyd Hart, physicist, b. 5/14/1945, m. 10/19/1968, Saginaw, Mich. She married James Saginaw, Mich.; m. 10/7/1967, Rochester, Mich. Stuart Hanson, b. 4/6/1947, Saginaw, Mich. Their He married Natalie Karen Doran, b. 5/30/1947, child: Detroit, Mich. Their children: 150 THE HART FAMILY Karen Maureen Hart, b. 1/5/1969, Detroit, FOURTH CHILD OF IV AN J. COLMAN Mich. Descendant of Elsie Hart Tanya Catherine Hart, b. 7/18/1971, Annapolis, 114. Grace Marion Colman, b. 8/11/1928, Md. Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 9/3/1949, Millington, Mich. She married Jay D. Morse, shop worker, b. THIRD CHILD OF RAYMOND C. HART 2/24/1924, Kingston, Mich. Their child: 108. Randall Charles Hart, osteopathic physician Ruth Helene Morse, b. 11/2/1959, North and surgeon, b. 6/17/1948, Saginaw, Mich.; m. Branch, Mich.; d. 11/12/1959, North Branch, Mich. 6/9/1973, Des Moines, Iowa. He married Sarah "Sally" Kay DeKoster, b. 5/10/1944, Hull, Iowa. FIFTH CHILD OF IV AN COLMAN Their children: Descendant of Elsie Hart Nathan Douglas Hart, b. 5/17/1974, Garden 115. Robert Lee Colman, shop worker, b. City, Mich. 10/7/1929, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 6/11/1955, Cynthia Theresa Hart, b. 3/17/1976, Marshfield, Millington, Mich. He married Joyce Britten, b. Wisc. 1/14/1932, Flint, Mich. Their child: Britten Stephen Colman, b. 7/3/1959, Flint, FIRST CHILD OF IV AN COLMAN Mich. Descendant of Elsie Hart 111. Clayton J. Colman, Eaton manufacturing EIGHTH CHILD OF IV AN COLMAN company, b. 1/11/1925, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. Descendant of Elise Hart 1946, Caro, Mich. He married Margaret Urbanski, 117. Agnes Elsie Colman, b. 2/1/1936, Tuscola b. 6/24/1919, Detroit, Mich. Their children: Co., Mich.; m. 7/12/1952 and 9/12/1968. She 188. Nancy Ann Colman, b. 4/17/1947, Saginaw, married Wayne Titsworth, shop worker, b. Mich.; m. 5/11/1968, Eldon S. Engler. 8/1/1934, Vassar, Mich. m. 7/12/1952, Vassar, 189. Shirley Ann Colman, b. 12/12/1948, Flint, Mich. Their children: Mich.; m. 8/6/1966, Kenneth C. Long. 197. Janet Marie Titsworth, b. 10/4/1953, Flint, 190. Ronald J. Colman, b. 6/24/1950, Flint, Mich. Mich.; m. 2/14/1970, Nancy Petzold. 198. Susan Marie Titsworth, b. 7/27/1955, Flint, 191. Colleen Kay Colman, b. 10/17/1951, Mich. Saginaw, Mich.; m. 12/21/1968, Lewis Babcock. 199. Charles Ivan Titsworth, b. 9/1957, Flint, Note: Margaret has one child by a previous Mich. marriage-name of Gabrial Anslow. He was Anna Marie Titsworth, b. 1/13/1964, Flint, married in Germany to Christi Schick and has three Mich. children. Marianne Marie Titsworth, b. 1/12/1966, Flint, SECOND CHILD OF IV AN COLMAN Mich. Descendant of Elsie Hart Agnes and Wayne divorced in 1967. She married (second) Douglas Wayne Romain, b. 5/26/1938, 112. Willard H. Colman, shop worker, b. North Branch, Mich.; m. 9/12/1968, Millington, 9/23/1926, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 7/24/1948, Mich. Their children: Millington, Mich. He married Joyce Jean Hope, b. Shari Lynn Romain, b. 9/22/1969, Flint, Mich. 11/9/1930, Flint, Mich. Their children: Terri Lee Romain, b. 4/11/1971, Flint, Mich. 192. Calvin James Colman, b. 9/3/1949, Flint, Mich.; m. 9/12/1968 and 7/3/1971. 193. Connie Jean Colman, b. 7/12/1952, Flint, ELEVENTH CHILD OF IV AN COLMAN Mich.; m. 5/6/1972, Karl Titsworth. Descendant of Elsie Hart 194. Burton Colman, b. 7/5/1953, Flint, Mich.; 119. Melvin Ronald Colman, telephone company, m. 4/29/1972, Cynthia Jo Hecht. b. 3/19/1942, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 7/10/1965 and 10/11/1969. He married Nanette Nabor, b. THIRD CHILD OF IV AN J. COLMAN Millington, Mich.; m. 7/10/1965, Vassar, Mich. Descendant of Elsie Hart Note: Melvin and Nanette were divorced, 1967. He 113. Donald George Colman, truck driver in married (second) Cheryl Joy DeOrnelles, b. foundry, b. 7/31/1927, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 10/2/1947, Flint, Mich.; m. 10/11/1969, Millington, 1/3/1950, North Branch, Mich. He married Mich. Their children: Lorraine Morse, b. 10/11/1932, Kingston, Mich. Ronald Scott Colman, b. 8/18/1969, Flint, Mich. Their children: Jeramy Colman. 195. Donald Gene Colman, b. 9/28/1950, Milling ton, Mich.; d. 8/24/1952, Millington, Mich. FIRST CHILD OF ANNA VERE COLMAN 196. Dianne Lynn Colman, b. 7/7/1952, Flint, Descendant of Elsie Hart Mich.; m. 3/27/1971, Thomas W. Laude. 120. Marye! Carolyn Baker, b. 6/11/1931, James Ray Colman, b. 9/3/1962, Saginaw, Mich. Montrose, Mich.; m. 11/3/1951 and 1970. She THE LOVIRA JR. BRANCH 151 married Leroy Lee Haggerty, road construction, b. FIRST CHILD OF NINA E. COLMAN 5/20/1926, Laingsburg, Mich. Their child: Descendant of Elsie Hart 199. Marilee Vere Haggerty, b. 3/12/1960, 126. Phyllis May VanCleve, b. 5/10/1934, Saginaw, Mich. Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. /5/1951, Detroit, Mich. Marye\ Carolyn and Leroy divorced. She married She married J. Clayton Rize, brick mason, b. (second) Walter Arnold, b. Alabama; m. 1970. 8/25/1927, Lake Leelanau, Mich. Their children: Their child: 202. Jan Denise Rize, b. 10/3/1951, Detroit, Robert W. Arnold, b. 8/18/1969, Flint, Mich. Mich.; m. 4/18/1970, H. Royce Ramsey. 203. Renee Lee Rize, b. 5/12/1953, Detroit, SECOND CHILD OF ANNA VERE COLMAN Mich. Descendant of Elsie Colman 204. Theodore Clayton Rize, b. 11/18/1956, 121. Westley Wayne Baker, auto worker, b. Garden City, Mich. 2/23/1933, Clio, Mich.; m. 9/19/1953, Ft. Sills, Kevin Norman Rize, b. 6/22/1958, Garden City, Oklahoma; d. 4/24/1960, Tuscola Co., Mich. He Mich. married Marie McTaggert, b. 11/1/1933, Vassar, Bruce Robert Rize, b. 12/30/1963, Garden City, Mich. Their children: Mich. 200. Steven Wayne Baker, b. 1/9/1956, Sagi Daryl Howard Rize, b. 12/8/1964, Garden City, naw, Mich. Mich. 201. Sue Ann Marie Baker, b. 1/14/1959, Deanne Nina Rize, b. 5/2/1971, Garden City, Saginaw, Mich. Mich. Note: Marie later married Howard Hegenreder. SECOND CHILD OF NINA E. COLMAN FIRST CHILD OF LEON H. COLMAN Descendant of Elsie Hart Descendant of Elsie Hart 127. Norman Loren VanCleve, student Macomb 122. Rex Leon Colman, auto mechanic, b. Community College, b. 5/11/1935, Tuscola Co., 11/22/1934, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 9/14/1968, Mich.; m. 1/22/1954, Detroit, Mich. He married Vassar, Mich. He married Joyce Ann Franko, b. Bettye Robinson, b. 11/15/1937, Huntsville, Ala. 7/12/1943, Saginaw, Mich. Their child: Their children: Leon Alexander Colman, b. 12/25/1968. Michael David VanC!eve, b. 10/1/1963, Detroit, SECOND CHILD OF LEON H. COLMAN Mich. Descendant of Elsie Hart Michelle Lynn VanC!eve, b. 7/19/1971, Detroit, Mich. 123. Marie Candace Colman, b. 2£12/1939, Millington, Mich.; m. 3/12/1960, Vassar, Mich. She THIRD CHILD OF NINA E. COLMAN married Luther James Stewart, mail carrier, b. Descendant of Elsie Hart 12/1/1939, Saginaw, Mich. Their child: Jack Edward Stewart, adopted, b. 8/29/1968, 128. Roger William VanCleve, fence construc Vassar, Mich. tion, b. 9/7/1937, Detroit, Mich.; m. 5/8/1957 and 10/21/1960. He married Bertha Bixman, b. THIRD CHILD OF LEON H. COLMAN 7/16/1939, Dearborn, Mich.; m. 5/8/1957, Detroit, Descendant of Elsie Hart Mich.; d. 1959, Chicago, Ill. He married (second) 124. Marjorie Sue Colman, b. 1/19/1941, Patricia Brown, b. 3/3/1941, Huntington, W. VA.; m. 10/21/1960, Detroit, Mich. Their children: Millington, Mich.; m. 7/1/1961, Vassar, Mich. She Norman Wm. Blake VanCleve, b. 3/11/1962, married Roland Stange, farmer and painter, b. 9/28/1940, Saginaw, Mich. Their children: Detroit, Mich. Roger Lee VanCleve, b. 8/23/1964, Belleville, Steven Ronald Stange, b. 12/17/1963, Saginaw, Mich. Mich. James Wm. Stange, b. 8/25/1966, Saginaw, Note: Pat Brown has one son by a previous Mich. marriage. Kathy Sue Stange, b. 10/6/1972, Saginaw, Mich. FOURTH CHILD OF NINA E. COLMAN FOURTH CHILD OF LEON H. COLMAN Descendant of Elsie Hart Descendant of Elsie Hart 129. Patricia Jane VanCleve, b. 9/23/1938, 125. Geneva May Colman, b. 5/8/1943, Milling Detroit, Mich.; m. 2/20/1960, Detroit, Mich. She ton, Mich.; m. 6/27/1964, Vassar, Mich. She married Roy Coron Kronemann, Die Barber, b. married John Anthony Horwath, police work, b. 1/22/1938, Chicago, Ill. Their children: 6/21/1943, Vassar, Mich. Their children: Roy Coron Kronemann, Jr., b. 9/1/1961, Rae Ann Horwath, b. 8/5/1965, Saginaw, Mich. Detroit, Mich. Michael John Horwath, b. 1/6/1968, Saginaw, Westley Lynn Kronemann, b. 12/8/1962, Garden Mich. City, Mich.; d. 12/8/1962, Garden City, Mich. 152 THE HART FAMILY Tracy Lynn Kronemann, b. 9/29/1964, Belle FIRST CHILD OF EDWARD WALLACE HART ville, Mich. 136. Lynn Ellen (Hart) Ross, b. 1/6/1942, Lansing, Mich.; m. Lansing, Mich. She married FIRST CHILD OF EDITH BELLE COLMAN Roy Merrill Hill, b. 10/1/1941, Fulton, Mich. Their Descendant of Elsie Hart children: 130. Allen Herbert Cole, night club operator, b. Jennifer Lynn Hill, b. 10/7/1968, Holt, Mich. 2/22/1940, Saginaw, Mich.; m. 6/7/1958, Chicago, Jason Roy Hill, b. 11/11/1970, Holt, Mich. Ill. He married Betty Jo Evans. Their children: Note: Lynn was adopted by Kenneth Ross at age Lannie Allen Cole, b. 11/2/1959, Waukegan, Ill. three years. Karen Susanne Cole, b. 11/2/1960, Waukegan, Ill. SECOND CHILD OF EARL PALMER HART Tracy Herbert Cole, b. 6/9/1962, Waukegan, Ill. 139. Rodney Earl Hart, Vaughn, aeronautics, b. Donna Jo Cole, b. 10/21/1963, Waukegan, Ill. 3/1/1944, Lansing, Mich.; m. 3/22/1965, Balboa Note: Allen and Betty are divorced. Heights, Canal Zone; d. 2/12/1977. He married Rebecca Jane Chambers, b. 10/29/1946, Princeton, SECOND CHILD OF EDITH BELLE COLMAN Ky. Their children: Descendant of Elsie Hart Shawn Michael Hart, b. 8/3/1966, Ancon, Canal 131. Ned E. Cole, b. 7/18/1946, Saginaw, Mich.; Zone. m. 8/16/1969, Las Vegas, Nev. He married Sheri Christopher Thomas Hart, b. 6/30/1970, Arling Lynn Whann, b. 10/23/1946, Las Vegas, Nev. ton, Texas. Their child: Jennifer Anna Cole, b. 4/26/1971, Las Vegas, FIRST CHILD OF DOROTHY R. HART Nev. 140. William Leroy Houghtaling, armed services, b. 5/20/1938, Vassar, Mich.; m. 12/16/1957, FIRST CHILD OF DANG. COLMAN 9/12/1959 and 11/28/1964. He married Mona Descendant of Elsie Hart Moody, b. 12/28/1938, Flint, Mich.; m. 12/16/ 132. Thomas D. Colman, welder and mechanic, b. 1957, Caro, Mich. Wm. and Mona divorced in 1958. 11/11/1944, Escondida, Calif.; m. 4/14/1966 and He married (second) Sandra Davis, b. 9/3/1942, 4/11/1970. He married Connie Peters, b. 2/7/1948, Saginaw, Mich.; m. 9/12/1959, Birch Run, Mich. Saginaw, Mich. They were divorced 9/13/1968. He Their child: married (second) Marie Elaine Kruth, b. 3/11/ Bridget Louise Houghtaling, b. 8/19/1960, 1950, Saginaw, Mich.; m. 4/11/1970, Hemlock, Saginaw, Mich. Mich. Their child: William and Sandra divorced in 1962. He married Kelli Lynn Colman, b. 4/11/1973, Saginaw, (third) Joan A. Boensch, b. 7/27/1945, Saginaw, Mich. Mich.; m. 11/28/1964, Tuscola, Mich. Their children: SECOND CHILD OF DANG. COLMAN Dawn Marie Houghtaling, b. 8/15/1968, Anchor Descendant of Elsie Hart age, Alaska. Bert William Houghtaling, b. 2/11/1971, An 133. Margo Ann Colman, b. 9/11/1946, Escon chorage, Alaska. dido, Calif.; m. 5/14/1965, Caro, Mich. She married Larry Enos, shop worker, b. 12/15/1943, Caro, Mich. Their children: SECOND CHILD OF DOROTHY R. HART Tina Marie Enos, b. 6/29/1965, Caro, Mich. 141. Donna Lee Houghtaling, b. 6/22/1939, Garry Lee Enos, b. 6/2/1968, Caro, Mich. Vassar, Mich.; m. 6/22/1958, Vassar, Mich. She married Donavan George Laugavitz, factory work THIRD CHILD OF DANG. COLMAN er and sales, b. 2/8/1938, Caro, Mich. Their Descendant of Elsie Hart children: Christine Elizabeth Laugavitz, b. 8/22/1959, 134. Jess L. Colman, b. 11/27/1951, Saginaw, Huntsville, Ala. Mich.; m. 9/11/1971, Caro, Mich. He married Ronald Phillip Laugavitz, b. 9/19/1960, Hunts Grace Ellen Keltner, b. 2/19/1954, Bay City, Mich. ville, Ala. Their child: Kristie Jane Colman, b. 2/3/1972, Caro, Mich. THIRD CHILD OF DOROTHY R. HART FOURTH CHILD OF DANG. COLMAN 142. Susan Elizabeth Houghtaling, b. 7/7/1942, Descendant of Elsie Hart Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 6/18/1966, Vassar, Mich. 135. Randy F. Colman, b. 10/6/1953, Saginaw, She married Charles Sigmond, Jr., minister, b. Mich.; m. 4/19/1975. He married Karen Ross, b. 3/3/1941, Cheswick, Penn. Their children: 5/11/1955, Peterbourgh, Ontario, Can. James Leroy Sigmond, b. 9/5/1969, Olean, N.Y. THE LOVIRA JR. BRANCH 153 David Charles Sigmond, b. 5/3/1974, Smeth 208. Patricia Ann Hoard, b. 2/1/1956, Flint, port, Penn. Mich. 209. Kay Lynn Hoard, b. 11/14/1957, Flint, FOURTH CHILD OF DOROTHY R. HART Mich.; m. 2/22/1975, Terry Lee Nagy. 143. Alvin John Scott Houghtaling, b. 6/7/1950, Janet Elaine Hoard, b. 8/19/1961, Flint, Mich. Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 10/25/1969, Durand, Mich. Hope Lea Hoard, b. 10/24/1970, Flint, Mich. He married Jeannie Smith, b. 6/29/1952, Flint, Mich. Their child: THIRD CHILD OF VAN C. HOARD Christopher Jay Houghtaling, b. 9/21/1974, Descendant of Alice A. Hart Orlando, Fla. 152. Janice Mae Hoard, b. 8/17/1934, Millington, Mich.; m. 11/12/1954, Detroit, Mich. She married FIRST CHILD OF LOLA I. HART Everett Podgers, driver instructor, Detroit Street 144. Lora Ilene Rosencrants, b. 3/23/1940, Railway, b. 2/24/1918, Buffalo, N.Y. Note: Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 26/1962, Tuscola, Mich. She children of Everett's by previous marriage are: married James Moffat, tool maker, b. 3/25/1933, Barbara Evelyn Podgers, b. 12/9/1938, d. Vassar, Mich. Their children: 4/13/1959. Todd James Moffat, b. 10/18/1962, Tuscola Co., Gerald Everett Podgers, b. 7/21/1940. Mich.; d. 11/13/1970, Vassar, Mich. FIRST CHILD OF HENRY H. HOARD Keith Daniel Moffat, b. 5/9/1966, Tuscola Co., Descendant of Alice A. Hart Mich. 153. June Alice Hoard, b. 5/11/1936, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 1/14/1955, Pine Run, Mich. She SECOND CHILD OF LOLA I. HART married Fred Horning, shop (skilled labor), b. 145. Thomas James Rosencrants, farmhand, b. 7/14/1934, Millington, Mich. Their children: 8/4/1943, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 22/1960, Clarks 210. Julia Ann Horning, b. 11/21/1955, Bay City, ton, Mich.; d. 10/20/1962, Tuscola Co., Mich. He Mich. married Sally Sue Wescoat, b. 11/29/1943, Vassar, 211. Laura June Horning, b. 7/22/1957, Bay Mich. Their children: City, Mich. Deborah Diane Rosencrants, b. 12/10/1960, Janice Elizabeth Horning (twin), b. 5/21/1963, Saginaw, Mich. Bay City, Mich. Doyle Thomas Rosencrants, b. 12/30/1962, Joan Charlotte Horning (twin), b. 5/21/1963, Saginaw, Mich. Bay City, Mich. Sally Sue married (second) Mr. Bills. SECOND CHILD OF HENRY H. HOARD FIRST CHILD OF VIOLA ANNA HART Descendant of Alice A. Hart 147. Wayne Clifford Anderson, retail clerk, b. 154. Richard Earl Hoard, shop (skilled labor), b. 12/17/1949, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 5/3/1974, 9/7/1938, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 4/4/1959, Tuscola, Mich. He married Kimberly June Gibson, Millington, Mich. He married Charlotte Taylor, b. b. 4/1/1953, Saginaw, Mich. 5/7/1938, Pine Run, Mich. Their children: Marlene Marie Hoard, b. 3/23/1960, Bay City, Mich. FIRST CHILD OF VAN C. HOARD Vicky Lynne Hoard, b. 12/16/1962, Bay City, Descendant of Alice A. Hart Mich. 150. Jimmie Jenne Hoard, welder, b. 10/25/ 1929, Flint, Mich.; m. 12/1/1951, Detroit, Mich. He FIRST CHILD OF RAY HOARD married Elizabeth Marcum, b. 2/12/1932, Detroit, Descendant of Alice A. Hart Mich. Their children: 155. Jeanette Rae Hoard, b. 5/13/1937, Tuscola 205. Dale Jene Hoard, b. 9/1/1953, Detroit, Co., Mich.; m. 6/5/1960, Silver Springs, Md. She Mich.; m. 5/3/1974, Kathy Ann Morrison. married William Jerry Keith, Jr., b. 8/30/1938, 206. Debora May Hoard, b. 5/2/1955, Detroit, Meridian, Miss. Their children: Mich. Leila Joy Keith, b. 1/12/1965, Silver Springs, Md. SECOND CHILD OF VAN C. HOARD Liane Jean Keith, b. 11/28/1968, Loma Linda, Descendant of Alice A. Hart Calif. 151. A. E. "Bud" Hoard, General Motors, b. Nicole Jeanette Keith, b. 2/6/1972, Loma Linda, 1/6/1931, Millington, Mich.; m. 3/8/1951, Milling Calif. ton, Mich. He married Mary Emma Dowe, b. 11/7/1929, Grand Blanc, Mich. Their children: SECOND CHILD OF RAY HOARD 207. Karen Mary Hoard, b. 9/16/1953, Flint, Descendant of Alice A. Hart Mich.; m. 10/13/1973, James A. Hendrickson. 156. Eugene Ray Hoard, truck driver, b. 154 THE HART FAMILY 3/2/1941, Tuscola Co., Mich.; m. 1960, Millington, married Russell J. Staffeld, b. 3/16/1949, Saginaw, Mich. He married Sandra Lee Youmans, b. Mich. 8/22/1943, Flint, Mich. Their children: Terri Ann Hoard, b. 5/15/1961, Saginaw, Mich. SECOND CHILD OF VERL RUSSELL NEWMAN Marc Eugene Hoard, b. 8/4/1962, Saginaw, Descendant of Mary Jane Hart Mich. 168. Sally Ann Newman, b. 8/5/1953, Flint, Raymond Charles Hoard, b. 4/24/1967, Saginaw, Mich.; m. 6/17/1972, Clio, Mich. She married Mich. Thomas Edwin Belill, b. 9/23/1950, Flint, Mich. Laura Youmans, stepchild, b. 4/6/1958, Flint, Their child: Mich. Travis Eric Belill, b. 12/8/1972, Flint, Mich. FIRST CHILD OF PAUL EUGENE HOARD SECOND CHILD OF LA VERNE C. NEWMAN Descendant of Alice A. Hart Descendant of Mary Jane Hart 157. Paula Ann Hoard, b. 9/3/1943, Flint, Mich.; 171. Denise Deane Newman, b. 12/1/1956, Flint, m. 4/6/1963, Flint, Mich. She married Jackie Mich.; m. 6/28/1975. She married Duane Mc Campbell, Jr., b. 9/17/1942, Marston, Mo. Their Queen. child: Rodney Alan Campbell, b. 5/28/1969, Flint, FIRST CHILD OF CAROL ANN ALLMAN Mich. Descendant of Mary Jane Hart FIRST CHILD OF DONALD CARTER 173. David Allen McGloen, b. 2/29/1952, Flint, Descendant of Mary Jane Hart Mich.; m. 4/10/1970, Clio, Mich. He married Cheri Ann Phipps, b. 11/18/1952, Flint, Mich. Their 160. David Leroy Carter, b. 1/11/1948, Saginaw, children: Mich.; m. 5/6/1968, Tuscola, Mich. He married Mathew David McGloen, b. 9/17/1970, Flint, Elizabeth Gayle Fox, b. 3/27/1954, Caro, Mich. Mich. Their child: Nathan Allan McGloen, b. 1/12/1974, Clio, Mich. Kevin Shane Carter, b. 3/7/1970, Caro, Mich. Note: David and Elizabeth divorced. SECOND CHILD OF CAROL ANN ALLMAN Descendant of Mary Jane Hart SECOND CHILD OF DONALD CARTER Descendant of Mary Jane Hart 174. Cheryl Lynn McG!oen, b. 6/29/1956, Flint, Mich.; m. 5/10/1975, Plymouth, Mich. She married 161. Lois Elaine Carter, b. 4/12/1949, Saginaw, Uthai Songpichi Tara, b. 5/5/1947, NaKorn Mich.; m. 11/6/1971, Vassar, Mich. She married pathom, Thailand. Earl Gohs, b. 7/6/1940, Lapeer, Mich. Their child (adopted): FIRST CHILD OF MAEJEL JANET ALLMAN Kristine Marie Gohs, b. 1/15/1967, Saginaw, Descendant of Mary Jane Hart Mich. 175. Samuel Edlefsen Graf, Jr., b. 10/19/1948, SECOND CHILD OF LAWRENCE CARTER Corvallis, Ore.; m. 6/4/1972, Mt. Hermon, Calif. Descendant of Mary Jane Hart He Married Joan Butteweg, b. 1/18/1949, Hague, Holland. Their child: Samuel Thomas Graf, b. 164. Debra Ann Carter, b. 7/5/1954, Flint, 2/26/1973, San Jose, Calif. Mich.; m. 4/11/1970, Vassar, Mich. She married Lee Eugene Smith, b. 2/2/1951, Caro, Mich. Their child: SECOND CHILD OF MAEJEL JANET ALLMAN Sherri Lee Smith, b. 7/4/1974. Descendant of Mary Jane Hart 176. Cinda Louise Graf, b. 10/9/1950, Corvallis, FIRST CHILD OF DORIS EVELYN NEWMAN Ore.; m. 2/27/1971, Portugese Bend, Calif. She Descendant of Mary Jane Hart married Robert Geoffrey Hoag, stockbroker, b. 165. John Charles Myers, b. 12/1/1947, Flint, 6/21/1949, Long Beach, Calif. Cinda and Robert Mich.; m. 9/4/1971, Shickley, Neb. He married divorced in 1975. Shirley Jean Benson, b. 12/30/1946, York, Neb. Their child: FIRST CHILD OF LESLIE FINN John Charles Myers, Jr., b. 2/26/1972, York, Descendant of Delana Hart Neb. 181. Sharon Grace Louise Finn, b. 1/16/1942, Flint, Mich.; m. 2/20/1965, Grand Blanc, Mich. She SECOND CHILD OF DORIS EVELYN NEWMAN married Charles Edward Paulson, plumber, b. Descendant of Mary Jane Hart 9/23/1937, Flint, Mich. Their children: 166. Christine Sue Myers, b. 12/19/1950, Flint, Eric Charles Paulson, b. 9/21/1966, Flint, Mich. Mich.; m. 12/29/1973, Sault St. Marie, Mich. She Michael Leslie Paulson, b. 2/7/1968, Flint, Mich. THE LOVIRA JR. BRANCH 155 SECOND CHILD OF LESLIE FINN Their child: Descendant of Delana Hart Lon Alan Colman, b. 1/28/1972, Flint, Mich. 182. Christine Ruth Finn, b. 10/16/1947, Flint, Note: Ron and Nancy divorced 6/11/1973. He Mich.; m. 10/24/1964, Grand Blanc, Mich. She married (second) name unknown. Their child: married Kenneth Gerald Bees, factory worker, b. Travor Lee Colman, b. 9/6/1974. 1/3/1945, Flint, Mich. Their children: FOURTH CHILD OF CLAYTON J. COLMAN Theresa Faith Bees, b. 6/30/1965, Flint, Mich. Descendant of Elsie Hart Ernest Russell Bees, II, b. 11/4/1968, Flint, Mich. 191. Coleen Kay Colman, b. 10/17/1951, Sagi Richard Travis Bees, b. 3/16/1971, Flint, Mich. naw, Mich.; m. 12/21/1968, Millington, Mich. She married Lewis Charles Babcock, Sr., b. 7/31/1947, THIRD CHILD OF LESLIE FINN Flint, Mich. Their children: Descendant of Delana Hart Lewis Charles Babcock, Jr., b. 12/22/1969, 183. Micholynn "Micki" Rae Finn, b. 8/6/1949, Flint, Mich. Flint, Mich.; m. 9/5/1970, Flint, Mich. She married Ronald Clarence Babcock, b. 11/6/1970, Flint, Ronald Schacher, b. 5/20/1949, Flint, Mich. Their Mich. child: Note: Coleen and Lewis divorced. Michan Lei Schacher, b. 7/5/1973, Flint, Mich. FIRST CHILD OF WILLARD H. COLMAN FIRST CHILD OF JEANNE ANN LORANGER Descendant of Elsie Hart Descendant of Delana Hart 192. Calvin James Colman, b. 9/3/1949, Flint, 184. Thomas James Reed, b. 10/27/1951, Mich.; m. 9/12/1968, 7/3/1971 and 1975. He Saginaw, Mich.; m. 8/25/1973, Flint, Mich. He married Debra Lee Crump, b. 2/11/1951, Flint, married Janet Louise Lund, b. 10/20/1955, Flint, Mich.; m. 9/12/1968, Millington, Mich. Note: Mich. Calvin left for Viet Nam 9/19/1968. The marriage was annuled 3/11/1969. He married (second) SECOND CHILD OF JEANNE ANN LORANGER Loretta May Green, b. 7/20/1956, Flint, Mich.; m. Descendant of Delana Hart 7/3/1971, Millington, Mich. Their child: 185. Robert Michael Reed, b. 11/28/1953, Flint, Jinny Rebecca Colman, b. 12/13/1971, Flint, Mich.; m. 2/24/1973, Mt. Morris, Mich. He married Mich. Sydnee Kay Hall, b. 2/1/1955, Flint, Mich. Their Calvin married (third) Julia Lynn Gross, 1975. child: Tera Lynn Reed, b. 8/2/1973, Flint, Mich. SECOND CHILD OF WILLARD H. COLMAN Descendant of Elsie Hart FIRST CHILD OF CLAYTON J. COLMAN 193. Connie Jean Colman, b. 7/15/1952, Flint, Descendant of Elsie Hart Mich.; m. 5/6/1972, Millington, Mich. She married 188. Nancy Ann Colman, b. 4/17/1947, Saginaw, Karl Titsworth, b. 4/1/1951, Flint, Mich. Their Mich.; m. 5/11/1968, Millington, Mich. She child: married Eldon S. Engler, mechanic, b. 10/18/1941, Brian Allen Titsworth, b. 2/11/1975. Millington, Mich. THIRD CHILD OF WILLARD H. COLMAN SECOND CHILD OF CLAYTON J. COLMAN Descendant of Elsie Hart Descendant of Elsie Hart 194. Burton Colman, b. 7/5/1953, Flint, Mich.; 189. Shirley Ann Colman, b. 12/12/1948, Flint, m. 4/29/1972, Millington, Mich. He married Cynthia Jo Hecht, b. 3/20/1956, Saginaw, Mich. Mich.; m. 8/6/1966 and 7/25/1970. She married Their children: Kenneth Clarence Long, Sr., b. 2/28/1947, Milling Rachel Lynn Colman, b. 9/2/1972, Saginaw, ton, Mich. Their child: Mich. Kenneth Clarence Long, Jr., b. 1/21/1967, Flint, Kristen Ann Colman, b. 5/25/1975, Saginaw, Mich.; d. 2/5/1967, Flint, Mich. Mich. Shirley and Kenneth divorced 1969. She married (second) Sergeant Anthony E. DeMaria, m. SECOND CHILD OF 7/25/1970, Millington, Mich. Their child: DONALD GEORGE COLMAN Anthony J. (Colman) DeMaria, adopted. Descendant of Elsie Hart 196. Dianna Lynn Colman, b. 7/7/1952, Flint, THIRD CHILD OF CLAYTON J. COLMAN Mich.; m. 3/27/1971, Millington, Mich. She Descendant of Elsie Hart married Thomas Warren Laude, b. 8/30/1950, 190. Ronald J. Colman, b. 6/24/1950, Flint, Detroit, Mich. Their children: Mich.; m. 2/4/1970, Millington, Mich. He married Shannon Marie Laude, b. 3/31/1972, Saginaw, Nancy Petzold, b. 9/28/1950, Millington, Mich. Mich. 156 THE HART FAMILY Stacy Lorraine Laude, b. 1/21/1975, Saginaw, 215. Martha Ann Hart, b. 2/8/1844, Mt. Morris, Mich. N.Y.; m. 9/17/1862, Seth Henry Averill; d. 10/12/1939, Portland, Ore. FIRST CHILD OF PHYLLIS MAY VAN CLEVE 216. Julia Lovira Hart, b. 5/11/1846, Bloomfield, Descendant of Elsie Hart Ind.; m. 11/7/1865, Aaron B. White; d. 1/7/1920, 202. Jan Denise Rize, b. 10/3/1951, Detroit, San Jose, Calif. Mich.; m. 4/18/1970, Westland, Mich. She married 217. William Orlando Hart, b. 2/22/1853, H. Royce Ramsey, b. 5/23/1948, Monteroy, Tenn. Bloomfield, Ind.; m. 7/12/1876, Josephine Chance; d. 12/12/1934, Lansing, Mich. FIRST CHILD OF JIMMIE JENNE HOARD 218. James Haviland Hart, b. 9/14/1856, Lima, Descendant of Alice A. Hart Ind.; m. 5/31/1875, Jeanette "Nettie" Allen; d. 10/20/1898. 205. Dale Jene Hoard, b. 9/1/1953, Detroit, Orlando married (second) Harriett Allen, Lima, Mich.; m. 5/3/1974, Detroit, Mich. He married Ind. They divorced April 25, 1866, Centreville, Kathy Ann Morrison, b. 4/20/1954, Detroit, Mich. Mich. He married (third) Emma Toogood, b. 5/26/1846, Genesee Co., Mich.; m. 4/21/1869, Mt. SECOND CHILD OF JIMMIE JENNE HOARD Morris, Mich.; d. 8/3/1929, Mt. Morris, Mich. Descendant of Alice A. Hart Their child: 206. Debora May Hoard, b. 5/2/1955, Detroit, 218½. Charles Loviera Hart, decorator, b. Mich.; m. 6/22/1975, Detroit, Mich. She married 1/3/1870, Vienna, Mich.; not married; d. 6/30/ Jerry????. 1941, Mt. Morris, Mich. "Loviera" was the spelling used in the County Clerk's records. FIRST CHILD OF A. E. "BUD" HOARD Descendant ofAlice A. Hart FIRST CHILD OF ORLANDO HART 207. Karen Mary Hoard, b. 9/16/1953, Flint, 212. George Henry Hart, b. 1/25/1838, Mt. Mich.; m. 10/13/1973, Kawkawlin, Mich. She Morris, N.Y.; m. 11/27/1875; Centreville, Mich.; d. married James A. Hendrickson, b. 8/24/1955, Bay 7/17/1912, Mendon, Mich. He married Sarah Davis City, Mich. Their children: Jewett, b. 3/10/1840, St. Joseph Co., Mich.; d. Christine Ann Hendrickson, b. 7/1/1973, Flint, 6/25/1912, Mendon, Mich. No children. Mich. Patience Marie Hendrickson, b. 11/8/1976, SECOND CHILD OF ORLANDO HART Flint, Mich. 213. Isaac Barber Hart, farmer, b. 1/11/1840, THIRD CHILD OF A. E. "BUD" HOARD Perry, Wyoming Co., N.Y.; m. 11/17/1869, Ever Descendant of Alice A. Hart green, Calif.; d. 5/2/1922, San Jose, Calif. He married Helen Julia Cottle, b. 12/21/1848, Hazel 209. Kay Lynn Hoard, b. 11/14/1957, Flint, Green, Wisc.; d. 10/2/1923, San Jose, Calif. Their Mich. She married Terry Lee Nagy, b. 7/5/1956, children: Saginaw, Mich. Their child: 219. Henry Irwin Hart, b. 9/22/1870, San Jose, Lola Lee Nagy, b. 6/7/1976, Flint, Mich. Calif.; m. 1/15/1899, Mayme Snyder; d. 1/9/1950, San Jose, Calif. 220. Orville Benjamin Hart, b. 12/26/1871, BRANCH OF ORLANDO Gilroy, Calif.; m. 8/19/1907, Matilda Prusch; d. 3/11/1922, Los Gatos, Calif. FIFTH CHILD OF LOVIRA HART, SR. 221. Lora Elizabeth Hart, b. 7/14/1873, Gilroy, Calif.; m. 4/8/1903, Arthur R. McClay; d. 4. Orlando Hart, blacksmith and realtor, b. 3/4/1943, San Jose, Calif. 9/6/1813, Avon, N.Y.; m. 7/11/1835, 2/9/1860 and 222. Alivn Lewis Hart, b. 12/8/1874, Alviso, 4/21/1869; d. 1/3/1914, Mt. Morris, Mich. He Calif.; m. 3/3/1907, Matilda J. Mantes; d. married Elizabeth Aldrich, b. 4/26/1816; m. 11/25/1945, Hollister, Calif. 7/11/1835, Mt. Morris, N.Y.; d. 4/25/1859, 223. Orlando William Hart, b. 1/25/1876, Alviso, Bloomfield, Ind. Their children: Calif.; m. 7/14/1907, Maime Wilson; d. 6/25/1952, 212. George Henry Hart, b. 1/25/1835, Mt. Hollister, Calif. Morris, N.Y.; m. 11/27/1879, Sarah Davis Jewett; d. 6/17/1912, Mendon, Mich. 213. Isaac Barber Hart, b. 1/11/1840, Perry, THIRD CHILD OF ORLANDO HART N.Y.; m. 11/17/1869, Helen Julia Cottle; d. 214. Lora Elizabeth Hart, b. 12/20/1841, Mt. 2/5/1922, San Jose, Calif. Morris, N.Y.; m. 5/3/1862, Ottawa, Ill.; d. 214. Lora Elizabeth Hart, b. 12/29/1841, Mt. 4/19/1837, Tonica, Ill. She married Elijah Baldwin, Morris, N.Y.; m. 5/3/1862, Elijah Baldwin; d. b. 9/17/1835, Lexington, N.J.; d. 1/21/1916, 4/19/1937, Tonica, Ill. Tonica, Ill. Their children: THE ORLANDO BRANCH 157 224. Orren "Joe" Orlando Baldwin, b. 9/21/1866, children: Tonica, Ill.; m. 9/18/1889, Alice White; d. 235. Nellie Hannah Hart, b. 7/15/1877, Genesee 10/1/1950, Tonica, Ill. Co., Mich.; m. 10/5/1897, Frederick Newton 225. William Baldwin, b. 7/23/1868, Tonica, Ill.; Selby; d. 12/4/1945, Lansing, Mich. m. 5/20/1890, Rosa Eickhorn; d. 7 /1956, San 236. Roy Hugh Hart, law officer and oil industry, Benito, Texas. b. 2/3/1883, Genesee Co., Mich.; m. 7/3/1916, 226. Bertha Baldwin, b. 10/27/1870, Tonica, Ill.; Lucille Nelson; d. 3/9/1941, Wichita Falls, Texas. not married; d. 8/1959, Bradenton, Fla. Waldo Allen Baldwin, b. 10/19/1872, Tonica, Ill.; SEVENTH CHILD OF ORLANDO HART d. 4/21/1874, Tonica, Ill. 218. James Haviland Hart, painter and carpen 227. Etta Baldwin, b. 4/19/1875, Tonica, Ill.; m. ter, b. 9/14/1856, Lima, Ind.; m. 5/29/1875, 11/1/1900, Robert Fenton; d. 11/12/1970, Braden Tonica, Ill.; d. 10/20/1898. He married Jeannette ton, Fla. "Nettie" Allen, b. Green Co., N.Y. Their children: 228. Leona Lora Baldwin, b. 1/3/1878, Tonica, 237. William Lee Hart, b. 5/3/1876, Tonica, Ill.; Ill.; m. 10/24/1908, Walter McKee; d. 2/18/1969, m. Margaret McAuliffe. Bradenton, Fla. 238. Ralph S. Hart, b. 8/18/1878, Tonica, Ill. 229. Herbert Isaac Baldwin, b. 2/20/1880, Tonica, Ill.; m. 2/24/1904, Mable Lord; d. EIGHTH CHILD OF ORLANDO HART 11/16/1966, Tonica, Ill. 218½. Charles Loviera Hart, painter, b. 1/3/ Elizabeth Emerat Baldwin, b. 3/26/1882, Tonica, 1870, Vienna, Mich.; d. 6/30/1941, Mt. Morris, Ill.; d. 10/29/1887, Tonica, Ill. Mich. Note: Charles' mother was Emma Toogood; 230. James Henry Baldwin, b. 6/16/1884, Orlando's third wife. Charles never married. Tonica, Ill.; not married; d. 2/4/1964, Bradenton, Fla. FIRST CHILD OF ISAAC BARBER HART FOURTH CHILD OF ORLANDO HART 219. Henry Irwin Hart, farmer, b. 9/22/1870, San Jose, Calif.; m. 1/15/1899, San Jose, Calif.; d. 215. Martha Ann Hart, b. 2/8/1844, Mt. Morris, 1/9/1954, San Jose, Calif. He married Mayme N.Y.; m. 9/17/1862, Mendon, Mich.; d. 10/12/ Athemon Snyder, b. 1/6/1877, San Jose, Calif.; d. 1920, Portland, Ore. She married Seth Henry 12/28/1952, San Jose, Calif. Their children: Averill, mechanic, b. 1835, Ontario, St. Joseph Co., 239. Evelyn Hart, b. 1/7/1908, San Jose, Calif.; Ind.; d. Portland, Ore. Their children: m. 4/24/1931, Herman Gerdts. 231. Alvey Hart Averill, b. 6/8/1867, Mendon, 240. Hazel Vivian Hart, b. 5/25/1910, San Jose, Mich. Calif.; m. 5/27/1932, Henry Gerdts. 232. Floyd N. Averill, b. 1/11/1872, Lincoln, Ill.; m. Pearl L. Leas; d. 8/27/1947, Portland, Ore. SECOND CHILD OF ISAAC BARBER HART Note: Martha and Seth married before Rev. L. B. Goodrich. 220. Orville Benjamin Hart, engineering, b. 12/26/1871, Gilroy, Calif.; m. 8/19/1907 and FIFTH CHILD OF ORLANDO HART 4/16/1919; d. 3/11/1932, Los Gatos, Calif. He 216. Julia Lovira Hart, b. 5/11/1846, Bloomfield, married Matilda Prusch, b. 8/2/1880, San Jose, Ind.; m. 11/9/1865, Mendon, Mich.; d. l/7 /1920, Calif.; d. 4/6/1916, Saratoga, Calif. Their children: San Jose, Calif. She married Aaron Baker White, 241. Orville Haven Hart, b. 6/9/1908, Hollister, mechanic and poultry rancher, b. 12/4/1837, Calif.; m. 6/16/1931, Margaret Corell. Worcester, Mass.; d. 3/12/1920, San Jose, Calif. 242. Jean Hart, b. 12/12/1914, Los Gatos, Calif.; Their children: m. 7/18/1942, Bruno Borghi. 233. Walter Elmer White, b. 11/6/1867, Men He married (second) Susan Mason Dietrich, b. don, Mich.; m. 2/4/1899, Laura A. Cummings; d. 1/11/1896, Dallas, Ore.; m. 4/16/1919, San Jose, 12/26/1925, Dos Palos, Calif. Calif.; d. 5/22/1953, Milbrace, Calif. Note: Matilda 234. Edith W. White, b. 5/1/1873, Mendon, and Orville buried in San Jose. Mich.; m. Al Edmondsen; d. 4/15/1959, San Francisco, Calif. THIRD CHILD OF ISAAC BARBER HART Note: Julia and Aaron married before Rev. 221. Lora Elizabeth Hart, b. 7/14/1873, Gilroy, Luther B. Goodrich. Calif.; m. 4/8/1903, San Jose, Calif.; d. 3/4/1943, San Jose, Calif. She married Arthur Rae McClay, SIXTH CHILD OF ORLANDO HART Canning Co., b. 11/9/1870, Evergreen, Calif.; d. 217. William Orlando Hart, home decorator, b. 9/16/1937, San Francisco, Calif. Their children: 2/22/1853, Bloomfield, Ind.; m. 7/12/1876, Tonica, 243. Leslie Leroy McClay, b. 3/1/1904, San Jose, Ill.; d. 12/12/1934, Genesee Co., Mich. He married Calif.; m. Dorothy Curtis, d. 1939, San Jose, Calif. Rebecca Josephine Chance, b. 4/10/1857, Henry, 244. Dorothy Helen McClay, b. 5/3/1906, San Ill.; d. 4/28/1930, Genesee Co., Mich. Their Jose, Calif.; m. 6/1/1934, Max E. Kuehn. 158 THE HART FAMILY 245. Florence Elizabeth McC!ay, b. 7/4/1909, 255. Ruth Roberta Fenton, b. 9/19/1901, Tonica, San Jose, Calif.; m. 4/14/1932, Francis J. Wool. Ill.; m. 6/9/1928, Robert W. Perkins. 246. Eugenia Lena McClay, b. 2/2/1913, San 256. Elmer Robert Fenton, printer, pressman, b. Jose, Calif.; not married. 4/25/1903, Tonica, Ill.; m. 11/22/1924, Hope Quary; d. 4/5/1968, Bradenton, Fla. FOURTH CHILD OF ISAAC BARBER HART 257. Clyde Vincent Fenton, Sr., b. 7/30/1904, 222. Alwyn Lewis Hart, b. 12/8/1874, Alviso, Seneca, Ill.; m. 7/31/1924, Elizabeth Hoffman; d. Calif.; m. 3/16/1907, Oakland, Calif.; d. 11/25/ 5/13/1959, Bradenton, Fla. 1954, Hollister, Calif. He married Matilda Jane Mantis, b. 8/2/1879, Saledad, Calif.; d. 8/29/1966, SIXTH CHILD OF LORA E. HART Hollister, Calif. Their children: 228. Leona Lora Baldwin, b. 1/3/1878, Tonica, 247. William Alwyn Hart, b. 4/24/1912, Hollis Ill.; m. 10/24/1908, Tonica, Ill.; d. 2/18/1969, ter, Calif.; m. 10/12/1945, Nellie I. Renegar. Bradenton, Fla. She married Walter McKee, b. 248. Helen Elizabeth Hart, b. 11/11/1914, 11/2/1878, Montpelier, Vt.; d. 8/2/1954, Braden Hollister, Calif.; m. 12/16/1943, Gene S. Davis. ton, Fla. Their child: 258. Leland Baldwin McKee, b. 1/30/1911, New FIFTH CHILD OF ISAAC BARBER HART York, N.Y.; m. 10/31/1947, Louise N. Ormsbee. 223. Orlando William Hart, farmer, b. 1/25/ 1876, Alviso, Calif.; m. 7/14/1907, San Francisco, SEVENTH CHILD OF LORA E. HART Calif.; d. 6/25/1952, Hollister, Calif. He married 229. Herbert Isaac Baldwin, banker, b. 2/20/ Mamie Moss Wilson, d. Fall of 1942. Their children: 1880, Tonica, Ill.; m. 2/24/1904, Tonica, Ill.; d. 249. Leonard Orlando Hart, b. 7/16/1908, Hollis ll/16/1966, Tonica, Ill. He married Mabel Lord, b. ter, Calif.; m. 9/1/1943, Alice E. Powell; d. 12/21/1880, St. Louis, Mo.; d. 5/28/1975, Ottawa, 5/9/1969, Oakland, Calif. Ill. Their child: 250. Francis "Buzz" William Hart, b. 7 /21/19??, 259. Herbert Eugene Baldwin, County Farm Hollister, Calif.; m. Irene????. Bureau insurance management, b. 2/5/1910, 251. Willard Hart, b. 6/6/19??, Hollister, Calif.; Bloomington, Ill.; m. 12/23/1933, Alice F. Walker; m. Dolores ????. d. 12/26/1968, Morris, Ill. FIRST CHILD OF LORA E. HART FIRST CHILD OF MARTHA HART 224. Orrin Orlando "Joe" Baldwin, painter, b. 231. Alva Hart Averill, b. 6/8/1867, Mendon, 9/22/1866, Tonica, Ill.; m. 9/18/1889, Tonica, Ill.; Mich.; d. 3/18/19,56, Portland, Ore. He married, no d. 10/1/1950, Tonica, Ill. He married Alice Janet name known. Their child: Harold Averill. White, b. 3/31/1868, Lostant, Ill.; d. 9/26/1932, Tonica, Ill. Their children: FIRST CHILD OF JULIA LOVIRA HART Elsie Mae Baldwin, b. 1890, Tonica, Ill.; d. 1890, 233. Walter Elmer White, railroad wireless and Tonica, Ill. rural mail carrier, b. 11/6/1867, Mendon, Mich.; m. 252. Waldo White Baldwin, b. 1/22/1892, Tonica, 2/4/1899, Lovelock, Nev.; d. 12/26/1925, Dos Ill.; m. 12/31/1924, Bessie E. McCreary; d. Palos, Calif. He married Laura Adele Cummings, 12/16/1961, Flint, Mich. b. 6/28/1873, Chicago, Ill.; d. 9/22/1958, Dos 253. Frank Earl Baldwin, b. 12/23/1897, Tonica, Palos, Calif. Their children: Ill.; m. 8/19/1922, Florence Secrist; d. 4/18/1956, 260. Edith Adele White, b. 8/3/1900, Lovelock, Venice, Fla. Nev.; m. 12/2/1919, Robert E. Chapman; d. 9/20/1954, Chicago, Ill. SECOND CHILD OF' LORA E. HART 261. Mildred Elizabeth White, b. 5/21/1905, 225. William Baldwin, rural mail carrier, b. Florin, Calif.; m. 10/5/1924, Martin A. Millett. 7/23/1868, Tonica, Ill.; m. 5/20/1890, Wash burn, 262. Charles Floyd White, Bell Telephone Co., b. Ill.; d. 7 /1956, San Benita, Texas. He married Rosa 5/22/1907, Oakland, Calif.; not married. Josephine Eichhorn, b. 12/6/1868, Spring Bay, Ill.; 263. Dorothy Grace White, b. 2/10/1910, Dos d. 1939, Tonica, Ill. Their child: Palos, Calif.; m. 10/2/1929, Charles K. Coyle. 254. Bretice Lora Baldwin, b. 6/10/1891, Tonica, 264. Walter Willis White, State Highway Ill.; m. 11/30/1911, Arthur E. Graves. Department, b. 3/11/1912, Dos Palos, Calif.; m. 4/9/1939, Lois VanDoren. FIFTH CHILD OF LORA E. HART Note: Laura's second husband was John Horna 227. Etta Baldwin, b. 4/19/1875, Tonica, Ill.; m. day, m. 1934. 11/1/1900, Tonica, Ill.; d. 11/12/1970, Bradenton, Fla. She married Robert Roland Fenton, jeweler SECOND CHILD OF JULIA LOVIRA HART and optometrist, b. 12/19/1874, Erie, Ill.; d. 234. Edith W. White, b. 5/1/1873, Mendon, 8/28/1959, Bradenton, Fla. Their children: Mich.; d. 4/15/1959, San Francisco, Calif. She THE ORLANDO BRANCH 159 married Al Edmondsen. 275. Joyce Elaine Gerdts, b. 7/18/1933, San Jose, Calif.; m. 3/14/1952, Robert Silvera. FIRST CHILD OF WILLIAM ORLANDO HART 276. Marvin Henry Gerdts, b. 5/18/1935, San 235. Nellie Hannah Hart, b. 7/15/1877, Mt. Jose, Calif.; m. 8/11/1956, Janice Kirkman. Morris, Mich.; m. 10/5/1897, Mt. Morris, Mich.; d. 277. Marilyn Elsie Gerdts, b. 6/29/1945, San 12/4/1945, Lansing, Mich. She married Frederick Jose, Calif.; m. 6/18/1966, Edward D. Baker. Newton Selby, banker and hotel manager, b. 7/6/1874, Bay City, Mich.; d. 2/2/1961, Lansing, FIRST CHILD OF ORVILLE BENJAMIN HART Mich. Their children: 241. Orville Haven Hart, civil engineer, b. 265. Helen Josephine Selby, b. 1/29/1899, Clio, 6/9/1908, Hollister, Calif.; m. 6/16/1931, Stanford Mich.; m. 11/2/1923, Dee Decker. University Chapel. He married Margaret Johanna 266. Ruth Selby, b. 6/8/1901, Montrose, Mich.; Corell, b. 7/25/1907, Jamestown, N.D. Their m. 8/3/1929, Jesse J. McDonnell. children: 267. Florence N. Selby, b. 4/6/1903, Montrose, 278. Neil Corell Hart, b. 1/16/1934, Stockton, Mich.; m. 8/4/1934, Arthur F. Homer. Calif.; m. 10/4/1952, Elizabeth VanKampen. Marjorie Edith Selby, b. 2/3/1905, Montrose, 279. Stepl)en Prusch Hart, b. 7/18/1935, Sacra Mich.; d. 9/3/1906, Montrose, Mich. mento, Calif.; m. 6/11/1960, Joy K. Freund. 268. Frederick Noel Selby, b. 2/20/1912, North Star, Mich.; m. 9/28/1939, Velma L. Daubt. SECOND CHILD OF 269. Phyllis Jean Selby, b. 5/21/1917, North ORVILLE BENJAMIN HART Star, Mich.; m. 2/14/1936, Lynn R. Kestenholtz. 242. Jean Hart, b. 12/12/1914, Los Gatos, Calif.; m. 7/18/1942, Reno, Nev. She married Bruno SECOND CHILD OF Borghi, shipyards, b. 11/3/1897, Ticino, Switzer WILLIAM ORLANDO HART land. Their child: 236. Roy Hugh Hart, law officer, b. 2/3/1883, 280. Hugo Borghi, b. 9/6/1943, San Francisco, Mt. Morris, Mich.; m. 7/3/1916, Missula, Mont.; d. Calif.; m. Barbara Jean Castro. 3/9/1941, Wichita Falls, Tex. He married Lucille Note: Neither Jean, Bruno, Hugo or Trava have Nelson Thomas, b. 9/10/1894, Boston, Mass.; d. middle names. 2/18/1940, Wichita Falls, Tex. Their children: 270. Atwood Roy Hart, oil industry, b. 8/25/ FIRST CHILD OF LORA ELIZABETH HART 1917, Thompson Falls, Mont.; m. 12/31/1946, Lois 243. Leslie Leroy McClay, b. 3/1/1904, San Jose, Hill and 11/21/1969, Alice Kay. Calif.; d. 1939. He married Dorothy Curtis. Their 271. William Hugh Hart, oil industry, b. child: 1/18/1924, Wichita Falls, Tex.; m. 1/1/1946, 281. Loree Arlene McClay, m. 7/26/1970, Paul Elizabeth J. Crisman. A. Russkauff. 272. Doris Ann Hart (twin), b. 7/20/1929, Electra, Tex.; m. 6/11/1945, Oren Blankenship. SECOND CHILD OF LORA ELIZABETH HART 273. Don Allen Hart (twin), b. 7/20/1929, Electra, Tex.; m. 3/4/1949, Rita C. Rhoades. 244. Dorothy Helen McClay, b. 5/3/1906, San Jose, Calif.; m. 6/1/1934, Petaluma, Calif. She FIRST CHILD OF JAMES HAVILAND HART married Max Eugene Kuehn, dog food business, b. 5/12/1900, Groningen, Holland; d. 9/25/1968, San 237. William Lee Hart, b. 5/3/1876, Tonica, Ill. Mateo, Calif. Their children: He married Margaret McAuliffe, b. 5/10/1877; d. 282. Helen Dorothy Kuehn, b. 1/29/1939, 11/23/1929. Petaluma, Calif.; m. 8/24/1961, Ted Gambelin. 283. Carol Jean Kuehn, b. 12/13/1941, San FIRST CHILD OF HENRY IRWIN HART Mateo, Calif.; m. 6/11/1960 and 9/6/1968. 239. Evelyn Hart, b. 1/7/1908, San Jose, Calif.; 284. Douglas Arthur Kuehn, b. 10/30/1943, San m. 4/24/1931, San Rafael, Calif. She married Mateo, Calif. Hermann John Gerdts, rancher, b. 1/28/1905, San 285. Phyllis Ann Kuehn, b. 8/25/1946, San Jose, Calif.; d. 12/28/1965, San Jose, Calif. Their Mateo, Calif.; m. 7/19/1969, Dr. Abd-El Al. child: 274. Joan Laverne Gerdts, b. 6/26/1938, THIRD CHILD OF LORA ELIZABETH HART Oakland, Calif.; m. 3/27/1965, Richard Stapleton. 245. Florence Elizabeth McClay, b. 7/4/1909, San Jose, Calif.; m. 4/14/1932, San Jose, Calif. She SECOND CHILD OF HENRY IRWIN HART married Francis John "Jack" Wool, canner and 240. Hazel Vivian Hart, b. 5/25/1910, San Jose, rancher, b. 5/24/1909, San Jose, Calif. Their Calif.; m. 5/27/1932, San Jose, Calif. She married children: Henry Fred Gerdts, rancher, b. 4/16/1906, San 286. Marcia Rea Wool, b. 1/18/1937, San Jose, Jose, Calif. Their children: Calif.; m. 6/23/1959, Tom Ratliff. 160 THE HART FAMILY 287. Harvey Delaine Wool, b. 1/27/1943, San THIRD CHILD OF ORREN 0. BALDWIN Jose, Calif. Descendant of Lora Elizabeth Hart 288. Jack Alwin Wool, b. 1/27/1945, San Jose, 253. Frank Earl Baldwin, trucker, b. 12/13/1897, Calif.; m. 9/19/1970, Barbara Savidge. Tonica, Ill.; m. 8/19/1922, Flint, Mich.; d. 4/18/1956, Venice, Fla. He married Florence FIRST CHILD OF ALWYN LEWIS HART Marguerite Secrist, b. 1896, Johnsonburg, Penn.; 247. William Alwyn Hart, Sr., rancher and paper d. 10/11/1967, Venice, Fla. Their child: company, b. 4/24/1912, Hollister, Calif.; m. 296. Nancy Loy Baldwin, b. 8/9/1930, Flint, 10/12/1945, Washington, D.C. He married Nellie Mich.; m. 6/14/1952, Wallace Riley and 2/3/1961, lives Renegar, b. 3/20/1923, Florence, Ala. Their John Moffat. children: 289. William Alwyn Hart, Jr., b. 9/18/1949, San ONLY CHILD OF WILLIAM BALDWIN Jose, Calif. Descendant of Lora Hart 290. John "Jack" Renegar Hart, b. 4/19/1952, San Jose, Calif. 254. Bretice Lora Baldwin, b. 6/10/1891, Tonica, 291. Anne Melissa Hart, b. 12/7/1954, Hollister, Ill.; m. 11/30/1911, Tonica, Ill. She married Arthur Calif.; d. 7/30/1974, Stanford, Calif. Erwin Graves, farmer, b. 8/19/1890, Tonica, Ill.; Thomas Richard Hart, b. 5/16/1960, Hollister, d. 1/24/1965, San Benito, Tex. Their child: Calif. William L. Graves, b. 5/27/1923, San Benito, Tex.; d. 5/28/1923, San Benito, Tex. SECOND CHILD OF ALWYN LEWIS HART 248. Helen Elizabeth Hart, b. 11/11/1914, Hollis FIRST CHILD OF ETTA BALDWIN ter, Calif.; m. 12/16/1943, Stanford University Chapel. She married Gene Stewart Davis, almond Descendant of Lora Hart rancher, b. 1/17/1915, Esparto, Calif. Their 255. Ruth Roberta Fenton, b. 9/19/1901, Tonica, children: Ill.; m. 6/9/1928, Bradenton, Fla. She married 292. John Hart Davis, b. 9/4/1947, Woodland, Robert Warren Perkins, mechanic salesman, b. Calif.; m. 8/2/1975, Deborah Sue Ingle. 4/22/1905, Erie, Ill. Their children: 293. James Marvin Davis, b. 8/15/1952, Wood 297. Lora Kathryn Perkins, b. 5/19/1929, land, Calif. Bradenton, Fla.; not married. 297½. Robert Edward Perkins, b. 11/17/1930, FIRST CHILD OF ORLANDO WILLIAM HART Bradenton, Fla.; m. 7/18/1953, Ruth Ann Besse. 298. Etta Leona Perkins, b. 6/19/1934, Braden 249. Leonard Orlando Hart, armed services, b. ton, Fla.; m. 4/18/1955, Frederick 0. Shaffer. 7/16/1908, Hollister, Calif.; m. 9/1/1943, Alameda, Calif.; d. 5/9/1969, Oakland, Calif. He married Alice Estelle Powell, b. 8/5/1908, San Francisco, SECOND CHILD OF ETTA BALDWIN Calif. There were no children. Descendant of Lora Hart 256. Elmer Robert Fenton, pressman printer, b. SECOND CHILD OF 4/25/1903, Tonica, III.; m. 11/22/1924, Bradenton, ORLANDO WILLIAM HART Fla.; d. 4/5/1968, Bradenton, Fla. He married 250. Francis "Buzz" William Hart, construction, Hope Constance Quary, b. 6/25/1903, Mt. Union, b. 7 /21/19??, Hollister, Calif. He married Irene. Penn. Their children: There were no children. 299. Dorothy Ann Fenton, b. 11/15/1927, Bradenton, Fla.; m. 4/25/1948, Richard P. Wag THIRD CHILD OF ORLANDO WILLIAM HART ner. 300. Charles Robert Fenton, b. 8/12/1930, 251. Willard Hart, b. 6/6/19??, Hollister, Calif. Bradenton, Fla.; m. 1/13/1957, Nancy J. Curtis. He married Dolores. Their children: 294. Donald Hart, m. 1/9/1972, Carol Gibson. Paul Hart, b. 12/1949. THIRD CHILD OF ETTA BALDWIN Descendant of Lora Hart SECOND CHILD OF ORREN 0. BALDWIN 257. Clyde Vincent Fenton (1), men's clothing, b. Descendant of Lora Elizabeth Hart 7/30/1904, Seneca, Ill.; m. 7/31/1924, Bradenton, 252. Waldo White Baldwin, b. 1/22/1892, Tonica, Fla.; d. 5/13/1959, Bradenton, Fla. He married Ill.; m. 12/31/1924, Flint, Mich.; d. 12/16/1961, Elizabeth Hoffman, b. 10/24/1907, Grovetown, Ga. Flint, Mich. He married Bessie E. McCreery, b. Their children: 3/10/1891, Grand Blanc, Mich.; d. 7/17/1968, 301. Clyde Vincent Fenton (2), b. 11/28/1927, Flint, Mich. Their child: Bradenton, Fla.; m. 6/23/1948, Mildred Ridgdill. 295. Bruce Baldwin, b. 11/27/1925, Flint, Mich.; 302. Betty Jean Fenton, b. 2/3/1930, Bradenton, m. 9/21/1951, Molly Anderson. Fla.; m. 6/21/1949, John F. Kirk. THE ORLANDO BRANCH 161 ONLY CHILD OF LEONA LORA BALDWIN Palos, Calif.; m. 6/21/1958, Sandra J. Clark. Descendant of Lora Hart 310. Janis Adele Millett, b. 1/24/1936, Dos 258. Leland Baldwin McKee, airline dispatcher, Palos, Calif.; m. 10/9/1955, Michael H. Morgen b. 1/30/1911, New York, N.Y.; m. 10/25/1947, stern. Washington, D.C. He married Louise Northurst Ormsbee, b. 7/31/1919, New York, N.Y. Their THIRD CHILD OF WALTER ELMER WHITE child. Descendant of Orl,ando Hart 303. Margaret Ashley McKee, b. 7/31/1950, 262. Charles Floyd White, Bell Telephone, b. Atlanta, Ga.; m. 12/15/1973, Warren R. Whit 5/22/1907, Oakland, Calif. Not married. taker. ONLY CHILD OF HERBERT ISAAC BALDWIN FOURTH CHILD OF WALTER ELMER WHITE Descendant of Lora Hart Descendant of Orl,ando Hart 259. Herbert Eugene "Gene" Baldwin, Co. Farm 263. Dorothy Grace White, b. 2/10/1910, Dos Bureau insurance; b. 2/5/1910, Bloomington, Ill.; Palos, Calif.; m. 10/2/1929, Dos Palos, Calif. She m. 12/23/1933, Waterloo, Ill.; d. 12/26/1968, married Charles Kenneth Coyle, ranch accountant, Morris, Ill. He married Alice Florian Walker, b. b. 3/17/1907, Parsons, Kansas. Their children: 3/15/1912, St. Louis, Mo. Their child: 311. Virginia Fae Coyle, b. 12/16/1931, Dos 304. Elizabeth Gayle Baldwin, b. 2/19/1943, Palos, Calif.; m. 3/17/1951, Elbert Hollister. Chicago, Ill.; m. 10/21/1967, David G. Smith. 312. Kenneth Sterling Coyle, b. 8/4/1933, Merced, Calif. ONLY CHILD OF ALVA HART AVERILL 312½. Erin Grace Coyle, b. 11/3/1934, Dos Descendant of Martha Hart Palos, Calif.; m. 10/9/1955, Edwin E. Doerges. 259 ¼. Harold Averill, b. no date known; m. no 313. David Charles Coyle, b. 2/24/1941, Los name known. Their child: David Averill. Banos, Calif.; m. 8/2/1964, Carol Joan Shannon. 314. Jane Ellen Coyle, b. 12/21/1944, Los Banos, SECOND CHILD OF FLOYD N. AVERILL Calif.; m. 3/6/1965, Donald E. Pelton. Descendant of Martha Hart 259¾. Barbara Averill, m. 10/18/1930, Port FIFTH CHILD OF WALTER ELMER WHITE Descendant of Orl,ando Hart land, Ore. She married R. Robbins Sulten, b. no date known. 264. Walter Willis White, state highway depart ment, b. 3/11/1912, Dos Palos, Calif.; m. 4/9/1939, FIRST CHILD OF WALTER ELMER WHITE Tuscon, Ariz. He married Lois Mary VanDoren, b. Descendant of Orl,ando Hart 6/7/1916, San Bernardino, Calif. Their children: 260. Edith Adele White, b. 8/4/1900, Lovelock, 315. Lois Adele White, b. 4/21/1940, Silver City, Nev.; m. 12/2/1919, Stockton, Calif.; d. 9/20/1954, N.M.; m. 12/29/1962, Robert 0. Caldwell. Chicago, Ill. She married Robert Eugene Chapman, 316. Edwina Fae White, b. 7/30/1941, Chey Standard Oil Co., b. 9/4/1897, New London, Conn.; enne, Wyo.; not married. d. 3/17/1971, Arroyo Grande, Calif. Their children: 316½. Andrew Charles White, b. 5/23/1943, 305. Mildred Eugenia Chapman, b. 9/16/1920, Tuscon, Ariz.; m. 2/13/1965, Marilyn N. Clark. Dos Palos, Calif.; m. 1/25/1944, Werner 0. 317. David Lee White, b. 7/27/1952, Sacra Schroeder. mento, Calif. 306. Robert Gerald Chapman, b. 7/10/1923, 318. Sharon Lynn White, b. 8/8/1954, Sacra Redonda Beach, Calif.; m. 9/9/1944, Dorothy Shea; mento, Calif. d. 3/21/1974. 307. Marilyn Jean Chapman, b. 11/14/1925, Dos FIRST CHILD OF NELLIE H. HART Palos, Calif.; m. 8/31/1945, Wm. F. Pottharst. 265. Helen Josephine Selby, b. 1/29/1899, Clio, 308. Donald Lee Chapman, b. 12/26/1934, Dos Mich.; m. 11/2/1923, DeWitt, Mich. She married Palos, Calif.; m. 1/10/1953, Lillian L. Duke. Dee Decker, state Correction department, b. Note: R. E. Chapman married (second) Della 4/26/1896, St. Johns, Mich.; d. 6/24/1961, Lan May (Essary) White, b. 10/4/1904, Logan, N.M.; sing, Mich. Their children: m. 3/19/1958, Las Vegas, N.M. 319. Wendell Dee Decker, b. 5/8/1930, Ovid, Mich.; m. 9/9/1956, Myrna Hagen. SECOND CHILD OF WALTER ELMER WHITE 320. Helen Janice Decker, b. 7/1/1931, Ovid, Descendant of Orl,ando Hart Mich.; m. 9/11/1954, Irving E. Krebs. 261. Mildred Elizabeth White, b. 5/21/1905, Florin, Calif.; m. 10/5/1924, Dos Palos, Calif. She SECOND CHILD OF NELLIE H. HART married Martin Amos Millett, mechanic, b. 266. Ruth J. Selby, b. 6/8/1901, Montrose, 10/13/1903, Meridian, Id. Their children: Mich.; m. 8/31/1929, North Star, Mich. She mar 309. James Derril! Millett, 11/11/1927, Dos ried Jesse J. McDonnell, hotel manager, b. 162 THE HART FAMILY 4/4/1895, Valparaiso, Ind.; d. 4/28/1969, Lansing, Crisman, b. 3/28/1924, Grenville, N.M. Their Mich. There were no children. children: 329. Donald Foster Hart, b. 1946, Wichita Falls, THIRD CHILD OF NELLIE H. HART Tex.; m. 9/9/1966, Marilyn Witbrodt. 330. Roy Leon Hart, b. 10/25/1948, Wichita 267. Florence N. Selby, b. 4/6/1903, Montrose, Falls, Tex. Mich.; m. 8/4/1934, East Lansing, Mich. She Peggy Jean Hart, b. 9/27/1961, Raceland, La. married Arthur Frank Homer, banker, b. 4/29/ 1909, Hinsdale, Ill. Their children were adopted: 321. John Selby Homer, b. 3/2/1940, Lansing, THIRD CHILD OF ROY HUGH HART Mich.; m. 4/19/1965, Kiyoka, Neka. 272. Doris Ann Hart (twin), b. 7/20/1929, 322. Mary Ruth Homer, b. 3/17/1944, Hinsdale, Electra, Tex.; m. 6/11/1948, Wichita Falls, Tex. Ill.; m. 11/18/1967, Warren R. Blackney. She married Ellsworth Oren Blankenship, air space program teacher, b. 5/20/1920, Joplin, Mo. Their FOURTH CHILD OF NELLIE H. HART children: 268. Frederick Noel Selby, electrician, b. 331. Samuel Allen Blankenship, b. 10/18/1950, 2/20/1912, North Star, Mich.; m. 9/28/1939, East Wichita Falls, Tex.; m. 6/11/1971, Terry Lynn Lansing, Mich. He married Velma Lenora Doubt, Allison. b. 10/9/1913, Covert, VanBuren Co., Mich. Their 332. Daniel Hugh Blankenship, b. 6/30/1953, children: Wichita Falls, Tex.; m. 1/4/1974, Betty Jane 323. Jo Ellen K. Selby, b. 12/13/1941, Lansing, Gaines. Mich.; m. 6/18/1966, Dean Robert Mogelgaard. 324. John Frederick Selby, b. 9/28/1943, FOURTH CHILD OF ROY HUGH HART Lansing, Mich.; m. 8/20/1966, Patricia Sue Nemer. 325. Charles Wm. Selby, b. 8/21/1945, Lansing, 273. Don Allen Hart (twin), fireman, b. Mich.; m. 8/1/1970, Rebecca J. Nelson. 7/20/1929, Electra, Tex.; m. 3/4/1949, Wichita Falls, Tex. He married Rita Coleen Rhoades, b. FIFTH CHILD OF NELLIE H. HART 10/13/1927, Wichita Falls, Tex. Their children: 333. Patricia Ann Hart, b. 4/15/1950, Wichita 269. Phyllis Jean Selby, b. 5/21/1917, North Falls, Tex.; m. 4/5/1969, Jackie A. Smith. Star, Mich.; m. 2/14/1936 and 5/5/1975. She 334. Atwood "Bubba" Allen Hart, b. 7/5/1951, married Lynn Russell Kestenholtz, electrician, b. Wichita Falls, Tex.; m. 4/17/1971, Vicki Ann 1/7/1916, Grayling, Mich.; m. 2/14/1936, La Bragg. Grange, Ind.; d. 4/23/1967, Lansing, Mich. Their 335. Darrell Lynn Hart, b. 8/23/1952, Wichita child: Falls, Tex. 326. Thomas Lynn Kestenholtz, electrician, b. 336. Donna Jean Hart, b. 7/26/1957, Wichita 7/25/1942, Lansing, Mich.; m. 1/2/1965, Judy Ann Falls, Tex.; m. 7/3/1976, Wichita Falls, Tex. Sellak. Note: She married (second) Homer Curtis, 5/5/1975, East Lansing, Mich. ONLY CHILD OF EVELYN HART 274. Joan Laverne Gerdts, b. 6/26/1938, Oak FIRST CHILD OF ROY HUGH HART land, Calif.; m. 3/27/1965, Los Gatos, Calif. She 270. Atwood Roy Hart, oil well equipment, b. married Richard Pierce Stapleton, paleontologist, 8/25/1917, Thompson Falls, Mont.; m. 12/31/1946 b. 1/29/1935, Cochrane, Ontario, Can. Their child: and 11/21/1969. He married Lois Lee Hill, b. Edward Miles Stapleton, b. 11/25/1970, Cal 1/10/1912, Decatur, Tex.; m. 12/31/1946, Wichita gary, Alberta, Can. Falls, Tex. Their children were adopted: 327. George Jay Hart, b. 1/23/1938, Wichita FIRST CHILD OF HAZEL VIVIAN HART Falls, Tex.; m. 12/18/1964, Judith Crudup. 275. Joyce Elaine Gerdts, b. 7/18/1933, San 328. Charles Thomas Hart, b. 1/30/1940, Wichita Jose, Calif.; m. 3/14/1952, San Jose, Calif. She Falls, Tex.; m. 5/29/1969, Darlene Meyers. married Robert Raymond Silvera, rancher and Note: Atwood and Lois were divorced. He trucker, b. 3/11/1927, San Jose, Calif. Their married (second) Alice Elaine Kay, b. 12/13/1922, children: Moorland, Okla.; m. 11/21/1969, Medicine Lodge, 337. Virginia Ann Silvera, b. 6/21/1953, San Kan. Elaine has three children by a previous Jose, Calif. marriage. Gary Robert Silvera, b. 9/11/1955, San Jose, Calif. SECOND CHILD OF ROY HUGH HART Loren Gene Silvera, b. 9/16/1958, San Jose, 271. William Hugh Hart, oil company employee, Calif. b. 1/18/1924, Wichita Falls, Tex.; m. 1/1/1946, Matt Raymond Silvera, b. 4/19/1961, San Jose, Wichita Falls, Tex. He married Elizabeth Jane Calif. THE ORLANDO BRANCH 163 SECOND CHILD OF HAZEL VIVIAN HART ONLY CHILD OF LESLIE LEROY McCLAY 276. Marvin Henry Gerdts, extension pomoloist, Descendant of Lora Hart b. 5/18/1935, San Jose, Calif.; m. 8/11/1956, 281. Loree Arline McClay, b. San Jose, Calif.; m. Turlock, Calif. He married Janice Beth Kirkman, b. 7/26/1970. She married Paul Anthony Ruskauff, 9/24/1936, Turlock, Calif. Their children: teaching the mentally retarded. 338. Timothy John Gerdts, b. 7/25/1957, San Jose, Calif. FIRST CHILD OF DOROTHY HELEN McCLA Y Kerry Vincent Gerdts, b. 9/24/1958, Fresno, Descendant of Ormndo Hart Calif. 282. Helen Dorothy Kuehn, b. 1/29/1939, Sheri Jean Gerdts, b. 8/24/1960, Fresno, Calif. Petaluma, Calif.; m. 8/24/1961, San Bruno, Calif. Douglas Richard Gerdts, b. 9/19/1962, Fresno, She married Theodore "Ted" William Gamelin, Calif. professor of mathematics, U.C.L.A., b. 9/24/1939, Decorah, Iowa. Their children: THIRD CHILD OF HAZEL VIVIAN HART Michelle Louise Gamelin, b. 9/15/1963, Boston, Mass. 277. Marilyn Elsie Gerdts, b. 6/29/1945, San Andre Sebastian Gamelin, b. 1/15/1966, La Jose, Calif.; m. 6/18/1966, San Jose, Calif. She Plata, Argentina. married Edward Dale Baker, Hereford ranch, b. Daniel Gamelin, b. 5/14/1968, Boston, Mass. 11/28/1946, San Jose, Calif. Their children: David William Gamelin, b. 9/24/1971, Buenos Dale Edward Baker, b. 8/6/1968, San Jose, Aires, Argentina. Calif. Shawn Henry Baker, b. 12/18/1970, Valentine, SECOND CHILD OF Neb. DOROTHY HELEN McCLA Y Descendant of Ormndo Hart FIRST CHILD OF ORVILLE HA VEN HART 283. Carol Jean Kuehn, b. 12/13/1941, San 278. Neil Corell Hart, carpenter and mechanic, b. Mateo, Calif.; m. 6/11/1960 and 9/6/1968. She 1/16/1934, Stockton, Calif.; m. 11/4/1952 and married Stephen Bartlett Sears, electronics, b. 1/26/1964. He married Elizabeth VanKampen, b. 9/27/1941, Mare Island, Calif.; m. 6/11/1960, Palo 8/9/1934, Ellensberg, Ore.; m. 11/4/1952, Carson Alto, Calif. Their children: City, Nev. Their children: Stephen Bart Sears, b. 10/9/1962, Stanford, 339. Jacquelyn Marie Hart, b. 9/15/1954, Calif. Sacramento, Calif. Rosalie Carol Sears, b. 6/3/1964, San Diego, 340. Robin Sue Hart, b. 10/1/1955, Sacramento, Calif. Calif. She married (second) Stephen Davis Ellen, Michael David Hart, b. 12/18/1958, Sacramento, geologist consultant, b. 4/14/1942, Reading, Penn.; Calif. m. 9/6/1968, Palo Alto, Calif. Their child: He married (second) Doris Gene (Morgan) Jessie Eugene Ellen, b. 12/20/1970, Stanford, Gifford, b. 9/27/1925, Corvallis, Ore.; m. 1/26/ Calif. 1964, Reno, Nev. Their child: Cindy Suzane Hart, b. 8/31/1964, Sacramento, FOURTH CHILD OF Calif. DOROTHY HELEN McCLA Y Note: Doris has three children by a previous Descendant of Ormndo Hart marriage. 285. Phyllis Anna Kuehn, b. 8/25/1946, San Mateo, Calif.; m. 7/19/1969, Cairo, Egypt, U.A.R. SECOND CHILD OF ORVILLE HA VEN HART She married Dr. Ahmed-Abd-El Al, b. 1/4/1941, 279. Stephen Prusch Hart, civil engineer, b. Cairo, Egypt, U.A.R. Their child: 7/18/1935, Sacramento, Calif.; m. 6/11/1960, Rawi Eugene El Al, b. 7/18/1971, Cairo, Egypt, Reno, Nev. He married Joy Kolleen Freund, b. U.A.R. 11/9/1937, Chico, Calif. Their children: Debra Lynn Hart, b. 4/7/1965, San Raphael, FIRST CHILD OF Calif. FLORENCE ELIZABETH McCLA Y Kathleen Sue Hart, b. 7/5/1968, Novato, Calif. Descendant of Ormndo Hart 286. Marcia Rea Wool, b. 1/18/1937, San Jose, ONLY CHILD OF JEAN HART Calif.; m. 6/23/1959, San Jose, Santa Cruz, 280. Hugo Borghi, b. 9/6/1943, San Francisco, Mountains. She married "Tom" C. B. Ratliff, con Calif.; m. 3/3/1964, Redwood City, Calif. He struction, b. 2/11/1936, Phoenix, Ariz. Their married Barbara Jean Castro, b. Switzerland. children: Their child: Trava Borghi, b. 12/2/1966, San Stanley Neil Ratliff, b. 2/20/1960, San Jose, Francisco, Calif. Hugo and Barbara are separated. Calif. 164 THE HART FAMILY Leslie Diane Ratliff, b. 3/20/1963, San Jose, m. 7/19/1953, Fenton, Ill. He married Ruth Ann Calif. Besse, registered nurse, b. 5/29/1931, Fenton, Ill. Betsy Jean Ratliff, b. 9/11/1965, San Jose, Calif. Their children: 344. John Robert Perkins, b. 7/25/1954, Tampa, THIRD CHILD OF Fla. FLORENCE ELIZABETH McCLA Y Brian Edward Perkins, b. 5/6/1957, Homestead, Descendant of Or/,ando Hart Fla. 288. Jack Alwin Wool, blacksmith, b. 1/27/1945, Paul William Perkins, b. 4/28/1958, Homestead, San Jose, Calif.; m. 9/19/1970, Tuscon, Ariz. He Fla. married Barbara Jean Savidge, b. 4/9/1947, THIRD CHILD OF RUTH FENTON Tuscon, Ariz. Their child: Descendant of Lora Hart Shane Alwin Wool, b. 2/28/1972, Zephyr Cove, 298. Etta Leona Perkins, b. 6/19/1934, Braden Nev. ton, Fla.; m. 4/18/1955, Bradenton, Fla. She married Frederick Oliver Shaffer, state agricultur FIRST CHILD OF HELEN ELIZABETH HART al inspector, b. 11/29/1933, Greenville, Penn. 292. John Hart Davis, b. 9/4/1947, Woodland, Their children: Calif.; m. 8/2/1975, Woodland, Calif. He married 345. Frederick Oliver Shaffer, Jr., b. 11/12/ Deborah Sue Ingle, b. 11/23/1951, Brawley, Calif. 1956, Bradenton, Fla. Ralph Warren Shaffer, b. 10/28/1957, Braden FIRST CHILD OF WILLARD HART ton, Fla. 294. Don Hart, heavy equipment operator, m. Mark Daniel Shaffer, b. 11/10/1958, Bradenton, 1/9/1972. He married Carol Gibson. Fla. Carl Steven Shaffer, b. 1/30/1960, Bradenton, ONLY CHILD OF WALDO WHITE BALDWIN Fla. Descendant of Or/,ando Hart Lydia Ann Shaffer (twin), b. 3/28/1963, Braden 295. Bruce Baldwin, accountant, b. 11/27/1925, ton, Fla. Flint, Mich.; m. 9/21/1951, Flint, Mich. He Dianna Kay Shaffer (twin), b. 3/28/1963, married Mary Ann "Molly" Anderson, b. 10/15/ Bradenton, Fla. 1928, Flint, Mich. Their child: 340½. Norman B. Baldwin, b. 1/22/1953, Flint, FIRST CHILD OF ELMER R. FENTON Mich. Descendant of Lora Hart 299. Dorothy Ann Fenton, b. 11/15/1927, ONLY CHILD OF FRANK BALDWIN Bradenton, Fla.; m. 4/25/1948, Bradenton, Fla. Descendant of Or/,ando Hart She married Richard Paul Wagner, realtor, b. 296. Nancy Loy Baldwin, teacher, b. 8/9/1922, 2/7/1923, Lawrence, Mass. Their children: Flint, Mich.; m. 6/14/1952 and 2/3/1961. She 346. Richard Paul Wagner, Jr., b. 2/12/1951, married Wallace Dan Riley, attorney, b. 7/5/1927, Bradenton, Fla. Detroit, Mich.; m. 6/14/1952, Pontiac, Mich. Their 347. Donna Lee Wagner, b. 12/21/1952, Braden children: ton, Fla. 341. Linda Shannon Riley, b. 8/16/1952, Ft. 348. William David Wagner, b. 1/30/1954, Belvoir, Va. Bradenton, Fla. 342. Kristen Baldwin Riley, b. 3/3/1955, Pontiac, Mich. SECOND CHILD OF ELMER R. FENTON 343. Kevin Scott Riley, b. 4/24/1957, Pontiac, Descendant of Lora Hart Mich. 300. Charles Robert Fenton, electronics, field Michael Wallace Riley, b. 11/11/1958, Pontiac, engineer, b. 8/12/193!}, Bradenton, Fla.; m. Mich. 1/13/1957, Bradenton, Fla. He married Nancy Note: Nancy and Wallace were divorced 2/1/ Jane Curtis, b. 9/11/1935, Port Gibson, N.Y. Their 1961, Pontiac, Mich. She married (second) John children: Alexander Moffat, physical education teacher, high Jacquelyn Dawn Fenton, b. 9/7/1957, Sarasota, school, b. 1/25/1930, Pontiac, Mich.; m. 2/3/1961, Fla. Pontiac, Mich. Their child: Amy Jo Fenton, b. 5/19/1960, Sarasota, Fla. Nancy Alexandra Moffat, b. 7/21/1962, Pontiac, Michael David Fenton, b. 9/26/1973, Bradenton, Mich. Fla. SECOND CHILD OF RUTH FENTON FIRST CHILD OF Descendant of Lora Hart CLYDE VINCENT FENTON (1) 297½. Robert Edward Perkins, technical ser Descendant of Lora Hart geant, Air Force, b. 11/17/1930, Bradenton, Fla.; 301. Clyde Vincent Fenton (2), U.S. Post Office, THE ORLANDO BRANCH 165 b. 11/28/1927, Bradenton, Fla.; m. 6/23/1948, SECOND CHILD OF EDITH ADELE WHITE Bradenton, Fla. He married Mildred Jeanne Descendant of Orlando Hart Ridgdill, b. 12/10/1927, Bradenton, Fla. Their 306. Robert Gerald Chapman, Sr., salesman, b. children: 7/10/1923, Redonda Beach, Calif.; m. 9/9/1944, 349. Clyde Vincent Fenton (3), b. 10/2/1949, Chicago, Ill.; d. 3/21/1974. He married Dorothy Bradenton, Fla.; m. 5/29/1971, Patricia A. Lorraine Shea, b. 5/11/1925, Oak Park, Ill. Their Culbreth. children: 350. Sarah Miller Fenton, b. 5/21/1952, Braden 358. Patricia Maureen Chapman, b. 9/15/1945, ton, Fla.; m. 9/16/1973, Henry C. Robertson, Jr. Chicago, Ill.; m. 10/15/1956, James A. SoBriesk. 351. Rebecca Jean Fenton, b. 1/23/1954, 359. Robert Gerald Chapman, Jr., b. 7/10/1947, Bradenton, Fla. Chicago, Ill.; m. 11/29(1968, Joan Marie Vickroy. 352. Carol Lee Fenton, b. 12/24/1955, Braden 360. William Donald Chapman, b. 5/3/1951, ton, Fla. Chicago, Ill. 361. Christine Mary Chapman, b. 2/29/1956, SECOND CHILD OF Chicago, Ill. CLYDE VINCENT FENTON (1) Elizabeth Ann Chapman, b. 7/6/1962, Chicago, Descendant of Lora Hart 111. 302. Betty Jean Fenton, b. 2/3/1930, Bradenton, Fla.; m. 6/21/1949, Bradenton, Fla. She married THIRD CHILD OF EDITH ADELE WHITE John Farran Kirk, Sr., postal clerk, b. 8/16/1926, Descendant of Orlando Hart Buffalo, N. Y. Their children: 307. Marilyn Jean Chapman, b. 11/14/1925, Dos 353. Kandra Jean Kirk, b. 9/15/1950, Braden Palos, Calif.; m. 8/31/1945, Reno, Nev. She ton, Fla.; m. 7/28/1970, Daniel Goodpaster. married William Frederick Pottharst, sheriffs 354. John Farran Kirk, Jr.; b. 10/27/1951, department and car salesman, b. 12/18/1918, Bradenton, Fla.; m. 3/29/1972, Glenda Owens. 355. Douglas Fenton Kirk, b. 12/8/1953, Monterey, Calif. Their children: Bradenton, Fla.; m. 5/5/1973, Deborah L. 362. Jo Anne Pottharst, b. 3/4/1947, Monterey, Stewart. Calif. Note: Betty Jean.and John Kirk were divorced 363. Rebecca Lynn Pottharst. b. 11/29/1952, 1965. Monterey, Calif.; m. 11/1/1971, Steven M. Davis. Laura Jean Pottharst, b. 9/21/1958, Monterey, ONLY CHILD OF LELAND BALDWIN McKEE Calif. Descendant of Orlando Hart Note: Marilyn and William were divorced in 1965. 303. Margaret "Maggie" Ashley McKee, b. 7/31/1950, Atlanta, Ga.; m. 12/15/1973, Miami, FOURTH CHILD OF EDITB ADELE WHITE Fla. She married Warren Richard Whittaker. Descendant of Orlando Ha-rt ONLY CHILD OF 308. Donald Lee Chapman, department store HERBERT EUGENE BALDWIN manager, b. 12/26/1934, Dos Palos, Calif.; m. Descendant of Orlando Hart 1/10/1953, Seaside, Calif. fie married Lillian Laverne Duke, b. 12/17/1935, Cherry Valley, Ark. ~04. Elizabeth Gayle Baldwin, b. 2/19/1943, Their children: Chicago, Ill.; m. 10/21/1967, Morris, Ill. She 364. Teresa Lynn Chapman, b. 8/21/1953, Paso married David Gordon Smith, schoolteacher, b. Robles, Calif. Ill. 10/27/1943, Chicago, Their children: 365. Donald Eugene Chapman, b. 8/3/1955, Taft, Jason David Smith, b. 5/7/1968, Elmhurst, Ill. Matthew Baldwin Smith, b. 4/6/1970, Elmhurst C.ilif. Ill. , Julia Kay Chapman, b. 3/13/1959, King City, Calif. Kenneth Martin Chapman, 12/9/1961, King FIRST CHILD OF EDITH ADELE WHITE Descendant of Orlando Hart City, Calif. 305. Mildred Eugenia Chapman, b. 9/16/1920, Dos Palos, Calif.; m. 1/25/1944, Monterey, Calif. FIRST CHILD OF She married Werner Otto Schroeder, Standard Oil MILDRED ELIZABETH WHITE Company, b. 9/8/1916, Berlin, Germany. Their Descendant of Orlando Hart children: 309. James Derrill Millett, attorney, b. 11/11/ 356. Robert Randall Schroeder, b. 1/4/1945, 1927, Dos Palos, Calif.; m. 6/21/1958, San Fran Atascodero, Calif.; m. 4/6/1968, Sharon Lee cisco, Calif. He married Sandra Jane Clark, b. Duvall. 4/17/1938, Fort Wayne, Ind. Their children: 357. Susan Adele Schroeder, b. 6/3/1953, Patrick Michael Millett, b. 6/6/1959, San Fran Bakersfield, Tex.; m. 11/16/1974, Michael J. Bilbo. cisco, Calif. 166 THE HART FAMILY Jeffery Lee Millett, b. 7/26/1960, San Francisco, Kimberly Heather Coyle, b. 3/3/1969, Oakland, Calif. Calif. Peter Clark Millett, b. 4/23/1963, San Francisco, Calif. FIFTH CHILD OF DOROTHY GRACE WHITE Scott Martin Millett, b. 12/12/1965, San Fran Descendant of Orl,ando Hart cisco, Calif. 314. Jane Ellen Coyle, b. 12/21/1944, Los Banos, Kathryn Angela Millett, b. 10/31/1969, San Calif.; m. 3/6/1965, Sunnyvale, Calif. She married Francisco, Calif. Donald Eugene Pelton, history teacher, b. 2/15/ 1942, Haywood, Calif. Their children: SECOND CHILD OF Paul Andrew Pelton, b. 11/18/1969, Santa Clara, MILDRED ELIZABETH WHITE Calif. Descendant of Orl,ando Hart Laura Michelle Pelton, b. 11/22/1973, Palo Alto, 310. Janice Adele Millett, b. 1/24/1936, Dos Calif. Palos, Calif.; m. 10/9/1955, Fresno, Calif. She FIRST CHILD OF WALTER WILLIS WHITE married Michael Hans Morgenstern, Lt. Col. U.S. Air Force, b. 8/3/1933, Vienna, Austria. Their Descendant of Orwndo Hart children: 315. Lois Adele White, b. 4/21/1940, Silver City, 366. Susan Adele Morgenstern, b. 10/7/1956, N.M.; m. 12/29/1962, Rio Linda, Calif. She Harlingen, Tex. married Robert Olsen Caldwell, armed services, b. Steven Martin Morgenstern, b. 11/2/1959, 2/25/1940, Chico, Calif. Their children: Chicopee Falls, Mass. Brent Alan Caldwell, b. 7/3/1963, Missoula, Sheryl Ann Morgenstern, b. 5/12/1967, Loma Mont. Linda, Calif. Teri Lynn Caldwell, b. 7/11/1966, Glasgow, Mont. FIRST CHILD OF DOROTHY GRACE COYLE Descendant of Orl,ando Hart THIRD CHILD OF WALTER WILLIS WHITE Descendant of Orwndo Hart 311. Virginia Fae Coyle, b. 12/16/1931, Dos Palos, Calif.; m. 3/17/1951, Dos Palos, Calif. She 316½. Andrew Charles White, computer opera married Elbert Eudorice Hollister, physician, b. tor, b. 5/23/1943, Tuscon, Ariz.; m. 2/13/1965, Rio 2/25/1930, Modesto, Calif. Their children: Linda, Calif. He married Marilyn Marie Clark, b. 10/11/1945, Sacramento, Calif. Their child: 367. Wendy Marion Hollister, b. 12/18/1956, Denver, Colo. Anthony Charles White, b. 7/5/1965, Rio Linda, Mark Dana Hollister, b. 8/10/1959, Denver, Calif. Colo. Melissa Dorothy Hollister, b. 4/19/1962, El FIRST CHILD OF HELEN SELBY Paso, Tex. Descendant of Nellie H. Hart 319. Wendell Dee Decker, insurance, b. 5/8/ THIRD CHILD OF DOROTHY GRACE WHITE 1930, Ovid, Mich.; m. 9/9/1956, Woodland, Mich. Descendant of Orl,ando Hart He married Myrna Hagen, b. 6/21/1936, Sunfield, 312½. Erin Grace Coyle, b. 11/3/1934, Dos Mich. Their children: Palos, Calif.; m. 10/9/1955, Fresno, Calif. She Michael Decker, b. 6/4/1959, Lansing, Mich. married Edwin Daniel Doerges, mechanical engi Wendy Sue Decker, b. 1/13/1961, Lansing, neer, b. 2/28/1933, Los Angeles, Calif. Their Mich.; d. 4/13/1965, Lansing, Mich. children: Patrick D. Decker, b. 7/10/1963, Lansing, Mich. Edwin Dennis Doerges, b. 4/25/1958, Daly City, Courtney Decker, b. 11/5/1968, Lansing, Mich. Calif. Elizabeth Ann Doerges, b. 6/6/1959, Daly City, SECOND CHILD OF HELEN SELBY Calif. Descendant of Nellie H. Hart Eric David Doerges, b. 7/19/1961, Daly City, 320. Helen Janis Decker, b. 7/1/1931, Ovid, Calif. Mich.; m. 9/11/1954, Saranac, Mich. She married Irving E. Krebs, banker, b. 10/23/1929, Sunfield, FOURTH CHILD OF DOROTHY GRACE WHITE Mich.; d. 6/12/1974, Ionia, Mich. Their children: Descendant of Orwndo Hart 368. Teri Dee Krebs, b. 12/27/1956, Lansing, 313. David Charles Coyle, I.B.M. repair and Mich. maintenance, b. 2/24/1941, Los Banos, Calif.; m. Mary Jo Krebs, b. 7/16/1958, Kalamazoo, Mich. 8/2/1964, Fresno, Calif. He married Carol Jean Cheryl Ann Krebs, b. 11/5/1960, Lansing, Mich. Shannon, b. 5/4/1941, Fresno, Calif. Their chil dren: FIRST CHILD OF FLORENCE N. SELBY David Shannon Coyle, b: 7/28/1966, Oakland, Descendant of Nellie H. Hart Calif. 321. John Selby Homer, b. 3/2/1940, Lansing, THE ORLANDO BRANCH 167 Mich.; m. 4/19/1965, Naha, Okinawa. He married Lynn Ann Kestenholtz, b. 8/13/1971, Lansing, Kiyoke Neka, b. 7/5/1943, Yomitan-Son, Okinawa. Mich. Their children: Anna Mary Homer, b. 11/20/1966, Koza, FIRST CHILD OF ATWOOD ROY HART Okinawa. 327. George Jay Hart, accountant, b. 1/23/1938, John Arthur Homer, b. 6/30/1971, Hawaii. Wichita Falls, Tex.; m. 12/18/1964, Frederick, Note: John and Kiyoke were divorced in July Okla. He married Judy Ann Crudup, b. 3/6/1943, 1975. Glendale, Calif. Their children: Thomas Scott Hart, b. 12/19/1966, Wichita SECOND CHILD OF FLORENCE N. SELBY Falls, Tex. Descendant of Nellie H. Hart Christopher Jay Hart, b. 5/27/1969, Wichita 322. Mary Ruth Homer, b. 3/17/1944, Hinsdale, Falls, Tex. Ill.; m. 11/18/1967, Kalamazoo, Mich. She married Richard "Rich" Warren Blackney, art teacher, b. SECOND CHILD OF ATWOOD ROY HART 10/3/1943, Saginaw, Mich. Their child: 328. Charles Thomas Hart, b. 1/30/1940, Wichita Jane Elizabeth Blackney, b. 8/31/1970, Kalama Falls, Tex.; m. 5/29/1969, Los Angeles, Calif. He zoo, Mich. married Darlene Joan Catherine Meyers, b. 2/2/1939, St. Paul, Minn. FIRST CHILD OF FREDERICK N. SELBY Descendant of Nellie H. Hart FIRST CHILD OF WILLIAM HUGH HART 323. Jo Ellen Selby, b. 12/13/1941, Lansing, 329. Donald Foster Hart, b. 21/1946, Wichita Mich.; m. 6/18/1966, Lansing, Mich. She married Falls, Tex.; m. 9/9/1966, Santa Barbara, Calif. He Dean Robert Mogelgaard, teaching psychology in married Marilyn Ann Witbradt, b. 8/17/1946, Bay college, b. 12/6/1944, Detroit, Mich. Their chil City, Mich. Their children: dren: Deanne Marie Hart, b. 4/23/1967, Santa Timothy Dean Mogelgaard, b. 2/19/1971, Hamil Barbara, Calif. ton, N.Y. Melissa Ann Hart, b. 5/23/1969, Santa Barbara, Kathleen Anne Mogelgaard, b. 2/21/1973, Calif. Hamilton, N.Y. FIRST CHILD OF DORIS ANN HART SECOND CHILD OF FREDERICK N. SELBY 331. Samuel Allen Blankenship, b. 10/18/1950, Descendant of Nellie H. Hart Wichita Falls, Tex.; m. 6/11/1971, Wichita Falls, 324. John Frederick Selby, electrical engineer, Tex. He married Terry Lynn Allison, b. 1/20/1953, b. 9/28/1943, Lansing, Mich.; m. 8/20/1966, Wichita Falls, Tex. Their child: Williamston, Mich. He married Patricia Sue Shay Lynn Blankenship, b. 10/1/1972, Norfolk, Nemer, b. 11/6/1944, Howell, Mich. Their chil Va. dren: Susan Marie Selby, b. 1/3/1970, Lansing, Mich. SECOND CHILD OF DORIS ANN HART Mark Frederick Selby, b. 10/13/1971, Lansing, 332. Daniel Hugh Blankenship, b. 6/30/1953, Mich. Wichita Falls, Tex.; m. 1/4/1974, Wichita Falls, Tex. He married Betty Jane Gaines, b. 5/21/1953, THIRD CHILD OF FREDERICK N. SELBY Wichita Falls, Tex. Descendant of Nellie H. Hart 325. Charles William Selby, architect, b. 8/21/ FIRST CHILD OF DON ALLEN HART 1945, Lansing, Mich.; m. 8/1/1970, Northbrook, 333. Patricia Ann Hart, b. 4/15/1950, Wichita Ill. He married Rebecca Jane Nelson, b. 12/18/ Falls, Tex.; m. 4/5/1969, Vernon, Tex. She 1946, Madison, Wisc. Their children: married Jackie Allen Smith, b. 6/5/1951, Wichita Amy Jane Selby, b. 5/21/1973, Minneapolis, Falls, Tex. Minn. Laura Mae Selby, b. 5/5/1975. SECOND CHILD OF DON ALLEN HART 334. Atwood "Bubba" Allen Hart, b. 7/5/1951, ONLY SON OF PHYLLIS JEAN SELBY Wichita Falls, Tex.; m. 4/17/1971, Wichita Falls, Descendant of Nellie H. Hart Tex. He married Vicki Ann Bragg, b. 4/9/1953, 326. Thomas Lynn Kestenholtz, electrician, b. Wichita Falls, Tex. Their child: 7/25/1942, Lansing, Mich.; m. 1/2/1965, East Scott Allen Hart, b. 6/10/1973, Wichita Falls, Lansing, Mich. He married Judy Ann Sellek, b. Tex. 3/11/1942, Lansing, Mich. Their children: FOURTH CHILD OF DON ALLEN HART Samuel Thomas Kestenholtz, b. 11/18/1967, Lansing, Mich. 336. Donna Jean Hart, b. 7/26/1957, Wichita 168 THE HART FAMILY Falls, Tex.; m. 7/3/1976, Wichita Falls, Tex. She Chicago, Ill.; m. 10/15/1966. She married James married Robert Dale Rosdhal. Adelbert Sobiesk, aviation engineer, b. 11/26/ 1943, Argo, Ill. Their children: FIRST CHILD OF Martin Robert Sobiesk, b. 4/30/1967, Hinsdale, CLYDE VINCENT FENTON (2) Ill.; d. 5/4/1967, Hinsdale, Ill. Descendant of Orwndo Hart Monica Lynn Sobiesk, b. 9/23/1968, Kalamazoo, 349. Clyde Vincent Fenton (3), 10/2/1949, Mich. Bradenton, Fla.; m. 5/29/1971, Charlotte, N.C. He married Patricia Annette Culbreth, b. 7/14/1949, SECOND CHILD OF Miami, Fla. ROBERT GERALD CHAPMAN Descendant of Orwndo Hart SECOND CHILD OF 359. Robert Gerald Chapman, Jr.; b. 7/10/1947, CLYDE VINCENT FENTON (2) Chicago, Ill.; m. 11/29/1968, LaGrange, Ill. He Descendant of Orwndo Hart married Joan Marie Vickroy, b. 10/19/1948, 350. Sarah Miller Fenton, b. 5/21/1952, Braden Geneseo, Ill. ton, Fla.; m. 9/16/1973, Bradenton, Fla. She married Henry Clayton Robertson, Jr., Tampa, SECOND CHILD OF Fla. MARILYN JEAN POTTHARST Descendant of Orwndo Hart FIRST CHILD OF BETTY JEAN FENTON Descendant of Orwndo Hart 363. Rebecca Lynn Pottharst, b. 11/29/1952, Monterey, Calif.; m. 11/1/1971, Coronado, Calif. 353. Kandra Jean Kirk, b. 9/15/1950, Braden She married Steven Michael Davis, b. 1/4/1952, ton, Fla.; m. 7/28/1970, Bradenton, Fla. She Chula Vista, Calif. married Daniel Joe Goodpaster, b. 5/4/1949, Dayton, Ohio. BRANCH OF ANNA SECOND CHILD OF BETTY JEAN FENTON Descendant of Orwndo Hart SIXTH CHILD OF LOVIRA HART, SR. 354. John "Jack" Farran Kirk (2), b. 10/27/1951, 5. Anna Hart, b. 3/5/1815, Durham, N.Y.; d. Bradenton, Fla.; m. 3/29/1972. He married Glenda 3/20/1890. She married Daniel Miller. Their child: (Salmon) Owens. 369. Wells Benson Miller, b. 2/8/1833, Mt. Morris, N.Y.; d. 2/14/1913, Traverse City, Mich. THIRD CHILD OF BETTY JEAN FENTON Note: The Miller family moved to Traverse City, Descendant of Orwndo Hart Mich., and later to California. Eventually all 355. Douglas Fenton Kirk, b. 12/8/1953, Braden contact was lost. ton, Fla.; m. 5/5/1973, Bradenton, Fla. He married Deborah Lynn Stewart. BRANCH OF NANCY FIRST CHILD OF MILDRED EUGENIA CHAPMAN SEVENTH CHILD OF LOVIRA HART, SR. Descendant of Orwndo Hart 6. Nancy Hart, b. 2/28/1817, Mt. Morris, N.Y.; 356. Robert Randall Schroeder, realtor, b. m. 11/9/1837, Mt. Morris, N.Y.; d. 11/6/1909, 1/4/1945, Atoscodero, Calif.; m. 4/6/1968, Pacific Pittsford, Mich. She married Silas Rawson Thur Grove, Calif. He married Sharon Lee Duvall, b. ston, farmer, b. 7/11/1806, Otsego Co., N.Y.; d. 2/4/1946, Carmel, Calif. Their child: 9/4/1872, Hemlock, N.Y. Their children; Kristi Louise Schroeder, b. 9/3/1968, San Diego, 370. George Albert Thurston, farmer, b. Calif. 9/4/1838, Hemlock, N.Y.; m. 5/3/1871, Margaret E. Austin, d. 2/7/1929, Hemlock, N. Y. SECOND CHILD OF 371. Sarah Ann Thurston, b. 6/23/1841, Hem MILDRED EUGENIA CHAPMAN lock, N.Y.; m. 10/23/1861, Edwin M. Carroll; d. Descendant of Orwndo Hart 1/18/1922, Park Ridge, Ill.; buried Pittsford, Mich. 357. Susan Adele Schroeder, b. 6/3/1953, Charles Rawson Thurston, b. 2/2/1842, Hem Bakersfield, Calif. She married Michael Joel Bilbo, lock, N.Y.; d. 9/18/1847, Hemlock, N.Y. b. 3/28/1951, Newport, R.I. Clara Jane Thurston, b. 9/27/1849, Hemlock, N.Y.; d. 10/16/1865, Hemlock, N.Y. FIRST CHILD OF 372. William Henry Thurston, miller, b. 3/16/ ROBERT GERALD CHAPMAN, SR. 1858, Hemlock, N.Y.; m. 9/25/1889, Frances E. Descendant of Juli.a L. Hart Barber, and 8/3/1921, Nellie A. Bigelow; d. 358. Patricia Maureen Chapman, b. 9/15/1945, 10/10/1939, Flint, Mich. THF, NANCY BRANCH 169 FIRST CHILD OF NANCY HART 3/28/1901, Flint, Mich. 370. George Albert Thurston, b. 9/4/1838, He married (second) Nellie Ann (Shaw) Bigelow, Hemlock, N.Y.; m. 5/3/1871; d. 2/7/1929, Hem b. 2/27/1872, Clio, Mich.; m. 8/3/1921, Flint, lock, N. Y. He married Ella Margaret Austin, b. Mich.; d. 3/18/1951, Millington, Mich. Nellie's 3/15/1845, Perry, N.Y.; d. 10/21/1924, Hemlock, children: N. Y. Their children: Clarence Bigelow, b. 8/26/1893, Flint, Mich.; m. 373. George Thomas Thurston, b. 6/17/1873, 2/24/1917, Margaret Severence. Hemlock, N.Y.; m. 8/13/1901, Maude Gleason; d. Jefferson Bigelow. 9/3/1935, Rochester, N.Y. Mrs. Glenn (Bigelow) Schneck. 374. Katherine "Kittie" Thurston, b. 11/7/1875, Note: William Henry's niece - Mrs. E. E. Perrin, Hemlock Lake, N.Y.; m. 1/22/1895, Frank Short; Fla.; nephew - E. Clifton Carroll, St. Louis, Mo. d. 3/1958, Rochester, N.Y. FIRST CHILD OF 375. Frank Austin Thurston, b. 6/15/1876, GEORGE ALBERT THURSTON Hemlock Lake, N.Y.; m. 11/13/1910, Minnie Descendant of Nancy Hart Rusher; d. 6/10/1952, Murray, N.Y. 376. Bessie Egguler Thurston, b. 2/4/1879, 373. George Thomas Thurston, mail carrier, b. Hemlock Lake, N.Y.; m. 12/6/1903, William 6/17/1873, Hemlock, N.Y.; m. 8/13/1901, Roches Colegrove; d. 7/26/1968, Hemlock, N .Y. ter, N.Y.; d. 9/3/1935, Rochester, N.Y. He 377. Charlotte "Lottie" Ella Thurston, b. married Maud Arloween Gleason, b. 4/1/1877, 1/7/1881, Hemlock, N.Y.; m. 10/22/1906, Glenn Portageville, N.Y.; d. 9/24/1955, Fairlawn, N.J. Crout; d. 11/1933, Livonia Center, N.Y. Their children: Note: This writer visited Bessie (Thurston) 383. Ralph Wesley Thurston, b. 11/27/1903, Colegrove at the Conesus Lake rest home in the Rochester, N.Y.; m. 8/31/1927, Sarah C. William summer of 1967. She seemed to be in fair health son; d. 11/21/1969, Seminole, Fla. and of a clear mind. She gave much of the above 384. Blanch Arloween Thurston, b. 8/16/1905, information. She did not attempt to remember Rochester, N.Y.; m. 8/31/1931 and 6/11/1955. dates. 385. George Leicester Thurston, b. 3/16/1907, Avon, N.Y.; m. 8/8/1927, Lillian Dausier; d. SECOND CHILD OF NANCY HART 12/27/1966, Rochester, N.Y. 371. Sarah Ann Thurston, b. 6/23/1840, Hem lock, N.Y.; m. 11/23/1861, Hemlock, N.Y.; d. SECOND CHILD OF 1/18/1922, Park Ridge, Ill.; buried at Pittsford, GEORGE ALBERT THURSTON Mich. She married Edwin Morgan Carroll, mer Descendant of Nancy Hart chant, b. 9/11/1836, Burns, N.Y.; d. 9/21/1914, 374. Katherine "Kittie" Thurston, b. 11/7/1875, Pittsford, Mich. Their children: Hemlock, N.Y.; m. 1/22/1895, Hemlock, N.Y.; d. 378. Leslie Scott Carroll, b. 8/24/1863, Hemlock, 3/1958, Rochester, N.Y. She married Frank Short, N.Y.; m. 11/15/1888, Alice V. Igel. farmer, b. 1/18/1873; d. 1/17/1929, Hemlock, N.Y. 379. Jessie Carroll, b. 2/21/1865, Hemlock, Their child. N.Y.; m. 11/25/1886, Hugh M. Cole; d. 1921, Park 386. Nathan Short, b. 2/29/1896, Hemlock, Ridge, Ill. N.Y.; m. 3/12/1928, May Smith; d. 1967. 380. F. Louise Carroll, b. 8/27/1866, Hemlock, N.Y.; m. 11/6/1887, E. E. Perrin. THIRD CHILD OF 381. Walter Myron Carroll, b. 12/7/1870, GEORGE ALBERT THURSTON Hemlock, N.Y.; m. 9/2/1893, Edna Lee Eddy; d. Descendant of Nancy Hart 2/11/1914, Park Ridge, Ill. 375. Frank Austin Thurston, mail carrier, b. Verna E. Carroll, b. 12/11/1872, Pittsford, 6/15/1876, Hemlock, N.Y.; m. 11/23/1910, Roches Mich.; d. 9/14/1887, Pittsford, Mich. ter, N.Y.; d. 6/10/1952, Murray, N.Y. He married 382. Edwin Clifton Carroll, b. 7/31/1876, Minnie Rusher, b. 8/4/1880, Rochester, N.Y.; d. Pittsford, Mich.; m. Evelyn Creel; d. 10/28/1940, 1/20/1975, Rochester, N.Y. Their children: St. Louis, Mo. 387. Ruth Edith Thurston, b. 1/23/1912, Roches ter, N.Y.; m. 7/9/1939, Glenn W. Carlson. FIFTH CHILD OF NANCY HART 388. Sue Margaret Thurston, b. 12/9/1915, 372. William Henry Thurston, b. 3/16/1868, Rochester, N.Y.; m. 9/8/1939, Norman Fuller. Hemlock, N.Y.; m. 9/25/1889 and 8/3/1921; d. 389. Ella Jane Thurston, b. 11/5/1917, Roches 11/10/1939, Flint, Mich. He married Florence ter, N.Y.; m. 8/11/1944, George J. Bockrath. Elizabeth Barber, b. 3/29/1864, Mt. Morris, Mich.; Sally Edgerley Thurston, b. 12/27/1920, Mur m. 9/25/1889, Mt. Morris, Mich.; d. 8/7/1949, ray, N.Y.; d. 4/4/1921, Murray, N.Y. Flint, Mich. Their child: Easter May Thurston, b. 5/7/1922, Murray, Melson Thurston, b. 11/1/1894, Flint, Mich.; d. N.Y.; d. 2/11/1927, Murray, N.Y. 170 THE HART FAMILY FOURTH CHILD OF FOURTH CHILD OF SARAH ANN THURSTON GEORGE ALBERT THURSTON Descendant of Nancy Hart Descendant of Nancy Hart 381. Walter Myron Carroll, b. 12/7/1870, 376. Bessie Egguler Thurston, b. 2/5/1879, Hemlock Lake, N.Y.; m. 9/2/1893; d. 2/11/1914. Hemlock, N.Y.; m. 12/6/1903, Hemlock, N.Y.; d. He married Edna Lee Eddy. Their children: 7/26/1968, Hemlock, N.Y. She married William 396. Zua Carroll, b. 3/9/1893; d. 9/12/1923. Colegrove, farmer, b. 4/1/1878, Tabora Corners, 397. Marjorie Carroll, b. 5/10/1900; m. 9/20/ N.Y.; d. Rochester, N.Y. Their child: 1922, Daniel A. Cameron. 390. Myron Nelson Colegrove, b. 9/10/1904, Willard W. Carroll, b. 1/7/1905. Candis Hollow, N.Y.; m. 9/28/1933, Hilda A. Hugh D. Carroll, b. 5/8/1906. Bennett; d. Sarasota, Fla. Lester M. Carroll, b. 12/28/1907. Charlotte M. Carroll, b. 5/10/1909. FIFTH CHILD OF GEORGE ALBERT THURSTON SIXTH CHILD OF SARAH ANN THURSTON Descendant of Nancy Hart Descendant of Nancy Hart 377. Charlotte "Lottie" Ella Thurston, b. 382. Edwin Clifton Carroll, b. 7/31/1876, Pitts 1/7/1881, Hemlock, N.Y.; m. 10/22/1906, Hem ford, Mich.; d. 10/28/1940, St. Louis, Mo. He lock, N.Y.; d. 11/1933, Livonia Center, N.Y. She married Evelyn Creel, b. 1884. Note: Married married Glen Henry Crout, b. 5/30/1881, Hemlock, twice. One child recorded, Richard Carroll. N.Y.; d. 5/6/1964, Rochester, N.Y. Their children: 391. Pauline Jeanette Crout, b. 1/6/1908, FIRST CHILD OF GEORGE THOMAS THURSTON Hemlock, N.Y.; m. 9/12/1926, Basil Page. Descendant of Nancy Hart 392. Genevieve Margaret Crout, b. 1/18/1910, Hemlock, N.Y.; m. 7/1956, John Collins; d. 383. Ralph Wesley Thurston, tool and die maker, 1/5/1967, Rochester, N.Y. b. 11/27/1903, Rochester, N.Y.; m. 8/31/1931, 393. Audrey Georgia Crout, b. 4/23/1912, Rochester, N.Y.; d. 11/21/1969, Seminole, Fla. He Hemlock, N.Y.; m. 5/10/1929, Frank Smith; d. married Sarah Creighton Williamson, b. 3/31/ 6/1973, Rochester, N.Y. 1910, County Antrim, Ireland. There were no Harold Glenn Crout, b. 8/4/1917, Rochester, children: N.Y.; d. 3/29/1924, Livonia, N.Y. SECOND CHILD OF GEORGE THOMAS THURSTON FIRST CHILD OF SARAH ANN THURSTON Descendant of Nancy Hart Descendant of Nancy Hart 384. Blanch Arloween Thurston, b. 8/16/1905, 378. Lester Scott Carroll, b. 8/24/1863, Hemlock Rochester, N.Y.; m. 8/3/1931 and 6/11/1955. She Lake, N.Y.; m. 11/15/1888. He married Alice V. married Bruce Lee Stevens, paper mill super Igel. Their child: intendent, b. 4/5/1900, Burkittville, Md.; m. 394. Dorothy Carroll, m. 10/1920, Dr. J. R. 8/3/1931, Rochester, N.Y.; d. 5/29/1952, Fair Merriman. lawn, N .J. There were no children. Note: He lived in Henry, S.D. in 1886; and in She married (second) Paul Donald Stevens, Chicago, Ill. in 1887. Later in New York City. paper mill superintendent, b. 4/26/1906, Bruns wick, Md.; m. 6/11/1955, Fairlawn, N.J. There SECOND CHILD OF SARAH ANN THURSTON were no children. Descendant of Nancy Hart 379. Jessie Carroll, b. 2/21/1865, Hemlock Lake, THIRD CHILD OF N.Y.; m. 11/25/1886, Pittsford, Mich.; d. 1921, GEORGE THOMAS THURSTON Park Ridge, Ill. She married Hugh M. Cole, b. Erie Descendant of Nancy Hart Co., Penn. Their child: 385. George Leicester Thurston, Eastman Kodak 395. Theodore Hugh Cole, b. 12/12/1895, Hills Company, b. 3/16/1907, Avon, N.Y.; m. 8/8/1927, dale Co., Mich.; m. 10/15/1919, Gladys Blackburn. Rochester, N.Y.; d. 12/27/1966, Rochester, N.Y. He married Lillian Cecil Dausier, b. 9/5/1906, THIRD CHILD OF SARAH ANN THURSTON Rochester, N.Y. Their children: Descendant of Nancy Hart 398. Barbara Dolores Thurston, b. 4/5/1934, 380. F. Louise Carroll, b. 8/27/1866, Hemlock Rochester, N.Y.; m. 4/23/1955, John C. Kincaid. Lake, N.Y.; m. 11/6/1887. She married Earnest E. 399. Georgina Rose Thurston, b. 12/22/1936, Perrin. Rochester, N.Y.; m. 9/5/1959, Lawrence Wm. Note: They were married before Pastor Eben Tobias. ezer Hunt. Witnesses: Lester Carroll and Charles 400. Deanna Jean Thurston, b. 8/11/1939, E. Perrin. Rochester, N.Y.; m. 7/29/1961, Gary E. Preston. THE NANCY BRANCH 171 ONLY CHILD OF KATHERINE THURSTON 407. Betty Jean Page, b. 7/4/1928, Livonia, Descendant of Nancy Hart N.Y.; m. 6/19/1948, Clayton Hermann. 386. Nathan Short, b. 2/29/1896, Hemlock, 408. Barbara Ann Page, b. 6/27/1932, Livonia, N.Y.; m. 3/12/1928; d. 1967. He married May N.Y.; m. 1/23/1954, Edwin Batt. Smith. 409. Sharon Lee Page, b. 4/30/1946, Rochester, N.Y.; m. 5/19/1969, Bruce Johnson. FIRST CHILD OF FRANK A. THURSTON SECOND CHILD OF Descendant of Nancy Hart CHARLOTTE "LOTTIE" THURSTON 387. Ruth Edith Thurston, b. 1/23/1912, Roches Descendant of Nancy Hart ter, N.Y.; m. 7/9/1939, Murray, N.Y. She married 392. Genevieve Margaret Crout, b. 1/18/1910, Glenn William Carlson, dentist; b. 12/28/1905, Hemlock, N.Y.; d. 1/5/1967, Rochester, N.Y. She Watertown, Minn. There were no children. married John Collins. There were no children. SECOND CHILD OF FRANK A. THURSTON Descendant of Nancy Hart THIRD CHILD OF CHARLOTTE "LOTTIE" THURSTON 388. Sue Margaret Thurston, b. 12/9/1915, Descendant of Nancy Hart Rochester, N.Y.; m. 10/9/1939, Brockport, N.Y. She married Norman Bartlett Fuller, Sr., Eastman 393. Audrey Georgia Crout, b. 4/23/1912, Kodak Company, b. 11/16/1913, Murray, N.Y. Hemlock, N.Y.; m. 5/10/1929, Avon, N.Y.; d. Their children: 6/9/1973, Rochester, N.Y. She married Frank 401. Norman Bartlett Fuller, Jr., b. 11/16/1940, Fulton Smith, trucker, oil company, b. 8/8/1910, Brockport, N.Y.; m. 12/18/1965, Nancy Lee Hay. Lima, N.Y. Their child: 402. Judith Ann Fuller, b. 1/27/1944, Brockport, 410. Gene Frederick Smith, b. 10/17/1929, Lima, N.Y.; m. 6/18/1966, Richard Portheymiller. N.Y.; m. 6/13/1951, Mary Williams. 403. Sharon Ann Fuller, b. 12/26/1945, Brock port, N.Y.; m. 9/16/1966, James Munger. ONLY CHILD OF JESSIE CARROLL Descendant of Nancy Hart THIRD CHILD OF FRANK A. THURSTON 395. Theodore Hugh Cole, Sr., b. 12/12/1895, Descendant of Nancy Hart Hillsdale Co., Mich.; m. 10/15/1919. He married 389. Ella Jane Thurston, b. 11/5/1917, Roches Gladys Blackburn. Their child: ter, N.Y.; m. 8/11/1944, Cherry Point, N.C. She Theodore Hugh Cole, Jr., b. 8/4/1921. married George Jack Bockrath, insurance, b. 10/10/1914, San Francisco, Calif. Their children: SECOND CHILD OF 404. Joseph Thurston Bockrath, b. 3/2/1947, WALTER MYRON CARROLL Oakland, Calif.; m. 6/16/1971, Gloria Begley. Descendant of Nancy Hart 404½. Terri Ann Bockrath, b. 11/30/1953, 397. Marjorie Carroll, b. 5/10/1900, Hillsdale Fresno, Calif. Co., Mich.; m. 9/20/1922. She married Daniel A. Cameron. ONLY CHILD OF BESSIE E. THURSTON Descendant of Nancy Hart FIRST CHILD OF 390. Myron Nelson Colegrove, carnival operator, GEORGE LEICESTER THURSTON b. 9/10/1904, Candis Hollow, N.Y.; m. 9/28/1933, Descendant of Nancy Hart Syracuse, N.Y. He married Hilda Amanda Ben nett, b. 8/13/1910, Syracuse, N.Y. Their children: 398. Barbara Dolores Thurston, b. 4/5/1934, 405. Lester Henry Colegrove, b. 12/4/1934, Rochester, N.Y.; m. 4/23/1955, Rochester, N.Y. Hemlock, N.Y.; m. 5/24/1961, Susan L. Adamson. She married John "Jack" Charles Kincaid, Xerox 406. Barbara Ann Colegrove, b. 4/25/1943, Corporation, b. 4/7/1931, Rochester, N. Y. Their Hemlock, N.Y.; m. 1/26/1964, Richard Thacker. children: Nancy Jane Kincaid, b. 1/30/1958, Rochester, FIRST CHILD OF N.Y. CHARLOTTE "LOTTIE" THURSTON John Thurston Kincaid, b. 12/16/1959, Brock Descendant of Nancy Hart port, N.Y. Mary Beth Kincaid, b. 3/20/1963, Rochester, 391. Pauline Jeanette Crout, b. 1/6/1908, N.Y.; d. 3/25/1963, Rochester, N.Y. Hemlock, N.Y.; m. 9/12/1926, Livonia, N.Y. She married Basil Edward Page, streetcar driver, b. 1/28/1905, Bakerton, Ky.; d. 12/16/1970, Roches SECOND CHILD OF ter, N.Y. Their children: GEORGE LEICESTER THURSTON 4061/z. Phyllis Sue Page, b. 4/3/1927, Livonia, Descendant of Nancy Hart N.Y.; not married. 399. Georgia Rose Thurston, b. 12/22/1936, 172 THE HART FAMILY Rochester, N.Y.; m. 9/5/1959, Rochester, N.Y. children: She married Lawrence William Tobias II, Eastman Tamalyn Sue Munger, b. 7/8/1968, Rochester, Kodak Company, b. 10/8/1936, Rochester, N.Y. N.Y.; d. 5/30/1969, Rochester, N.Y. Their children: Michelle Lee Munger, b. 3/12/1970, Rochester, Terry Lynn Tobias, b. 8/15/1960, Rochester, N.Y.; d. 1971, Rochester, N.Y. N.Y. Note: Sharon and James were divorced. Kim Ann Tobias, b. 2/25/1962, Rochester, N.Y. Lawrence William Tobias III, b. 11/22/1963, FIRST CHILD OF ELLA JANE THURSTON Rochester, N.Y. Descendant of Nancy Hart Debra Susan Tobias, b. 1/22/1965, Rochester, 404. Joseph Thurston Bockrath, b. 3/2/1947, N.Y. Oakland, Calif.; m. 6/16/1971, Santa Rosa, Calif. He married Gloria Begley, b. 5/22/1946, Petaluma, THIRD CHILD OF Calif. Her child by a previous marriage: GEORGE LEIC~STER THURSTON John Begley, b. 8/26/1965, Santa Rosa, Calif. Descendant of Nancy Hart 400. Deanna Jean Thurston, b. 8/11/1939, FIRST CHILD OF Rochester, N.Y.; m. 7/29/1961, Rochester, N.Y. MYRON NELSON COLEGROVE She married Gary Elton Preston, state police, b. Descendant of Nancy Hart 2/26/1937, Knoxville, Penn. Their children: 405. Lester Henry Colegrove, carnival owner, b. Jacquelin Jeanne Preston, b. 10/5/1962, Roches 12/4/1934, Hemlock, N.Y. He married Barbara ter, N.Y. Ann Humphrey, no date known. Their child: Barbara Dale Preston, b. 12/3/1963, Rochester, Randy Colegrove, b. 12/27/1954. N.Y. Note: They were divorced in 1958. Randy was Susan Ellen Preston, b. 5/9/1965, Rochester, adopted by Mr. Blackmer. Lester married (second) N.Y. Susan Leah Adamson, b. 5/20/1944, Troy, N.Y.; Tracey Lynn Preston, b. 7/25/1969, Albany, m. 5/24/1961, Canaan, Conn. There were no N.Y. children. FIRST CHILD OF SUE MARGARET THURSTON SECOND CHILD OF Descendant of Nancy Hart MYRON NELSON COLEGROVE Descendant of Nancy Hart 401. Norman Bartlett Fuller, Jr., b. 11/16/1940, Rochester, N.Y.; m. 12/18/1965, Cortland, N.Y. 406. Barbara Ann Colegrove, b. 4/25/1943, He married Nancy Lee Hay, b. 11/6/1944, Cort Rochester, N.Y.; m. 1/26/1964, Sarasota, Fla. She land, N.Y. Their children: married Richard Carlyle Thacker, Sr., b. Pikeville, William Leslie Fuller, b. 5/25/1967, Rochester, Ky. Their children: N.Y. Richard Carlyle Thacker, Jr., b. 9/4/1966, Jeffery Scott Fuller, b. 9/22/1969, Rochester, Upper Darby, Pa. N.Y. Kerry Ann Thacker, b. 6/22/1970, Sarasota, Fla. Note: They were married before Rev. Kelsey. Barbara and Richard, Sr. were in the process of divorce in 1973. SECOND CHILD OF SUE MARGARET THURSTON SECOND CHILD OF Descendant of Nancy Hart PAULINE JEANETTE CROUT Descendant of Nancy Hart 402. Judith Ann Fuller, b. 1/27/1944, Brockport, N.Y.; m. 6/18/1966, Somerset, N.J. She married 407. Betty Jean Page, b. 7/4/1928, Livonia, Richard Portheymiller. Their children: N.Y.; m. 6/19/1948, Livonia, N.Y. She married Teresa Marie Portheymiller, b. 6/16/1967, Clayton Henry Hermann, b. 3/31/1918, Schnecta Somerset N .J. dey, N.Y. Their children: Elizabeth Ann Portheymiller, b. 4/7/1968, 411. Christy Ann Hermann, b. 12/29/1949, Rochester, N. Y: Rochester, N.Y.; m. 3/10/1972, William F. Tayler. John Richard Portheymiller, b. 1/28/1970. 412. Jacqueline Sue Hermann, b. 1/10/1953, Peter James Portheymiller, b. 2/13/1974, Rochester, N.Y.; m. 10/6/1973, Michael J. Judy. Alaska. Nancy Lee Hermann, b. 3/26/1958, Rochester, N.Y. THIRD CHILD OF SUE MARGARET THURSTON THIRD CHILD OF Descendant of Nancy Hart PAULINE JEANETTE CROUT 403. Sharon Ann Fuller, b. 12/26/1945, Roches Descendant of Nancy Hart ter, N.Y.; m. 9/16/1966, Rochester, N.Y. She 408. Barbara Ann Page, b. 6/27/1932, Livonia, married James Munger, Rochester, N.Y. Their N.Y.; m. 1/23/1954, Livonia, N.Y. She married THE GEORGE BRANCH 173 Edwin Arthur Batt, Eastman Kodak Company, b. Rochester, N.Y.; m. 10/6/1973, Geneseo, N.Y. She 2/18/1921. Their children: married Michael John Judy, b. 9/28/1949, Brook Steven Basil Batt, b. 3/26/1957. ville, Pa. Their child: Susan Jean Batt, b. 8/4/1959. Chad Michael Judy, b. 12/25/1975, Houston, Linda Ann Batt, b. 9/5/1961. Tex. FOURTH CHILD OF BRANCH OF GEORGE PAULINE JEANETTE CROUT Descendant of Nancy Hart EIGHTH CHILD OF LOVIRA HART, SR. 409. Sharon Lee Page, b. 4/30/1946, Rochester, N.Y.; m. 5/19/1969, Livonia, N.Y. She married 7. George Hart, b. 12/5/1818, Mt. Morris, N.Y.; Bruce Charles Johnson, Rochester Gas and Electric m. 11/23/1847 and 1/1/1850; d. 1/18/1915, Mt. Company, b. 12/11/1943, Moline, Ill. Their Morris,, Mich. He married Elizabeth Johnson, b. children: 1827, Livonia, N.Y.; m. 11/23/1847, Mt. Morris, Amy Lynn Johnson, b. 1/12/1971, Rochester, N.Y.; d. 1848, Mt. Morris, Mich. He married N.Y. (second) Margaret Elizabeth "Libb" Rone, b. Eric Glen Johnson, b. 5/31/1973, Rochester, 5/23/1828; m. 1/1/1850, Mt. Morris, Mich.; d. N.Y. 3/15/1915, Mt. Morris, Mich. They adopted Sarah J. Hart, b. 3/31/1848, Mt. Morris, Mich.; d. ONLY CHILD OF AUDREY GEORGIA CROUT 4/28/1865, Mt. Morris, Mich. Children raised: Descendant of Nancy Hart Agnes Lawson. William Janes. 410. Gene Frederick Smith, Xerox Corporation, Note: Agnes was married to George Knicker b. 10/17/1929, Lima, N.Y.; m. 6/13/1951, Roches barker. At this date, she still has descendants ter, N. Y. He married Mary Adelaide Williams, living in Detroit, Mich. According to rumor, 8/7/1931, Rochester, N.Y. Their children: George and Libb raised four or five other needy 413. Victoria Jeanne Smith, b. 5/16/1954, children. No records available. Rochester, N.Y. 414. David Stephen Smith, b. 11/19/1955, Rochester, N.Y. Marta Lee Smith, b. 4/24/1957, Irondequoit, N.Y. Eric Owen Smith, b. 5/11/1961, Rochester, N.Y. Melissa Shirley Smith, b. 11/16/1963, Roches I missed this material; it is not in proper sequence. ter, N.Y. It should belong on page 158. FIRST CHILD OF BETTY JEAN PAGE Descendant of Nancy Hart SECOND CHILD OF MARTHA HART 411. Christy Ann Hermann, b. 12/29/1949, Descendant of Or/,ando Hart Rochester, N.Y.; m. 3/10/1972, Geneseo, N.Y. She 232. Floyd N. Averill, Sr., b. 1/11/1877, Lincoln, married William Frederick Tayler, b. 5/5/1949, III., m. ?? d. 8/27/1941, Portland, Ore. He married Irondequoit, N.Y. Their child: Pearl L. Leas, b. 9/26/1878, Angola, Ind., d. Sara Abigail Tayler, b. 5/10/1975, Riddle, Pa. 11/23/1955, Portland, Ore. Their children. See the index. 259 1/z. Floyd Averill, Jr., b. ?? d. ?? Portland, SECOND CHILD OF BETTY JEAN PAGE Ore. Descendant of Nancy Hart 259¾. Barbara Averill, b. ?? Portland, Ore.; m. 412. Jacqueline Sue Hermann, b. 1/10/1953, 10/18/1930, R. Robbins Sulton, Portland, Ore. Lovira Hart Letters WITH A COMMENT ARY By H.J. HART Following are reprints of the letters written by Millers, I bought a barrel of flour there at ten Lovira Hart and his family to his wife's family in dollars 10 bushel Oats at six shillings. We started East Avon, New York. These letters cover a period on Tuesday 28th February and reached Alberts from 1837 to 1853. They are a rich storehouse of Thursday March 2nd. We started the 6th for the information about their early pioneer days. They Cass an reached our place the next day but the are a mixture of success, failure and heartaches. snow was so deep and the weather so stormy that Most dramatic among them is the letter written we took but little satisfaction in looking We con July 5th, 1841, in which Lovira breaks the news of cluded, however to go to work there as soon as we the death of his wife Hannah Emeline. Emeline's can get our provisions in. Accordingly I left John passing left him with four little girls and an aging there and returned myself to Alberts to get our mother. provisions and expect to return tomorrow. Sometime between 1841 and 1846, Lovira made a I have sold my oxen at one hundred and ten trip east. He left his daughter, Ann Jeannette, in dollars. A Mr. Davis has settled within a mile of us Avon with her grandparents, the Lyman Abbeys. and I can get his cattle to do what little team work I The first indication of this was a letter written by shall have to do this summer. Lovira to his daughter "Janet" dated November When you call on Mr. Dennison for that note if 22nd, 1846. We have no indication that she ever you cannot get the money or the prospect is poor revisited Michigan. which you can find out by George you may take The originals of the Lovira Hart letters may be back the cattle if you can get them at a reasonable seen in Bentley Historical Library in Ann Arbor, price or if you do not get the oxen and it is likely to Michigan. be hard getting the money you may try him for a The Lovira Hart letters were presented to the cow as I think I shall sell the one I drove out here as historical foundation by Mr. Lawrence B. Johnson, she will fetch nearly forty dollars, and I am not and a nephew of Ann Jeanette (Hart) Johnson. While shall not be in a situation soon to derive any profit dispersing the property of Ann Jeanette and her from her and if I can get one or two to drive out husband, Leicester Johnson, he came across an old next fall that will come in next winter or spring I trunk containing over 500 letters. Some of these think it will be best, but if you get the money you letters link the Johnson family to Brigham Young may keep it yourself to pay for the oxen as far as it and the Mormon movement. Larry Johnson took goes. many of the letters and from them wrote the There are three families in our settlement now historical book "The Pines." This, Mr. Johnson tells which we call Cassville, in my next I will give you me, was the name given to their farm by an accurate description of our land if the snow is Leicester's parents. It was located about one mile gone so that I can see it. Mr. Herd has got his mill east and north of the farm owned by Leicester and started and I think it is a first rate mill. I wish you Ann Jeanette. I was told about the Lovira Hart to write to me soon and shall expect an answer to collection of letters in November of 1964. In this the returning mail Direct your letter to December 1964, and in Febt"Uary of 1965, my wife, Bridgeport, Saginaw Co. There is a postoffice at Naomi, and I went to Ann Arbor and got typed Cass Bridge and I can send there most any week, copies. They are as nearly like the originals as put the following direction on your letter. possible. Please note the spelling and punctuation. Lovira Hart, Bridgeport P.O. Saginaw Co., Cass River, Mich. April 1st, 1837 John wishes to hear from home I wish Emeline to To Mr. Lyman Abbey write a few lines South Avon, Livingston County L. Hart New York Footnote: Mailed at Bridgeport, Michigan Mr. Miller-A later letter mentioned "Uncle March 20, 1837 Miller." Lovira's younger sister married a Miller. From Lovira Hart This could be the same. Flint March 12th, 1837 to Lyman Abbey Albert-This is Lovira's oldest brother. Appar Bridgeport, Cass River, Mich ently, he settled in Michigan a little earlier than did Sir When I last wrote to you we were at Mr. Lovira. 174 LOVIRA HART LETTERS 175 John-was John Abbey. Apparently, John and (Hotchkiss) Hart. Her grave is in the Tuscola Lovira came to Michigan together in the fall of cemetery in the Lovira Hart lot. 1836. "Clarissa" was Hannah Emeline's sister. Mr. Davis-was Ebonezer Davis; the first white This letter indicated that Albert must have been settler in Tuscola County. in Michigan, for from one to two years before Lovira. As indicated by the crops he had raised. 1837 - late summer Apparently, John went back to York State with To Lyman Abbey Lovira, but did not return to Michigan until later. South Avon Livingston Co., N.Y. To Lyman Abbey From his daughter, Ernaline Hart the South Avon with a paragraph added; in the hejira west Livingston Co., N.Y. writing of L. Hart From·L. Hart (1) E. Hart (2) E. H. (Ernaline, his wife) Dear Friends I suppose you would like to here Mailed Feb 27 at Pine Run, Mich. from us by this time we started from Buffalo thursday About eleven oclock arrived at Detroit Saturday about sunrise I had a verry ruff time I Lewiston, 25th Feb. 1838 was verry sea sick- One afternoon Jennet was sick Lyman Abbey vomited quite smart. Emergene was well She did Dear Sir, I suppose you may wish to hear how we not make much trouble I was thankful that I took are getting along this cold winter and as we have Cabbin passage We had a verry fine boat a lady to had but one letter from you since we left Avon we wait up on us we had every thing we wanted I took thought it best to write and provoke an answer if a good horn of brand now and then but was sick for possible-we are all well at present - Emeline has all that it rained verry little friday fore noon and just returned from a family turn out the second cleared of verry pleasant the wind blew it was an occurence of the kind since we have veen here one equenoctial blow the boat rocked like a cradle there at Mr."Davis and one at Mr. Civils. Mr Downs has was a good many Sad faces Clarissa that lore also returned with an addition to his family from his Cabbin was stood full and all sick it was a nasty friends in Oakland Co - So you see we are in a fair place Mother stood the journey well was not sick at way to have Setlers, it costs only eight dollars a all. when i left the boat i felt well had a good trip to get a doctor from Saginaw - if he has nothing appetite it was good as an emetick to me. Mother to do but turn about and go home - the Partnership and myself took the stage at Detroit about ten business here has been new mod el ed of late oclock arrived at Pontiac about 4 in the afternoon Harrison and Perry have Bought Hurd out - So we left Lovira at to go with the goods by water he are not to have Mr. Hurd for a neighbor - they gave concluded to hire a team to take one load by land he him twelve hundred dollars and pay the company over took us at pontiac we all got into the waggon debts - Mr. Harrison is driving business quite and arrived at Cheney Browns Sabboth evening smart his lumbar has been drawn to Vienna Flint they were all well except Samuel he verry low he and Pontiac had two or three fits of the fever and ague and the the road through the woods to Vienna is verry nose blead till he is verry low and weak Aunt Becca rough and is twelve miles in extent from Harrisons does not enjoy herself verry well. She wants to go without a house we shall try to make it better back to York Stait Chancy feels a little some how. I before another winter; I have cut a road from my guess Father you could by him out next spring. house to the south East corner of our Section Monday evening we are all here to Alberts-well thence direct South to the river half a mile below and in good spirits we calculated to go to the cass to Harrisons the distance from here to Harrisons by morrow but I think we shall not it rains this this route is just two miles. I have also worked two afternoon it is late bed time I shall write again days on the Vienna road it costs a great deal of time when we get holme so good night Ernaline Hart to make poor roads in this country. (In Lovira's writing) Mr. Harrison is about Building a house on this Wheat is worth from 8 to 10 shillings per bu. side of the drink he intends to move over before the Potatoes, 2 shillings, Oats 2/6 Corn is ripe and good Bridge goes off this Spring they will then become in this county and I think more forrward that in nearer to us-his wifes mother an old lady is now York. Albert harvested 80 bushels or more good with them and will make good company for mother, wheat a good crop of oats and has several hundred I have not Brought mother in yet but think I shall bushels Potatoes and turnips. next week after writing the above I took a walk out to Mr. Davis who had just returned from Saginaw Footnotes: with a load of Mr. Tivys Blacksmith tools goods etc Sometime during the summer of 1837, Lovira he says he met Norman Little returning home went east and packed up his family and moved to between Bridgeport and Saginaw. Mr. Davis Michigan. "Mother" was Lovira's Mother, Anna Brought me your letter dated Jan. 7th. 176 THE HART FAMILY I received the letter written by John and Calvin temper hastened by poor keeping and hard work it in due season at the same time one from Lydia also is evident he had it before he left Avon but not two papers and about a fortnight ago two papers being acquainted with the disease I did not know he more. I will now take up the matter of your letter had it till it was to late to cure it he eat drank and and answer it as satisfactorily as possible and first chewed his cud well to the last day I doctored him respecting my goods I have got them all home and kept him as long as I could but he could not hold except a few trifling articles yet at Alberts, they out against the distemper and poor keeping too, the come in good order without loss or damage when other ox and cow I think will stand it through. You we arrived at Detroit the Steamer Governor Marcy say you have nothing to do you will have employ had gone east the agent Said he did not know which ment for a while if you decypher all my hiero way she would go next whether to Cleveland or glyphics, I shall not write again verry soon I think Saginaw, it was doubtful- I therefore hired a team hope you will write and be a little more particular hitched on to my wagon with as many goods as we about matters and things could well bring and started on leaving orders to (2) inversely written between the lines of the Ship the remainder to Saginaw as soon as possible, above letter) but after waiting some weeks till the boat had made two trips and did not bring my goods I sent teams pop I will tell you, we tuk no cold lying in the and I had them brought by land as far as Alberts woods we had a bottle of brandy good fire the from thence I have teamed them in at the hardest children was verry good there was no wild animals rate, had they gone to Saginaw I dont know that it came in site or hearing I felt well enough neither would have been less trouble to have got them have i seen a wild animal since i have been here-my home John can give you some idea of the Boating health is verry good this winter and i think pretty business. I had to give a dollar per hundred from tuff-i walked two miles yesterday and bac-today it Detroit to Flint and it has cost me most of my time begins to seem like holm here-i think we have a to get them home cut roads look out for provisions pleasant place I feel contented now we have enough and get it milled and get it home we have now a to eat and drink we have good neighbors etc I pretty good supply of eatables on hand I had to give should like to no if Mr. Austin has visited you this 14 sh per bu for wheat and, 10, for corn-I did not winter i expect to see him, and John, troting along bring in many of my things till Sleighing which did one of these days-Father I shall look for you next not come till late we had warm weather till the last June,i hope you will not dissapoint us intend to of Jan We did not have sleighing till the first of have some fish by that time. Jennet talks about her Feb-we now have pleasant days but extreme cold gran par and the rest of you She talks great deal nights-you asked me where Albert and his oxen about your apples emergene begins to walk I shall were when we moved in I answer he was at home tire your patience but as you have not anything to loging and trying to clear a little patch for wheat, do you can pusel it out--give my love to all every man has enough to do to bake his own enquiring friends so good night. Johnnycakes-especially if he has no help-Albert has E.H. not helped me as much as he might but was not to Footnotes: blame at that time in particular-you say you are "Mr. Harrison" was Dennis Harrison. He made going to sell some of your Mich land but dont say to the first purchase of land in Tuscola county. who I hope you will sell it to some one that will "the drink" was the Cass river. It flows from east settle on it. the north east quarter section is least to west, about ¾ mile south of Lovira's first house valuable and as to taxes there has never been any in Michigan. called for or paid in this settlement, we intend to "Eben" was Eben Moss. Apparently, he was a get released from Lapeer and be attached to bond boy working for Lovira. Saginaw we shall Organize as soon as we can and Note: This information I have from a news then taxes will come thick and heavy if any taxes clipping from the Flint Citizen printed about 1878. are called for I will give you notice but I dont think It seems that Lovira's mother spent her first there can be till we have an organized town- as to year in Michigan, living with her oldest son Albert the Childs debt I have nothing to say at present and and with the Millers. as for building a Barn I have only to say that if making a wish would build one I should surely have one, and as for lending Gold I thought it better to To John Abbey have a fair premium on it with interest, than to South Avon, Livingston Co., New York dribble it about-and I wish to keep it together till I From Lovira Hart and H. E. Hart his brother know how the Childs affair will terminate- I must Lewiston the rest till next time an bid you all good bye April 8, 1838 L. Hart John Abbey, Sir In obedience to your request I have lost my off ox a verry great loss to me we write often. We are all well Soon after sending certainly, his death was caused by the Horn dis- my last letter I was informed that our land was LOVIRA HART LETTERS 177 assessed and returned as non resident by the the times will be better soon. If they are not I hope authorities of Lapeer county We did not believe our rulers will all turn into pillars (not of salt) but they could tax us in Lapeer but have lately heard gold and silver There are plenty of fish in the Cass that some men who purchased land some twelve or but they are not to be caught. I think if we had a fifteen miles above here on the Cass obtained an act good seine we could catch a full supply. Mr. Davis from the Legislature fixing the County seat at that has taken a few but not so many as he did last year place and attaching the whole to Lapeer If this is the water being so low and clear the fish run in the the case then they have a right to tax us, but they middle of the stream out of reach of the spear. Mr. have no right to return it all as non-resident as Harrison gave me two the other day called pike fish some of it has been occupied two years or more. We that weighed twelve pounds. suppose they have proceeded illegally If they have I received fathers letter dated January 7th and we shall take advantage of it if we can I think we since that one Albany paper dated March 3rd Eben shall send some one from this settlement in the and myself are trying to clear a little without any course of the summer to see to this business. I went team, but it is hard business. We have a fair supply last week to see Judge Hotchkiss who went in of provisions potatoes enough to eat and Fosel flour February to Lapeer to pay taxes on land lying in enough to last till nearly harvest pork enough to Sanilac county The judge says we are taxed last till fall and some of the good things we fetched seventy two cents town and country tax and two from Avon with a good supply of sweetening. dollars and fifty cents road tax per every 80 acres. We should like to see you out here this spring If So you see my tax is nine dollars and 66 cents and you come out I wish you would bring me a ____ fathers $16.10 cts a pretty heavy tax. sickle as there is not such an article in the ____ The road tax they have no right to take and lay I wish father would come out and make us a visit. out side of the township. We can not get, to Lapeer Ernaline is getting lonesome here and we shall have short of three days travel Hence probably the to sell and go where we can have neighbors. I wish reason the collector did not call on us. Judge Carroll would sell some of his land to settlers. Mr. Hotchkiss lives near Pine Run We have heard Perry has bought the sawmill and has full posses nothing yet as to the fate of the petition we sent to sion. Mr. Tivy has got his blacksmith shop a the Legislature. running so we now have a shoe maker and black We have a warm early spring. March was warm smith and two carpenters in this settlement. Yours and dry It is now rainy and unpleasant but a etc., growing time. The herbage in the woods is getting Lovira Hart up so the cattle begin to gain. My wheat has got up and looks very well. I got a musket for Eben last To Orlando Hart Mt. Morris you wrote to Albert December, but he has not killed any deer although that you meant to come to Michigan this spring I he has seen a great many. We borrowed a trap and should be glad to see you here but shant look for caught an enormous great wolf and a raven. We you much You say you have collected a little money have made one hundred lbs of sugar, 10 gallons for me If you don't come yourself you may pay it to molasses and a barrel vinegar. I was at Albert's Mr. Abbey I would have it enclosed in a letter and April 5th When there I heard from Mr. Millers directed to me in care of some trusty person. People They were all well at that time. Mother is yet at Alberts. The times are distressing hard in To Lyman Abbey by H. E. Hart I must write a Michigan the banks are breaking down by the few lines Father I hope you will come to Michigan dozen All branches of trade is monopolized oppres this spring. You need not be afraid of the lake If sion and extortion is the order of the day. you are sick a little it will do you good Jennet wants Conscience and humanity are strangers here. to see her Dempar. Often talkes about you She is Fourteen dollars a barrel for flour one dollar per getting rather bashful of strangers She says that bushel for potatoes one for oats and two for corn. she would not be afraid of Grandper and Unk John One dollar per hun for hay, one dollar for horses to Father if you come I wish you would fetch a fish stand to hay overnight the Span. The merchant will seine or materials to make one I think we could ask 14 cts per pound for nails, two dollars per make one if we had wherewith. Mrs. Davis under bushel for salt and everything else at the same stands nitting them So many large fish and we rate. The carpenter will have his two dollars per cannot got any Eben spent two days fishing with a day a first rate joiner three the blacksmith will put spear and caught only one If they had a net could a new hook on your chair for 50¢ a new swivel for a catch a barrel in a few hours First rate fish Clarissa dollar. The shoe maker will make a pair of I want to no wheather you are coming to Michigan boots for eighteen shillings, if materials are this summer with Mr. Austen If you donot write I furnished. shall take it four granted that you are coming. I I have given a few specimens of Mich charges. have made the biggest part for shugar Mr. Lyman This makes it go hard for those that have if you will call up here and make us a visit I will give everything to buy and nothing to sell, but I hope you some pancakes swimming in molasses Give my 178 THE HART FAMILY love to all enquiring friends I want to no if Mr. Sails Potatoes, rutabagas, One acre of corn it looks intents to come to Michigan soon. I shall look for middling well. Wheat Some of it looks verry well Father next month My pen is poor I can not write We have a verry good gardin we shall have a good no more at present crop of Onions parsnips beets the worm took fast as I hope George will come out in the fall and buy they com up a few cabbages String beans peas in him some land I don't recommend to any one to abundance we shall have I think a mes of peas the come and buy land for speculation too much of that forth of July Cucumbers Muskmellon Water business has been done already for the good of the mellons Cantelops Squashes etc etc We shall have a country There is now and then a good chance to buy fine crop of white beans if they do well your fruit second hand at a reasonable price trees look rather slim verry dry one apple tree five Yours L.Hart Cherry trees Seven Peach trees Thirty Currant bushes my rhubarb and Southernwood looks verry 0. Hart - Mt. Morris nice my camomial wormwood hop roots i lost I have John you will please seal this and sent it to a variety of flowers we have a beautiful little brook Orlando Hart, Mt. Morris. where we get water a good many little fish in it in cool wether it is equal to any spring water Oh Footnotes: Father and Mother if you could only come and see I. The sugar, molasses and sweetening were our little place yould be pleased I was verry glad to maple and were made on their own farm. here that Maryann is getting well I hope she will be 2. Orlando and George were Lovira's brothers. able to come to Michigan I want her company verr. 3. The comment "the good things we fetched from much we have enough to eat and drink dryed fruit, Avon" sounds like Lovira and Emeline must butter a plenty and cheese we have had venison have visited the east sometime. Apparently, not and fish often Ebin will go out just at Night with a all of the letters, written, were saved. hook and line get fish enough for two or three meals good fish what is called rock bass - I have no nuse to write I want to see you all we have a chool here this To Lyman Abbey summer Sarah Harrison teacher Mr. Perry has gon South Avon to Lewiston after his family, John, Hervy Davis Livingston Co. N.Y. has bought a lot the other Side of the river opposite From Hannah E. Hart his Fathers Cynthia is going to get married I and suppose to a Mr. Edwin Ellis Old Mr. Ellis is dead Lovira Hart he died last spring with the apoplexy Mrs. Davis is Lewiston June 30. a verry good neighbor I would like to see Lydia and We received Clarissas and John letter and was to here about Massachusetts folks here Jennet glad to hear from you all I was disappointed that made a great blot took the pen to write a little she neither Father nor John were not coming to Mich. I said Give my love to all enquiring friends, please to do not know but John is waiting to get a brid before write every opportunity he comes if he is I am glad I will wait with patience Hannah E. Hart So many getting married around you of late I suppose it will be the next nuse I shall here that Louisa I thank you for the few lines I received Clarissa and John or Maryann is married-- from you I am verry glad you go to chool and hope We are all well as usual Jennet grows Father you will improve your time lerning is better than says he wants her for company Jennet is great deal Silver or gold or all that this earth can afford-I hope of company for us She begins to work can pick up you will write very oppertunily chips and will go into the fallow and help her par log H. E. Hart tell Clarissa Jennet thinks a great deal of her (2) yellow dog sits him on the bureau before the window to watch Deer and her books is a great deal Lewiston July 1, 1838 I have no news of any of company for her that Lyman and Louise gave importance to communicate, but since Emeline has her. She has lernt all of her letters, also the rag undertaken to write a letter I will help her fill it out baby that Fidelin gave her She cannot go to bed a with something if it is'nt quite so cunning. My night without it wakes up in the Night loose it and Wheat looks rather slim oweing to the imperfect cryes where is my dolly She says manner in which it was got in, My Corn potatoes Emergene has got to be almost as large as Jennet and beans look verry well for this season-I sowed She is a good girl and is not much trouble if she can some rutabagas several days ago but they come up be out door. She has got a bad cold it makes her poorly it being a verry dry time am going to sow verry unpleasant today I have not Spun much yet I some more the first of next week, If our crops come have been waiting for a real Mrs. Davis intents to in as well as they now promise and we have good have a loom this Summer Lovira does his clearing luck in saving them we shall be comfortably on it by the hardest he and Ebin has cleared about three for the most substantial part of living, the luxuries acres by hand heavy timbered and into crops Oats, of life we shall have to dispence with in a great LOVIRA HART LETTERS 179 measure have you seen Carroll about his land here I should like to know what great summer fallow and what did he say about selling it- if we can see Father was a going to put in to wheat next season I no prospect of our having neighbors soon we shall want some of you to write an other letter to me decamp for some more central place where we can befor I come holm It is a getting dark and I must have the benefit of school and the society of good Stop and give the rest a chance for Speculation neighbors John Abbey Carroll has an agent at Saginaw but I have not Lyman & Clarissa seen him. I should like to know whether he wishes to sell it or not. if he does not I shall give up having (2) Sanilac Feb 10th 1839 any near neighbor here verry soon. Lyman Abbey Dear Sir Perhaps by this time you L.Hart would like to hear a few words from us we are all well I have just returned from Lapeer County Seat Footnotes: by way of Vienna Genesee Flint GrandBlanc and John, Clarissa and Maryann were Hannah Atlas to Lapeer, a distance of 70 miles but returned Emeline's sisters and brother. Edwin Ellis was the directly through the woods to Flint thence home first white man to come to Tuscola county. He did making a Journey of 107 miles, My business was to not stay so is not counted as the first white settler. see to our taxes not having been called upon for He returned later and took up permanent taxes I thought it was time to attend to it. Our land residence. is now burdened with two years tax except the State tax of last year which I paid- To Mr. Lyman Abbey Our State and road taxes for 1837 with interest South Avon and treasurers fees amounts to twenty seven Livingston Co. N. Y. dollars and six cents for 1838, $33.5 ct making in all From (1) John Abbey Sixty dollars and eleven cents----$.60, CTS 11, on (2) L Hart the whole section for two years, when at Lapeer I (3) H. Ernaline Hart called on the commissioners to come and lay out Mailed in Flint Mich. Feb. 16, (25¢) some roads for us and expect them here nexy week Sanilac Co. Feb. 10th 1839 for that purpose. I think you will be glad you have I received your letter January 10 and 3 papers at no more land in Mich we intend to have some roads the same time you wanted to know what I was a laid that we may work out tax out at home but it doing. I have not been very steady at any thing I must be done quick as the treasurer makes his have chopped over about four acres and calculate to returns the first of April next to the auditor cut about two acres more Lovira thinks he will General who will advertise and sell next fall- clean it of next Spring and put it into oats for the I have got a yoke of oxen for which I paid one crops. I have been out to the Flint with an ox team hundred dollars. Money Matters are in a most twice with wheat and corn I sold five bushels of distressing State here yet there is not good money wheat for ten shillings per bushel bought a five pail enough to pay the taxes - I suppose you want to kettle and a bake kettle. know whether we have anything to eat we are Eben has chopped between two and three acres comfortably on it for all but Pork we have three they calculate to chop to or three acres more Eben little fall pigs but dont see how we can wait untill has not killed any deer yet but he found one that we can make port of them Our cow does verry well the wolves had killed he has trapped one wolf but we need another much but cannot well get one Lovira carried the scalp to Lapier but was to late to as they are verry dear and money scarce - I am get the bounty If the commishioners come on and making some preparations to build a barn such as lay out some roads I shal try to work out some of getting in logs at the mill I have drawn stone from our tax Fathers roadtax and mine is 25 days works the river to stone a well next summer - I should be a pretty heavy tax I think Cynthia Davis had not glad to have you write a few lines on the receipt of got married yet and I donot know when she will. this. tell Miss Stow that I have seen Miss C new chess LHart and french bedstead and some other fine articles to numerous to mention--- Having the oppertunity to write a few lines I W e have had a very cold winter so far and but suppose Mother would like to no how we get along I littel snow it has been to cold to hunt I have not will tell you we have another Daughter born Jan. killed any more deer yet the deer are not very thick 9th I was verry smart and have got along well here, this winter the wolves drive them about a Mother and L was nurse Lovira is a verry good great deal. I think I shall come home as soon as the nurse we have had verry cold weather this winter navigation opens in the spring I suppose you think I wood is plenty we keep good fires. John and Ebin am holmsick living on potatoes and Indian but I aint will draw in great bac logs big as ayowk of cattle We have plenty of deer soup and bean porridge We could draw Mother you must not worry about John think of y·ou sometimes when sit down before a pan he appears to be Contented and makes himself at full parched corn holm his socks and clothes are holl yet, he bought a 180 THE HART FAMILY piece of Corderoy I cut and made him a pare of The Otuson Reserve has been Surveyed out and all panteloons I expect soon to go to making buckskin other Indian lands in this part of the state are being panteloons for my boys laid out and will probably be offered for sale inthe John dont complain living without pork he feels fall or next Spring-I understand at five dollars per well and has agood appetite and so we all have for acre the first two and a half years then the same that matter that is the best sauce we make some length of time at 20 shillings after that at six butter so that we have it on the table every meal. shillings Mr. Ellis says that Little has full Once and awhile we can have mush and milk for possession at Saginaw that he will start the steam dinner <1nd a bach of pumpkin pies, it is a general Mill again soon etc etc etc time of health here. Jennet is rogueish and ugly as I cleared off your fallow verry clean and nice and ever and talks a great deal Emergene goes behind finished a good rail fence clear around it yesterday dont talk but will try to say and do everything she being obliged to do so to preserve my crops from sees don they think a great of the babe- the babe is the neighbors hogs and Cattle. I went to Mill soon verry worrysome but it does not hinder her from after you left to Saginaw carried 4 bushels Corn growing She has gained two pounds and a half in and spent five days time four weeks I think we shall call her Maryjane. I went to Lapeer about the 15th of May and got We expect a minister in this settlement to preach my road warrant and tax list our road Tax is three next week I must draw to a close it is eleven oclock dollars per 80 acres. 24 dollars a Section. I will pay I went to the door and the woolves are ahowling to the tax on this sec. that is the road tax the State a great strain I should think there were half a dozen and County tax I dont know what it will be I think by there noys and not far of they make the most not far from two dollars per 80 acres. We have disagreeable noys I ever heard. made some improvement on the roads in this Oh Mother I want to see you verry much. do district. write a few lines the first oppertunity my love to Ernaline talks of comeing to see you this Summer you all but I dont think She will there are numerous H. Ernaline Hart difficulties in the way-you Said your comeing out next fall would depend on your luck getting a wife. Footnotes: Please write soon and let us know how you get This is the first indication we have that John along with that and all the rest of your business, Abbey has returned to Michigan. The comment Yours about "drawing stone from the river" reminds me etc L Hart that my father (Lemuel Jay Hart) drew stone from the same river for both his barn and his house. Sanalac July 6 1839 Dear Friends I write a few lines to let you no To John Abbey that we are all well as usual able to eat our South Avon allowances of Journey Cake and Potatoes we make Livingston Co, N.Y. Some butter we dont expect to make much better From (1) Lovira Hart in fly time-flies have been verry troublesome this (2) H. E. Hart - his wife summer and musketoes not a few-Emergene comes June 7, 1839. We received your letter in due in crying and Says Oh the dies bite-the flies bite Season but deferred answering it until now in I think verry hard of coming to Avon this hopes we should get something to write. On summer-there is no steamboat expecting to run to account of rainy weather we could clear no more Saginaw this Summer I shall have to Detroit buy land after you left So I was obliged to put corn oats land it will be a great undertaking for me to go and potatoes on your fallow. We have had a cold Such a journey alone with two Children I wont to backward Spring Corn generally looked verry take Jen net I dont know but it will cost more then poorly cold rains and cold frosty nights almost it will come to -Lovira Says that I cant go alone but ruined it but it is a growing time now and if the I think I can if ican get out of the woods I can leave autumnal frost are late we may have some corn yet holm now well as ever if Mother dont get Sick her Other crops look tolerable well. I planted 3 acres health is not been verry good this Summer Father I corn, 1 acre potatoes Sowed 1 acre Oats, 1 acre am sorry to hear you talk so about our having a Ruta Bagas and 1 of buckwheat - produce is verry barn if we have but a little we wont Some place to low now in this country Wheat only 6 shillings at put it and Something to clean it this depending on pine run. the wind for cleaning grain is a poor way our Wheat Oliver Davis just brought us a shoulder of was damaged last year for the want of a place to venison but I want soqle pork. Mr. Perry has put it-However I dont se much prospect of having a cleared the last of drift wood except at the Bridge barn verry Soon Mr. Foster cant come at present to this will Probably be taken out in Sept driftwood do the work-John we have not got a well yet but Bridge and all then the navigation of the Cass will have found a good Spring in the brook just below be uninterupted to Saginaw. a good job for us all- the watering place good water as Mr. Davis Spring LOVIRA HART LETTERS 181 in the brook just below the watering place good expect Mr. Perry's and Tivys Familys on every day water as Mr. Davis Spring was-it is a general time I have no nuse to write at present Unc. Tomas can of health here I believe there has been some fever tel you more than i can wright- and agues- Mr. Miller has got a keeping house he Oh Mother I want to see you I think of you lives on Journey cake and tea or coffee and sleeps everyday you must not be concerned about us we on the floor in a bundle of straw- Mr. Edwin Ellis are doing verry well my health is verry good now and lady was here yesterday Mrs. C is verry happy much better then it was last summer we have verry Hervy has just returned from the Flint the boys are kind Neighbors I do not like their principals. they all at holm Mr. Davis is agoing into the law are all universils and you no they are not verry business again Soon,-your fallow is the pleasantest particular on the Sabbath, they can visit and let lot we have it has on it Corn Oats Potatoes Ruta their children run on that day as well as any other. baga and a good fence around it we have the best They dont trouble us on the Sabbath they visit us looking flax I ever saw Some of it is about four feet often on a week days there is one old lady here that in length-Our fish kept good till the last of June lost is a professor of religion Mrs. Harrison, Mother she not one we have had a few meses of fresh fish we is a fine Old lady came here and staid a week this had green pease the 4 and 5 July fall I expect every day when she will leave the Sister Maryann I am verry sorry to hear that plaice is agoing to live with her children in Macomb your health is no better I wish that you could get Co. I have not been to meting since i have been in something that would Set you on your feet again Michigan and dont no as I shall verry soon though there is a measine advertised in the flint paper that the minister at the flint say they will come here if is recommended verry highly-I think would be good they can get here I presume they will come in the for you it is called D.R. Shubael Hewes Celebrated winter in your most fervant prayers remember me Rheumatic Nerve, and Bone Liniment it strength Mother, give my love to Mr. and Mrs. Wilsons and ens weak limbs and extends the cords when Mr Brows family no more at present I want all to contracted-I presume you can find it in Avon or wright every oppertunity Geneses-I think you had better get a bottle and try Ernaline Hart the experriment-I want to see you verry much the Children wants to see Unc John-Jennet has had Oct 19 today have been making soap and had symptoms of the fever and ague was verry Sic good luck I have over half a barrel of first rate soap three days I gave her medicine which threw it of I feel rich we have five Chinchens Mr. Davis has Emergene is Smart and rugged and is a great promise us two pigs we are to have in a few days talker Maryjane sits alone-I want you to write soon and a good cat as you receive this-I would like to have Father H. E Hart write a Long letter-Mother H sends her respect to you all-I must be in a hurry-Lovira is awaiting for Footnotes: this to one and all I have no idea who "Uncle Thomas" was; H. E. Hart apparently, he is the other uncle mentioned in the letter. He came to Michigan with John Abbey, on his third trip west, fall of 1839. About 1839 To Lydia Abbey South Avon, New York Lewiston To Lyman Abbey Dear Sister I received your letter was verry From L & H.E Hart glad that your health is better and able to work we Dec 1st, 1839 Lyman Abbey Avon was verry glad to see John and Unc, Jennett has Sir I suppose you have heard by Lyman Jones of taken a great deal of comfort with her Uncles I my safe arrival at Detroit and not having any news think we shant be verry lonely this winter John is of importance I have delayed writing We are all here I expect Mother here in afew days, we all rugged at present and able to eat all we can get and enjoy pretty good healths at present. Ebin has had sometimes more. I took the stage to Rochester and the fever and ague three or four weeks is getting saw Mr. Childs and all the satisfaction I could get better he can eat his allowance, Jennett has the was that the debt was lost beyond a doubt fever and ague about two weeks every day pretty I got my crops secured before winter set in my hard she is quite smart now. Emergene grows fat corn was light I had enough however to fat three and is tough as a little not- small hogs decently and have some left for bread I am verry sorry to here that Mother is so feeble. my potatoes were light only about one hundred you must be tender of her, girls. and not let her bushels on an acre my rutabagas were pretty good work you dont no how to prise a Mother as you for the season three hundred and fifty bushels from ought until you are deprived of her I want to see an acr!! which makes us comfortable in the fodder you all verry much i should like verry much to have line I could keep more stock if I had it but cattle are one of you girls here this winter I think we shall not so dear and money so scarce that I can not buy any be quite so lonesome this winter John is here we we need another cow verry much the children want 182 THE HART FAMILY milk. we are pretty well prepared for winter as to up good courage and hope for the best. I try to my provisions clothes shoes and so forth if we had a courrage gets pretty lonsome times I have not bee milch cow we should be comfortable for the winter out of the Settlement since I first came in it seems a our old cow has been dry for some time and I begin long while since I have seen any of our friends I to fear she will remain so intend to come and spend the next summer with the money affairs of Mich are still in a deplorable you if we are all well & fetch all the babys for so condition and from accounts it appears you are not they are Jennett & Emergene wants to see Unc. much better off in York State There is a fair pros John they have lade up corn for him to pop they pect that the present dominant party have about expected when their par came holme that John run their race in this State we turned out and went would come I received letter from Maryann was to Lapeer from this Settlement from 30 to 35 miles surprised yes & I rejoice to here that you are it took us 3 days there were five of us went all getting well keep up good courage and exercise all Whigs to put in our votes winter has set in verry you can do write every opportunity we have had abruptly last Monday and Tuesday were severe one Surmond here a Circuit Minister found his way cold days as cold I think as any we had last winter it here we expect to have circuit preaching here one is more mild now it has set in verry dry Streams in two weeks when the going is so they can get here are quite low we expect the Minister here tomorrow Mr. There is no cash market at the Flint for produce Whit won I am sorry to here that Lydias health is so of any kind wheat will fetch 5 shillings in goods feeble, Oh Lydia, If you could come to Mich, & stay corn, 4, oats 2, hay 8 dollars per ton I have a year I do believe you would be well and rugged exchanged my two north 80, ys with Mr. Ellis and we have plenty Johhy Cakes buck wheat cakes we Andrus and expect they will make a beginning on it have just bought four venison hams of the Indians, next summer I did it for the sake of getting some Clarissa dont work your self all up till icome I want neighbors and I think I shall not lose in the bargain to see you verry much tel Louise Maryjane is verry perhaps John would do well to build a house on his much pleased with her new dres it is just rite for land and if he will not come and occupy it himself Jet her She runs all over the house John I am afraid by someone else and have some improvement made on all accounts that you are a going to dance in the it taxes paid and so forth. hogs trough. Mr. Perrys family has come on write If you want to sell you land I wish you would give me soon as you receive this John. Lyman dont be so me your terms and let me negotiate a sale of it if I worby that you cant write me a few lines it is a long can-I think your South 80 would sell for two time since I have had a line from you it is late bed hundred dollars if that was sold and settled the two time & I must close yours truly one and all. north 80 would then be saleable there has been E. H. Hart some enquiring for land here this fall but the non residents have no agents here and there is no government land desireable at present To Lyman Abbey I can tell nothing about the taxes only that we South Avon, Livingston Co. New York shall soon be called on to pay them as I suppose and Mailed May 2nd in Pine Run, Mich now I must wind up and bid you good bye I hope April 20th 1840 to Abbey you will write a few lines to us soon John said you Dear Sir - We received the letter written by thought to Jet your taxes run a year or two without Clarissa and Lydia day before yesterday dated paying. I should think that would be one poor (postmarked) April 14 in which they request an speculation after another but do as you please immediate answer. I dont believe I can pick up 25 LHart cts worth of news here in the woods, but will do the best I can. 1st then our health. Emeline does not Dear Mother we received your letter sent by enjoy good health this spring. Emergene has had Mr. Boughton and the box of fruit they arrived Safe the ague and fever a number of weeks. She is and Sound I was verry glad to see them and thank better now. The rest of us very well. We had a long you a thousand times also the cloth sent to the cold winter, a pretty fair March, a warm rainy children for they were needy they are Comfortable April until now-Last night the weather changed for winter my flannel i fulled and dressed at holm I from warm to cold-Today it is quite squally. Our got it a first rate butternut culler it makes verry wheat on the ground looked very well. We have six handsum panteloons not so good for coats I have no acres winter wheat and two of spring wheat. We nuse to write at present it is a general time of have had so much rain that we could not clear any health here I should like to here from Mr. L. Jones this spring for summer crops. I have got up a frame I was sorry that he did not come here I suppose for a small barn and calculate to inclose it before some body told him faults stories that he could not haying time-It is 28 feet square a hay and floor-We get here and it was sickly. It has been verry sickly are comfortable for provisions. Our cow does well in Saginaw. It is healthy here on Cass River as any this spring and we expect another in a few days. part of York State there is a prospect of having Mr. Perry is taking away a large quantity of some Neighbors next fall you rote that I must keep lumber. Part is destined for the Ohio market. He LOVIRA HART LETTERS 183 has cleared the Cass of driftwood. Business is dull could get the few little necessaries to fit her out for in all part of Michigan. Money is scarce. -Produce is the journey if there was no other difficulties in the low and internal improvements have entirely way but I really wish she could come for she will ceased. The salt works excepted. Considerable not be worth much at home until she has seen her excitement prevails in the north part of Mich with mother if produce would fetch anything I could help regard to the talked of war between the United her away more comfortable next summer but I dont States and England. There is some feeling on the know how she can come at all until I can come with subject in the settlement. her as she wants to bring the children and I shall As for me I am slow to feel alarm on such not consent to her coming without some one to occasions but must confess that some disagreeable assist her along and protect her by the way thoughts occur to my mind about these days Yours etc L. Hart Perhaps they are all groundless but I think there is a fair probability of war. Our danger in case of war Dear friends I wont to see you all verry much I would be from the indians being or part of the was ready and expected to have gone to York State Canada tribes and receiving presents yearly from before now being disappointed I am discouraged the British government. Cass River is a great road and sick-Lovira is not willing we should go alone for indians from Canada to the N. W. territory. but to tel you the truth I am verry poor on it for clothes and cannot get enough to be comfortable and deasent to go such a journey and money - To Lyman Abbey Lovira says it will cost at least twenty five dollars South Avon to get there-I dont no when I shall come to Avon Livingston Co. N. Y. Lovira has got a great deal of work to do this Tuscola July 2, 1840 Summer-he has the ague and is verry sick-every Dear Friends-I sit down once more to write a few other day we have about Eighteen lbs. of firstrait lines to let you know of our welfare for myself then flax I am trying to work up this summer-our old I have got the ague and fever have had four fits of it cow and three years old heiffer has done well this of the hardest kind Emiline has not been verry well summer - I have sold about forty lbs of butter-got this summer but I think she is better now-Mother from one to two Shillings a pound-i have on han come home from Alberts a few days ago and now 10 or 12 lbs and use what we wont every day Emiline has gone to spinning Jome-they are going my love to you all e Hart to make a little cloth if possible - I want to get a few sheep next fall-We must make our own clothing or go naked as there is no market for produce-if we Sept 5, 1840 raise any to spare-Ebens health is poor this To Lyman Abbey from Lovira Hart's summer to I must get what work I can done and let wife HE. Hart the rest go - Mothers health is pretty good-Alberts Dear Friends it is along time since we have folks are well my crops look well. 8 acres wheat heard from you-we have written two letters since-I looks verry well only it is some lodged-5 acres grass dont know but you have forgotten us-when I wrote pretty good 2 acres corn good one acre potatoes you last Lovira had the fever and ague he had it a good-one acre Oats late-one acre rutabaga-small short time-we are well as usual except Ebin he is patches peas beans buckwheat etc in consequence sick, confine to his bed the most of the time for two of sickness have not got my barn finished. or three weeks past-has not been well all summer Mr. Ellis commenced today clearing on the lot he has been delirous-he had averry poor turn a that I let him have in exchange for his-he has the E' short time Since he got mad at Lovira and got N. W. ¼ of the Section-you say you have sold your rather the advantag, Lovira could not manage him Mich land but did not let me know when the buyer I run to Mr. Davis-the men come half a dzen of is coming on to it-I expect you sold it to Esye Dan them-bound him-Oh it is a trial to us in a trouble but do not know I am afraid we shall get tired living that you dont no anything of-I am afraid he never alone and move out where there is somebody I wish will get over it if he ever gets well-it is rather dis you would sell some of mine-taxes are so high and couraging-we have had no Fasition to him-there is Settlement made so slow that the rise of the land not any that can or will come here-we do all that we will not ballance the expense Emeline is verry can for my part I am discouraged-I am his enemy anxious to come and make you a visit but it is a and it worryes me verry much-Sometimes I cannot hard job for her to undert~ke in the first place the eat nor sleep-it brings on me the old complaint roads are so bad to pine run that it is almost nervus weekness-it seems as though I could not live impossible to get out except in the winter season so a great while-you cant think how lonely we are I we could go through now on horse back but one do wish one of you could make it convenient to come horse cannot bring out a whole family here this fall and spend the winter with us. I am Again Mothers health is to poor to do our work alone writing in the dark by a poor fire-light-you and again there is such a constant press of work may no by the looks of the writing that we cannot find a single spare day I guess we We have spin our flax this summer-we have 184 THE HART FAMILY about nineteen lbs, of first rait flax-I have wove one They will go out and get corn every day and lay up piece for boys I have got another to weve for for you to pop when you come. I hope you will come dresses-We have got to make our own clothing or if Clarissa don't come. I shall think she is agoing to do worse get married. If you don't come, do write me a long We have one more Neighbor Edwin Ellis half a letter and send by Lovira. I want to see you all. mile from us-Father and John have sold there Ernaline Hart Mich, land but dont say who they have sold to To Clarissa Abbey and John Abbey wether they intend to settle it or not and I suppose they dont care whether we no-Clarissa wrote that Mr. Sails was agoing to move to Michigan this To Lyman Abbey From E & L Hart summer-dont say what part of Mich, I should like to South Avon Mailed Genesee Mich have them come to this settlement-it is getting Tuscola April 26th 1841 verry lait-my lite and pen is poor-I cant write no Dear Father and Mother-it is a long time since more- my love to you all-please to write soon as you we have heard from you-I dont no but you have for receive this and let us no whether you are coming gotten us-I have no interesting nuse to write-at to Mich-it seemes as though years had past away present we are all well as usual-I had made since I have heard from you-Oh John if you could calculations to come to Avon this spring in company come here this fall how glad should I be with Brother George-he is agoing to start for York to one and all H.E.Hart State soon-I am disappointed-shall have to give it I want Lovira to write-he Says no not in such a up-I want your advise wheather it is best or letter as this-he said I had better burnet-I would prudent or reasonable to under take such a Journey but have not time to write another-you must pick this spring as i am in a family line and expect to be out what you like and burn the rest-Lovira is confined the first of September-and if Father will clearing land-I want to see you all verry much but come here this spring I shall want to take the dont no when I shall-burn it as soon as you read it I children-my health is good at present-if you dont pray. - About 1840. think it best I would like to have you come and bring one of the girls to spend the winter To Miss Clarissa Abbey We have had along and lonely winter with deep Dear Sister - I am disappointed of visiting Avon snow and severe cold-the snow fell the last of this fall. I must write a few lines-I have got all November-the ground was not bare again until the ready a Saturday expected to start Monday first of April-we have a backward Spring-not a morning. Was going out horsebac. The horse has great deal of Shugar made-what was made was .gone to Saganaw. I can't go this week. It is getting made this month-we have made about two hundred late in the season to go to make a visit. That would and eighteen pounds of Shugar and about five satisfy you all, and so I shall give it up. Next gallons of molasses. for two or three past it has summer I hope we are all well, I shall come and been verry worm-the musketoes begin to bus about make you a visit. We are all well. We have good some-I have been to the Flint this winter-we had to appetites. We have plenty of sauce, but no meat or brake the road to Pine run- the snow was two feet butter. I would give a shilling for a slice of bread deep-we started from home about six oclock in the and butter or a dish of bread and milk. I am con morning arrived to Pine run after dark-we went tented. I have no reason to complain. Clarissa I mile and a half further an Staid to Wilson have to have you come to Michigan with Lovira and Boughtons and staid there one day spend the winter. Sarah Harrison would be pleased we are out of work-we had only ten pounds of to have you come. She is lonely, has no company. I flax to spin those long winter evenings for knitting think you would be pleased were you to become work-I braided Straw-I made myself and Jennet a acquainted with her. She is a very steady I think bunnet-George is avisiting and expect to return to she is a fine girl. If you come, fetch some new dress Alberts tomorrow- the road through the woods is patrons, cap patrons etc. I have none to make my not verry bad-I understand that John Brown has self. I presume Miss S would like the patrons like moved in with Hiram Brown-has since Joined the wise Some choice flowers seeds if you have any, temperance Society-my love to you all rosebush, etc. I want Lovira to get some fruit trees yours truly H. E. Hart or sprouts- Mr. John L. don 't know what to think of him. I Lyman Abbey look for him this fall, but he don't write and let us Dear Sir I wrote to you last December I think but no. We all want to see you and to have you come on. have received no answer-I conclude you must have Mrs. Harrison wants to know if you are acoming written and your letter got miscarried-I hope you here this fall. Martin has got bac again, bords to will write on the receipt of this if you have not Mr. Davis. They have only 14 in the family one before-We are now enjoying pretty good health more makes fifteen. Emiline wishes to come and see you this summer Jenette and Emergine wants to see Unc John. but I fear She will get disappointed-I should be glad LOVIRA HART LETTERS 185 to see you out here this spring-yourself or John. I write immediately on the receipt of this. have so much to do that I cannot attend to visiting Yours L. Hart Emeline takes it verry hard that she cannot come H. E.Hart out this summer Yours etc L Hart To Lyman Abbey South Avon, Livingston Co. May 16, 1841 Mailed in Bridgeport, July 9th To Lyman Abbey Tuscola, July 5th, 1841 South Avon Dear Friends - I now sit down to perform a most Livingston Co. painful task. When last I wrote to you I was in New York hopes we should be able soon to come and see you Mailed in Bridgeport but alas home changed the scene. Your daughter Dear Friends-We received your letter dated May yes your Emeline was yesterday laid in the cold 4 and was glad to hear good tidings, from you. Had grave. Yes my beloved wife my best friend and you written a few weeks earlier, it would have companion, I might almost say my guardian has left saved us some anxiety. The girls send a pressing me to combat alone with the trials of mortal life. I invitation from Emeline to come to Avon, but she am aware it will cause your hearts to bleed and has got the ague and fever. She has had it since the bitter tears must flow I would avoid it but cannot. first day of May and has it pretty hard. The rest of You will expect me to give a minute account of her us are all well-We have had a long cold winter a sickness and death. I will do so as well as my aching cold dry spring, vegetation is very back ward. head will permit, In the first place then you know I have got my spring crops mostly in the ground. her constitution was not very strong when we first Emeline is very anxious to come and see you but married and every succeeding childbirth has her health has been verry poor for three or four weakened it. The damp climate of Michigan the months back and now she is not able to come. She privations and !onliness of a new settlement have thinks she could not come without bringing all the had their effect in bringing on a nervous complaint children. I think it would be too much trouble to and occasional lowness of spirits. (Although we bring so many children to stay so long and I don't have been in comparatively easy circumstances) for know how the rest of us could content ourselves the last year or more she has evidently failed fast here in the woods without their company and again and particularly the last fall winter and sp~ing- she it would be tedious if not imprudent for Mother to complained much of nervous weakness. undertake to stay alone so long. About the first of May she was taken with the I know not what to write about Emeline's ague and fever and after having it a short time we comeing to Avon this summer even if she were to employed a doctor from Saganaw The ague soon get well enough. I can not consent to her comeing left her but she continued to fail until the night of unless I can come with her myself or send her in the second of July, when she was taken with the company with some one that will take care of her pains of childbirth and early in the morning she was and the children on the road-As to comeing myself I delivered of a child two months or more premature. do not see how I can I have plenty of work to do at We now thought the danger was most over but home and am poorly on it for money and clothes. As again were our hopes to be disappointed. Although for money it is a scarce article and what little we verry weak she remained tolerable easy until get is poor trash, but if Emeline gets well enough to evening when she was taken with a violent pain in perform the journey I will do what I can to help her her stomach and bowels. She was in great distress along. If I can get money to come and also to hire a a few minutes. The struggle was soon over. She boy to help Eben along with the work I will try to was easier and soon breathed her last. Mortifi come with her myself- unless I can come myself I cation I suppose had taken place. Her death I think she will not be able to come as I do not know believe was caused by dropsy. Thus has ended the of anyone comeing that can assist her on the way. life of a faithful daughter, a kind. sister and In her present situation she would not like to come excellent wife, and affectionate mother. She had without my company. She has got money to come her senses to the last but do not think she was with but I am not so well off. I write to you sensible of her danger until her speech failed, if she something about paying me Dan's taxes but you did then. She had bloated some while she had the gave me no answer. It would be an advantage to me ague, but no more so than often occurs in such if I could pay them in town orders and labor and get cases so that no one believed she had the dropsy the money myself. His highway tax will be ten while she was living. dollars for 1841. They are agoing to build a court The child a girl although a little puny thing is house and jail at Saginaw this summer. Saginaw is alive and appears to be doing well We have just going down hill or has been I think. It is about as weighed it and it weighs three pounds and 14 low as it can be. It is settled by a mean set of ounces. And now I know you will sympathize with anyway. If you have anything to communicate me in this heavy affliction but let us not murmur at 186 THE HART FAMILY the dealings of Providence. we too must soon follow much toil and care to get a comfortable home that I her to give an account of our stewardship. Let us so can call my own until I can see a fair prospect of live that we may meet her in a better world where getting a better one. Yet I should be glad to get out the troubles and crosses of life can never reach us. of the woods for a short time at least It seems so Please write to me soon, Your truly lonely here at the present time. far more so than L Hart to Lyman Abbey common You want to know my calculations It is I should like to have her death published in the hard to tell. I might almost say I have no calcula Mt. Morris Spectator. Before closing, let me ask tions beforehand. I can not keep such a family here your advice in this trying hour. I am left in this and it is very difficult to get away with them The wilderness with an aged mother and four small little one can not go a journey this fall if it lives It children What shall I do. Ebens time will soon be has got to be under Mothers care this fall and out when I shall have no help. Mother is not able to winter Another season if it does well it might be take charge of a family and we have no school for moved to Avon if best-It sucks her milk from a my little girls. bottle. It shall be named according to Lydia's My crops look verry well. You know verry little request. If it lives I should be glad to have you take of hard times at the East-We can hardly get money it and bring it up as your own, but perhaps this is enough to pay our postage bills. Poor Mich. When asking too much. I should like to have the oldest will she escape from the grasp of wicked ones where they can go to school They are running speculators. wild in the woods, poor little things They do not Tuscola July 5, 1841 realize their loss Mother cannot take care of them. I LHart think more of coming to Avon with two or three of them perhaps only two. You will see its verry Footnote: difficult for me to travel with such little children The baby girl, born at the time of Hannah without a woman to take care of them and the more Emeline's death was also named Hannah Emeline. of them in number, the worse it will be You kindly As a small boy I knew her well. I recall hearing my offer to do anything you can for me It is a great great-aunt Delana tell that "Emeline was so tiny comfort to me to know that there are those tho at a that they could set a tea cup over her head and rest great distance willing to assist me in time of trouble it on her shoulders." but there is such a thing as riding a free horse beyond reason or in other words asking too much of a free-hearted friend. If I leave home I shall be Tuscola Saginaw Co. Mich-Aug 4th 1841 obliged to hire a man to help Eben along with the To Lyman Abbey work-there is a young man here with a wife and one South Avon, Livingston Co. child I can hire him for a year at $150. He is a first Dear Friends - Yours dated July 21st 1841 reached rate worker and trusty I think to hire him to come me yesterday and as today is a rainy day I will with his wife and leave Mother and Eben with improve the time by answering it. them. Eben must go to school this winter. His time I see by Lydia's letter that you sympathize with will be out next summer. me in my bereavement. This is what I expected What wheat I shall have to spare and a little under all the circumstances, - I was aware that you money due I calculate will enable me to pay him up would feel most keenly the loss of your daughter If I come to Avon this fall perhaps I shall stay and sister, but the dealings of providence are past through the winter although I can not well afford our control and it is our duty to submit without the tim. I should perhaps gain by it in the end as I murmuring to his righteous will and although it have been in constant and hard service since I left was indeed hard to part with her yet after suffering Avon. I believe I am growing old pretty fast. I have out my pilgrimage here I hope to meet her in a plenty of work for a man to do besides what Eben better world than this. In my last I wrote that can do and think I can make his work pay his wages Emeline had the dropsy. I think that dropsy in the and gain by it myself in the end We have cut and chest was the immediate cause of her death but she secured 1 one ½ acres wheat only, and 6 and half had other complaints of years standing that had acres wheat to cut yet and ½ acre of rye cut 1 acre their influence. barley have got done haying, cut about 6 tons. We had a physician from Saganaw but I do not (Wheat looks middling well) corn 4 acres also, 2 think he understood her complaint yet I presume acres oats, 1 acre of potatoes, one to turnips, roota his medicine did her no harm neither much good. bagas, a small patch peas and also of flax All look The little one she left is yet alive and apparently well It is verry catching unpleasant weather. I doing well. She· weighed only three pounds and presume I have omitted somethings you would like fourteen ounces at first now she weighs four to know but when I come I will tell them. I think if pounds and 3 ounces. it is possible for me to make a raise of money Lydia writes that you wish me to come back to sufficient for the out fit and expenses. I shall start Avon and make it my home there I can not make up the last of Sept or first of Oct we have been in the my mind to leave this place at present after so woods so long we have got pretty ragged. LOVIRA HART LETTERS 187 I have got six acres to log before I can leave home with the money on her neck last night and William besides much other work. I should like to hear from tonight. Emergine is a stout girl and pretty good to you again before I start to come. If you have work. We have got a new loom and a new room to anything to communicate, you will probably have put it in. Ma is now weaving a piece for Mrs. time if you write immediately. Harrison. Ernaline is a heavy chub of a girl. She Affectionately, L. Hart talks a good deal but stammers verry bad. If there will be any objections to my sowing Grandma is pretty well She wants to see you and so wheat on McDans land this fall I should like to do all the rest of us. Cant you get Uncle John to know it soon and if he wants the taxes paid I will come out with you next summer an see us. We have pay them that is the highway tax for 1841. 8 $. We meetings here now on Sundays part of the time. are all in good health at present. Write us another letter and try to spell your words right. Sarah Delana runs around the house and does as much mischief as she can. She does not talk 1845 yet. Our respects to you all and in particular J. A. To Lyman Abbey South Avon Footnotes: From Lovira Hart During the fall of 1841, Lovira took his oldest Dear Sir - I take up my pen once more to let you daughter Ann Jannette to Avon to live with her know something of our welfare I have not written grandparents, the Lyman Abbeys. This is the first since last spring and have nothing interesting now Jetter in the series which is addressed to her. but I suppose you know that news and money are William must be another bond boy. Lovira had no scarce articles in the woods son by that name and Albert's son William was not We are all in good health at this time and have born until 1846. been through the summer with slight exceptions It Sarah Delana, born 8/13/1843, was the first child has been quite healthy in this settlement the past born to Lovira's second marriage. Lovira's second summer Mrs. Perry has been to Lewiston and wife was Esther Maria Parker - married 1842. spent the summer She returned to Tuscola the last of navigation She is now failing fast with Consump tion and will in all probability soon go to her long Aug. 24th 1845 home. The rest of the settlers are all well. We have Dear Friends now 13 families in town. Our tannery is in success Once more I take my pen in write you a few lines to ful operation. Our grist mill is an unlucky concern let you know how we are getting along in this world The dam has gone the third time before the mill of sorrow and difficulty By the mercy an goodness was ready to put in operation. We have done of God we are enjoying pretty good health now and something to improve our roads. Flint River has have done for some months past with slight been partly prepared for navigation to Saganaw exception's - Mothers health has not been quite as and is to be finished next summer It is done by the good as usual the past summer but she is pretty State. Flint is a flourishing place of business smart now - as for myself I am as well and as lazy as Saganaw improves some, but slowly. usual. the Children are hearty and go to school We have had a very unfavorable season for regularly - Emergene, Mary Jane and William farming. The Spring wet cold and backward Frost went to school last winter two months and in June that killed my wheat and almost ruined our Ernergene, Mary Jane and Emiline go this summer crops were light-I have nothing for market summer. we have a good teacher and the Children this winter It seems hard to toil all summer and learn well as could be expected. They lack for barely have enough to last through winter We have books-our schooling comes high - The oldest girls a verry mild winter so far and but little snow I will can read and spell as correct as Children generally suggest once more that it would be right to have at their age-Emiline has learned her letters and some settlement about this acre of land Please spells in the abbs - She stammers badly and I write soon, Lovira Hart suppose she always will -- The past season has been remarkable one cold and frosty in the Early part Dear Janet - We received your letter by Mr. Fay and verry dry throughout. The month of March and also the little presents to the girls. We were was verry pleasant April and May was cold and verry glad to hear from you and I hope you will frosty also the first of June, The Summer has been write again when you get this. I am pleased to see dryest I ever knew, our Crops have suffered that you are getting along so well with your extremely - winter wheat and grass severly injured schooling. I hope we shall see you again in Mich. Be by the frost as for hay we do not get one fourth of a a good girl and you will be well provided for and crop in fact we have no heavy crops and in some taken care of, should you be sick. Emergine and Instances an entire failure in this part of the Mary Jane were pleased with your presents and to Country-it is said the wheat crop is excellent in the hear from you. Emergine and Mary Jane and south part of the state, of fruit there will be none William now go to school-Mary Jane came home not even a crab apple. The times are hard in this 188 THE HART FAMILY Country-Wheat commands only 50cts per bushel at of the German Lutheran Order and have brot in Flint and not much is wanted at that, and we again their Preacher with two Church bells-they have suffer by the breaking down of banks - As for my also got their School Teacher and they expect more own prospects they are rather dubious but I hope of their Country-men soon to follow them-they that Providence will soon favor us with better appear intelligent and can most of them speak the Seasons, we have raised enough to carry us English language and possessing some considerable through the winter and could get along well enough money-they bought about one sec of land on the if we had no debts to pay-But why complain I River at 20/ per acre. expect neither Sympathy nor assistance I have got I expect that a dam will be built across the River into the woods and cannot get out, but must make just 2 miles East from my house-it is expected to be the most, best I can of it now-past Errors can not commenced immediately-a saw mill is to be put up be remedied and myself and family must suffer the and a grist mill soon if this work goes on there will consequences- be a number of families in Experience teaches a dear school but fools wont John I wish you would come and see us this fall learn at any other-We are comfortable for clothing bring along money enough to buy you a lot or two the wool from a few sheep with a little cotton yarn on the Reserve or else buy Lyman out and let him from the store and what flax we raise keeps us come-Why not Come and make us a visit at least - I decently clad. my Wife is a good help in these believe that I have scribbled as much as you will be matters-We have got a loom of our own and she able to Read and so bid you all good bye weaves some for our Neighbors-She also sews Your L Hart when called on-She is kind to my Children attentive to their wants-spends her time at home Janet will you save some apple seeds and send and I have reason to be thankful that I have a good them to me next fall. I Meant to raise some trees-I helper-as she understands how to be useful as well set out a small orchard last spring-- as any other woman-we sheared 6 sheep this season Lovira Hart an got 24 pounds after it was carded. This winter a little cotton yarn will clothe us decently-We raised To Ann Janet Hart 6 lambs so that if no misfortune should befall them South Avon we shall next year shear 12. We go to Flint to get Livingston Co. N.Y. our wool carded-They have three machines there Headed Tuscola, mailed in Genesee, Mich now they are building a woolen factory-Wool is Tuscola November 22nd 1846 from 24 to 38 cts per pound-I have made but little Dear Janet I take my pen in hand once more to improvement (on my farm this summer I have now let you know something of our welfare We are now about 40 acres under improvement-I should be glad enjoying pretty good health and have for the most to sell a quarter Sec of land and get something to of the Summer past I was sick for about three help myself along but cannot-- weeks tho confined only about one week your Mas health has not been as good as usual but she has not Dear Janet been down sick your Grand Mother Hart has been I am verry anxious to see you and hope that if we out to Genesee and Flushing most of the Summer should live to see another summer I may be able to She has been unwell the Children have been quite come to Avon or you to come here to us, perhaps well, it has been an uncommon Sickly Season I you are better off where you are than you would be never saw the like before Whole families were sick here at present-but it would be much more pleasant at the Same time with none to take care of them the to your Pa to have his Children all at home-but I Doctors had more calls than they could attend to hope you will be a good girl where you are-be kind the Doctors themselves were finally most of them to your grand parents and all with whom live and taken sick and then no medical aid could be pro do what little you can to Requite them for their cured. We were the most fortunate family in this kindness to you-I want you to write a letter to us as part of the Country. Chill fever was the prevailing soon as you get this your little Sisters want to complaint- hear from Janet. Grandmother has just got home from Uncle Lovira Hart Alberts. Uncle George came and brought her home with Uncle Alberts team - Emergene has been to We had but little addition to our settlement this school this Summer She now helps her Ma to do the summer there is some sickness now in this place house work to spin weave etc Mary Jane and but there has been no Deaths since last Spring. Emiline have also been to School Emiline can read Mrs. Perry died by Consumption-I went to in readings. She says tell Janet that I can read in Saganaw last week to Court as Juror it is sickly in the book that she sent me, Emergene and Mary and about Saganaw. Jane busy themselves a knitting part of the time. A new settlement has ______if Delana should live to see another summer She Reserve between here and Bridgeport will be able to go to School perhaps they are all seven Dutch families they are direct from Germany healthy romping girls and it takes considerable to LOVIRA HART LETTERS 189 clothe and feed them it is about as much as we can write a few lines to let you know something of our do to support them here in the woods and I suppose welfare and prospects--We received your letter it would be any where Else. We make as much of Dated Feb. 5th in due season and was glad to hear our own clothing as we can for ourselves the girls from all of our folks in Avon and Livonia and also to Say tell Janet that we read the letter that she sent see your improvement in letter Writing. I was to us. Sorry to hear that Aunt Mary Ann and Aunt Lydia William has been a great help to me his health were in such poor health-I hope they have got has been pretty good-I suppose Grandpa and Uncle better before this time-you requested me to write John would like to hear Something about the Corn the weight of your sisters and so I have weighed and potatoes so I will now write something to them. them last evening my wheat was verry poor as it was generally in this Emergene is a Stout heavy girl she will be ten part of the Country although there was a great crop years old tomorrow and she weighs Eighty four in the State at large I have now got seven and an pounds. Mary Jane is Slim and Weighs only Fifty half acres on the ground that looks verry well as Six pounds Hannah Emiline is a chub and weighs also five acres Rye. I did not raise any more fifty three pounds Sarah Delana I did not weigh potatoes than we shall want for our own use the She is rugged and smart-So you see they are all potato crop is verry good in this Settlement but in ahead of you at least in size but you are ahead of some parts the rot has verry much injured them I them in learning-they all go to school this summer raised about five acres Corn which was verry good they are pretty quick to learn and good to work So you see we can have some pork My oats Crop they are all of them good girls. I hope you will not was much injured by the Droughth as also my grass work and study so hard that you cannot grow--little We have had the driest and hottest summer that I girls should play some and not be confined to<;> ever experienced. Hence I suppose the Sickness close. I wish you could come and see us this Fruit has been abundant this Season in the older summer can not you persuade Grandpa or Uncle Settled parts of the State apples might be had for a John to come out with you-if I had plenty of money shilling and in some parts as low as 6 cents. they I could come and see you but it is hard getting were brought to this settlement and Sold for fifty money here in the Woods and I have no help now cents per bushel. I did intend to go out and get a only what I pay for my-boy William has left me and load but I had the misfortune to lose one of my gone to take care of himself-he was a wild foolish horses which broke up my team. It was a mare boy-Emergene and Mary Jane are obliged to do a worth 75 dollars She got a leg broke by her mate great many chores for me and your Uncle George is kicking. We have got some fruit trees growing and helping me some now and I dont know but I shall if I had some seeds I would raise a little nursery but sell him part of my farm that we may work I dont Expect it will ever be a great fruit Country together and be some help to each other. your here it is too frosty Our settlement now numbers 23 Grandmother Hart is in good health - we all want to families.the land on the River is all taken to Bridge see you verry much-you must write to us again port on the Reserve mostly by germans there are soon yours affectionately L Hart 22 families but they are in Saganaw it has been an unfortunate summer for Mr. Ripley on account of Sickness but he is still to work on his dam and mill he will get it running perhaps this winter. we have Brother John had a cloudy unpleasant fall tho warm yet not much I dont know that I can write anything that will be rain The ground has been whitened this afternoon interesting to you. we are yet in the woods here with snow for the first time this fall Nov 22nd I struggling for a comfortable living and succeed as believe I have written all that will be of any well as could be Expected of Such bad managers interest to you and perhaps more than you will with so many female helps. have patience to decipher and yet I have room left Our Town increases but slowly in population. We but my sheet is a large one so I think I will wind off polled at the last Town Meeting 39 votes only-the at once I shall look for a letter from you soon My dam across the river is not yet completed but respects to all the family and all who may enquire probably will be this Summer and the Saw mill put after me--- in operation--The lumber business is carried on Yours etc LHart quite extensively in this County and lumber men are paying high wages-much higher than farmers can afford to pay %Janet Hart Winter Wheat looks verry bad being winter May 9, 1847 killed We have had a long cold Winter and a To Janet Hart backward pring it is even now cold enough to wear South Avon, N.Y. coat and mittens to work in and be comfortable I Dear Janet wish you would come and make us a visit this I expect you will be pleased to hear from us again summer and it is with pleasure that I take up my pen to Yours Respectfully LHart 190 THE HART FAMILY To Ann Janet Hart rest. He departed this life on the 26th Inst after a South Avon short but painful sickness of inflamation in the Livingston Co, N. Y. bowels brought on by taking cold. Your grand Headed Tuscola mailed in Worth, Mich. May 11 mother Hart is now at Clayton at your Uncle Tuscola May 5th, 1850 Miller's. She is failing and will probably stay with Dear Janet us but a little longer. I hope your Uncle John will After waiting a long time to Receive a letter from come out with you to Mich and make us a visit. you I concluded that I had got to do all the writing Perhaps it would be right for you to come and let or at least must write as often as you do - We are all some of your sisters take your place and enjoy in tolerable good health at present. your uncle some advantages. You have got another brother George has got married again so your Grand here about five weeks old. Mr. John Brown has lost Mother Hart is at home with us again. your uncle his wife. Give my respects to all your grandpa's Georges wife was Elizabeth Roan formerly from family. Livonia. Your Grandmother shows the effect of L Hart passing time and probably will not stay with us many years longer-- Footnotes: Emergene is a great bouncing girl - Mary Jane is The new brother was Albert Henry, born not so large of her age - Emiline is not verry well 2/21/1851. this Spring-Delana is a smart little girl and little Lemuel (hubby) pratles-it would do you good to February 18th, 1853 see-he was two years old the 20th of last month To Miss Ann Janet Hart The girls all help me some to do my chores-I have South Avon, Livingston Co, New York no other help at present. I wish you could come and Dear Sister - I write to inform you that we are all see us this summer but I suppose it is a vain wish. well and comfortable - in our new house we have a If I were able to come and see you I would but it is kitchen or cook room with a stove in it-a dining as much as I can do to support so many girls and room with a fire place, a parlor with a stove, and have no money or time to journey with three bedrooms below and plenty of room upstairs, We have had a good Sugar Spring and have made a nice woodhouse-and room for Pa to keep his tools considerable Sugar-The girls helpt me about and work in when it is bad weather. It will be verry boiling. Grandmother is spinning linnen and the nice and comfortable when we get it furnished and girls are spinning too We had a school last Winter paid for. I have been out to Genesee and made a and expect to have one this summer. we have a good visit with our cousins there,-They are all well verry cold spring-vegetation is verry backward-I Aunt Sarah Hart has built her a new house-It is not saw flakes of snow fall yesterday the 9th quite finished yet. Grandmother Hart is out on a Tell Uncle John that we have got a new county visit this winter-Her health is very good. We organized and expect to send a Representative to expect she will come here soon and we expect the Legislature next winter. The Germans have a grist and saw mill 5 miles below and there is a saw Uncle George and Aunt Elizabeth and Aunt Sarah Some of the other uncles, aunts and cousins will mill in operation about 6 miles above with 2 saws come and see us if we have a little more snow so There is a smart Settlement up there a better Tract they can come with a sleigh-We have had but little of country than it is here-I went up there yesterday snow this winter-not enough to make good sleigh about ten miles. I dont think of anything more at ing. We have a school in our old house this winter present Miss Stoddard is our teacher.- We have 15 to 20 LHart scholars. We have a good school. We have neigh bors now in every direction-This part of the state is Ann Hart fast settling. Day before yesterday Pa went to the Emmergene is 13 years old today May 10 Lemuel Quanicussee Marsh and returned yesterday-It is was 2 years old the 20th of last month about sixteen miles from here. Mr. Waters is out there this winter taking care of some cattle-The Footnote: people of Tuscola cut marsh hay there last summer Lemuel (Bubby) - born 4/20/1848 - Lovira's and are drawing it out this winter. They have a second child by his second wife is my grandfather. road from our house directly north to the marsh. We hear that Aunt Thurston is coming to make To Miss Ann Janet Hart us a visit next summer. We hope you will come too South Avon Livingston Co, N. Y. and see us. We should be pleased to see you and Mailed North Michigan April 12, 1851 have you stay-but come and make us a visit at Dear Janet - I take up my pen and move to write least. Give my love to all. Your affectionate sister, a few lines to let you know of our welfare, and Mary Jane Hart. Hannah Emmaline Hart Sarah D. communicate to you the sorrowful news that your Hart. Uncle Albert is no more. He is gone to his eternal LOVIRA HART LETTERS 191 Dear Friends - As the girls have not used all the me know the prospect of your making us a visit. paper, I will add a few words. My health is Remember that life short and what we have to do tolerable good this winter. I have been out on the must be done quickly. If you will not or cannot quanacussee marsh to see the country for the first come, perhaps I will come and see you altho I time. It is sixteen or seventeen miles from here. I cannot well afford the time and money. Your started from the marsh yesterday morn at half past affectionate father L Hart six and got home at half past one P.M. with a horse team. Mr. Waters is out there wintering about 50 Footnotes: head of cattle, some of them from Grand Blanc This was the last of the Lovira Hart letters. The (Judge Smith's). original contains the hand writing of Lovira and his This prairie or marsh is extensive and thousands 2nd, 3rd, and 4th daughters. The "new house" of tons of grass grow on it yearly - but it was never mentioned in the letter is still standing and in good mowed until Last season the people of Tuscola repair (June 1978). county cut 250 tons pretty good for wild hay. The Aunt Sarah Hart was the widow of Albert stock that Mr. Waters is keeping looks very well Henry, Lovira's oldest brother. In 1863, she the hay will be better next mowing. Mr. Waters is married Joseph Fairbanks (as recorded in the to locate lands for some of your neighbors, but will Genesee Co., Mich. clerks records). not do it till spring. Provisions bear a high price For years we have looked at a picture of Aunt here this winter. Flour and fodder is scarce.-Much Sarah Fairbanks and wondered how she was hay is brought from the marsh. We have an open connected with the family; until the discovery in warm winter with but little snow. John, cannot you the county clerk's records. afford to come out and see us. Give my respects to "Aunt Thurston" is probably Lovira's youngest Mr. Davis. Tell to come along in the spring early sister Nancy Hart - born 2/28/1817. She married and I will let him raise some provisions on my farm Silas Rawson Thurston, sometime prior to 1838 next summer. If he is coming to Michigan, the when their first son, George A. Thurston, was sooner he gets here the better, Janet write and let born. SPOUSES Persons Who Married Into The Hart Family Listed also are the parents of those persons. Janet White. Her parents were Anthony White and These are entered here for the benefit of persons Rebecca Swindler. looking for family ties, while hunting their family Waldo White Baldwin (252), m. Bessie Mc history. Creery. Her parents were Miles McCreery and Note: The numbers in parenthesis in this section Mary Bishop. are individual index numbers. The same number William Baldwin (225), m. Rosa Josephine Eich appears with that person's name in at least two horn. Her parents were Peter Eichhorn and ?. other parts of this book. Clarence Myron Bigelow, m. Margaret L. Carol Ann Allman (77), m. Raleigh McGlone. His Severence. Her parents were George Frederick parents were Raleigh McGlone, Sr., and Alice Bigelow and Nellie Ann (Shaw) Baldwin. Holbrook. Daniel Hugh Blankenship (332), m. Betty Jane Daryl Manley Allman (80), m. Beverly Loomis. Gaines. Her parents were Craig Torbett Gaines Her parents were Oscar Jerome Loomis and Theala and Maryjane Sheffield. Mae Underwood. Samuel Allen Blankenship (331), m. Terry Lynn Ethyl Grace Allman (78), m. Eugene Charles Allison. Her parents were George Glover Allison Kwaiser. His parents were Harold Kwaiser and and Celina Agnes Marie Ruehle. Lela Atwater. F. Louise Carroll (380), m. Ernest E. Perrin. His Maejel Janet Allman (79), m. Samuel Edlefson parents were John Perrin and Mary A. Nichols. Graf. His parents were Samuel Herman Graf and David Leroy Carter (160), m. Elizabeth Gayle Blanch Dolecek. Fox. Her parents were Freeman Amos Fox and Mary Edith Allman (76), m. Robert Crawford Eva Marie Haines. McGregor. His parents were John McGregor and Donald Carter (68), m. Mary Smith. Her parents Mary Cooper Crawford. were Edward Clarence Smith and Ruth Marie Floyd N. Averill (232), m. Pearl L. Leas. Her Scott. parents were Jacob Leas and Minerva Miller. Lawrence Carter (69), m. Nadine Foskett. Her Bretice Baldwin (254), m. Arthur E. Graves. His parents were Harry Foskett and Annabelle parents were Luther Graves and Mary Edith Powers. McCowan. Donald Lee Chapman (308), m. Lillian Laverne Elizabeth Gayle Baldwin (304), m. Gordon Smith. Duke. Her parents were Herman Monroe Duke and His parents were George Thomas Smith, b. Goldie Jones. 6/21/1913; and Florence Edna Metcalf, b. 12/9/ Mildred Eugena Chapman (305), m. Werner Otto 1914. Albert Schroeder. His parents were Paul Frank Etta Baldwin (227), m. Robert Roland Fenton. Max Schroeder and Martha Ottilie Meywald. His parents were Robert S. Fenton and Zilpha Robert Gerald Chapman, Sr., (306), m. Dorothy Cross. Lorraine Shea. Her parents were Patrick Joseph Frank Earl Baldwin (253), m. Florence Mar Shea and Bertha Jette. guerite Secrist. Her parents were Charles E. Robert Gerald Chapman, Jr., (359), m. Joan Secrist and Ida B. Gonsalles. Marie Vickroy. Her parents were Wilber Duane Herbert Isaac Baldwin (229), m. Mable Lord. Her Vickroy and Marie Arlene Hannon. parents were Rev. Felsted Robert Lord and Agnes Elsie Colman (117), m. Wayne Titsworth Elizabeth Barbara Phillips. (divorced). His parents were Henry Charles Leona Lora Baldwin (228), m. Walter McKee. Titsworth and Hattie Wells. His parents were Milton A. McKee and Hattie L. Burton Colman (194), m. Cynthia Jo Hecht. Her Walcott. parents were Harvey Hecht and Joan Wolliver. Nancy Loy Baldwin (296), m. Wallace Riley. His Calvin James Colman (192), m. Debora Lee parents were Don Barber Riley and ?. Nancy m. Crump (divorced). Her parents were John Edgar (second) John Alexander Moffat. His parents were Crump and Daisy Evelyn Sandefer. Her marriage James Moffat (of Scotland) and Elizabeth Mortes. was annulled when Calvin left for Viet Nam, Orrin "Joe" Orlando Baldwin (224), m. Alice 3/11/1969. Hem. (second) Loretta May Green. Her 192 SPOUSES 193 parents were William Ray Green and Christine Willard H. "Bill" Colman (112), m. Joyce Jean Mathews. Hope. Her parents were William E. Hope and Rose Clayton J. "Pete" Colman (111), m. Margaret D. St. Johns. Urbanski. Her parents were Gabor Pasztor and Ned E. Cole (131), m. Sheri Lynn Whann. Her Elizabeth Csuhai. parents were Robert Louis Whann and Dorothy Coleen Kay Colman (191), m. Lewis Charles Bonita Miller. Babcock. His parents were Lewis 0. Babcock and Barbara Ann Colegrove (406), m. Richard Marjorie Marie Fulton. Carlysle Thacker. His parents were Virgil Thacker Connie Jean Colman (193), m. Karl Titsworth. and Dorothy Louise Moore. His parents were Henry R. Titsworth and Anna Lester Henry Colegrove (405), m. Susan Leah Monatski. Adamson. Her parents were Joseph Adamson and Dan G. Colman (55), m. Arlene Belle Straton Ruth Martha LaMarsh. Mr. Adamson is a (divorced). Her parents were Floyd D. Straton and descendant of General Slocum, Revolutionary War. Gladys May Beach. Susan's great-great-grandparents were Ruth and Dianna Lynn Colman (196), m. Thomas Warren Frederick LaMarsh. Fred fought in the Civil War. Laude. His parents were Warren Chester Laude Myron Nelson Colegrove (390), m. Hilda Amanda and Kathleen Anthony. Bennett. Her parents were Clarence Edward Donald G. Colm11;n (113), m. Lorraine Morse. Her Bennett and Margaret Isabell Widrig. parents were Harold Edward Morse and Florence David Charles Coyle (313), m. Carol Jean Prudence Campbell. Shannon. Her parents were Milton Shannon and Geneva May Colman (125), m. John Anthony Camille Lazar. Horwath. His parents were Anthony Horwath and Erin Grace Coyle (312½), m. Edwin Daniel Emma Urbanski. Doerges. His parents were Edward Glover Grace Marion Colman (114), m. Jay D. Morse. Doerges and Aileen Bell Bone. His parents were Harold Edward Morse and Virginia Fae Coyle (311), m. Elbert Eudorice Florence Prudence Campbell. Hollister. His parents were Elbert Bixby Hollister Ivan J. "Ike" Colman (50), m. Helena Maude and Margaret Stoffer. Hoard. Her parents were Charles Henry Hoard and Charles Robert Fenton (300), m. Nancy Jane Agnes Cerena Gibson. Curtis. Her parents were Orville Stanley Curtis Jess L. Colman (134), m. Grace Ellen Keltner. and Diademe Finch Harold. Her parents were Oka LeeRoy Keltner and Marline Clyde Vincent Fenton (257), m. Elizabeth Huff Margaret Smith. man. Her parents were Alonzo Lafette Huffman Leon H. Colman (52), m. Wilhelmena Catherine and Mary Champion. Hyslop. Her parents were Tom Hyslop and Clyde Vincent Fenton (301), m. Mildred Jeanne Caroline Hornung. Caroline's mother was Wilhel Ridgdell. Her parents were Peter H. Ridgdell and mena Sternbrenner. Miller Alderman. Margo Ann Colman (133), m. Larry Enos. His Clyde Vincent Fenton (349), m. Patricia Annette parents were Norval William Enos and Nona Marie Culbreth. Her parents were Jesse Earl Culbreth Copran. and Daphne Estelle Duckett. Marie Candace Colman (123), m. Luther James Dorothy Ann Fenton (299), m. Richard P. Stewart. His parents were Melvin James Stewart Wagner. His parents were August Frederick and Ursula Schnell. Wagner and Selma Laura W atthes. Marjorie Sue Colman (124), m. Ronald Stange. Elmer Robert Fenton (256), m. Hope Quary. His parents were Ernest Stange and Esther Hecht. Her parents were Harry Quary and Annie Nancy Ann Colman (188), m. Elden S. Engler. Hacken berry. His parents were Stewart Engler and Alice Sarah Miller Fenton (350), m. Henry Clayton Rohrer. Robertson, Jr. His parents were Mr. & Mrs. Henry Randy F. Colman (135), m. Kristie Jane Ross. Clayton Robertson, Sr. Her parents were Harold Arthur Ross and Irene Ruth Roberts Fenton (255), m. Robert Warren Barbara Elliott. Perkins. His parents were Robert Warren Perkins, Rex Leon Colman (122), m. Joyce Ann Franko. Sr., and Anna VaLore Cortright. Her parents were Alexander Paul Franko and Christine Ruth Finn (182), m. Kenneth Gerald Stella Ellen Sezygel. Bees. His parents were Ernest Russell Bees and Robert Lee Colman (115), m. Joyce Joan Britten. Marion Ewardine Bean. Her parents were Otis A. Britten and Helen Lester Henry Finn (82), m. Ruth Gunnell. Her Sebert. parents were Harry Rossen Gunnell and Clara Melvin Ronald Colman (119), m. Cheryl Joy Louise Wilhelmina Miller. DeOrnellas. Her parents were Noel N. DeOrnellas Sharon Grace Louise Finn (181), m. Charles and Doris Sager. Edward Paulson. His parents were Awalt Holsten Ronald J. Colman (190), m. Nancy Petzold. Her Paulson and Rhoda Evelyn Nordstrom. parents were Alton Petzold and Betty Hoppe. Judith Ann Fuller (402), m. Richard Porthey- 194 THE HART FAMILY ------,------miller. His parents were John Partheymiller and man. His parents were Horace J. Colman and Eleanor?. Elizabeth "Eliza" Ann Van Wormer. Horace was m. Sharon Ann Fuller (403), m. James Munger. His at Watertown, N.Y., 12/25/1867. parents were Truman Munger and Neva Buel. Esther Jane Hart (27), m. Loren VanCleve. His Joyce Elaine Gerdts (275), m. Robert Raymond parents were Henry VanCleve and Anna Bissell. Silvera. His parents were Aloyaus "Allie" William Evelyn Hart (239), m. Hermann John Gerdts. Silvera and Geneva Walters. His parents were Nicolaus Gerdts and Margaret Marvin Henry Gerdts (276), m. Janice Beth Kirk Gretchen Bendt. man. Her parents were Ralph Waldo Kirkman and George Hart (7), m. Elizabeth Johnson. Her Mary Alice Wilkey. parents were William Johnson and ?. George m. Cinda Louise Graf (176), m. Robert Geoffery (second) Margaret Elizabeth Rohn. Her parents Hoag. His parents were Geoffery Norman Hoag were Samuel Rohn and Elizabeth Ranie. and Margaret Lillian Morse. George Henry Hart (212), m. Sarah Davis Samuel Edlefsen Graf (175), m. Joan Butteweg. Jewett. Her parents were Joseph Jewett and Mary Her parents were Thomas Butteweg and Mata Farmington. Stella Maidman. George Jay Hart (327), m. Judith Ann Crudup. Albert Henry Hart (14), m. Eliza Jane Wilson. Her parents were Barron C. Crudup and Janeal Her parents were James Wilson of Canada and Rhea. Martha B. ?. George Scott Hart (25), m. Nellie Viola Colbath. Alwyn Lewis Hart (222), m. Matilda Jane Her parents were Nelson W. Colbath and Inza Mantis. Her parents were William John Mantis Viola Parks. Nelson's father was William Colbath and Mary Elizabeth Smith. Nelson, b. Arbela, Tuscola Co., Mich. 9/13/1860. Atwood Roy Hart (270), m. Lois Lee Hill Hazel Vivian Hart (240), m. Henry Gerdts. His (divorced). Her parents were John Hill, b. parents were Nicholaus Gerdts and Margaret 7/25/1874; and Mary Stewart, b. 1/15/1878. Gretchen Bendt. Atwood m. (second) Alice Elaine Kay. Her parents Helen Elizabeth Hart (248), m. Gene Stewart were James Lawson Kay and Maud Ann Gore. Davis. His parents were Elmer Marvin Davis and Ann Jeannette Hart (9), m. Leicester Johnson. Mary Burell Wales. His parents were Leicester Johnson, Sr., and Julia Henry Irwin Hart (219), m. Mayme Athemon A. M. Bucknell. Snyder. Her parents were Jacob Snyder and Laura Annie Belle Hart (22), m. James C. McPherson. Anna Baxter. His parents were John and Julia (?) McPherson. Hildred Jay Hart (46), m. Naomi P. Welch. Her Alice Alma Hart (26), m. Alvin Eugene Hoard. parents were Worth Nelson Welch and Alice Maud His parents were Harvey E. Hoard and Elizabeth Mary Williams. "Eliza" Richardson. Horace Lovira Hart (24), m. Edna Roena Palmer. Charles Thomas Hart (328), m. Darlene Joan Her parents were Wallace and Lettie A. (?) Catherine Meyer. Her parents were Arthur Robert Palmer. Meyer and Mary Agnes Engesser. Isaac Barber Hart (213), m. Helen Julia Cottle. David Lloyd Hart (107), m. Natalie Karen Doran. Her parents were Orville B. Cottle and Sarah Her parents were Ronald John Doran and Marshall. Margaret Glen Murray. Margaret was born in James Newell Hart (103), m. Bethany Groux. Peking, China. Her parents were Joseph Groux and Louise Froats. Donna Jean Hart (336), m. Robert Dale Rosdhal. Julia Lovira Hart (216), m. Aaron Baker White. His parents were Robert Rosdahl and ?. His parents were Ziba White, b. 3/12/1801; and Dorothy Rachael Hart (59), m. Leroy Elmer Elsey Davis, b. 3/1/1803. Houghtaling. His parents were John Albert Lemuel Jay Hart (21), m. Esther Maria Ashe. Houghtaling and Edna A. Best. Dorothy m. Her parents were James Ashe and Mary Gourley. (second) Welcome Lee Baldwin. His parents were Lemuel Parker Hart (13), m. Clarabell Rachel Albert Henry Baldwin and Carolyn Lovina Roth. Hoyt. Her parents were Horace Hoyt and Clarinda Earl Palmer Hart (57), m. Bernice M. Kiepert. Walker Lamson. Her parents were Herman John Kiepert and Marie Leonard Orlando Hart (249), m. Alice Estelle Barbara Milius. Powell. Her parents were Henry Ernest Powell Edward Wallace Hart (56), m. Alta Miller and Beatrice Estelle Jennings. (divorced). Her parents were Fred Miller and Lora Elizabeth Hart (214), m. Elijah Baldwin. Tressa Jones. He m. (second) Frances Jean His parents were Orrin Baldwin, b. 4/30/1806; ancl French (divorced). He m. (third) May (Sprague) Betsy Emerit, b. 8/11/1812. m. 1/1831. She died Cardine!. Her parents were Horace A. Sprague and 8/19/1882. Elijah's grandparents were Dr. Silas Myrtle M. Houghtelling. Baldwin and Mary Plumb. Elihu Hart, m. Mary Peck. Her parents were Lora Elizabeth Hart (221), m. Arthur Rea Amos Peck and Mary Hart. McClay. His parents were Henry Steven McClay Elsie Emeline Hart (23), m. Wesley Jesse Col- and Nancy Rea. SPOUSES 195 Lovira Hart, Sr., (1), m. Anna Hotchkiss. Her Rick. Her parents were Walter Rick and Alda?. parents were Lemuel Hotchkiss and Penelope Stephen Prusch Hart (279), m. Joy Koleen Mather. Her grandparents were Captain Ladwick Freund. Her parents were Emil Fritz Freund and Hotchkiss and Mary "Molly" North. Eva Inez Rodney. Lovira Hart, Jr., (3), m. Hannah Emeline Abbey. William Alwyn Hart (247), m. Nellie lives Her parents were Lyman Abbey and Hannah ?. Renegar. Her parents w,ere Ota Jenkins Renegar Removed from Massachusetts in 1814. Lovira m. and Jennie Kathryn Ilves. (second) Esther Maria Parker. Her parents were William Orlando Hart (217), m. Rebecca Jose Russell Parker and Rachel Damon. phine Chance. Her parents were Hugh Chance and Mary Jane Hart (10), m. Marshall Lamson. His Rebecca Patterson. parents were Newell H. Lamson and Rachel Grow. Christy Ann Hermann (411), m. William Fred Newell's parents were Rev. Samuel Lamson and erick Tayler. His parents were Bernard Tayler and Polly Bragg. He was pastor of the Baptist Church, Lillian Volberg. West Windsor, Vt., 1780's. Mary Jane m. (second) Jacqueline Sue Hermann (412), m. Michael John Robert W. Shaw. His parents were Mr. and Mrs. Judy. His parents were Paul Judy and Mary Lou Robert Shaw, Sr. Leisure. Nancy Hart (6), m. Silas Rawson Thurston. His Dale Gene Hoard (205), m. Cathy Ann Morrison. parents were Joshua Thurston and Betsey Green. Her parents were John Morrison and Diana Marie Joshua, b. N. Stonington, 2/21/1775; d. Spring Tulley. field, N.Y. Betsey, b. Covington, Conn., 1776; d. Debora May Hoard (206), m. Gerald Peter Springfield, N.Y., 10/25/1856. Respondek. His parents were Arnold Respondek Neil Corell Hart (278), m. Elizabeth "Betty" and Betty Ruble. Marie VanKampen, He m. (second) Doris Gene Eugene Ray Hoard (156), m. Sandra Lee You (Morgan) Gifford. Her parents were Bruce Morgan mans. Her parents were Rexford Youmans and and Ida Augusta Hohle. Helen Elizabeth Wambold. Nellie Hannah Hart (235), m. Frederick Newton Jeanette Rae Hoard (155), m. William Jerry Selby. His parents were William Selby and Frances Keith, Jr. His parents were William Jerry Keith, VanWoert. Sr., and?. Newell Ashe Hart (47), m. Neva Mabel Stinson. Karen Mary Hoard (207), m. James A. Hendrich Her parents were William Lewis Stinson and Mabel son. His parents were Arthur Amos Hendrichson Vaughn Given. and Lucinda Cass. Orlando Hart (4), m. Emma Toogood (3rd wife). Kay Lynn Hoard (209), m. Terry Lee Nagy. His Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Toogood. parents were John William Nagy and Joan Flora?. Orville Haven Hart (241), m. Margaret Johanna Paul E. Hoard (67), m. Anna Louise Pichner. Her Corell. Her parents were Edwin Benedict Corell parents were Frank Pichner and Anna Sevis. and Anna Fluetsch. Paula Ann Hoard (157), m. Jackie Campbell. His Patricia Ann Hart (333), m. Jackie Allen Smith. parents were Carl Jackson Campbell and Marcella His parents were Fred Lewis Smith and Betsy Bartlett. Naomi Shorter. Ralph Irving Hoard (63), m. Marguerite Hoard. Randall Charles Hart (108), m. Sarah Kay Her parents were Charles Henry Hoard and Serena DeKoster. Her parents were Lucas James De Gibson. Koster and Dorothea LaV onne Hymons. Ray Hoard (66), m. Oleta Botimer. Her parents Raymond Caley Hart (48), m. Martha Isabelle were Edwin Botimer and Flora Mae Newberry. Latta. Her parents were Lloyd Everett Latta and Richard Earl Hoard (62), m. Gladys Irene Hoard. Martha Samson. Her parents were Charles Henry Hoard and Agnes Rodney Earl Hart (139), m. Rebecca Jane Serena Gibson. Chambers. Her parents were Otis Hayden Cham Van C. Hoard (64), m. Beatrice Lillian Barkley. bers and Wilma Stallins. Her parents were Andrew Barkley and May Roger Paul Hart (104), m. Gloria Jean Masarik. Kingsbury. Her parents were Albert Francis Masarik and Lila Alvin John Scott Houghtaling (143), m. Jeannie Mae Cole. Smith. Her parents were Theodore Patrick Smith Ronald Jay Hart (102), m. Julia Louise Wright. and Lola Margarette Townsend. Her parents were Vernon Wright and Daisy E. Donna Lee Houghtaling (141), m. Donavon Roberts. George Laugavitz. His parents were Phillip Roy Hugh Hart (236), m. Lucille Nelson Thomas. Donavon Laugavitz and Mary Edwila Evans. Her parents were Atwood C. Thomas and Anna Susan Elizabeth Houghtaling (142), m. Charles Howe. Sigmond, Jr. His parents were Charles Sigmond, Sarah Delana Hart (12), m. Emroy Delroy Sr., and Mildred Wamsley. Palmer. His parents were Edward and Mary (?) William Leroy Houghtaling (140), m. Joan A. Palmer. Boensch. Her parents were Kenneth Frank Stephen Lawrence Hart (105), m. Diana Kay Boensch and Mary Cecil Schrems. 196 THE HART FAMILY Florence Delana Hughes (43), m. Cecil Parker. and Sybil Ruth Laird. His parents were John Edward Parker and Edith Louise Newman (34), m. Delmer I. All Theressa Charlott Perverse. man. His parents were John L. Allman and Lydia Gertrude Hughes (44), m. Thomas Bernard Effie Byrd. Loranger, Sr. His parents were Zacharious Laverne C. Newman (73), m. Muriel Jensen. Her Loranger and Angeline Desonis. parents were Clifford Risch Jensen and Cora Myrl Louise Hughes (45), m. Marvin Henry Rosmond Larkin. Trier. His parents were Harry Trier and Marie Lola Newman (33), m. Clarence L. Allman. His Barsch. She was born in Germany. parents were John L. Allman and Lydia Effie Byrd. Thomas Lynn Kestenholtz (326), m. Judy Ann Manley Edgar Newman (31), m. Wilma Kittle. Sellek. Her parents were John Albert Sellek and Her parents were John Warren Kittle and Bernice Annie Peterson. Josephine Gouler. Douglas Fenton Kirk (355), m. Deborah Lynn Russell E. Newman (35), m. Myrtle Kring. Her Stewart. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. parents were Rollin E. and? Kring. Stewart. Sally Ann Newman (168), rn. Thomas Edwin Kandra Jean Kirk (353), m. Daniel Joe Good Belill. His parents were Kenneth Raphael Belill and paster. His parents were William Doyle Good Norene Marie OReilly. paster and J ewe II Rouse. Verl Russell Newman (72), m. Susan King. Her Carol Jean Kuehn (283), m. Stephen Bartlett parents were John Charles King and Alma Rose Sears (divorced). His parents were David Ripley Thomson. Sears and ?. Carol m. (second) Stephen Davis Wayne Darwin Newman (75), m. Janet Hall. Her Ellen. His parents were Stephen Tapper Ellen and parents were Russell Jay Hall and Althea Leona Jane Elizabeth Davis. Douglas. Helen Dorothy Kuehn (282), m. Ted William Barbara Ann Palmer (88), m. Hugh VanTol. His Gamelin. His parents were Francis Clifford parents were Andrew VanTol and Elsie Knack. Gamelin and Ruth Matholda Vikner. Dale Frederick Palmer (89), m. Carol Campbell. Jeanne Ann Loranger (98), m. James Reed. His Her parents were George Clayton Campbell and parents were Adrian J. Reed and Nona (Nora) Martha Jane Bowman. Purcell. David Michale Palmer (90), m. Renee Kathleen Thomas Bernard Loranger, Jr., (99), m. Sharon Duford. Her parents were Donnie Hugh Duford Keith. Her parents were Vilas Clarmont Keith and and Geraldine Elizabeth Coggins. Bernadine Alfman. Douglas Harry Edward Palmer (87), m. Jeannie Dorothy Helen McClay (244), m. Max Eugene Powell. Her parents were Robert H. Powell and Kuehn. His parents were Joseph Kuehn and Sally Nelson. Hillegien Damming. Edward Lovira Palmer (18), m. Mable Augusta Cheryl Lynn McGlone (173½), m. Uthal Sang Townsend. Her parents were Carmel R. Townsend pichi Tara. His parents were Tiam Sangpichi Tara and Sarah Jane Shook. and Chua Wongsawan. Evelyn Mable Palmer (42), m. William Donald David Allen McGlone (173), m. Cheri Ann Gratsch. His parents were Robert Gratsch and Phipps. Her parents were Robert Dean Phipps and Mary Frederica VonRieman, a Netherland Count Madonna Jean Brown. ess. Leland Baldwin McKee (258), m. Louise Nor Henry Russell Palmer (20), m. Mena C. Dean. thurst Ormsbee. Her parents were Randall Holden Her parents were Charles Henry Dean and Mary Ormsbee and Nelle Carolyn Green. Ann Streicher. Alta (Miller) Hart m. (second) Herman Novakos Joan Marie Palmer (85), m. Walter Good. His ki. His parents were Benjamin Novakoski and parents were Lester William Good and Clara Pearl Rose Nowitski. Sandow. James Darrill Millett (309), m. Sandra Jane Kathleen Lynn Palmer (91), m. John Anderson. Clark. Her parents were Archie Everett Clark and His parents were Chester Ray Anderson and Irene Angela Scussel. Dorothy Anna Feathers. Janice Adele Millett (310), m. Michael Hans Leah Janette Palmer (38), m. Earl W. Penfield. Morgenstern. His parents were Arthur Morgan His parents were Arthur Penfield and Mary stern and Ella Lowy. Spiese. John Charles Myers (165), m. Shirley Jean Lester Edward Palmer (40), m. Marie Anna Benson. Her parents were Everett Leroy Benson Gunnell. Her parents were Harry Rossen Gunnell and Bernete Mardell Gratopp. and Clara Wilhelmina Miller. Doris Evelyn Newman (71), m. John Elmer Patricia Louise Palmer (86), m. Owen Keegan. Myers. His parents were Charles Elmer Myers and His parents were Charles Owen Keegan and Reva Irene Rossman. Margaret Isabelle Kline. Delmar Elwyn Newman (74), m. Tommie Dianna Roy Townsend Palmer (37), m. Doris Parker. Guthrie. Her parents were Thomas Joseph Guthrie Her parents were James Parker and Angeline SPOUSES 197 Welsh. parents were Joseph Rathbun and Nellie Palma Carol Christine Parker (97), m. Thomas Patrick teer. Burns. His parents were George Burns and Lucy Max R. Shaw (28), m. Florence May McLain. Her Ann Richardson. parents were Alfred McLain and Lenora Estelle Donald John Parker (96), m. Jeannie Marie Hill. Cuddeback. Her parents were Lyle Wayne Cudde Pearl Lillian Shaw (29), m. Gordon Carter back and Jeanette Grinell Jones. (divorced). His parents were Loren Carter and Donna Jeanette Parker (95), m. Tyrone Schar Maud Stewart. rer. His parents were John Alfred Scharrer and Raymond Bruce Shaw (70), m. Carol Emily Fannie Gertrude Long. Loftin. Her parents were Clyde Andrew Loftin and Patricia Lee Parker (94), m. Richard Charles Susan Alice Reynolds. Blake. His parents were Walter Earl Blake and Rex B. Shaw (30), m. Marie Simmons. Her Leona Mateuia. parents were Frank Simons and ? . Etta Leona Perkins (298), m. Frederick Oliver Gene Frederick Smith (410), m. Mary Adelaide Shaffer. His parents were Ralph Adelbert Shaffer Williams. Her parents were Lawrence Fitzer and Cora Elsie ? . Williams and Mildred Frances Mowers. Rebecca Lynn Potharst (363), m. Steven Michael Barbara Delores Thurston (398), m. John Davis. His parents were Richard Carl Davis and Charles "Jack" Kincaid. His parents were John Eleanor Beaumont. Lester Kincaid and Mary Ellen McCarthy. Robert Michael Reed (185), m. Sydnee Kay Hall. Blanch Arloween Thurston (384), m. Bruce Lee Her parents were Bruce Willard Hall and Janice Stephens (deceased); later she married Paul Elaine Dunn. Donald Stephens. Bruce and Paul's parents were Thomas J. Reed (184), m. Janet Louise Lund. William Lester Stephens and Carrie Virginia Her parents were Erick Elmer Lund and Shirley Jennings. Ann Forystek. Ellen Jane Thurston (389), m. George Jack Lora Ilene Rosencrants (144), m. James Moffat. Bockrath. His parents were George Stirling His parents were Ward Daniel Moffat and Emma Bockrath and Sadie Wagner. Irene Westcoat. Ruth Edith Thurston (387), m. Glenn William Thomas James Rosencrants (145), m. Sally Sue Carlson. His parents were Frank Carlson and Hilda W escoat. Her parents were Floyd James W escoat Anderson. and Addie Mary Saxton. Ralph Wesley Thurston (383), m. Sarah Creigh Robert Randall Schroeder (356), m. Sharon Lee ton Williamson. Her parents were Richard William Duvall. Her parents were Vaughn Duvall and Mary son and Mildred Martha Ferris. Louise Williams. Sue Margaret Thurston (388), m. Norman Susan Adele Schroeder (357), m. Michael Joel Bartlett Fuller. His parents were George Fuller Bilbo. His parents were John Irving Bilbo, Jr., and and Maud Pike. Phyllis Arleen McPeek. Sarah Ann Thurston (371), m. Edwin Morgan Charles William Selby (325), m. Rebecca Jane Carroll. His parents were Ellis Martin Carroll and Nelson. Her parents were Raymond Dean Nelson Jane Fitzgerald. Ellis' first wife was Abigail and Idamae Nelson. Her maiden name also Nelson. Haskins. Edwin's grandparents were William Florence N. Selby (267), m. Arthur Frank Carroll and Phebe Wortman. A history of the Homer. His parents were William Homer and Edith William Carroll family of Allegheny County, N.Y., Blander. written and printed in 1929, traces the family back Frederick Noel Selby (268), m. Velma Lenora to Egbert, King of Wessex, 802 to 839. Doubt. Her parents were Joseph Doubt and Rose William Henry Thurston (372), m. Nellie (Shaw) Burnette. Bigelow, his second wife. Her parents were Helen Josephine Selby (265), m. Dee Decker. His Christopher Shaw and Mary Elizabeth Warner. parents were Fred Decker and Esther McCreery. Susan Trier (100), m. James Stuart Hanson. His Jo Ellen K. Selby (323), m. Dean Robert Mogel parents were James H. Hanson and Hilda Helwer. gaard. His parents were Fin Mogelgaard and Betty Roger William VanCleve (219), m. Patricia Louise Beach. Brown. Her parents were Clarence George Fossett John Frederick Selby (324), m. Patricia Sue and Julietta Marie Taylor. Nemer. Her parents were Ellis Michael Nemer and Andrew Charles White (316½), m. Maralyn Virginia Myrtle Jacobs. Marie Clark. Her parents were Merrill L. Clark and Ruth Selby (266), m. Jesse James McDonnell. Thelma Lucille Skaug. His parents were Matthew McDonnell and Linda Dorothy Grace White (263), m. Charles Kenneth Dioert. Coyle. His parents were Charles Robert Coyle and Carrie E. Shaw (17), m. Edgar E. Newman. His Grace Mabel Woodman. parents were Charles S. Newman and Mahala Edith Adele White (260), m. Robert Eugene Brown. Chapman. His parents were Walter Eugene Clay Shaw (16), m. Alta May Rathbun. Her Chapman and Mrs. Ivaneth Howard. 198 THE HART FAMILY Lois Adele White (315), m. Robert Olsen Cald Walter Willis White (264), m. Lois Mary well. His parents were John Pendleton Caldwell VanDoren. Her parents were Oscar VanDoren and and Bertha Olsen. Minnie I. Caldwell. Mildred Elizabeth White (261), m. Martin Amos Jack Alwyn Wool (288), m. Barbara Jane Millett. His parents were Martin Homer Millett Savidge. Her parents were John Ralph Savidge and Ruth Elizabeth Perkins. and Marie Augusta Anderson. Walter Elmer White (233), m. Laura Adele Marcia Rae Wool (286), m. "Tom" C. B. Ratliff. Cummings. Her parents were Phillip Cummings His parents were C. B. Ratliff, Sr., and Daisy and Mary Elizabeth ?. Odom. Military Service Record of People Connected With The Hart Family Note: The people in this section are listed in Trained as artillery track vehicle mechanic, Camp alphabetical order. This section is not included in Chaffee, Ark., and Fort Sill, Okla. Shipped from the index. Camp Kilmer, N.J., November 18, 1953, to Rhine Daryl Manley Allman. U.S. Navy. Enlisted in Ammo. Depot in Saar Valley at Saarbruken and 1958. Basic training: Treasure Island. Separated. Kaiserslautern, Germany. Overseas one year, Taken back into service in the fall of 1967 as a three months, twenty-one days. Discharged: Fort dentist. He is making the navy a career. Is current Sheridan, Ill., March 14, 1955. Received National ly a commander (doctor) in the U.S. Navy. To date Defense Service Medal and Army of Occupation he has served in the following stations: 1958-60, Medal (Germany). Rank: private first class. aboard the U.S.S. Dixie, Dan Diego; 1960-62, Elijah Baldwin. Civil War, Union Army. Com Naval Air Station, Alameda, Calif.; 1962-64, Naval pany A, 88th Regiment, Ill., Infantry. Enlisted Station, Philippines; 1964-67, U.S. Naval Dispen August 27, 1862, at Chicago, Ill., for three-year sary, Washington, D.C.; 1967-68, Dandin and period. Was sent to hospital two times in three PhuBai, Viet Nam, First Dental Co., First Marine years; first at Perryville, Ky., October 11, 1862; Division; 1968-71, Marine Corps Development and second at Big Shanty June 24, 1864. He took part in Education Center, Quantico Marine Corps Base; eleven battles as follows: Perryville, Chickamauga, 1971 to present writing, George Washington Mission Ridge, Dalton Resacca, Adairsville, Dallas, University. Full-time student for Ed.D. degree. Atlanta, Jonesboro, Lovejoy, Spring Hill, Franklin Delmar I. Allman. U.S. Navy. Enlisted at Great and Nashville. Promoted to corporal June 1, 1865. Lakes Naval Training Station, Ill. Trained at Naval Mustered out June 9, 1865. Training Station at Great Lakes, Ill. Places of Herbert Eugene Baldwin. U.S. Air Force. service: Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill.; Drafted: Chicago, Ill., July, 1943. Trained at Naval training ship, Hampton Roads, Va.; receiv Kerns, Utah; Chanute Field, Ill.; and Montgomery, ing ship, Norfolk, Va.; U.S.S. Gamble (helped Ala. Service: weather station at El Paso and Eagle commission her); U.S.S. Brant; U.S.S. Charles S. Pass, Tex., then to Headquarters 3rd Weather, Osborn. Discharged at Naval Training Station, San Antonio, Tex. Discharged at Chanute Field, Great Lakes, Ill., August 30, 1919. Rank: quarter- October, 1945. Rank: sergeant. Received a Good master second class. · Conduct Medal. Gilbert Lee Allman. U.S. Security Agency. James H. Baldwin. U.S. Army, World War II. Enlisted March 12, 1954, in Portland, Ore. Basic Enlisted July 2, 1918, at Bloomington, Ill. Left the training: Fort Ord, Calif. Security training: Fort U.S. August 15, 1918, arrived Canal Zone August Devins, Mass. Served in Asmara, Eritres and 22, 1918; arrived in U.S. from Cristobal, Canal Ethiopia. Discharged December 19, 1956, Fort Zone April 15, 1919. Discharged at Camp Grant, Lewis, Wash. Received: Good Conduct Medal and Ill., April 26, 1919. Remarks: character excellent, National Defense Medal. Rank: specialist second no A.W.O.L. or other absences. class. His application for chaplaincy in the air force Edwin Arthur Batt. U.S. Army. Drafted was accepted. Currently (1976), he is a commander. September 13, 1940, at Rochester, N.Y. Trained at John Henry Anderson. U.S. Air Force. Enlisted Atlantic City, N.J., and Lincoln, Neb. Service: as in Fort Wayne, Ind., April 28, 1969. Training: he says, "All places west of the Mississippi." Lakeland Air Force Base, Tex. Service: Tex. Dis Discharged at Denver, Colo., January, 1946, with charged May 29, 1969. Rank: airman basic. The rank of sergeant. He reenlisted in the ordinance following notation by his wife. John has a bad department of the air force in 1949. Training at allergy which, when discovered, gave him an Fort Knox, Ky. "I visited every air force base in honorable discharge after only one month. The the United States." medical check showed it and he was not supposed RobertH. Blair. U.S. Army. Inducted August 7, to go in. Someone goofed somewhere along the line. 1943, at Fort Sheridan, Ill. Trained: Camp Wood, He did not receive the proper medication and Te;~. In Germany 22 months (E.T.O.). Discharged nearly died before they got things righted around. July 7, 1946. Rank: private first class. Wesley Wayne Baker. U.S. Artillery. Inducted Oren Blankenship. U.S. Naval Reserve. En into the army March 18, 1953, Fort Custer, Mich. listed: Wichita Falls, Tex., November 11, 1942. 199 200 THE HART FAMILY Recalled to active duty June 1, 1951. Trained at Ned E. Cole. U.S. Air Force. Enlisted: Saginaw, San Diego, Calif. Service: San Diego, two months; Mich., March 7, 1966. Trained at Lackland Air Washington, D.C., six months; Hawaii, twenty Force Base, Tex.; Lowry Air Force Base, Colo.; months; Guam, eight months; and Japan, twelve Hamilton Air Force Base, Calif.; and Air Force months. Separated at Norman, Okla., November Base, near Wichita, Kan. Left for Thailand 18, 1945, and Treasure Island, Calif., May, 1952. November 20, 1967. Trained as munitions and Rank: specialist (communications) first class. weapons specialist (A.LC.). Medals received: Good Conduct, American De Allen E. Cole. U.S. Navy. Enlisted 1957. Trained fense, Presidental Unit Citation, Korean Medal and at Great Lakes Naval Training Station. Service on Japanese Occupation Medal. the U.S.S. Lexington. Discharged 1961. Note: He George Jack Bockrath. U.S. Marine Corps. was still in high school when he enlisted. Enlisted April 2, 1942, in San Francisco. Service: Lester Henry Colegrove. U.S. Army. Inducted marine carrier in the South Pacific. Discharged in Miami, Fla., March 4, 1958. Trained: Jackson, January 2, 1946. Rank: maintenance sergeant. S.C., and Fort Gordon, Ga. Service: Korea. Dis Thomas P. Burns. U.S. Army. Enlisted January charged: Fort Lee, Va., March 3, 1960. Rank: 7, 1964, at Flint, Mich. Trained at Fort Knox, Ky. specialist 4. Medal received: Good Conduct. Service: Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Clayton J. Colman. U.S. Artillery, Antiaircraft. Germany 24th Division, 18 months; Fort Bragg, six Inducted April 10, 1943, at Fort Custer, Mich. months. Discharged January 6, 1967, at Fort Trained as gun crewman at Camp Wallace and Fort Bragg. Rank: specialist fifth class. Medals and Bliss, Tex.; Fort Sheridan, Ill.; and Camp ribbons received: Good Conduct, National Service Leningston, La. Left Boston, Mass., July 3, 1944, Record, Certificate of Achievement, Summer of for Scotland, England, France, Belgium and 1964; Marksman and Sharpshooter. Germany. Battles and campaigns: Ardennes, Robert O. Caldwell. U.S. Air Force. Enlisted: Rhineland and Central Europe. He was overseas Oakland, Calif., January 3, 1964. Trained: San one year, two months and twenty-four days. Antonio, Tex., and Lubbock, Tex. Service: Discharged: Camp Atterbury, Ind., January 19, Glasbow, Mont., 1966; Viet Nam, 1967 and 1968; 1946. Medals received: American Theatre ribbon, Las Vegas, Nev., to date. He is making the armed E.A.M.E. Theatre ribbon with three bronze stars, services a career. Current rank: captain. Good Conduct ribbon, World War II Victory Medal. Glenn W. Carlson. U.S. Army Dental Corps. Dan G. Colman. U.S. Marines. Enlisted January Inducted in September, 1942. Training and service 21, 1943. Stationed: Camp Elliot, Calif., quarter at Fort Belvoir, Md. Discharged April, 1946. master. Overseas May 15, 1945, to November 15, Received Good Conduct Medal. 1945, aboard transport ship Colusa. Discharged: Robert Eugene Chapman. U.S. Army. Trained San Diego, Calif., February 1, 1946. Rank: at Camp Freemont, San Jose, Calif. Service in the corporal. Medals received: Asiatic Pacific Medal, area around Brest, France. Discharged in 1918 Japanese Occupation Medal, Rifle Medal and Good after the signing of the Armistice. Rank: private Conduct Medal. first class. Received the Oak Leaf Cluster. Donald G. Colman. U.S. Infantry and Air Force. Robert Gerald Chapman, Sr. U.S. Air Force. Inducted into the Army November 6, 1945; trans Enlisted: San Jose, Calif., one week after Pearl ferred to Air Force December 10, 1945. Trained: Harbor in 1941. Trained: Presidio, Monterey, Camp Roberts, Calif., 93rd Airborne Squadron as Calif., and Chicago, Ill. Service: Normandy, cook. Served stateside five months and overseas Northern France and Aid Offensive, Europe. Shot eight months in Okinawa. Discharged January 16, down over Brest, France, August 9, 1944, in enemy 1947, Fort Sheridan, Ill. Received Victory Medal territory. Was picked up by French Underground and Army of Occupation (Japan) medal. and eventually returned through the American Melvin Ronald Colman. U.S. Navy. Enlisted July lines. Discharged: Chanute Field, Ill., October 26, 1, 1959, at Columbus, Ohio. Trained at Great Lakes 1945. Rank: technical sergeant. Medals and ribbons Naval Training Station. Served on U.S.S. Guardian received: Ameribbon with three bronze stars; A.G.R.L. Discharged March 11, 1963. distinguished Unit Badge; Purple Heart; Air Rex Leon Colman. U.S. Army. Inducted August Medal; two Oak Leaf Clusters; also a piece of flack, 8, 1957. Trained: Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., and taken from his eye. Fort Gordon, Ga. Stationed with 24th Infantry Robert Gerald Chapman, Jr. U.S. Air Force. Division at Munich, Germany, for eighteen months. Enlisted: Chicago, Ill., in 1966. Trained: Chanute Discharged as specialist 4th class May 8, 1959, from Air Force Base, Ill. Service: Oklahoma City, Okla., Fort Sheridan, Ill. and Ubon R.T.A.F. Base, Thailand. Discharged: Robert Lee Colman. U.S. Artillery. Enlisted Travis A.F.B., Calif., August 2, 1970. Rank: March 5, 1942. Stationed in Okinawa one year. sergeant. Medals received: Commendation, Na After leave, sent to Camp Roberts, Calif., then to tional Defense, South Eastern Asian, Expert Korea; lost left eye, shrapnel. Army hospital, marksman. Japan, then Hawaii, then Valley Forge Hospital at SERVICE RECORDS 201 Pheonixville, Pa. Has Purple Heart, Korean and U.S. Expeditionary Force Medal. Service Medal. three Campaign Stars, United Wendel Decker. U.S. Army. Inducted by Nations Service medal. Discharged: Camp Carson, R.O.T.C. December, 1952, at Fort Lee, Va. Colo., March 5, 1952. Rank: private first class. Trained: Fort Lee, Va., and Michigan State Ronald J. Colman. U.S. Infantry. Enlisted: University. Service: Fort Lee and Korea. Dis Detroit, Mich., April 3, 1969. Trained: Fort Knox, charged: Fort Sheridan, Ill. Rank: first lieutenant. Ky.; Fort Polk, La. Service: Fort Campbell, Ky., Received Korean Service Medal. and Germany. Discharged: Fort Dix, N.J., March Edwin D. Doerges. U.S. Navy. Enlisted: 25, 1971. Rank: E. 4. Medals and ribbons received: Merced, Calif., March 27, 1951. Trained: basic at Good Conduct, National Defense, Expert M-14, San Diego; M.M. School at Great Lakes Naval Marksman M-16, Sharpshooter M-60. Training Station, Ill. Service: U .S.S. Bataan and Thomas D. Colman. U.S. Air Force. Inducted U.S.S. Yorktown; all in the Far East. Discharged: September 14, 1966. Trained: Fort Knox, Ky. Seattle, Wash., March 24, 1955. Rank: M.M.2. Special training: Fort Lewis, Wash., December 2, Medals and ribbons received: National Defense, 1966. Left for Viet Nam July 6, 1967. Arrived Can U.N. Korea, Good Conduct, Presidential, Citation Tho in the Delta July 29. Transferred to Da Nang China Service. in 1968. Left for the U.S.A. July 4, 1968. Dis Elden S. Engler. U.S. Navy. Enlisted: Detroit, charged September, 1968. September 9, 1960. Trained: Great Lakes Naval Willard H. Colman. U.S. Navy. Enlisted Novem Training Station. Service: U.S.S. Pennsylvania. ber 9, 1943. Trained at Great Lakes Naval Station. Was located at Naples, Italy. Discharged January Served on U.S.S. Satterlee, P.T. 626. Rank: ship's 26, 1966, at Naval Station in Philadelphia. Medal cook, 3rd class. Was in D-Day landing. Touched received: Good Conduct. nearly every port in the Atlantic and Pacific. Larry Enos. U.S. Navy. Enlisted December 27, Discharged May 15, 1946. 1962. Boot training: Great Lakes Naval Training David Charles Coyle. U.S. Coast Guard. Enlisted Station and at San Diego, Calif.; specialized in March 5, 1963, at Fresno, Calif. Trained: Alameda diesel engines. Served at the U.S. Naval Sub and Treasure Island, Calif. Service: U.S. Coast marine Base, New London, Conn. Tour of duty: Guard Cutter Taney. Discharged March 5, 1967, at U.S.S. Fulton (AS-11). Place of separation: New Alameda, Calif. Rank: E.T.2. Received Good London, December 17, 1966. Discharged December Conduct Medal. 27, 1968. Rank: ensign third class. Received the Kenneth Sterling Coyle. U.S. Navy. Enlisted: National Defense Service Medal. San Francisco, August, 1951. Trained: Memphis, Charles R. Fenton. U.S. Navy. Enlisted: Tampa, Tenn. Service: Japan, China, Philippines and Fla., 1950. Trained: Great Lakes Naval Training Mariannas. Discharged August, 1955, at San Station, Ill. Service: Japan and Pacific Theatre. Francisco. Rank: airman. Several medals received. Discharged: Brookland Navy Yards, 1954. Rank: Gene Stewart Davis. National Guard, Infantry. engineer third class. Received the National Enlisted March 3, 1941, at Woodland, Calif. Defense Service Medal. Trained: Camp San Luis, Calif., Fort Leonard Clyde Vincent Fenton (2). U.S. Air Force. Wood, Mo. Service: England, France and Belgium. Enlisted March, 1946. Trained at Sheppard Field, Discharged: Camp Beals, Calif., October 13, 1945. Tex. Service: Sheppard Field, Lowry Air Force Rank: technical sergeant. Medals and ribbons Base; Keesler Field, Miss. Discharged at Keesler received: Purple Heart, European Theatre, and Field, Miss., September, 1947. Rank: sergeant. American Defense. Leslie H. Finn. U.S. Army. Enlisted January, John Hart Davis. U.S. Navy. Enlisted August, 1943. Trained: Camp Grant. Went overseas in 1967, at Oakland, Calif. Trained: San Diego, Calif. February, 1944. Discharged November 24, 1945. Service: Viet Nam, one year; Puerto Rico. two Rank: technical sergeant fourth grade in 521st years. Rank: gunner's mate, second class. Dis Ordinance Company of Patton's 3rd Army in the charged July, 1971. Medals and ribbons received: European Theatre. Discharged: Indian Town Gap, National Defense, Purple Heart, Viet Nam Cam Penn. Medals and ribbons received: Good Conduct, paign, Viet Nam Service, Naval Unit Commenda American Campaign, European African, Middle tion, Combat Action ribbon and Expert Rifle Eastern medal with five stars, World War II ribbon. Victory medal and Sharpshooters medal. Dee Decker. U.S. Army. Inducted at Camp Norman B. Fuller, Jr. U.S. Navy. Enlisted: Custer, Battle Creek, Mich., 1918. Trained: Camp Rochester, N.Y., in January, 1959. Basic training Custer and Waco, Tex. Served with Army of at Great Lakes Naval Training Station. Service: Occupation in Germany and France. Discharged ?. one year shore duty at Clarksville Naval Station; Rank: corporal. Received European Theatre Medal U.S.S. Gearing, destroyer out of Clarkston, S.C.; 202 THE HART FAMILY U.S.S. Noah out of Mayport, Fla.; U.S.S. Enhance, Fort Sill, Okla. Service: Fort Polk, Fort Sill and Mine Sweeper out of Long Beach, Calif.; and Korea. Discharged August 25, 1965, at Fort Sill. U .S.S. Lucid, also out of Long Beach. While on Rank: private first class. Received a Good Conduct board ship he was in Okinawa, Guam, Midway, medal. Hawaii, Japan, China, Hong Kong and Korea. Don Hart. U.S. Army. Enlisted at Hollister, Discharged December, 1964. Rank: pay grade Calif., in 1967. Served Viet Nam with the 526th ensign third class. Received Good Conduct medal. Engineering Detachment. Discharged in 1968. Marvin Henry Gerdts. U.S. Infantry. Enlisted Elihu Hart. Continental Army. American Colon R.O.T.C. at Davis, Calif., May 21, 1957. Trained: ies. Enlisted in 1776 in Captain Selah Heart's 3rd Fort Benning, Ga. Service: Fort Benning, Fort Ord · Company Connecticut line. Marched with regiment and Fresno, Calif. Discharged: Fresno, July, 1965. to Boston. Discharged in March, 1776. Rank: Rank: captain. private. · Walter Good. U.S. Air Force. Enlisted: Spokane, George Jay Hart. U.S. Navy. Enlisted in July, Wash., August, 1957. Trained: San Antonio, Tex. 1959. Trained at San Diego, Calif. Service: Norfolk, Served: Wichita, Kan., Okinawa: Philippines, and Va., Mediterranean, and Carribean. Discharged Marquette, Mich. Discharged April, 1963. Rank: July, 1963, at Norfolk, Va. Rank: radioman second airman second class. class. Medals received: Good Conduct and Marks Daniel Joe Goodpaster. U.S. Navy. Enlisted in manship medals. Miami, Fla. Trained: Orlando, Fla., and Dam Neck, Hildred Jay Hart. R.O. T.C. four years, Michigan Va. Service: Charleston, S.C. As of June 23, 1972, State University, 1923-1927. Maintained training he was still in service. schedule: first five years as second lieutenant and Samuel E. Graf (2). U.S. Army. Inducted: Fort second five years as first lieutenant. Lewis, Wash., August 9, 1943. Trained: Fort James Newell Hart. U.S. Navy. Volunteered Knox, Ky., and Camp Chaffee, Ark. Service: Fort June 11, 1958. Trained at Great Lakes Naval Knox as Cadre in medium tank driving; Luxem Training Station, Chicago, Ill. Service: hospital burg, Belgium and Germany. Tank driver in corpsman at Navy Hospital in Philadelphia for 15 General Patton's third Army. Discharged April 26, months; hospital corpsman on Island of Guam for 14 1946, at Fort Lewis. Rank: technician third class. months. Separation from service at San Francisco Medals and ribbons received: American Theatre June 22, 1961. Rank: hospital corpsman. Service, European African Middle Eastern Service Lee Edward (Hart) Ross. U.S. Air Force. (with three battle stars), Victory medal and Good National Guard 6 years. Enlisted in the Air Force Conduct medal. at Lansing, Mich., February 26, 1971. Trained in Leroy Lee Hagerty. U.S. Army. Enlisted: aviation electronics at Fort Knox. Received a grade Columbus, Miss., March 29, 1948. Shipped from of 97% in all subjects. Did service at Fort Gordon, Fort Lawton, Seattle, Wash., July, 1948, to Japan Ga. Stood third in his class in electronics. In and Korea. Overseas two years, eleven months and September, 1971, he was transferred to Fort Sill, eighteen days. Wounded by shrapnel in Korea in Okla. Discharged in 1975. September, 1950. Discharged at Camp Atterbury, Lemuel Jay Hart. U.S. Army. Enlisted June 16, Ind., September 18, 1952. Medals and ribbons 1898. Trained at Chickamauga Park, Tenn. Served received: Purple Heart, Silver Star, Bronze Star, eleven months in the Army of Occupation in Cuba; Korean Sigman Rhee medal with three Battle following the Spanish American War. Discharged Stars, Japanese Occupation ribbon and Combat from service by reason of "Muster - out of the Infantry badge. regiment" at Savannah, Ga., May 17, 1899. Rank: Albert Smith Hart. Son of Albert Henry Hart private. and Sarah Smith. Union Army, Civil War. Enlisted Nellie I. Renegar Hart. U.S. Navy, Waves. September 14, 1861, at Flint, Mich. Outfit: Enlisted October, 1944, at Birmingham, Ala. Company B, First Regiment Michigan Engineers Trained: Smith College, Northampton, Mass. and Mechanics. Rank: fifer. Died March 20, 1862, Service: Washington, D.C. Discharged: Washing hospital, Nashville, Tenn. Cause of death: typhoid ton, D.C., April, 1946. Received the Navy Unit fever. Citation. Atwood Roy Hart. U.S. See-Bees with Marine Rodney Earl Hart. U.S. Army. Enlisted at Comando Training; attached to the 7th Fleet. Columbus, Ohio, June 8, 1962. Trained: basic at Inducted at Abilene, Tex., in 1948. Trained at Fort Knox, Ky.; special training at Fort Buckner, Camp Perry, Va.; Rhode Island; Beloxi, Miss.; and Ala. Aviation training also at Fort Eustis, Va. at Port Wynmie, Calif. Served in the South Pacific. Service: Panama Canal Zone and Fort Eustis, Va. Rank: chief petty officer. Discharged at Norman, Discharged: Fort Eustis, June 7, 1968. Rank: Okla., in 1945. Received Good Conduct medal and specialist fifth class. Received the Good Conduct Three Bronze Stars. medal. CharlesT. Hart. U.S. Army. Drafted August 28, Ronald Jay Hart. U.S. Army. Volunteered for 1963, at Dallas, Tex. Trained at Fort Polk, La., and draft August 25, 1953. Basic training: Fort SERVICE RECORDS 203 Campbell, Ky. First year, including basic at Fort received: Good Conduct and Service medal. The Campbell, he was with the Air Borne Unit. Battery latter with three Bronze Stars. aid man at SuWan, Korea, for eleven months. Ray Eugene Hoard. U.S. Army. Enlisted Discharged June 22, 1955, at Fort Sheridan, Ill. December 2, 1965, at Detroit. Trained: Fort Knox, Rank: private first class. Operated as a medic all of Ky. Service: Fort Riley, Kan.; Fort Benning, Ga.; the time he was in Korea. Medals received were and Viet Nam. Place of separation: Fort Benning, National Defense Service Medal, United Nations November 29, 1968. Rank: specialist fifth class. Service Medal and Korean Service ribbon. Medals and ribbons received: Good Conduct, Viet Roy Leon Hart. U.S. Army. Drafted January 15, Nam Campaign, Service Certificate and National 1969, at Santa Barbara, Calif. Trained at Fort Ord, Defense ribbons. Calif. Served at Cam Ranh Bay, Viet Nam, truck Richard Earl Hoard. U.S. Army. Enlisted: Fort convoy driver. Discharged August 19, 1970. Wayne, Detroit, Mich., June 22, 1957. Trained: Deacon Stephen Hart. American Colonies. Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. Served: Fort Eustis, Va.; Listed by the American Genealogical Research Camp Leroy Johnson, New Orleans; and Granit Institute, Washington, D.C., in "The Hart Family" City Engineers Supply Depot, Ill. Discharged: Fort as "veteran of the Pequot War." Eustis, December 1, 1957. Rank: specialist fourth Captain Thomas Hart. American Colonies, 1678. class. Received Expert Rifleman medal. He was made ensign by the General Court of Elbert Eudorice Hollister. U.S. Army. Enlisted: Farmington, Conn., May, 1678. A lieutenant in Fort Ord, Calif., in May, 1956. Trained: Fitz 1693 and captain in May, 1695. This writer simmons Army Hospital. Service: William Beau concludes that this person was an officer in an mont Army Hospital. Discharged July, 1962, from organization simular to our present day National William Beaumont. Rank: captain. Received letters Guard. He died in 1726 and was buried with of commendation. military honors. John Selby Homer. U.S. Air Force. Enlisted in William Alwyn Hart. U.S. Navy. Enlisted: San Detroit in 1962. Trained at Denver, Colo. Served in Francisco, 1942. Trained: Oakland, Calif., NAS Okinawa, discharged from Okinawa in 1966. Rank: Moffett Field, Calif. Service: Espirita Santos, Lion airman second class. One, New Hebrides and Busanda, Washington, Fred Hornung. Michigan National Guard. Joined D.C. Discharged: Washington, D.C., 1946. Rank: in 1951. Discharged in 1959 at Flint, Mich. Rank: lieutenant commander. Medals and ribbons re specialist fourth class. ceived: Navy Letter of Commendation from John A. Horwath. U.S. Army. Inducted August Admiral Nimitz and accompanying ribbon, also 7, 1963. Trained: Fort Jackson, S.C., and Fort Theatre ribbons. Polk, La. Was on duty in the Detroit, Mich., riots William Hugh Hart. U.S. Navy. Enlisted at July, 1967. Discharged May 1969. Rank: corporal. Missoula, Mont., January, 1941.. Trained: San Alvin John Scott Houghtaling. U.S. Navy. En Diego Naval Training Station. Served: South listed: Saginaw, August 18, 1969. Trained: Great Pacific, North Atlantic and took part in the Lakes Naval Training Station. Service to date: invasion of France and of New Guinea. Discharged Millington, Tenn., clerk in shore patrol unit. at New Orleans, La. Received a citation from William Leroy Houghtaling. U _s. Army Re General Eisenhower. serves. Enlisted in Saginaw, Mich., in 1955. Clayton Henry Hermann. U.S. Air Force. Trained: Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. Service: Fort Enlisted January 5, 1940, at Schnectady, N.Y. Jackson, S.C.; Cam McCoy, Wisc.; Fort Eustis, Trained at Hickam Field, Hawaii. Served: Pearl Va.; Fort Sill, Okla.; Fort Dix, N.J.; and Germany. Harbor and Canton Island, South Pacific. Dis Discharged in Germany in 1962. Reenlisted into Air charged September 14, 1945. Rank: technical Force at Selfridge Field, Mich., in the helicopter sergeant. He received the Good Conduct medal and rescue division. Rank in the army: specialist third the Silver Star for Pearl Harbor. class. A. E. Hoard. U.S. Marines. Drafted: Detroit, Bruce Charles Johnson. U.S. Army. Enlisted Mich., January 8, 1952. Boot training: San Diego, August 18, 1961, at Rochester, N.Y. Trained: Fort Calif., Cooks School at Camp Persidio, San Dix and Fort Sam Houston, Tex_; and Walter Reed Francisco. Service: Camp Pendelton, Calif., 29 Hospital, Washington, D.C. Service: Fort Knox, Palms Artillery Range, Calif. Discharged January Ky., and as a research volunteer at Edgewood 7, 1954, at Camp Delmar, Calif. Rank: corporal. Arsenal, Md. Discharged: Fort Knox, August 17, Medals received: Good Conduct and Sharpshoot 1964. Rank: specialist E. 4. He received a citation ers. for "service above and beyond the call of duty." Jimmie Gene Hoard. U.S. Army. 8th Field John Charles Kincaid. U.S_ Air Force. Enlisted Artillery, 25th Division. Enlisted: Millington, December, 1950. Trained: Lackland Air Force Mich., April 4, 1948. Trained: Fort Knox, Ky. Base, Tex.; Chanute Field, Ill.; and Sheppard Service: Japan and Korea. Discharged: Camp Car Field, Tex. Service: Walker Air Force Base, son, October 8, 1951. Rank: sergeant. Medals Boswell, N.M. From there, all over in a B50 204 THE HART FAMILY Bomber. Rank: staff sergeant. Received Good corporal. Medals received: Service, Sharpshooters, Conduct and Commendation medals and Foreign also three other medals which this writer could not Combat ribbon. identify. Date of discharge unknown. John Farran Kirk. U.S. Army. Enlisted: Miami, Jesse James McDonnell. U.S. Navy Reserve Fla., December 29, 1969. Trained: Fort Gordon, Force, World War I. Enlisted: Detroit, Mich., May Ga., and Fort Jackson, S.C. Service: Alaska. He 21, 1918. Trained: Great Lakes Naval Training expects to be there until Feburary, 1971. Rank: Station, Ill. Served in the North Sea. Discharged private first class. He was discharged December August 27, 1924, at Great Lakes Station. Rank: 29, 1972. seaman second class. Medals received: Victory and Irving Krebs. U.S. Army. Inducted at Fort Atlantic Fleet. Jessee served on the U.S.S. Wayne, Detroit, Mich., December 12, 1950. Arkansas (Flag Ship); part of the Grand Fleet Trained: Fort Campbell, Ky., and Fort Bragg, N.C. under the command of Rear Admiral Hugh Service: Fort Campbell and Camp Drum, N.Y. Rodman. The Arkansas received the surrender of Discharged: Fort Ca,mpbell. Rank: corporal. the German Fleet at the Firth of Forth, in the Eugene Charles· Kwaiser. U.S. Air Force. North Sea. Jesse saw the German Fleet scuttled at Enlisted in N.Y. August 17, 1954. Trained: Samp the Shetland Islands. son Air Force Base, N.Y. Served in Germany and Raleigh McGlone. U.S. Army. Enlisted at Fort France. Discharged February 22, 1958. Rank: Knox August, 1941. Trained at Fort Bliss, Tex. A/IC. Medals received: Good Conduct and Nation Served in Japan. Discharged December, 1947, at al Defense. Camp Stone, Calif. Rank: private first class. Thomas Warren Laude. U.S. National Guard. Medals received: the usual service awards. Enlisted: Saginaw, Mich., February 13, 1970. Robert C. McGregor. U.S. Army. Drafted: Fort Trained: Fort Polk, La.; also at the Armory in Wayne, Detroit November 15, 1950. Trained: Fort Saginaw. Leonard Wood, Mo., and Camp Beal, Calif. Donavon G. Laugavits. U.S. Army. Enlisted at Service: Korea. Discharged November, 1952, at Flint, Mich., April, 1956. Trained: Fort Knox, Ky., Camp McCoy, Wisc. Rank: seaman first class. and Huntsville, Ala. Discharged: Huntsville in Medals and ribbons received: U.N. Korean service March, 1961. Rank: specialist fourth class. Re ribbon and U.S. Korean ribbon, two stars. ceived the usual medals and ribbons for his rank James Derrill Millett. U.S. Navy. Enlisted: San and area of service. Francisco, Calif., July, 1953. Trained: Officers William G. Lennox. U.S. Army. Drafted Novem Cadet School (O.S.C.), Newport, Rhode Island. ber 13, 1942. To Fort Custer, Mich.; to Camp Service: Japan, Korea, Okinawa and Furmosa. Crowder, Mo. Trained as wire chief. May 22, 1943, Discharged: San Francisco June, 1956. Rank: left San Francisco for Hawaii, Australia and New lieutenant junior grade. Received the Korean and Guinea; later to Philippines, Mindanao, Leyte and China Service medals. Mindora, arctic route, Japan to Seattle, Wash. James Moffet. U.S. Marine Corps. Enlisted: Discharged: Fort Sheridan, Ill., December 17, Gross Ile, Mich., February 18, 1953. Trained: Paris 1945. Overseas two years, six months and nineteen Island, S.C. Served: Gross Ile, Mich., and Cherry days. Rank: sergeant. Medals and ribbons re Point, N.C. Discharged August 11, 1955, at Cherry ceived: Victory; Asiatic Pacific Theatre; two Point. Rank: corporal. Medals received: Expert Bronze Stars, Bronze Service Arrowhead; Philip Rifleman and Good Conduct. pines Liberation ribbon with two Bronze Stars, five John Charles Myers. U.S. Air Force. Enlisted: overseas service bars; one service stripe; Good Milwaukee, Wisc., in 1968. Trained: Lackland Air Conduct and Meritorious unit award. Force Base, Tex. Served: San Antonio, Tex.; Kenneth C. Long. U.S. Army. Drafted October Saigon, Viet Nam; Silver Creek, Nev. Discharged: 6, 1967. Trained: Fort Knox, Ky., and Fort Offutt, Neb., April 15, 1972. Rank: sergeant. He Leonard Wood, Mo. He went A.W.O.L. from Fort received the Viet Nam Service Ribbon, Good Knox. He was returned to Fort Leonard Wood to Conduct medal, Outstanding Unit medal and Air serve his sentence and to complete his training. Force Commendation. Thomas B. Loranger, Jr. U.S. Army Air Force. John Elmer Myers. U.S. Air Force. Enlisted Enlisted January 25, 1956. Trained: Lackland Air September 14, 1943. Discharged March 14, 1946. Force Base, San Antonio, Tex.; and Francis E. Rank: sergeant. Warren Air Force Base, Cheyenne, Wyo. Service: Delmar Elwyn Newman. U.S. Air Force. Raney Air Force Base, Puerto Rico. Discharged Enlisted: Detroit, Mich., in 1950. Trained: Lack December 14, 1959, in S.C. Rank: airman second land Air Force Base, Tex., and Chicago, Ill. class. Received a Good Conduct medal. Service: Victoria, Tex., and Enid, Okla. Dis Arthur Rae McClay. U.S. Infantry, Company B; charged: Foster Air Force Base, December 10, 8th regiment, Calif.; U.S. Volunteers. Enlisted at 1954. Rank: airman first class. Recieved a Good Camp Barrett, Fruitville, Calif., July 6, 1898. Conduct medal. Served: Persidio and San Francisco. Rank: Laverne C. Newman. U.S. National Guard SERVICE RECORDS 205 (Army Active Duty), June 22, 1954. Trained: Fort Tom C. B. Ratliff. U.S. Marines. Enlisted: San Leonard Wood, Mo., and Fort Sill, Okla. Service: Francisco February, 1956. Trained: San Diego Germany. Discharged at Fort Riley, Kan. Rank: Marine Corp. Depot. Service: Camp Pendleton, specialist fourth class. later assigned to Princeton Aircraft Carrier. Verl Russell Newman. U.S. Army Signal Corps. Served in Far East. Discharged in 1959. Medals Drafted September 5, 1946. Basic training: Ala. received: was chosen as part of the honor guard on Service: Japan and Korea. Discharged May, 1947, the Princeton (had to be over six feet tall). Rank: in San Francisco. Rank: corporal. corporal. Wayne D. Newman. U.S. Army. Drafted: Flint, Junior Clayton Rize. U.S. Marine Corps, 1945 to Mich., January, 1958. Trained: Fort Knox, Ky. 1947, on U.S.S. Lewis W. Hill. No further record. Stationed: Reginsburg, Germany. Discharged: Joined the Air National Guard in 1948. Transferred Chicago, Ill., December 20, 1959. Rank: private to regular duty. Was sent to Luke Air Force Base, first class. Ariz., in January, 1951. All his time spent at the Dale F. Palmer. U.S. Army. Enlisted August 1, base. Discharged in July, 1952. Rank: staff 1966. Trained: Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., and Fort sergeant. Lee, Va. Service: Viet Nam and Fort Bragg, N.C. Dennis George Rosencrants. U.S. Navy. En At this writing he is a sergeant at Fort Bragg. listed September 24, 1968, at Saginaw, Mich. Milton C. Palmer. U.S. Army Engineers Corps. Trained: Great Lakes Naval Training Station, Ill. Served in World War II in the Burma-Indian Assigned to U.S.S. Navarro March 29, 1969. Theatre helping build the Ledo Road to connect Service: San Diego and Long Beach, Calif. Rank: with the famous Burma Road. Date of discharge ship's steward. Discharged February 5, 1971, at and rank unknown. Treasure Island, San Francisco, Calif. Charles E. Paulson. U.S. Navy (Air Branch). Kenneth Rosencrants. U.S. Army. Inducted: Enlisted May 2, 1958. Trained: Great Lakes Naval Fort Sheridan, Ill. Trained: Camp Robertson, Training Station and at Norman, Okla. Service: Little Rock, Ark. Service: Army of Occupation Memphis, Tenn., and Naval Station Quanset Port. April, 1945, to May, 1946. Regular army June, Discharged May 1, 1962, at McQuire Air Force 1946, to August, 1947. Two trips to Japan. Dis Base. Discharged early, hardship at home. Rank: charged August 15, 1947, at Fort Lawton, Wash. machinist second class, hydraulic aviation. Medals Rank: technician .fourth class. Medals received: received: Good Conduct, Air Crew and Wings. Asiatic Pacific Theatre ribbon, Victory medal Donald Eugene Pelton. California National World War II, Occupation medal (Japan). Guards, 1964 to 1970. Ronald Schacher. U.S. Air Force. Enlisted: Robert Edward Perkins. U.S. Navy. Enlisted Flint, Mich., June 3, 1969. Training: Lackland Air September 24, 1948, at Bradenton, Fla. Trained: Force Base, Tex. Graduated from technical school San Diego, Calif. Served: Pearl Harbor. Dis at Chanute Air Force Base, Ill., in the field of charged: San Francisco September 15, 1952. Rank: missile electrical maintenance. Service: Warner technician third class. Received the Good Conduct Robbins Air Force Base, Ga. medal. Enlisted in the Air Force at Bradenton, Werner Otto Schroeder. U.S. Army. Drafted Fla., January 28, 1953. No training required September, 1942, at Monterey, Calif. Had all of his because of prior service. Serving in Okinawa, this training, service and discharge at Monterey. date. Has received the Good Conduct and South Discharged April, 1944, with a rank of corporal. East Asia and Longevity medals. Charles William Selby. Minnesota National Everett Podgers. U.S. Marines. Enlisted: De Guard. Joined National Guard in January, 1967; troit, Mich., January 8, 1944. Trained: San Diego, while he was a student at the University of Calif. Service: Pacific area. Discharged: Great Minnesota, Minneapolis. Lakes Naval Training Center, Ill., December 7, John Frederick Selby. U.S. Army. Drafted 1945. Rank: corporal. Medals and ribbons received: March 9, 1967, in Eaton County. Trained: Fort Battle Action, Volcanic Islands, low Jima, one Knox, Ky., and Fort Jackson, S.C. Serving in Viet Battle Star, Presidental Citation, Good Conduct, Nam, this date (March 4, 1968). Rifle Marksmanship and Bayonet Expert. See Robert Raymond Silvera. U.S. Air Force. personal story for battle of Iwo Jima. No wounds. Drafted: Camp Beal, Calif., August 23, 1945. Royce Ramsey. U.S. Army. Drafted March 25, Trained: Sheperd Field, Tex.; Scott and Chanute 1968, at Nashville, Tenn. Trained: Fort Campbell, Fields, Ill. Service: Keesler Field, Miss. Dis Ky. Air training with infantry at Fort Polk, La. charged: Camp Beal October, 1946: Rank: private. Service: Due-Pho, South Viet Nam. Discharged: Raymond B. Shaw. U.S. Marines. Enlisted: Fort Campbell, Ky. Rank: sergeant. Medals Saginaw, Mich., October 29, 1947. Trained: Parris received: army accommodation, two Bronze Stars, Island, S.C., and Camp Lajuene, N.C. Service: Viet Nam Campaign medals, Air medal, Good Eltoro, Calif.; Iwprum, Japan; Viet Nam; Korea; Conduct medal and a 60-day service medal, also Okinawa, Toledo, Ohio; Canton, Ohio. His retire two Purple Hearts. ment started at Camp Lejuene, N.C., April 30, 206 THE HART FAMILY 1971. Rank: the Marine Department wrote me that Camp Lejuene, N.C.; aviation school at Jackson he retired as a sergeant-major. Raymond, himself, ville, Fla.; metalsmith school at Memphis, Tenn.; says that he is a master gunner sergeant. He adds and paratrooper school at Fort Bragg, N.C. that this is a rank similar to that of sergeant-major. Service: Cherry Point, N .C. Discharged: Cherry Medals and ribbons received: Good Conduct, Point July 25, 1959. Rank: sergeant. Medals Presidential unit citation, Viet Nam Service medal, received: Good Conduct, National Defense, Sharp United Nations Service, Korean Service, Korean shooter, expert rifle and pistol, also wings for Presidential unit citation, Navy occupation, Navy fifty-five parachute jumps. unit citation, Viet Nam medal, Combat Action Marvin H. Trier. U.S. Army. Enlisted October 9, ribbon and Navy Achievement. 1942. Trained in the ordinance department at Camp Gene Frederick Smith. Took R.O.T.C. at Pots Adair and Camp White, Ore. Served: Rhineland, dam College in N.Y. Drafted as R.O.T.C. second Northern France, Normandy, Ardennes and Cen lieutenant at Fort Belvoir, Md., June, 1951. tral Europe. Medals and ribbons received: Victory, Worked as engineer on air strip in Korea. Good Conduct, Meritorious Unit, Silver Battle Discharged: Indiantown Gap Military Reserve Star, European African American Theatre ribbon, April, 1953, with a grade of first lieutenant. Middle East Theatre ribbon and four overseas Received Korea Theatre Campaign Ribbon with service bars. three Battle Stars, also U.N. Campaign ribbon. Norman Loren VanCleve. U.S. Army (22nd Field Ronald B. Stange. U.S. Army. Inducted Septem Artillery, 20th Infantry Division). Drafted June 15, ber 20, 1958. Trained: Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., 1958. Trained: Fort Benning, Ga., and Camp for six months. Active reserve until September 20, Chaffee, Ark. Spent nineteen months in Panama. 1962. Discharged June 4, 1966. Discharged June 14, 1960. Rank: private first class. Luther Stewart. U.S. Army. Inducted January Followed by three years of Army Reserve. 19, 1962. Trained at Fort Knox, Ky. Served at Fort Roger William VanCleve. U.S. Army. Drafted Benning, Ga., in the personnel offices. Discharged October 26, 1961. Trained: Fort Knox, Ky., and December 4, 1962. Camp Chaffee, Ark. Spent thirteen months in Ella Jane Thurston. Marine Corps. Enlisted June Germany. Discharged October 26, 1963. Rank: 22, 1943, at Buffalo, N. Y. Trained: Cherry Point, specialist fourth class. N.C. Service: Cherry Point and Miramar, Calif. Aaron Baker White. First sergeant in Company Discharged: Miramar, Calif, August 11, 1945. A, Eleventh Mich., infantry. No additional inform Rank: staff sergeant. ation at this writing. Silas Rawson Thurston. U.S. Army. Enlisted at Harvey Delaine Wool. U.S. Artillery, Head Albany, N.Y., in 1826. Deserted June 24, while on quarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 2nd Artillery. the march from Albany to Buffalo. He was declared Drafted November 22, 1966, at San Jose, Calif. legally dead October 15, 1885-thirteen years after Trained: Fort Sam Houston, Tex., and Fort his actual death. Washington. Served: Baumholder and Bod Krey Lawrence William Tobia. U.S. Marine Corps. nach, Germany. Discharged November 4, 1968. Enlisted: Rochester, N.Y., in July, 1955. Boot Rank: specialist fourth class. training at Parris Island, S.C. Combat training: Wedding Bells One of the characteristics of the Lovira Hart "January 4, 1900. Special. Mr. and Mrs. George Family seems to be that of longevity. Starting in Hart, prominent residents of Mr. Morris Township 1850 and carrying on through to the present day, have just celebrated their golden wedding anniver we find 22 marriages in which the participants sary. Guests were present from Rochester, N.Y., either did or could have celebrated a golden and Benton Harbor and Highland, Mich. Mr. Hart wedding anniversary. Out of the 738 direct was a resident of Michigan since 1836; Mrs. Hart descendants of Lovira Hart, Sr., including chil since 1837." dren, we find 50 persons who passed their 70th Henry Irwin Hart and Mayme Althemon Snyder. birthday, 20 who passed their 80th, six who passed Married January 15, 1899. Mayme died December their 90th, two who passed their 95th, and one 28, 1962. Married 63 years. passed the 100th birthday. Following is a list of Hildred Jay Hart and Naomi P. Welch. Married those couples who passed their golden wedding December 25, 1926. Both are still living at this anniversary; along with the vital statistics and such writing. They celebrated their golden wedding other information as is available. anniversary on Sunday, January 9, 1977, with an Bretice Lora Baldwin and Arthur Erwin Graves. open house. Plans for the open house were made by Married November 30, 1911. Arthur died January Ronald and Julia Hart, Harold and Eileen Miholer, 24, 1965. Married 53 years. Following are quotes Carl and Eleanor Slaymaker and Clare and Dorothy from a letter this writer recently received from Waldo; friends of the honored couple. The event Bretice. was held in the church house of the First Baptist "We had been on vacation in Florida and Church in Three Rivers, Mich. Over two hundred Georgia. We made plans to be on the way home and guests offered their congratulations during the to be in New Orleans for our golden wedding afternoon. Guests were present from Michigan and anniversary. We arrived in New Orleans at the Indiana. They came from as far north as Alpena Jung Hotel on Canal Street late in the afternoon of and as far south as Bloomington, Ind. We saw the day before; just as a cold northern hit. We had people we hadn't seen for over 30 years. It was a made plans to spend our golden wedding day sight joyous event. seeing, but the weather was so cold and windy that Isaac Barber Hart and Helen Julia Cottle. Mar we spent the day shopping, and enjoying Southern ried November 17, 1869. Isaac died May 2, 1922. meals. The next day we left, traveling towards Married 52 years. home; thankful that we had celebrated our golden Julia Lovira Hart and Aaron Baker White. wedding in that way." Married November 9, 1865. Julia died January 7, Etta Baldwin and Robert Roland Fenton. 1920. Married 55 years. Married November 1, 1900. Robert died August 28, Lora Elizabeth Hart and Elijah Baldwin. Married 1959. Married 59 years. A news clipping from the May 3, 1862. Elijah died January 21, 1916. Married Tonica, Illinois, News, in the form of a letter from 53 years. Etta: "The children wanted an open house but we Lemuel Jay Hart and Esther Maria Ashe. settled for a family dinner. There were twenty-five Married September 4, 1901. Esther died November of us who had a seafood dinner across the river at 27, 1959. Married 58 years. Quotes from a news the Palmetto Pier. This is what they served: fish clipping from the Vassar Pioneer Times tells the chowder and crackers, cole slaw, fried fish, story. "More than 250 friends and relatives oysters, frog legs and pink shrimp, shoestring gathered at the Tuscola IO0F Hall, Saturday to potatoes and hushpuppies, cake with fruit pudding. congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Hart on their 50th All very delicious. There were two grandsons who wedding anniversary. They were married Septem couldn't be at the dinner. Elmer's son Charles and ber 4, 1901. In a brief skit, narrated by Newell Ruth's son Robert, both in the Navy. Robert is at Hart, the high-lights of their lives were reviewed Pearl Harbor and Charles at Great Lakes, taking with happiness and humor. Ted Hart's singing of boot training." 'Stout Hearted Men' recalled Jay Hart's days in the Ann Jeannette Hart and Leicester Johnson. Spanish American War. An old classroom, com Married 1861. Leicester died February 1, 1915. posed of: Jimmie 11; Bobbie 8; David 6; Roger 6; Married 54 years. and Steve 5. All of the grandchildren sang 'School George Hart and Margaret Elizabeth "Lib" Days." They were led by Mrs. Newell Hart in the Rone. Married January 1, 1850. George died role of teacher, to bring back the days of Esther January 18, 1915. Married 65 years. Quote from (Ashe) Hart's teaching. the Mt. Morris, Michigan, paper. "Upon his return from the Spanish American 207 208 THE HART FAMILY War, Mr. Hart hied off to the far north for the Married 67 years. A clipping from the Vassar logging camp; which was brought back to mind by Pioneer Times tells that the celebration of their the singing of 'Trees' rendered by a sextet made up 50th wedding anniversary was coupled with the of Miss Hazel Ashe, Mrs. Hildred Hart, Mr. and celebration of the 100th anniversary of the settle Mrs. Raymond Hart, Ted and Ronald Hart. The ment of the County of Tuscola. The celebration was carefree days of courtship were brought back by a held at the Village of Tuscola; the first white square dance set, made up of a group of friends, settlement in the county. Delana and Del were with Hildred Hart as caller. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond crowned queen and king of the centennial and were Hart's vivid interpretation of 'Put on Your Old given a seat of honor at all centennial functions. Gray Bonnet' brought forth many bursts of laugh This writer had a part in the centennial pageant ter. With the 'Lord's Prayer' sung by Ted Hart, and in the parade. blessing was asked for their continued happiness in William Orlando Hart and Rebecca Josephine the years to come." Chance. Married July 10, 1876. "Jose" died April Lemuel Parker Hart and Clarabell Rachel Hoyt. 28, 1930. Married 56 years. Quotes from a news Married December 25, 1874. Clarabell died clipping from the Mt. Morris paper. September 9, 1931. Married 56 years. Quotes from "Mt. Morris, July 10, 1926. An interesting event a news clipping are: "An unusual gathering took took place Saturday afternoon when Mr. and Mrs. place Christmas day at the farm home of Mr. and William Hart entertained 150 guests in the M. E. Mrs. Lemuel Hart, two miles from Tuscola Village Church parlors. The occasion being their 50th in Mich. Seventy-eight relatives (in spite of 9 anniversary. degrees below zero temperatures) responded to an "Mr. and Mrs. Hart were married in Tonica, Ill., invitation from their children to surprise their July 10, 1876, and came directly to Mt. Morris and parents and help celebrate their golden wedding. began housekeeping where the Lafferty Farm is "Lemuel and Clarabelle were united in marriage now located, west of the village. The land was on December 25, 1874, at McMinnville, Tenn.; but owned by Mr. Hart's uncle. They later moved to have spent their fifty years at their present home. the village and have lived for 42 years in the house Four of their five children and families were where they now reside. present: Mr. and Mrs. Jay Hart, Mr. and Mrs. "The history of Mt. Morris begins with the Hart James MacPherson, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Hart and family. In the year 1835 Albert Henry, uncle of Mr. and Mrs. George Hart. Mrs. Jesse Colman was William, with his wife and brother George, came ill and could not attend. The big surprise of the day from Mt. Morris, N.Y., and took up a section of was the arrival of Miss Susan Hoyt, sister of Mrs. land at the end of the wagon trail, running north Hart. Susan arrived from McMinville; bringing out of Flint." holly and mistletoe from the place of the first A double wedding. Two sisters marry two wedding. brothers. Edith Louise Newman and Delmar I. "A bounteous dinner was served. The tablecloths Allman; also Lola Newman and Clarence L. were heirlooms. One was spun and woven by Mr. Allman, were married March 6, 1926. All four are Hart's grandmother; the other from Clarabelle's still living at this writing. The following appeared own "Hope Chest." During the afternoon a niece, in the Saginaw, Mich., news on April 2, 1976. Ruth Selby of Lansing, Mich., appeared, wearing FOUR ALLMANS MARK ANNIVERSARY Mrs. Hart's wedding dress." "St. Cloud, Fla. Former Saginaw residents, Mr. Mary Jane (Hart) Lamson and Robert W. Shaw. and Mrs. Clarence Allman, now of St. Cloud and Married February 27, 1870. Robert died October 2, former Clio, Mich., residents, Dr. and Mrs. Delmar 1926. Married 56 years. Quotes from a news Allman, now of Corvallis, Ore., celebrated their clipping from Vassar, Mich., Pioneer Times. "A golden wedding anniversary recently with a golden wedding anniversary was celebrated at the luncheon at the St. Cloud Hotel. Clarence and Lola home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shaw on Thursday have eleven grandchildren and two great-grand afternoon. The principals are well known and have children. Delmar and Edith have eighteen grand resided in Tuscola Township many years. Their children and one great-grandchild. Clarence retired daughter and husband Mr. and Mrs. Edgar from the Chevrolet branch of General Motors, Bay Newman of Clio, were the only members of the City. Delmar is a retired professor from the phys immediate family who were present. The others ical education department of Oregon State Univer being prevented on account of sickness. A number sity." of the neighbors were also present and a very Manley Edgar Newman and Wilma Kittles. pleasant time was spent in listening to tales of 'long Married August 13, 1921. Both are still living at ago,' interspersed with music. A bountiful supper this writing (1977). Quotes from the Clio, Mich., was served and all felt it a great privilege to be weekly newspaper. They celebrated their golden present; as golden weddings are rare. We all wish wedding anniversary on Sunday, August 15, 1971. Mr. and Mrs. Shaw many more years of happiness." "The children of Mr. and Mrs. Manley Newman, Sarah Delana Hart and Emery Delroy Palmer. 10201 Clio Road, planned an open house on Sunday, Married May 5, 1875. Delana died May 23, 1937. August 15th; to celebrate the golden wedding WEDDING BELLS 209 anniversary of their parents. The event was held at $300.00. If the sets were unable to pick up a picture the Masonic Temple. Rev. A. T. Camburn from Detroit Station, he would have to return the officiated at the wedding on August 15th, 1921, at sets and the antenna at his own cost. The television the Methodist Episcopal parsonage in Clio. They sets and the antenna stayed in Flint and Palmer were attended by Mr. Newman's sister, Mrs. was in business. On another occasion he was Clarence Allman and by Mr. Harry Stuber, laughed to scorn when he predicted that people formerly of Clio. Mrs. Newman, formerly Wilma would, one day, be able to buy frozen dinners, take Kittles, a native of Sterling, Mich., graduated from them home and pop them into the oven and in a Sterling and Standish High School and from Arenac short time sit down to supper. Palmer pioneered in County Normal, taught at the Haley school near the sale and use of several other household items; Sterling for four years before coming to Flint, such as refrigerators, washers, vacuum sweepers where she taught one year. Later she taught at the and coffee makers. He was truly one of Flint's VanTyle, Thetford Center and Waldo schools in the pioneers in modern living." Clio area. Mr. Newman, a native of Birch Run, Clay Shaw and Alta May Rathbun. Married May Mich., attended the Butler school, then moved to 11, 1901. Alta died October 3, 1952. Married 51 Flint in 1909. He finished grade school at Dort and years. Quotes from a news clipping from the West later attended Baker Business University, followed Branch weekly paper. by two years in the Buick Motors accounting "Mr. and Mrs. Clay Shaw, Clear Lake's oldest department. He moved to the farm, two miles residents, celebrated their golden wedding anni south of Clio, in 1917, where he still resides. For 28 versary on Saturday, June 24, 1951, with a years he carried a rural mail route out of the Clio reception at the Foster Hall. Mrs. Shaw, who was post office, during which time he served several Alta Rathbun before her marriage, chose to wear years as secretary of the Genesee County Rural for the occasion a lovely gown of green and gold and Letter Carriers Association and two years as golden slippers. Her corsage was of yellow roses. secretary of the State Association. They have both Highlighting the day was the presentation to the been very active in community and church affairs; Shaws of a small tree decorated with money by as well as in a number of Fraternal organizations. their Clear Lake friends. The beautifully designed Since he retired from the mail service, Newman cake was cut by Mrs. Shaw, assisted by her hus has conducted an insurance and real estate band Clay. Mrs. Shaw's sister, Mrs. Mildred Nixon business from his home. and her daughter Lynn Stone came from Los "Four of their five children were in attendance at Angeles, Calif., especially for the gala occasion. the golden wedding festivities, they are: Mrs. John Also present were their sons Max and Rex and (Doris) Meyers of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.; Verl, their daughter Mrs. Pearl Matejovitz and Mrs. Laverne and Wayne of Clio. Delmar lives in Shaw's brothers Otis and Jay Rathbun. Mr. and Fairbanks, Alaska. There are also eighteen grand Mrs. Shaw have lived at Clear Lake for the past 25 children." years; are extremely grateful to everyone who Roy Townsend Palmer and Doris Parker. helped to make the occasion the grand success that Married November 5, 1921. Both are still living at it was." this writing (1977). Quotes from a news clipping Max R. Shaw and Florence May McLain. from the Flint Daily Journal. Married November 10, 1923. Both still living, this "Palmer, a native of Tuscola County, Mich., date. Married 53 years. married Doris Parker of Saginaw in November of George Albert Thurston and Ella Margaret 1921, at Court Street United Methodist Church. Austin. Married May 3, 1881. Ella died October 21, The couple have lived in Flint all their married life. 1924. Married 53 years. On December 31st, 1968, they both retired from Sarah Ann Thurston and Edwin Morgan Carroll. Palmer Appliance Company which they owned and Married November 23, 1861. Edwin died Septem operated for 35 years." ber 21, 1914. Married 52 years. From another news item. "Progress is 'Old Hat' Mildred Elizabeth White and Martin Amos to Roy T. Palmer. But it hasn't been easy. There Millett. Married October 5, 1924. Both still living, were those who said that the electric radio he was this date. Married 52 years. earnestly trying to sell them in the late 20's would blow up and burn the house down. A Detroit television wholesaler doubted Palmer's business flair, when in 1944 he ordered three television sets Marriages which lasted over thirty ----. After Palmer spent several hours trying to and under fifty years convince the man he was serious, they finally *Both still living at this writing. agreed to furnish Palmer with three sets-all Note: The numbers in parenthesis in this section 7-inch screens (a 10-inch screen was also available). are individual index numbers. The same number But there was one condition. He was told that he appears with that person's name in at least two would have to have a crew come to Flint and install other parts of this book. an antenna on the roof of the store-at a cost of Frank Earl Baldwin (253), m. Florence Mar- 210 THE HART FAMILY guerite Secrist, 8/19/1922. Frank died 4/18/1956; Nancy Hart (6), m. Silas Rawson Thurston, married 34 years. 11/9/1837. Silas died 9/4/1872; married 44 years. Herbert Eugene Baldwin (259), m. Alice Florian Nellie Hannah Hart (235), m. Frederick Newton Walker, 12/23/1933. "Gene" died 12/26/1968; Selby. 10/5/1897. Nellie died 12/4/1945; married married 35 years. 48 years. Waldo White Baldwin (252), m. Bessie E. *Newell Ashe Hart (47), m. Neva Mable Stinson, McCreary, 12/31/1924. Waldo died 12/16/1961; 12/28/1936; married 40 years. married 36 years. Orville Haven Hart (241), m. Margaret Johanna *Myron Nelson Colegrove (390), m. Hilda Corel. 6/16/1931. Margaret died 9/20/1971; mar Amanda Bennett, 9/28/1933; married 43 years. ried 40 years. Ivan J. Colman (50), m. Helena Maude Hoard, *Raymond Caley Hart (48), m. Martha Isabelle 4/18/1924. Helena died 8/15/1958; married 34 Latta, 9/14/1940: married 36 years. years. *Henry Hart Hoard (65), m. Juliana Comarami, *Leon H. Colman (52), m. Wilhelmena Catherine 6/1/1932; married 44 years. Hyslop, 9/29/1933; married 43 years. *Paul Eugene Hoard (67), m. Anna Louise Audrey Georgia Crout (393), m. Frank Fulton Pichner, 11/16/1940: married 36 years. Smith, 5/10/1929. Audrey died 6/9/1973; married Ralph Irving Hoard (63). m. Marguerite Hoard. 44 years. 5/12/1934. Ralph died 4/21/1973; married 38 Pauline Jeanette Crout (391), m. Basil Edward years. Page, 9/12/1926. Basil died 12/16/1970; married 46 *Ray "Stub" Hoard (66), m. Oleta Botimer, years. 7/4/1934; married 42 years. Clyde Vincent Fenton I (257), m. Elizabeth *Florence Delana Hughes (43), m. Cecil Parker, Hoffman, 7/31/1924. Clyde died 5/13/1959; mar 7/1/1937; married 39 years. ried 35 years. *Gertrude Hughes (44), rn. Torn Bernard Elmer Robert Fenton (256), m. Hope Constance Loranger, 5/30/1930; married 46 years. Quary, 11/22/1924. Elmer died 4/5/1968; married Dorothy Helen McClay (244), rn. Max Eugene 43 years. Kuehn, 6/1/1934. Max died 9/25/1968; married 34 *Leslie Henry Finn (82), m. Ruth Gunnell, years. 3/29/1941; married 36 years. *Florence Elizabeth McCiay (245), rn. Francis Alice Alma Hart (26), m. Alvin Eugene Hoard, John "Jack" Wool; 4/14/1932: married 45 years. 4/19/1898. "Gene" died 3/4/1936; married 36 *Russell E. Newman (35), m. Myrrtle May years. Kring, 3/16/1933; married 44 years. Alwyn Lewis Hart (222), m. Matilda Jane *Betty Jean Page (407), rn. Clayton Henry Mantis, 3/16/1907. Alwyn died 11/25/1954; mar Hermann, 6/19/1948; married 30 years. ried 38 years. Edward Lovira Palmer (18). rn. Mabel Town Annie Belle Hart (22), m. James McPherson, send, 4/22/1899. Mabel died 4/5/1948; married 48 11/13/1895. Annie died 1/6/1931; married 35 years. years. *Evelyn Mable Palmer (42), rn. William Donald Elsie Emeline Hart (23), m. Wesley Jesse Col Gratch, 5/10/1940; married 37 years. man, 12/25/1901. Elsie died 3/6/1947; married 46 Henry Russell Palmer (20), rn. Mena C. Dean, years. 12/9/1910. Henry died 9/17/1945; married 35 Esther Jane Hart (27), m. Loren VanCleve, years. 6/12/1905. Loren died 12/26/1942; married 37 Lillian Jeanette Palmer (19), m. John N. Hughes, years. 12/24/1903. John died 1/18/1950; married 47 Evelyn Hart (239), m. Hermann John Gerdts, years. 4/24/1931. Hermann died 12/28/1965; married 34 *Lester Edward Palmer (40), rn. Marie Anna years. Gunnell, 12/21/1936; married 36 years. George Henry Hart (212), m. Sarah David Milton C. Palmer (39), rn. Grace Raymond, Jewett, 11/27/1879. Henry died 6/17/1912; mar 11/26/1931. Milton died 7/2/1962; married 31 ried 33 years. years. George Scott Hart (25), m. Nellie Viola Colbeth, Ruth Irene Palmer (36), rn. Roy L. Finn, 12/22/1912. George died 12/29/1958; married 46 2/19/1918. Roy died 1/1/1959; married 41 years. years. *Florence N. Selby (267), rn. Arthur Frank *Hazel Vivian Hart (240), m. Henry Fred Gerdts, Homer, 8/4/1934; married 42 years. 5/27/1932; married 44 years. *Frederick Noel Selby (267), rn. Velma Lenora *Lola Inza Hart (60), m. Kenneth Rosencrants, Doubt, 9/28/1939; married 37 years. 5/5/1937; married 40 years. Helen Josephine Selby (265), rn. Dee Decker, Lora Elizabeth Hart (221), m. Arthur Rae 11/2/1923. Dee died 6/24/1961; married 38 years. McClay, 4/8/1903. Arthur died 9/16/1937; married Phyllis Jean Selby (269), m. Lynn Russell 34 years. Kestenholtz. 2/14/1936; married 31 years. Lovira Hart, Jr. (3), m. Esther Mariah Parker, Ruth J. Selby (266), m. Jesse James McDonnell, 9/14/1842. Esther died 12/11/1889; married 47 8/31/1929. Jesse died 4/28/1969; married 40 years. years. Carrie E. Shaw (17), m. Edgar E. Newman, WEDDING BELLS 211 1/9/1895. Edgar died 2/5/1936; married 41 years. ton Williamson, 8/31/1931; married 42 years. *Rex B. Shaw (30), m. Marie Simons, 6/1/1939; *Ruth Edith Thurston (387), m. Glenn William married 38 years. Carlson, 7/9/1939; married 38 years. Nathan Short (386), m. May Smith, 3/12/1928. *Sue Margaret Thurston (388), m. Norman Nathan died 1967; married 39 years. Bartlett Fuller, 10/9/1939; married 38 years. George Leicester Thurston (385), m. Lillian Cecil *Dorothy Grace White (263), m. Charles Ken Dausier, 8/8/1927. George died 12/27/1966; mar neth Coyle, 10/2/1929; married 48 years. ried 39 years. Edith Adele White (260), m. Robert Eugene George Thomas Thurston (373), m. Maud Ario Chapman, 12/2/1919. Edith died 9/20/1945; mar ween Gleason, 8/13/1901. George died 9/3/1935; ried 35 years. married 35 years. *Walter Willis White (264), m. Lois Mary Ralph Wesley Thurston (383), m. Sarah Creigh- VanDoren, 4/9/1939; married 38 years. Family Record Name and Address Date of Birth 212 Family Record Date of Marriage Date of Death 213 214 Donors Name Family State of Hoag, Cinda Louise Lovira California Branch Residency Hoard, A. E. "Bud" & Mary Lovira Michigan Hoard, Henry & Juliana Lovira Michigan Hoard, Paul & Anna Lovira Michigan Allman, Clarence Lovira Florida Hoard, Ray & Olita Lovira Michigan Allman, Dr. Daryl M. Lovira Virginia Hollister, Elbert & Virginia Orlando California Allman, Delmar & Edith Lovira Oregon Homer, Arthur & Florence Orlando Michigan Anderson, Clifford & Viola Lovira Michigan Johnson, Bruce & Sharon Nancy New York Anderson, John & Kathleen Lovira Michigan Keegan, Owen & Patricia Lovira Michigan Baldwin, Welcome & Dorothy Lovira Michigan Kestenholtz, Thomas & Judy Orlando Michigan Blankenship, Oren & Doris Orlando Oklahoma Kincaid, John & Barbara Nancy California Blair, Robert & Nina Lovira Michigan Kincaid, John Thurston Nancy California Bockrath, George & Ella Nancy California Kincaid, Nancy Jane Nancy California Chapman, Al & Carol Ann Lovira Michigan Kronemann, Roy & Patricia Lovira Michigan Colegrove, Lester & Susan Nancy Florida Kuehn, Mrs. Dorothy Orlando California Colegrove, Myron & Hilda Nancy Florida Kwaiser, Eugene & Lovira Michigan Coleman, Dan & Jean Lovira Ohio Ethel Grace Coleman, Dan & Jean Lovira Michigan Lennox, Mrs. Vere Lovira Michigan Colman, Thomas D. & Lovira Michigan McDonnell, Mrs. Ruth Orlando Michigan Marie E. McGregor, Robert & Edith Lovira Michigan Colman, Willard & Joyce Lovira Michigan Moffat, James & Lora Lovira Michigan Coyle, Kenneth & Dorothy Orlando California Mogulgaard, Dean Robert & Orlando New York Coyle, David & Carol Orlando California Jo Ellen Curtis, Col. Homer & Phyllis Orlando Michigan Newman, Manley Lovira Michigan Davis, Gene & Helen Orlando California Newman, Russell & Myrtle Lovira California Gerdts, Henry & Hazel Orlando California Palmer, Lester & Marie Lovira Michigan Gerdts, Marvin & Janice Orlando California Parker, Cecil & Florence Lovira Florida Gratsch, William & Evelyn Lovira Michigan Parker, Donald & Jeanne Lovira Michigan Hart, Art & Nell Australia Perkins, R. Warren & Ruth Orlando Florida Hart, Charles & Darlene Orlando California Reed, James & Jeanne Lovira Michigan Hart, D. Foster Orlando California Rise, Clayton & Phyllis Lovira Michigan Hart, Kristen Lovira Michigan Rosencrants, Dennis George Lovira Michigan Hart, Cynthia Lovira Michigan Rosencrants, Kenneth & Lola Lovira Michigan Hart, David & Natalie Lovira Michigan Rosencrants, Thomas Lovira Michigan Hart, Deann Louise Lovira Michigan (in memory of) Hart, George J. & Judy Lovira Texas Ruskauff, Paul & Loree Orlando California Hart, Hildred J. & Naomi Lovira Michigan Scharrer, Tyrone & Donna Lovira Michigan Hart, James and Bethany Lovira Michigan Schroeder, Robert & Sharon Orlando California Hart, James Gilbert & Ontario, Schroeder, Werner & Orlando California Patricia Canada Mildred Hart, Jonathan Jay Lovira Michigan Selby, Frederick & Velma Orlando Michigan Hart, Lawrence Michael Lovira Montana Silvera, Robert & Joyce Orlando California Hart, Matthew Loren Lovira Michigan Smith, David & Gayle Orlando Illinois Hart, Nathan Douglas Lovira Wisconsin Stange, Ronald & Marjorie Lovira Michigan Hart, Newell & Neva Lovira Michigan Stewart, Luther & Marie Lovira Michigan Hart, 0. Haven & Margaret Orlando California Tayler, William & Christy Nancy Penn. Hart, Peggy J. Orlando Kansas Thacker, Mrs. Barbara Nancy Florida Hart, Randall & Sarah Lovira Wisconsin Tobias, Lawrence & Georgia Nancy New York Hart, R. Leon Orlando California Tozer, Robert & Coral Michigan Hart, Raymond & Martha Lovira Michigan VanCleve, Norman & Bettye Lovira Michigan Hart, Richard Jay Lovira Michigan VanTol, Debra Lynn Lovira Michigan Hart, Dr. Robert & Gwenne Lovira California VanTol, Michael James Lovira Michigan Hart, Roger & Gloria Lovira Michigan Wagner, Richard & Dorothy Orlando Florida Hart, Stephen & Diana Lovira Michigan White, Charles F. Orlando California Hart, Tracy Marie Lovira Ohio White, Walter W. Orlando California Hart, William & Nellie Orlando California Wool, Francis John & Orlando California Hart, William H. & Elizabeth Orlando Kansas Florence 215 The following article and picture appeared in the Miller). To the left of them, an old marker, chalky 1973 May issue of the Yankee Magazine. Author white and deeply eroded, bore the name Matilda Mrs. Virginia Taylor of West Buxton, Maine, Hart (wife of Cyrus Miller). displays Matilda Hart's quilt. Matilda (although not "Who," I asked, "was Matilda Hart?" in our direct line of descent) is a descendant of "My grandfather's first wife," Aunt Bernice re Deacon Stephen Hart, the same as we are. Her line plied. "She came from Canaan, Connecticut. If you of descent is as follows: are interested, I will give you a box of old papers, 1. Deacon Stephen Hart . .1605-1682 letters, and pictures, which Mother kept." She 2. Capt. Thomas Hart . .1644-1724 thought a moment, then added, "You may also have 3. Hawkins Hart, Sr ... .1677-1735 Matilda's quilt." 4. Hawkins Hart, Jr .. .1708-1756 Who was Matilda? Had there been no quilt, my 5. Luke Hart. .1738-178? question would have ended with the simple answer, 6. Selah Hart .1766-1834 "my grandfather's first wife." 7. Newton Hart .1800-18?? The 56 names written on the quilt, names of 8. Matilda Hart .1835-1866 settlers in Litchfield and Berkshire Counties, Our line of descent is as follows: belonged to ordinary folk, friends, relatives, neigh 1. Deacon Stephen Hart. .1605-1682 bors. 2. Capt. Thomas Hart. . 1644-1724 Luke Hart, Matilda's great-grandfather, moved 3. Deacon Thomas Hart . 1680-1773 to Winchester, Connecticut, in 1786. There, his 4. Deacon Ebenezer Hart . . 1705-1773 grandson Newton was born. Newton married 5. Dr. Elihu Hart.. .1751-1806 Ruth Hadsell. Their four children, one of whom 6. LoviraHart, Sr. .1778-1819 was Matilda, were also born in Winchester. 7. Etc., depending on which of Lovira Hart's Did Matilda work on her own quilt? Is that what children you are a descendant. caused her bad luck? Abandoned by her first be trothed, a local uplands swain who wandered off to This writer has written permission from Yankee peddle tin, 19-year-old Matilda dried her eyes, Magazine and from Mrs. Taylor to reprint this adopted a stiff upper lip, and resigned herself to story in the Lovira Hart family history. honorable obscurity as a schoolmarm. Five years later, at the ripe old age of 24, she succumbed to RESPECTFULLY, MATILDA HART the charms of one Cyrus Hudson Miller, sometimes by Mrs. Virginia Taylor referred to as " ... thet smart fella from up Stock Entirely handmade, this 124-year-old beauty is as bridgeway, who has some connection with the lovely today as in the year of its fabrication-1854. Armory." Ninety-four inches long by 80 inches wide, Cyrus, a dashing gentleman with handlebar apportioned into 56 "Union" squares, it is moustache and twinkling blue eyes, did indeed completely bordered by a green sawtoothed edge. work for the National Armory in Springfield. One The colorful cotton squares, each one a different September day he came down from Stockbridge on print, are carefully sewn with meticulous stitches. the Housatonic Railroad cars to Salisbury. His The patterns for quilt making, in' this period be mission was to visit the Coffin and Holley Company fore the Civil War, reflected the Lincoln era. who shipped iron for muskets to the Nation al Unlike the "Crazy Quilt," a patchwork variety of Armory. Later that afternoon, he returned to odds and ends, the Bride and Album quilts were Canaan to observe the smelting methods. His truly works of art. To maintain uniformity, the guide, Newton Hart, who had two unmarried quilting frame remained at one home. There, daughters, looked upon the newcomer as "a pretty needleworkers would get together for an afternoon good catch." He threw out a baited line by inviting of work and gossip, topped off with a sumptuous him home for supper ... and to spend the night. tea or light supper. (It was bad luck to work on During the following weeks, Cyrus made several one's own quilt.) trips to Canaan. It was not beauty that Cyrus saw Customarily, a Bride's quilt was identified by in Matilda-she was plain of countenance, extreme inscribing or embroidering the owner's name onto ly thin, and wore her hair drawn back severely into the quilt. The chief interest in an Album quilt lies in one enormous knot. Yet she haunted him. the heart of each square, where the names of those By the first of December, Cyrus could no longer nearest and dearest to its proud possessor are care bear it. He sent a small packet containing a shell fully penned with indelible ink. cameo, a pair of kid gloves, and a carefully-worded This quilt is both-Bride and Album-a veritable letter, which he concluded " ... I venture to re roster. quest that you do me the honour of becoming my For me, the story began in Springfield Ceme wife." tery. One day, my aunt and I stood looking down on The brief response read: "Dear Mr. Miller, identical, polished-granite tombstones: one for my Because you have thus honoured me, I humbly grandmother, Georgia, the other, my great reply, yes. Would you be so kind as to state when grandmother, Mary Elizabeth (wife of Cyrus and where? Respectfully, Matilda Hart." 216 She packed a dowry trunk containing the lovely near the Armory grounds. Album quilt, an assortment of table and bed linens, In November, 1860, Matilda bore her first son. A and a five-year-old wedding gown of iridescent tiny stone in Springfield Cemetery records his copper-color, trimmed with dark brown velvet. short life: Freddie Miller-child of Matilda-died On Monday morning, December 19, thrilled by September, 1861. Ten months after his death, on the dream within her head, the excitement within July 14, 1862, she gave birth to Mary Ellen; two her heart and the unfulfilled promise within her years later on May 5, 1864, to Samuel A. body, Matilda watched a pale yellow sun as it came But Matilda was not to know the joys of raising over a shoulder of Ball Mountain to gradually light her children. In the spring of 1865, in failing health en a cold gray sky. Using the buckboard, brother (she had begun to cough and to find breathing Norman drove her to the village. She looked back difficult), she begged Cyrus to return to the west only once. Thus she left them; left mother, father, ern hills. "The war is over. Why do we have to brother, sisters, uncles, aunts, and cousins. Left stay?" Cyrus, excited by the new developments in the land of "high ground and sharpe ayre." Left the arms, had answered, "Because there is nothing for upland country, "land of vale and mountain." "Land me to do ... out in the hills." of Steady Habits"-never to return. A year later, on July 6, 1866, at the age of 31, she At dusk on Tuesday, Cyrus met the train that was laid to rest beside the infant Freddie. Cause of snorted into the high-arched depot off Main Street death: consumption-a term we know then meant in Springfield. I like to think that she ran into his any respiratory illness from asthma to tubercu arms. More than likely, she felt too awed by the big losis. Surviving were Sammy (2) and Mary (4), a city and the frightening reality of the man with bereaved husband; and, as fate willed it, her only whom she had agreed to live. link with the future, the beautiful Album quilt. They were married on December 21, in Trinity In July of 1867, Cyrus married my great Methodist Church (then located on Pynchon grandmother, Mary Elizabeth Towle, who came to Street). Home was a room in a house that Cyrus Springfield from Hampton, New Hampshire. shared with his mother, Harriet, at 23 Oak Street, Matilda Hart's Quilt Alphabetical Index HARTS PERSON PAGE PERSON PAGE PERSON PAGE Abigail 21 Helen Elizabeth 93, \00, 160 Nellie Hannah .91,96,\59 Albert Henry 111 29, 30. 138 Henry Irwin 88, 92. l 57 Nelson . 47, 60 Albert Henry 121 32, 40. 139, 190 Hesckiah 19 Newell Ashe 44, 56, 143 Albert Smith 30 Hildred Jay 44, 54. 143 Orlando Alice Alma Horace Lovira 39, 47,141 Orlando William Alwyn Lewis Isaac Barber 86, 88, 156 Orville Benjamin Amostll James Haviland . 86. 91, 157 Orville Haven Amos 121 James Lemuel 44 Anna 111 29 James Newel\ 56, 69, \49 101 Anna 121 Jaquelyn Marie 110 108 Ann Janette Jean 92. 98, 159 .29 Anna Melissa John II I 5, 6 92 Annie Bell~ John 121 20 Atwood Allen John 131 18 Raymond Caley Atwood Roy John Renegar 100, 113 Richard Jay Charles Loveira Jonathan(ll 20 Richard Marlin Charles Thomas Jonathan (21 20 Robert Rayrnond Christopher Jay Jonathan (31 16, 20 Robin Sue Christopher Thomas 76 Jonathan Jay 18, 56. 71 Rodney Earl Cornalia Ann 30 Joseph 13. 20, 28 Roger Paul Cynthia Ann 69 ,Josiah 19 Ronald Jay Cynthia Theresa 71 Julia Lovira. .5,86,90, 157 Roy Hugh Dana Racquel 70 Karen Maureen 70 Roy Leon Darrell Lynn Karren Dawn 70 Ruth David Lloyd Kathleen Sue l1 I Sarah 18 Kristen Sue 70 Sarah Delana Lawrence Michael 18, 56, 71 Sarah Elizabeth Ill Lee Edward !Rossi 59, 76 Sarah Jane 101, 113, 164 39, 44, 140 Sarah Smith . 97, 109, 162 7, 32, 38, 139 Scott Alan 108, 120, 167 93, 101, 160 Selah Heart (Capt.I Donna Jean 109, 122, 167 47, 61, 145 Shawn Michael . 97, 108, 162 86, 88, 156 Sindy Susanne 47, 60, 145 Lora Elizabeth (21 88, 92, 157 Stephen 47, 59, 145 Lovira (1) .6, 29. 138 Stephen Lawrence 12, 18, 20, 21 Lovira (2) 6, 10, 29, 31, 138 Stephen Prusch 20 Lynn Ellen !Rossi 59, 75, 152 Tanya Catherine Margaret 111 17 Ted Stanley 44, 56 Margaret (2) 20 Thomas 19 Elijah Martha Ann 11 I .86, 89,157 Thomas (Captain) 18 Elisha Mary 111 20, 194 Thomas (Deacon) Elsie Emeline . 39, 46, 141 Mary 121 20 100 Emergene 31 Mary Jane 31, 37, 139, \87 Thomas Scott 120 Esther Jane 40, 48, 141 Matthew Loren 69 Tina Marie 69 Evelyn 92, 97, 159 Me hi table 18 Tracy Marie 60, 76 Francis William "Buzz" 93,101,160 120 Valerie Christine 71 George .29, 136,173 .20 Viola Anne 47, 61, 145 George Henry 86, 88. 156 110 Willard 93, 10\, 160 George Jay 108. 120. 167 . 70 William Alwyn Ill 93, 100, 160 George Scott .39.47,\41 70 William Alwyn 121 \00, \13 Hannah Emeline 31, 37, 186 William Henry 30 Harriet Amanda 30,138 William Hugh 96, 108, 162 Hawkins 19 71 William Lee 92,97, 159 Hazel Vivian 92,97,159 William Orlando 30, 86, 91, 157 William(Rev.) 18 OTHER PERSONS Abbey, Miss Clarissa 184 Alfman, Bernadine 196 Allman, Ethel Grace .50, 64, \47 Abbey, Hannah Emeline Allen, Harriett 13, 86 Allman, Gilbert Lee 51, 65, 147 Abbey, John Allen, Jeanette "Nettie" .91 Allman, John L. 196 Abbey, Lyman Allison, George Glover 121 Allman, Maejel Janet Abd-ElAl, Dr. Ahmed 112 Allison, Terry Lynn 12\ Allman, Mary Edith Abd ElAI, Laila Helen 112 Allman, Andrew Ty 65 Allman, Melissa Lee Abd-ElAI, Rawi Eugene 112 Allman, Anthony Jon .65 Allman, Melinda Ann .65 Adamson, Joseph 193 Allman, Carol Ann Allman, Robin Deanne . 65 Adamson, Susan Leah 193 Allman, Clarence Allman, Taun Gregory . 65 Airdt. Prince of Tara 6 Allman, Daryl Manley Allman, Todd Jay 65 Alderman, Miller 193 Allman, Delmar I. Allman, Tory Dean 65 Aldrich, Elizabeth .86 Allman, Dirk Manley Anderson, Andrew Scott 61 PERSON PAGE PERSON PAGE PERSON PAGE Anderson, Chester Ray 196 Belill, Kenneth Raphael 196 Carroll, Edwin Morgan 126, 197 Anderson, Clifford Wilton 61 Bic>lil\, Thomas Edwin 81,196 Carroll, Eliza A. 127 Anderson. Hilda 197 Belill, Travis Eric 81 Carroll, Ellis Martin 197 Anderson, Howard James 61 Bendt, Margaret Gretchen 194 Carroll, F, Louise 126,128,170 Anderson, John Henry 67. 196 Bennett, Clarence Edward 193 Carroll, Hugh Daniel 129 Anderson, Linda Ann 148 Bennett, Hilda Amanda 131, 193 Carroll, Jessie 126,128,170 Anderson. ~farie Augusta 198 Benson, Everett Leroy 196 Carroll, Leslie Scott 126,128,170 Anderson, Mary Ann (1) 114 Benson, John 17 Carroll, Lester M. 129 Anikrson, Mary Ann (21 61. 78 Benson, Shirley Jean 196 Carroll, Marjorie 129, 171 Anderson, Susan Leah 134 Benton. Lydia 20 Carroll, Richard 129 Anderson, Wayne Clifford 61, 78 Besse, Ruth Ann 114 Carroll, Verna E. 126 Andrews. Alfred 14, 17 Rest, Edna A. 194 Carroll, Walter Myron 126, 129, 170 Anthony, Kathleen 193 Big-elow, Clarence Carroll, Willard W. 129 Arnold, Robert W. 73 Bigelow, George Frederick Carroll, W1\\iam 197 Arnold, Walter 73 Bigelow, Jefferson 127, 169 Carroll, Zua 129 Ashe. Esther Maria 44. 194 Bigelow, Nellie A. 127. 192, 197 Carter, David Leroy 62, 80, 154 Ashe, James 44, 194 Bilbo, Michael Joel 123, 197 Carter, Debra Ann 63,80, 154 Ashwell, Winifred 71 Bird, James 19 Carter, Donald 49, 62, 146 Atwater, Lela 192 Bishop, Mary 192 Carter, Gordon 49,62.197 Austin, Margaret Ella 126 Bissell, Anna 194 Carter, Kevin Shane 80 Averill, Alva Hart 89,158 Bixman, Bertha 74 Carter, Lawrence. 49, 62, 146 Averill, Barbara 161 Blackburn, Gladys 128 Carter. Linda Lou Averill, David 161 Blackney, Jane Elizabeth 119 Carter, Lois Elaine A verili, Floyd S, 124, 234 Blackney, Richard Warren 119 Carter, Loren Averill. Floyd 124, 234 Blair, Robert . 58 Carter, Mark Perry Averill, Harold 161 Blake, Kimberley Ann 68 Carter, Paul Albert Averill, Seth Henry 89 Blake, Richard Charles I 11 Carter, Raymond Allen (Tl Babcock, Lewis Charles, Sr. .83, 193 Blake, Richard Charles 121 68, 197 Carter, Ronald Joseph fT) 63 Babcock, Lewis Charles, Jr. 83 Blake, Walter Earl 197 Cass, Lucinda 195 Babcock, Lewis 0. 193 Blander, Edith 197 Castro, Barbara Jean Ill Babcock, Ronald Clarence 83 Blankenship, Daniel Hugh 109, 121. 167 Chambers, Otis Hayden 195 Bagerow, Lottie 40, 139 Blankenship, Ellsworth Oren 109 Chambers, Rebecca Jane Baker, Dale Edward 110 Blankenship, Patrick Allen 121 Champion, Mary Baker, Edward Dale 1 IO Blankenship, Samuel Allen Chance, Hugh 195 Baker, John 54 Blankenship, Shay Lynn Chance, Rebecca Josephine Baker, Marye! Carolyn 58, 73, 150 Bockrath, George Jack Chaplin, Mary Baker, Shawn Henry 110 Bockrath, George Sterling Chapman, Allen 64 Baker Steven Wayne . 73, 84 Bockrath, Joseph Thurston Chapman, Christine Mary 116 Baker, Sue Ann Marie 73, 84 Bockrath, Terri Ann Chapman, Donald Eugene 117 Baker, Wayne Ellsworth .58, 73 Boensch, Joan A. 76,195 Chapman, Donald Lee Baker, Wesley Wayne .58,73,151 Boensch, Kenneth Frank 195 Chapman, Elizabeth Ann Baldwin, Albert Henry 194 Bone, Aileen Bell 193 Chapman, Julia Kay 117 Baldwin, Hertha 89 Borghi, Bruno 98 Chapman, Kenneth Martin 117 Baldwin, Bretice Lora 93,102,160 Borghi, Hugo 98,lll,163 Chapman, Marilyn Jean .103, 116, 165 Baldwin, Bruce 101. 114, 164 Borghi, Tavra 111 Chapman, Mildred Eugenia 103,116,165 Baldwin, Elijah . 88, 194 Botemer, Ed win 195 Chapman, Patricia Maureen 116, 123, 168 Baldwin Elizabeth Emert B9 Bot em er, Oleta 62, 195 Chapman, Robert Eugene 103, 197 Baldwin, Elizabeth Gayle 103,115,165 Bowman, Martha Jane 196 Chapman, Robert Gerald, Sr. 103,116, 165 Baldwin, Elsie May 93 Bragg, Polly 195 Chapman, Robert Gerald, Jr. 116, 123, 168 Baldwin, Etta 89, 93, 158 Bragg, Vicki Ann 121, 167 Chapman, Theresa Lynn 117,124 Baldwin, Frank Earl 93,101,160 Briggs, Josiah S. 30 Chapman, Walter Eugene 197 Baldwin, Herbert Eugene 95, 103, 161 Briggs, Mary E. 30 Chapman, William Donald 116, 123 Baldwin, Herbert Isaac 89, 94, 158 Britton, Joyce Joan 72, 193 Clark, Archie Everett 196 Baldwin, James Henry 89, 95 Britton, Otis A. 193 Clark, Diana Marie 84 Baldwin, Leona Lora 89,94.158 Bronson, John 17 Clark, Marilyn Marie 118, 197 Baldwin, Nancy Loy 101,114,164 Brown, Madonna Jean 196 Clark, Merrill L. 197 Baldwin, Norman B. 114, 122 Brown, Mahala 197 Clark, Sandra Jane 117, 196 Baldwin, Orren 194 Brown, Patricia Clare 74, 197 Coggins, Geraldine Elizabeth 196 Baldwin, Orren Orlando 89, 93, 158 Bucknell, Julia A. M. 194 Colbeth, Nellie Viola 194 Baldwin, Dr. Silas 194 Buel, Neva 194 Colbeth, Nelson W. 194 Baldwin, Waldo Allen .89 Bernette, Rose 197 Colbeth, William 194 Baldwin, Waldo White 93,101,160 Burns, Byran Patrick .68 Cole, Alan Herbert . 58, 74, 152 Baldwin, Welcome Lee . 61, 194 Burns, Denise Delaina 68 Cole, Donna Jo 74 Baldwin, William 89, 93, 158 Burns, George 197 Cole, Dorothy Christine 75 127 Burns, Thomas Patrick 68, 197 Cole, Herbert 58. 74 Barber, Frances E. Butteweg, Joan Cole, Hugh M. 128 Barkley, Andrew 195 Butteweg, Thomas 194 Cole, Jennifer Anna 75 Barkley. Beatrice Lillian Byrd, Lydia Effie 196 Cole, John. 18 Barnum, C. S. 38 Caldwell, Brent Alan 118 74 Barsch, Marie 196 198 . 74 Bartlett, Marcella 195 198 Cole, Lila Mae 195 Batt, Edwin Arthur 134 Cole, Ned E. Batt, Linda Ann 134 Cole. Theodore Hugh, Sr. Batt, Steven Basil 134 Cameron, Daniel Cole, Theodore Hugh, Jr. Batt, Susan Jean 134 Campbell, Carl J 195 Cole, Tracy Herbert 74 Baxter, Laura Anne 194 Campbell, Carol Colegrove, Barbara Ann Beach, Betty Louise 197 Campbell, Georg 196 Colegrove, Lester Henry Beach, Gladys May .193 Campbell, Jackie Colegrove, Myron Nelson 193 Campbell, Floren 193 Colegrove, Randy Beaumont, Eleanor 197 Campbell, Rodne . 79 Colegrove, William 128 Bees, Ernest Russell (1) 193 Cardinal. Maye ( Collins, John 131 Bees, Ernest Russell (2) Carlson, Frank 197 Bees, Kenneth Gerald Carlson, Glen William Bees, Theresa Faith 82 Carroll, Charlotte M. 129 Coleman, Anna Vere 6, 46, 57, 144 Begley, Gloria 133 Carroll, Dorothy 128 Colman, Britton Stephen 72 Begley, John .133 Carroll, Edwin Clifton Colman, Burton 71,84, 155 PERSON PAGE PERSON PAGE PERSON PAGE 193 Fawcett. James L. 66 Colman. Calvin James 71. 83, 155 Curtis, Orville Stanley 196 Fawcett, Milton James 66 Colman, Charles Wesley 57, 72 Damming, Hillegian 195 Feathers, Dorothy Anna 196 Colman, Clayton J. 57,71,150 Damon, Rachael 129 Fenton, Arny Jo Colman, Colleen Kay 71.83,155 Dausier, Lillian Cecil 115 102,115,165 Colman, Connie Jean 71. 83,155 Davis. Ehenezer 7, 14 Fenton, Betty Jene Fenton, Carol LE'e Colman. Dan G. 46, 58, 144 Davis, Elmer Marvin 194 I 15 Fenton, Charles Robert 102, 115, 264 Colman, Diana Lynn 72, 84, 155 Davis. Elsey 194 100, 194 Fenton, Clyde Vincent (U 94, 102, 160 Colman, Donald Gene, Sr. 72, 150 Davis. Gene Stewart 100, 113 Fenton, Clyde Vincent !2l 102,115,264 Colman, Donald Gene, Jr. Davis, James Marvin Fenton. Clyde Vincent (31 115,122,168 Colman, Donald George 57, 72, 150 Davis, Jane Elizabeth 196 100,113,164 fpnton, Dorothy Ann 102,115,264 Colman, Edith Relic 46, 58, 144 Davis, John Hart 197 Fenton, Elrner Robert 94, 102, 160 Colman, Gt'neva May 58, 73, 151 Davis. Richard Carl Colman, Grace Marion 57,72, 150 Davis, Sandra 76 Fenton. Jacqueline Dawn 115 124, 197 Fenton, Michael David Colman, Horace J. 47, 194 Davis, Steven Michael 115 196 Fenton, Rebecca Jean Colman, Ivan J. .46, 57,143 Dean, Charles Henry 115 44, 196 Fenton. Robert Roland 94, 192 Colman, Jack Duane 57 Dean, Mena C. 119 Fenton, Robert S. Colman, James Ray 72 Decker. Courtney 192 105, 197 Fenton, Ruth Roberta 94, 102, 160 Colman, Jess L. . 59, 75, 152 Decker, Dee 197 Fenton, Sarah Miller 115,122,168 Colman, Jinny Rebecca 83 Decker. Fred 105,119,166 Ferris, Mildred Martha Colman, Kelli Lynn 75 Decker, Helen Janice 197 119 Finn, Betty Ruth Colman, Kristen Ann 84 Decker, Michael 52 119 Finn, Christine Ruth 65, 82, 155 Colman, Kristie Jane . 75 Decker, Patrick D. 105,119,166 Finn, Leslif' Henry 52, 65, 147 Colman, Leon Alexander 73 Decker. Wendell Dee 119 Finn, Michilynn Rae Colman. Leon H. 46, 58, 144 Decker. Wendy Sue 65, 82, 155 195 Finn, Mildred Joyce Colman. Lon Alan 83 DeKoster, Lucas James 52 71, 195 Finn, Roy L. Colman, Margo Ann 59, 75, 152 DeKoster, Sarah Kay 52 83 Finn, Sharon Grace Louise 65, 82, I 54 Cnlman, Marie Candice 58, 73, 151 DeMaria, Anthony E. 83 Fitzgerald, Jane Colman, Marjorie Sue 58, 73, 151 DeMaria, Anthony J. 197 17 Fluetsch, Anna Colman, Melvin Ronald 57, 72, 150 Deming. Samuel 195 72,193 Forystek, Shirley Ann Colman, Nancy Ann 71, 83, 155 DeOrnelles, Charyl Joy 197 193 Fossett, Claren<'e George Colman, Nina Elsie 46, 58, 144 DeOrnelles, Noel N. 197 196 F osket. Harry Colman, Rachel Lynn .84 Desonis, Angeline .192 92 Foskf.'t, Nadine Colman, Randy F. 59, 75, 152 Deitrich, Susan Mason 63,192 67 Fox, Elizabeth Gayle Colman, Rex Leon 58, 73, 157 Dingle, Hilary Allison 80, 192 65 Fox, Freeman Amos Colman, Robert Lee 57, 72, 150 Dingle, Jeanne 192 67 Franco, Alexander Paul Colman, Ronald J. 71, 83, 155 Dingle, Jennifer Leigh - 193 Franco, Joyce Ann Colman, Ronald Scott 150 Dingle, Richard Douglas Hugh 67 . 73,193 67 French, Frances Jean Colman, Russell Earl 57, 72 Dingle, Tracy Alexandrea 59,194 197 Freund, Emil Fritz Colman, Ruth Helene 150 Dioert, Linda 195 8\ Freund, Joy Ko\leen Colman, Shirley Ann 71, 83,155 Dittmar, Margaret Jane 117 Froats, Louise Colman, Thomas D. 59, 75, 152 Doerges, Edwin Daniel 193 Fuller, George Colman, Travor Lee 83 Doerges, Edward Glover 197 117, 193 Fuller, Jeffrey Scott Colman, Wesley Jesse .46, 194 Doerges, Edwin Dennis 133 117 Fuller, Judith Ann Colman, Willard H. 57, 71, 150 Doerges, Elizabeth Ann 130,133,172 117 Fuller, Norman Bartlett, Sr. Comarami, Juliana. 62 Doerges, Eric David 130,197 192 Fuller. Norman Bartlett, Jr. Copran, Nona Maria 193 Dolecek, Blanche 130, 133, 172 70, 194 Fuller, Sharon Ann Corell, Edwin Benedict 195 Doran, Natalie Karen 130, 133, 172 194 Fuller, William Leslie Corell, Margaret Johanna 98,195 Doran, Ronald John 133 61 Fulton, Marjorie Marie Courtwright, Anna VaLore 193 Dormeyer, Leslie 193 197 Gains, Betty Jane 192 Cottle, Helen Julia 88, 194 Doubt, Joseph 107, 197 Gaines, Craig Torbett Cottle, Orville B. 194 Doubt, Velma Lenore 192 196 Galpin, Elizabeth Coyle, Charles Kenneth . 6, 104, 197 Douglas, Althea Leona 19 60 Gamelin, Andre Sebastian Coyle, Charles Robert 197 Douglass, Ray W. 111 78 Gamelin, Daniel Coyle, David Charles 104,118,166 Dowe, Mary Emma 111 193 Gamelin, David William Covle, David Shannon 118 Duckett, Daphene Estelle 111 196 Gamelin, Francis Clifford Co;le, Erin Grace. \04, 117, 166 Duford, Donnie Hugh 196 67,196 Gamelin. Michelle Louise Coyle, Jane Ellen 104, 118, 166 Duford, Renee Kathleen Ill 192 Gamelin, Theodore "T'i'd" William Coyle, Kenneth Sterling 104,117 Duke, Herman Monroe Ill, 196 116, 192 Gerdts, Douglas Richard Coyle, Kimberly Heather 118 Duke, Lillian Laverne 110 197 Gerdts. Henry Fred Coy\e, Virginia Fae 104,117,166 Dunn, Janice Elaine 123, 197 Gerdts, Hermann John Crawford, Mary Cooper 192 Duvall, Sharon Lee 197 Gerdts, Joan Laverne Creel, Evelyn 129 Duvall, Vaughn 129 Gerdts, Joyce Elaine Chrisman, Elizabeth Jane "Bo" . 108 Eddy, Edna Lee Gerdts, Kerry Vincent Cronkright, Joan .78 Edgar, Alice June 113 113 Gerdts, Marilyn Elsie Cross. Julia Lynn 83 Edgar, Glen Gerdts, Marvin Henry Cross, Zilpha 192 Edmunsen, Al. 96 197 Gerdts. Nicolaus Crout, Audrey Georgia 128,132,171 Egbert, King of Wessex 192 Crout, Genevieve Margaret 128, 131, 171 Eickhorn, Peter Gerdts, Sheri Jean 110 .93, 192 Gerdts, Timothy John 110 Crout. Glen Henry 128 Eick horn, Rosa Josephine 111 German Lutheran Order Crout, Harold Glenn 128 Ellen, Jessie Eugene 188 Ill, 196 Crout, Pauline Jeanette 128,131, \71 Ellen, Stephen Davis 196 Crudup, Barron C. 194 Ellen, Stephen Tapper . 75, 193 Gibson, Harry Crudup, Judith Ann Elliot, Irene Barbara 78 7, 12, 179 Gibson, Kimberley June .78 Crump, Debra Lee Ellis, Edwin 194 Gifford, Doris Gene Crump, John Edgar 192 Emert, Betsy 194 Given, Mabel Vaughan Csuhai, Elizabeth 193 Engesser, Mary Agnes 83, 193 Gleason, Maude Arloween Cuddeback, Jeannie Marie 68,197 Engler, Eldon S. 193 Gohs, Earl Cuddeback, John 68 Engler, Stewart 80 Gohs, Kristine Marie. Cuddeback, Lyle Wayne 197 Enos, Garry Lee 80 Culbreth, Jesse Earl 193 Gonzalles, Ida B. Culbreth, Patricia Annette 122, 193 Good, Dianne Marie Good, Jeffery Allan Cummings, Laura Adele Enos, Tina Marie Good, Lester William {1 l Cummings, Phillip 198 Evans, Betty Jo 196 Good, Lester William (21 Curtis, Col. Homer 108 Evans, Mary Edwilla 66 Good, Stephen Dale Curtis, Dorothy 98 Fairbanks, Joseph 66 Good, Walter 66, 196 Curtis, Nancy Jane Farmington, Mary PERSON PAGE PERSON PAGE PERSON PAGE Goodpaster, Daniel Joe 122, 196 Hoard, Harvey E. 194 Humphrey, Barbara Ann 134 Goodpaster. William Doyle 196 Hoard, Helena Maude 57, 193 Hunt, Pastor Ebenezer Goodrich, Abigail 22 Hoard, Henry Hart 48, 62, 145 Hurd, Nelson 32 Goodrich, Rev. Luther B. 89, 90 Hoard, Hope Lea 78 Hymons, Dorothy LaVonne 195 Gore, Maude Ann 194 Hoard, Janet Elaine 78 Hyslop, Tom 193 Gouler, Josephine 196 Hoard, Jan ice Mae 62, 78. 1.53 Hyslop. Wilhelmina 58, 193 Gourley, Mary 44, 194 Hoard, Jeanette Rae 62, 79. 153 Igel, A!iee V. 128 Graf, Cinda Louise 64. 82. 1.54 Hoard, Jimmie Jenne 62, 78, 15,1 lives, Jennie Kathryn 195 Graf. Delmar Allman . 64 Hoard, June Alice 62, 79, 153 Ingle, Opborah Sue 113 Graf. Janine Ann 64 Hoard, Karen Mary 78, 84, 156 Ingle, Woodrow Pershing 113 Graf. Ronald Lee 64 Hoard, Kay Lynn 78. 85. 156 Janes. William 173 Graf, Samuel Edlefsen, Sr. 64 Hoard, Marc Eugene 79 Jacobs, Virginia Myrtle 197 Graf. Samuel Edlefsen, Jr. 64, 81. 154 Hoard, Maq{uerite Vivian 61, 195 Jennings, Beatrice Este!lr 194 Graf, Samuel Herman 65 Hoard, Marlene Marie 79 Jennings, Carrit> Virginia 197 Graf. Samuel Thomas Hoard, Patricia Ann 78 Jensen. Clifford Riseh 196 Graf. Terrance Russell 64 Hoard. Paula Ann 62, 79, 1.54 Jensen, Muriel 63,196 Gratopp, Berm•te Mardell 196 Hoard, Paul Eugene 48, 62, 146 Jette, Bertha 192 Gratsrh, Robert 196 Hoard, Ralph Irving 48,61, 145 Jewett, Joseph 88, 194 Gratsch, William Donald 54. 196 Hoard, Ray Eugene 62, 80 Jewett, Sarah Davi.s 88. 194 Graves, Arthur Erwin 102, 192 Hoard, Ray "Stub" 48, 62, 145 Johnson. Amy Lynn 134 Graves, Luther 192 Hoard, Raymond Charles 79 Johnson, Bruce Charles 134 Graves, William L. 102, 160 Hoard, Richard Earl (U 48,61, 153 Johnson. Laurence 35 Green, Betsey 190 Hoard, Richard Earl (2) 62, 79, 145 Johnson, Elizabeth 136,194 Green, Loretta May 83, 192 Hoard. Stephen Anthony 62. 80 Johnson, Eric Glen 134 Green, Nelle Carolyn 196 Hoard, Terri Ann .79 Johnson, Leicester, Sr. 194 Green. William Ray 193 Hoard, Van C. 48, 61, 14,5 Johnson, Leice.<;ter, Jr. ,35, 194 Gross, Julia Lynn 155 Hoard, Vicki Lynne 79 Johnson, Wiliiam 194 Groux, Bethany 69, 194 Hoffman, Alonzo Lafette 193 Jones, Goldie 192 Groux, Joseph 194 Hoffman, Elizabeth 102, 193 Jonps, Jeannette Grinell 197 Grow, Rachel 195 Hohle, Ida Augusta 195 Jones, Tressa 194 Gunnell, Harry Rossen 193. 196 Holbrook, Alice 192 JonPs, William 136 Gunnell, Marie Anna 53, 196 Hollister, Elbert Bixby 193 Judd, Paul 195 Gunnell, Ruth 65, 193 Hollister, Elbert Eudorice 117, 193 Judd, Thomas 17 Guthrie. Thomas Joseph 196 Hollister, Mark Dana 117 Judy, Chad Michael 135 Guthrie. Tommie Dianna 63, 196 Hollister, Melissa Dorothy 117 Judy, Michael John 135, 195 Gutman, Robert . 57 Hollister, Wendy Marion 117 Karr, Elder 46 Hackenberry, Annie 193 Homer, Anna Mary 119 Kay, Alire Elaine 108, 194 Haines, Eva Marie 192 Homer, Arthur Frank 107, 197 Kay. James Lawson 194 Hagerty, Marrilee Vere 73 Homer, John Arthur 119 Keegan, Ann Marie 66 Hagerty, Leroy Lee 73 Homer, John Selby 107,119,166 Keegan, Charles Owen 66. 196 Hagen, Myrna 105,119,166 Homer, Mary Ruth 107,119,167 K1?egan, James Andrew .66 Hall, Bruce Willard 197 Homer, William John 197 Keeg"an, Michael Edward 66 Hall, Janet 64, 196 Hooker, John (I) 20 Keegan. Owen "Mick" 66. 196 Hall, Russell Jay 196 Hooker, John {21 19 Keegan, Patrick Owen 66 Hall, Syd nee Kay 83, 197 Hooker, Roger 17 Keith. Leila Joy 79 Hannon, Marie Arlene 192 Hooker, Rev. Samuel 18 Keith, Liana Jean 79 Hanson, James H. 197 Hooker. Rev. Thomas 10, 15. 17 Keith. Nicoli Jeannette 79 Hanson.James Stuart 69,197 Hooker, Thomas Hart 17 Keith, Sharon Kay 69,196 Hanson, Melissa Marie .69 Hope, Joyce Jean 71, 193 Keith, Vilas Claremont 196 Harold, Diademe Finch 193 Hope, William E. 193 Keith, William Jerry, Sr. 190 Harris, Clara Abbey 40 Hoppe, Betty 193 Keith, William Jerry, Jr. 79, 195 Harris, Juanita 60 Hornady, John 96 Kelsey, Rev. 172 Harrison. Dennis 7, 32, 176 Horning, Caroline 193 Keltner, Gra<'t' Ell£>n 75,193 Harrison, Sarah 32 Horning, Fred L 79 Keltner, Oka Lee Roy 193 Haskins, Abigail 197 Horning, Janice Elizabeth ITl 79 Kestenholtz, Lynn Ann 120 Hay, Nancy Lee 133 Horning, Joan Charlotte (Tl 79 Kestenholtz. Lynn Russell 107 Hawkins, Anthony. 18 Horning, Julia Ann 79 Kestenholtz, Samuel Thomas 120 Hawkins, Ruth 18 Horning, Lora June 79 Kestenholtz, Thomas Lynn 107. 120, 167 Hecht. Cynthia Jo 84. 192 Horwath, Anthony 193 Kiepert, Bernice "Pat" 59, 194 Hecht, Esther 193 Horwath. John Anthony 73, 193 Kiepert, Herman John 194 Hecht. Harvey 192 Horwath, Michael John 73 Kincaid, John Charles 132. 197 He\wer, Hilda 197 Horwath, Rae Ann . 73 Kincaid, John Lester 197 Hendrickson, Arthur Amos 195 Hotchkiss. Anna 10,28, 195 Kincaid, John Thurston 132 Hendrickson, Christine Ann 85 Hotchkiss. Capt. Ladwick 195 Kincaid, Mary Beth 132 Hendrickson, James A. 85, 195 Hotchkiss, Lemuel 10. 15, 20, 25, 195 Kincaid, ~'fancy Jane 132 Hendrickson, Patience Marie 85 Houghtaling, Alvin John Scott 61,77.153 King, John Charles 196 Hergenreder, Howard 73 Houghtaling. Bert William 76 King, Sue Margaret 63,196 Hermann, Christy Ann 134. 135. 173 Houghtaling. Bridget Louise 76 Kingsbury, May 195 Hermann, Clayton Henry 134 Houghtaling. Christopher Jay 77 Kinney. Peter 84 Hermann, Ja~queline Sue 134, 135, 173 Houghtaling, Dawn Marie 76 Kirk. Douglas Fenton 115, 123, 168 Hermann, Nancy Lee 134 Houghtaling, Donna Lee 61, 77,152 Kirk, John Farran, Sr. 115 Hill, Jason Roy 76 Houghtaling, John Albert 194 Kirk, John Farran, Jr. 115,122,168 Hill, Jennifer Lynn 76 Houghtaling, Leroy Elmer 61, 194 Kirk, Kandra Jean 115,122,168 Hill, John 194 Houghtaling, Myrtle M. 194 Kirkman, Janice Beth 110 Hill. Lenora Estelle 197 Houghtaling. Susan Elizabeth 61, 77. 152 Kirkman, Ralph Waldo 194 Hill, Lois Lee 108, 194 Houghtaling, William Leroy 61, 76,152 Kittle. John Warren 196 Hill, Roy Merrill 76 Howard, Mrs. lvaneth 197 Kittle. Wilma 50, 196 Hoag, Geoffery Norman 194 Howe, Anna 195 Kline, Margaret Isabel 196 Hoag, Robert Geoffery 82,194 Hoyt, Clarabelle Rachael 39, 194 Knack, Elsie 196 Hoard, A. B. "Bud" 62, 78, 153 Hoyt, Horace 39, 194 Knickerbarker, George 136 Hoard, Alvin Eugene . 48. 194 Hoyt, Susan E. 46 Kooymans. Guenn 70 Hoard. Charles Henry 193, 195 Hubbard, Rebecca 19 Krebs, Chery! Ann 119 Hoard, Dale Gene 78, 84, 156 Hughes, Florence Delana 44, 54, 143 Krebs. Irving E. 119 Hoard, Debora May 78, 84, 156 Hughes, Gertrude . 44, 54, 143 Krebs, Mary Jo 119 Hoard, Eugene Ray 62, 79, 153 Hughes,. John N. 44 Krebs, Teri Dee 119 Hoard, Gladys Irene . 61,195 Hughes, Myrl Louise 44, 54. 143 Kring, Myrtle May 51, 196 PERSON PAGE PERSON PAGE PERSON PAGE Kring, Rollin E. 196 !VkConnel, James 38 Morsf'. :vlargaret Lillian 194 Kronemann. Roy Coron, Sr. 74 McCowan, Mary Edith 192 ;\llorsf', Ruth Hel('ne 72. !50 Kron1:>rnann, Roy Coron, Jr. 74 \1cCreery, Bessie E. 101, 192 :\fortes, Elizabeth !92 Kronemann. Tracy Lynn 74 \1rCreny, Esther 197 :vfowt>rs, Milrlrf'rl Franrf's JO" Kronemann, Wesley Lenn 74 ~cCreery, Miles 192 :\1unger. James 13,1 .'I Kruth, Marie Elainf' 7.~ :½cDonnr-11. Jesse James 106, 197 '.\'lunger, :Vfichelle Lee !33 Kuehn, Carol Jean 98,111, 163 :vJcDonnell, MatthPw 197 :vfungn, Tamlyn SuP 13:J Kuehn, Douglas Arthur 98. 111 \1cFadden, Rev. Henry 113 Munger, Truman 194 Kuehn. Heif'n Dorothy 98. 111. 163 McGlonr. Bradley Dean 64 Murray, Margaret G Jpn 194 Kuehn, Joseph 196 McGlone, Cheryl Lynn 64. 81. 154 Myers. Arthur Robnt 194 Kuehn. Max Eugene 98, 196 McGlone, David Alll:'n 64, 81, 154 MyPrs, Charlps Elmer !96 Kuehn, Phyllis Anna 98, I 12. 163 MrGlone, ;\1.atthew David 81 Myprs. Christine Sue 63, 81, 154 Kwaiser, Eugene Charles 64. 192 McGlone, Nathan Allen 81 Myer!',, Darlem• Joan Catherine 121, 167 Kwaiser, Gena Louise 64, 81 MC'G!one, Raleigh, Sr. 192 Myers. John Charlf's, Sr. 63, 80, 1.,4 K waiser, Harold 192 !\1cGlone, Raleigh, Jr. 64, 192 Myers. John Charles, Jr. 80 Kwaiser, Kathleen Grace 64 McGregor, John 192 Myers. ,John Elmpr 63, I 96 Kwaiser, Michael Eugene 64 McGrrgor. Keith Allman (Tl 64 Myers. Randall Waynf' 6:J K waiser. Patricia Lee 64 MeGregor, Kerry Diane 64 Nabour. Nanettp 72 Laird, Syhil Ruth 196 ;\IIC'Gregor, Kevin Rohert 64 Nai(v, John William 195 LaMarsh, Frederick 193 :v1C'Gregor, Mark John 64 Nagy. Lola LPP 85 LaMarsh, Ruth Martha 19:J MC'Gregor, Rohert Crawford 64. 192 Nagy, Terry Lee 85, I 9G Lamson, Clarinda Walkn 194 McKee, Leland Baldwin 94,103,161 NPka, Kiyoka I 19 Lamson, Marshall S. 37, 195 Mr Kee, Maq{aret Ashley 103,115,165 NPlson. Idamae I 97 Lamson. Newell H. 195 McKee, Milton A. 192 Nelson, Raymond Dean 197 Lamson, Rev. Samuel 195 MC'Kee, Walter 94, 192 :"-Jp!son, RPhnea Janf' 121, 197 Lamson. Virgil R. 37 McLain, Alfred 193 NPl!',on, Sally I 96 Larkin, Cora Rosamund 196 McLain, Florencf' May 193 NPmer, Ellis Mil-hat·! 197 Latta, Lloyd Everett 195 McPeek, Phyllis Ariern 197 Nf'm('r. Patriria Sup 121, 197 Latta. Martha I. 56, 195 :VlcPherson. lrPne 49 NPwherry. Flora M;w 195 Laude, Shannon .:vlarie 84 McPherson. James C. 46, 194 NPwPII. Mary 19 Laude, Stacy Larraine 84 :'vlcPherson, John 194 NPwell, SamuPI 19 Laude, Thomas Warren 84. 193 MeQueen, Duanf' 81 NPwman, Charlf's S. 197 Laude, Warrt>n Chesler 193 McTai,rnert, ~arif' 73 Newman. Cheryl Reth 6:J Lauga vitz, Christine Elizabeth 77 Mersiman. Dr. J. R. 128 Newman, Cynthia Lynn 63 Lauga vitz, Dona van GeorgP 77, 195 Metcalf, Florence Edna 192 Nt>v.man, l)pl Mar-tPII fi3 Laugavitz, Philip DC1navan 195 Meyers, Arlhur Rnb~rt 194 NPwman. DPlmar F,\win 50, 6:l. 146 Lauga vitz, Ronald Phillip 77 Meyers, Darlene Joan Catherinp 120, 194 !'Jpwman, I)eni5e Diane 63,81, 154 Lawrence, Elizabeth 20 Meywald, Martha Ottilie 192 Newm;ln, Denni.-; Michaf'I 64 Lawson, Agnes 136. 173 Milesius, King of Gauls Nf'wman. Dianna PaigP 63 Lazer. Camille 193 Milius, Marie Rarhara 194 Nt:"wm;,1n, Oor1"> Eive\yn 50, 6'1, 146 Leas, Jacob 192 Miller, Alla D. 59, 194 Nt>wman, Edg"ar E. 42, 197 Leas, Pearl L. I 92 Milin. Clara Louise Wilhelmina 193, 196 Newman. Edith Louisr 42 ..ol. 142 Leisure, Mary Lou 195 Miller. Cynthia E. 125 Newman. Janine Ann 6:J Lennox, William George 58 Miller, Daniel ,31. 120, 168 Newm;rn. Kathy Sm, 63, 81 Loftin, Carol Emily 63, 197 :\filler. Dorothy Bonita 193 Newman, LavPrne C'. .50, 63, 146 Loftin, Clyde Andrew 197 Miller, Fred 194 NPwman. LavPrne James . 63 Long, Fannie Gertrude 197 Milkr,Lf'ttie 40 NPwman, Lola 42, ,50, I 42 Long, Kenneth Clarence, Sr. 83 Miller, Minerva 192 NC'wrnan. Manley, Jr. . ~o Long, Kenneth ClarPnce, Jr. 83 Miller, Rhoda 125 NPwman, Manlt'Y Edgar 42, 50, I 42 Loomis, Beverly 65, 192 :\llilln. Wells Benson 125, 168 NPwman, Mary Enwrgene 42. ,)0 Loomis, Osrar Jerome 192 !-.1.illett. James Derrill 103, 117, 165 NPwman, Mi('hPl(' Gina 63 Loranger, Garnet Shawn DeLayne 69 ;i.1:illett. Janlce Adele 103. 117, 166 Newman, ~iles 42 Loranger, Hoval Dean 69 Millett. Jeffery Lee 117 Newman, Ruc;sell E. 42, 51, 142 Loranger, Jeanne Ann 54. 68, 149 Millett. Kathryn Angela 117 Newman. Sally Ann 63, 81, 1.14 Loranger, Shannon Mary 69 Millett, Martin Amos 103, 198 Newman. ShirlC'y ,50 Loranger, Thomas Barnard, Sr. 54, 196 Millett, Martin Homn 198 Nf'wman. Stevf'n ManlC'y 63 Loranger, Thomas Barnard, Jr. 54. 69, 149 Millett, Patrick Michael 117 NPwman, Thomas Wayne- 64 Loranger, Thomas Shane 69 Millett, Peter Clark 117 NPwman. \'nl RussPll 50, 63, I 4R Loranger, Zacharious 196 Millett. Scott Martin I I 7 NPwman. Waynf' Darwin .'iO. 64, I 46 Lord. Rev. Felsted Robert 94, 192 Moffat, James 192 NPwton, Re\'. Roger 15. 17 Lord. Mabelle 94, 192 Moffat.James 77, 197 Nic·hols. ~1ary A. 192 Lowy, Ella 196 Moffat, John AIPxander I 14, 192 Nordstrom, Rhoda F,vp]_vn 193 Lund, Erick Elmer 197 Moffat, Keith Daniel 77 North, Mary "Molly " 195 Lund, Janet Louise 82, 197 Moffat, Naney Alexandria 114 Norton. F,]izahPth 19 Macrum. Elizabeth 78 '.\tloffat, Todd JamPs 77 Norton, lc:.aac 19 Maidman, Mata Stella 194 ;Vloffat. Ward Danil:'l 197 Novaknski. Hnman .59, 196 Mantes, Matilda Jane . 93, 194 ;\llogelgaard. DPan Rohnt 120, 197 Novakoski, Benjamin I 96 Mantes, William John 194 :Vlogelgaard, Finn 197 Nowitski. Rose I 96 Marsarik, Albert Francis 195 :/loge\gaard. Kathleen Anne 120 Odom, Daisy 198 Marsarik, Gloria Jean 70, 195 Mogelgaard. Timothy Dean 120 Olson, Rertha I 98 Marshall, Sarah 88, 194 Monatzki, Anna 193 ORPill,v, NorPen :\1arie 196 Marshall, Clarence . 55 Moody. ~ona 76 Ormsht'P, Loui'iP Nori hurst 103, 196 Matejovitz, Joseph 49, 141 Moore. Dorothy Louise 193 Ormshn. Randall HoldPn 196 Mateuia, Leona 197 :vlorgan, Bruce 195 ()wpn-;, Glenda l~almon1 123 Mather, Penelope 28,29, 195 !'vlorgenstern, Arthur 196 P,q;e. Barbara Ann 131, 134. 172 Mat hews. Christine 193 Morganstern, Michael Hans 1 l 7, 196 PagP, Basil Edward 131 McAu1iffe, Margaret .97 Morganstern, Shnyl Ann 117 PagP, Bt'tly Jpan 131, 1:14. 172 McCarthy, Mary Ellen 197 '.'Vlorganstern, Steven Mart in 117 PagP, Phyllis Sue 131. 134 McLain, Florenr{' May 49 :vlorganstern, Susan AdPle 117 Pagl', Sharon Ler 131. 134, 173 McClay, Arthur, Rae 93, 194 Morris, Judith [8 PalmatPer. :'JelliP I 97 McC\ay, Dorothy Helen 93, 98, 159 ~orrison, John 84, 19~ Pa\mc,r, B;trhara Ann 53, 66, 148 McClay, Eugenia Lena 93, 100 Morrison, Kathy Ann 84, 195 PalmPr, Brian . 66 McClay. Florence Elizabeth 5, 93, 99, 159 :Vlorse, Eben 8,176,177 Palmt-r. DalP Frederick, Sr. 53, 67. 148 McC\ay, Henry Steven . 88, 194 :Vlorse, Harold Edward 19:J Pa]mflr, Dalf' Fn,df'rick, Jr. 67 McClay. Loree Arlene 98,111,163 Morse, Jay D. 72. 193 Palmer. David M\rharl 5:l, 67,148 Mc Clay, Leslie Leroy 93,98, 159 Morse, Larraine 72, 193 Palmer, Delroy 13, 38 PERSON PAGE PERSON PAGE PERSON PAGE Palmer, Dennis Lee 53, 67 Podgers, Everett 78 Romain, Dou~las Wayne 72 Palmer, Doris Delana 44 Podgers, Gerald Everett 78 Romain, Sheri Lynn 72 Palmer. Douglas Harry 53, 66, 148 Porter, Joseph 20 Romain, Terri Lee 72 Palmer, Edna Roena 47, 194 Porter, Robert 17 Rone. Margaret Elizabeth 136, 194 Palmer, Edward Lovira 38, 43, 140 Porter, Thomas 17, 18 Rone, Samuel 194 Palmer, Edward Wallace 195 Portheymi!ler, Elizabeth Ann 133 Root, Cyrus 19 Palmer, F:mroy Delroy 38, 195 Portheymilln, John 194 Rosdhal, Robert Dale. Sr. 194 Palmer, Emroy Dewain 43, 53, 143 Portheymiller, John Richard 133 Rosdha\, Robnt DalP 122. 194 Palmer, Evelyn Mabel 43, 53, 143 Portheymiller, Peter James 133 Rosencrants, Deborah Diane 78 Palmer, Geraldine Joyce- .,3, 67, 148 Portheymiller, Richard 133, 193 Rosencrants. Dennis George 61, 78 Palmer, Harold James 44, 54 Portheymiller, TerPsa Marie 133 Rosencrants. Doyle Thomas 78 Palmer. Henry Russell 38, 44, 140 Pottharst. Jo Anne 116, 123 Rosencranls, Klc'-nne-th 61 Palmer, James !Jim El 66 Pottharsl, Laura Jean 116 Rosenerants. Lora Ilenp 61, 77,153 Palmer. Joan Marie 53, 66, 148 Pottharst, Rebecca Lynn 116, 124, 168 Rosencrant<;, Thomas James 61, 77,153 Palmer. Kathleen Lynn 53, 67, 148 Pottharst, William Frederick 116 Ross. Harold Arthur 75 Palmer, Leah Jeanette 43, 52, 142 Powell, Alice Estelle 101, 194 Ross. Karen 75 Palmer, Lester Edward 43, 53, 142 Powell. Henry Ernest 194 Ross, Kenneth 59, 76 Palmer, Lillian Janette .38, 44,140 Powell, Jeannie 66. 196 Ross, Kristie Jane 193 Palmer, Milton C. 43, 52, 142 Powell, Robert H. 196 Ross, Lee Edward S9. 76 Palmer. Patricia Louise 53, 66, 148 Powers, Annabelle 192 Ross, Lynn Ellen 59, 75, 152 Palmer. Pauline DPan 44 Preston, Barbara Dale 132 Rossman, Reva Irene 196 Palmer, Rebecca Sup 66 Preston, Gary Elton 132 Roth, Caroline Lavina 194 Palmer, Roy Townsend 43, 52, 142 Preston, Jacqueline Jeanne 132 Rouse. Jewell 196 Palmrr, Ruth Irene 43, 52, 142 Prpston, Susan Ellen 132 Royce, Sarah .19 Palmer, Sally Lynn 66 Preston, Tracy Lynn 132 Rubel, Betty 84. 195 Palmer, Sandra Kay 52,66.147 Prusch, Matilda . 92 Ruehle, Celina Agnes Marie 192 Palmer, Scott Edward 66 Purce, Rev. 88 Rusher. Minnie 128 Palmer, Wallace 194 Pursell, Nona (Noral 196 Ruskauff, Paul Anthony 111 Park, Linda Mary 70 Quary, Hope Constance 102, 193 Sager, Doris 193 Parks, Inza Viola 194 Quary, Harry 193 Sampson, Martha 195 Parker, Carol Christine 54, 68, 149 Ramsey. H. Royce 84 Sandefer, Daisy Evelyn 192 Parkf'r. Cecil 54, 196 Ramsey, Jason Royce 84 Sandow, Clara Pearl 196 Parker, Donald John IT\ 54,68, 148 Ranie, Elizabeth 194 Sanford. Donald 59 Parker, Donna Jannette (T) 54, 68, 148 Rathbun, Alta May 42, 197 Savidge, Barbara Jean 113. 198 Parker, Doris 52, 196 Rathbun, Joseph 197 Savidge, John Ralph 198 Parker, Esther Maria 31, 187, 195 Ratliff, Betsy Jean 112 Saxton, Addie Mary 197 Parker, Jacqueline Jeanette 68 Ratliff, C. B. "Tom" 112,198 Scharrer, John Alfred 197 Parker, James 196 Ratliff, C. B., Sr. 198 Scharrer, Karen Lynn 68 Parker, Janelle Jeannie . 68 Ratliff, Leslie Diane 112 Scharrer, Laura Ann 68 Parker, John Edward 196 Ratliff, Stanley Neil 112 Scharrer, Tyrone 68. 197 Parker, Melissa Mae 68 Raymond, Grace .52 Schneck, Mrs. Joann !Bigelow I 127. 169 Parker, Patricia Lee 54, 68, 148 Rea, Nancy 194 Schnell, Ursula 193 Parker, Russell 195 Reed, Adrian J. 196 Schacher, Michan Lei 82 Paszter, Jabor 193 Reed, Debra Jeanne 68 Schacher, Ronald 82 Patterson, Rebecca 195 Reed, Donald Adrian 68 Schiefer, Bernhardt 44 Paulson, Awalt Holsten 193 Reed, James 68,196 Schrcms, Mary Cecil 195 Paulson, Charles Edward 82,193 Reed, Randall J. 68 Schroeder, Kristi Louise 123 Paulson, Eric Charles 82 Reed, Robert Michael 68, 82, 155 Schroeder, Paul Frank Max 192 Paulson, Michael Leslie 82 Reed, Tera Lynn 83 Schroeder, Robert Randall 116, 123, 168 Peck, Amos 20, 194 Reed, Thomas James . 68, 82, 155 Schroeder, Susan Adelle 116, 123. 168 Peck, Mary . 20, 21, 29, 194 Renegar, Nellie Ilves 100, 195 Schroeder, Werner Otto 116, 192 Peck, Joseph 20 Renegar, Ota Jenkins 195 Scott, Margaret 53 Peck, Samuel . 20 Respondek, Arnold 84,195 Scott, Ruth Marie 192 Pelton, Donald Eugene 118 Respondek, Gerald Peter 84, 195 Scussel, Irene Angela 196 Pelton, Laura Michelle 118 Reynolds, Susan Alice 197 Sears, David Ripley 196 Pelton, Paul Andrew 118 Rhea, Janeal 194 Sears. Rosallie Carol 111 Penfield, Arthur 196 Rhoades, Rita Colleen 109 Sears, Stephen Bartlett, Sr. 111.196 Penfield, Arthur R. ,52 Richardson. Elizabeth ''Eliza" 194 Sears, Stephen Bartlett. Jr. 111 Penfield, Earl W. 52, 196 Richardson, John H. 7 Sebert, Helen 193 Penfield, Floyd Earl 52 Richardson. Lucy Ann 197 Secrist, Charles E. 192 Perkins, Brian Edward 114 Rick, Diana K. 70, 195 Secrist, Florence Marguerite 101, 192 Perkins, Etta Leona 102. 114, 164 Rick, Walter 195 Selby, Amy Jane 121 Perkins, John Robert 114 Ridgdell, Mildred Jeanne 115,193 Selby, Charles William 107,121,167 Perkins, Lora Kathryn 102, 114 Ridgdell, Peter H. 193 Selby, Florence N. 96, 107, 162 Perkins. Paul Wil!iam 114 "Riley, Abigail 20 Selby, Frederick Newton 40, 96, 195 Perkins, Robert Edward 102, 114, 164 Riley, Don Barber 192 Selby, Frederick Noel 96, 107. 162 Perkins, Robert Warren, Sr. 193 Riley, Kevin Scott 114 Selby, Helen Josephine . 96, 105, 161 Perkins, Robert Warren, Jr. 102, 193 Riley, Kristen Baldwin 114 Selby, Jo Ellen K. 107,120,167 Perkins, Ruth Elizabeth 198 Riley, Linda Shannon 114, 122 Selby, John Frederick 107,121.167 Perkins, Ryan Edward Riley, Michael Wallace 114 Selhy, Laura May 121 Perrin, Ernest E. 192 Riley, Wallace Dan 114. 192 Selby, Marjorie Edith 96 Perrin, John 192 Rize, Bruce Robert 74 Selby, Mark Frederick 196 Rize, Daryl Howard . 74 Selby, Phyllis Jean Peters, Connie 75 Rize, Deanne Nina 74 Selby, Ruth Peterson, Bernice Annie. !96 Rize, J. Clayton 74 Selby, Susan Marie Petzold, Alton Rize, Jan Denise Selby, William 195 Petzold, Nancy Lynn Sellek, Joho Albert 196 Peyrefitte, Mar~.ia Denise Rize, Renee Lee . 74 Sellek, Judy Ann 120 Phillips, Elizabeth Barber !92 Rize, Theodore Clayton 74 Severence, Margaret 192 Phipps, Cheri Ann 81, 196 Roberts, Daisy E. 195 Sevis, Anna 195 Phipps, Robert Dean 196 Robertson, Henry Clayton, Sr. 193 Sezygel, Stella Ellen 193 Pichner. Anna Louise Robertson, Henry Clayton, Jr. 122. 193 Shaffer, Carl Steven 115 Pichner, Frank 195 Robinson, Bettye 74 Shaffer, Deanna Kay (Tl 115 Pike, Maud 197 Rohn, Samuel 194 Shaffer, Lydia Ann 11'1 115 Plum, Mary 194 Rodney, Eva Inez 195 Shaffer, Frederick Oliver, Sr. 114, 197 Podgers, Barbara Evelyn 78 Rohrer, Alice 193 Shaffer, Frederick Oliver. Jr. 115 PERSON PAGE PERSON PAGE PERSON PAGE Shaffer, Mark Daniel 115 Stapleton, Edward Miles lU~ Tobias, Terry Lynn 132 Shaffer, Ralph Adelbert 197 Stapleton, Richard Pierce 109 Toogood, Charles 195 Shaffer, Ralph Warren 115 Steele, Mary 19 Toogood, Emma 86. 195 Shannon, Carol Jean 118, 193 Steiner. Thomas M. 81 Townsend, Carmel R. 196 Shannon, Milton 193 Stephens, Bruce Lee 129, 197 Townsend, Lola Marguerite 195 Shaw, Carrie E. 37,42, 130,140 Stephens, Paul Donald 129, 197 Townsend, ~abel Augusta 43, 196 Shaw, Christopher 197 Stephens, William Lester 197 Trier, Harry Marvin 54, 196 Shaw. Clay 37, 42, 140 Sternbrenner, Wilhelmina 193 Trier, Marvin Henry 54, 196 Shaw, Elwood Z. 37, 40, 139 Stewart, Deborah Lynn 123 Trier, Ross Kevin 54 Shaw, Max R. . 42, 49, 141 Stewart, Jack Edward 73 Trier. Susan 54, 69, 149 Shaw, Nellie Ann 127. 192,197 Stewart, Luther James 73, 193 Tulley, Dianna Marie 195 Shaw, Pearl Lillian 42, 49,141 Stewart, Mary 194 Underwood, Theala Mae 192 Shaw, Raymond Bruce 49, 63, 146 Stewart, Maude 197 Upton, Oliver 30 Shaw, Rex D. 42, 49, 141 Stewart, Melvin James 193 Upton, Scott Albert 30 Shaw, Robert 195 Stewart. Robert G. 196 Upton, Theodosa Cornelia 30 Shaw, Robert W. 37, 195 Stinson, Neva Mabel 56, 195 Urbanski, Emma 193 Shea, Dorothy Loraine 116,192 Stinson, William Lewis 195 Urbanski, Margaret 71, 193 Shea, Patrick Joseph 192 St. Johns, Rose D. 193 VanBuren, Martin 30 Sheffield, Maryjane 192 Stoffer. Margaret 193 VanCleve, He-nry 194 Shook, Sarah Jane 196 Stratton, Arlene Bell 58, 193 VanCleve, Loren 49, 194 Short, Frank 127 Stratton, Floyd D. 193 VanC!eve, Michael David 74 Short, Nathan 127,130,171 Striker, Mary Ann 196 VanCleve, Michelle Lynn 74 Shorter, Betsy Naomi 195 Strong, Asahel 19 VanC!eve. Norman Loren 58, 74, 151 Sigmund, Charles, Sr. 195 Strong, Jedidiah 18 VanCleve, Norman Richard 58 Sigmund, Charles, Jr. . 77, 195 Strong, Salah 20 VanCleve, Norman William Blake. . 74 Sigmund, David Charles 77 Sulton, R. Robbin 161 Van Cleve, Patricia Jane 58, 74, 151 Sigmund, James Leroy 77 Swindler, Rebecca 192 VanCleve, Phyllis May 58. 74, 151 Silvera, Aloyaus "Allie" Wm. 194 Tara, Tiam Sangpichi 81 VanCieve, Roger Lee 74 Silvera, Gary Robert 110 Tara, Uthai Sangpichi .81. 196 VanCleve. Roger William 58, 74, 151 Silvera, Loren Gene 110 Tayler, Bernard 195 VanDoren, Lois Mary 105,198 Silvera, Matt Raymond 110 Tayler, Jill Ryan 13,~ VanDoren, Oscar 198 SilvHa, Robert Raymond 110,194 Tayler, Sarah Abigail 135 VanKampen, E\izabeth 110,195 Silvera, Virginia Ann 110 Tayler, William Frederick 135,195 VanTol, Andrew 196 Simmons, Frank 197 Taylor, Charlotte 79 VanTol, Debra Lynn 66 Simmons, Marie 49,197 Taylor, Julietta Marie 197 VanTol, Hugh James . 66, 196 Skaug, Thelma Lu('ille 197 Thacker, Kerry Ann 134 VanTol, Mkhael James .66 Slocum, General 193 Thacker, Richard Carlyle, Sr. 134 Van Woert. Frances 195 Smalley, Dr. John . 20 Thacker, Richard Carlyle, Jr . 134, 193 Van Wormer, Charles L. 49 Smith, Arthur 17 Thacker, Virgil 193 Van Wormer, Charles T. 40 Smith, David Gordon 116, 192 Thomas, Atwood C. 195 Van Wormer, Ehzabeth "Eliza Ann .. 194 Smith, David Stephen 135, 173 Thomas, Lucille Nelson 96,195 Van Wormer, Gladys 40,139 Smith, Edward Clarence 192 Thompson, Alma Rose 196 Van Wormer, Lottie 40, 139 Smith, Eric Owen 135 Thompson, Ann 17 Vickroy, Joan Marie 123, 192 Smith, Frank Fulton 132 Thompson, Elizabeth 17 Vickroy, Wilbur Duane 192 Smith, Fred Lewis 195 Thompson, John 17, 19 Vi<:'kner, Ruth Matholda 196 Smith, Gene Frederick 132,134,173 Thompson, Mary 19 Volberg, Lillian 195 Smith, George Thomas 192 Thompson, Thomas 17 VonRieman, Mary Frederica 196 Smith, Jackie Allen 195 Thurston, Barbara Delores 129,132,171 Wadsworth, William 20 Smith, Jason David 116 Thurston, Bessie Egguler 29,126,128.170 Wagner, August Frederi('k 193 Smith, Jeannie 77,195 Thurston, Blanch Arloween 127,129,170 Wagner, Donna Lee 115, 122 Smith, John 17 Thurston, Charles Rawson 126 Wagner, Ri<:'hard Paul. Sr. 115. 193 Smith, Lee Eugene 80 Thurston, Charlotte Ella 126.128, 170 Wagner, Ri<:'hard Paul, Jr. 115. 122 Smith, Marlene Margaret 193 Thurston, Clara Jane 126 Wagner, Sadie 193 Smith. Margaret 17 Thurston, Deanna Jean 129,132.172 Wagner, William David 115 Smith, Marta Lee Thurston, Ester May 128 Walc"ott, Hattie L. 192 Smith, Mary Thurston, Edward, Jr. 126 Wales. Mary Burnell 194 Smith, Mary Elizabeth 194 Thurston, Ella Jane 128, 130, I 71 Walker, Alice Florian 103 Smith, Matthew Baldwin 116 Thurston, frank Austin 126, 128. 169 Walters, Geneva 194 Smith. May 130 Thurston, George Albert 126. 169 Wambold, Helen Elizaht>th 195 Smith, Melissa Shirley 135 Thurston, George Leicester 127,129,170 Wamsley, Mildred 195 Smith, Sarah 30,138 Thurston, George Thomas 126,127,169 WarnPr. Mary Elizabeth 197 Smith, Sherri Lee 80 Thurston. Georgia Rose 129, 132, 171 Watthes. Selma Laura 193 Smith, Theodore Patrick 195 Thurston, Joshua 126,195 Welch, Naomi P. 13,54, 194 Smith, Victoria Jeanne 135 Thurston, Kathryn "Kittie'· 126,127,169 Welch. Worth Nelson 55, 194 Snell, Ursula 193 Thurston, Melson 127 Well.s, Hattie 192 Snook, Sarah Jane 196 Thurston, Ralph Wesley 127,129,170 Welsh. Angeline 196 Snyder, Jacob 194 Thurston, Ruth Edith 128, 130, 171 Westcoat, Emma Irene 197 Snyder, Mayme Athemon 92, 194 Thurston, Sally Edgerley 128 Westroat, Floyd James 197 Sobriesk, James Adelbert 123 Thurston, Sarah Ann 126, 169 Westcoat, Sally Sue 77,197 Sobriesk, Martin Robert 123 Thurston, Silas Rawson 126, 191, 195 Whann, Robert Lewis 193 Sobriesk, Monica Lynn 123 Thurston, Sue Margaret 128,130.171 Whann. Sheri Lynn . 75, 193 Sovis, Anna 195 Thurston, William Henry 126, 127. 169 White. Aaron Baker 90, 194 Spiese, Mary. 196 Titsworth, Anna Marie 72 White. Alice Janet 93,192 Sprague, Horace A. 194 Titsworth. Brian Allen 84 White. Andrew Charles 105, 118, 166 Staffeld, Russell Jerome, Jr. .81 Titsworth, Charles Ivan 72 White, Anthony Charles 118,192 Staffeld, Russell Jerome, Sr. .81 Titsworth, Henry Charles 192 White. Charles Floyd 95,103,161 Stalter, Jean 59 Titsworth, Henry R. 193 White, David Lee 105,118 Stallins, Wilma 195 Titsworth, Janet Marie 72 White, Della May \Essary! 103, 161 Stange, Ernest 193 Titsworth, Karl 84, 193 White, Dorothy Grace 5, 95, 104, 161 Stange, James William 73 Titsworth, Marianne Marie 72 White, Edith Adele 95, 103, 161 Stange, Kathy Sue 73 Titsworth, Susan Marie 72 White, Edith M. 90. 96, 158 Stange, Rolland 144, 151 Titsworth, Wayne . 72, 192 White, Edwina Fae 105, 118 Stange, Ronald 73, 193 Tobias, Debra Susan 132 'White, Lois Adele 105, 118, 166 Stange, Steven Ronald 73 Tobias, Kim Ann 132 White, Mildred Elizabeth 95, 103, 161 Stange, Yvonne .84 Tobias, Lawrence William II 132 White, Sharon Lynn 105, 119 Stanley, Caleb 19 Tobias, Lawrence William III 132 White, Walter Elmer 90,95, 158 PERSON PAGE PERSON PAGE PERSON PAGE White, Walter Willis 95, 105, 161 Williamson, Sarah Creighton 129, 197 Wool, Francis John "Jack" 99 White, Ziba 90, 194 Wilson, Eliza Jane 40, 194 Wool, Harvey Delaine 99.112 Whittaker, Warren Riebard 115 Wilson, James 194 Wool. Jack Alwin 99, 112, 164 Widrig, Margaret Isabelle 193 Wilson, Mamie Moss .93, 101 Wool, Marsha Rae 99. 112,163 Wilkey, :\1:ary Alice 194 Wilson, William A. 40 Wool, Shane Alwin 113 Williams. Alice Maude Mary 194 Witbrodt, Marilyn Ann 121. 167 Wertman, Phebe 197 Williams, Hannah 20 Withrow, Rev. C. E. 93 Wright. Julia Louise .59, 195 WiHiams, Lawrence Fitzer 197 Wolliver. Joan 192 Wright. Vernon 195 Williams, Mary Adelaide 135, 197 Wongsawan, Chua 196 Youmans. Laura 79 Williams, Mary Louise 197 Woodman, Grace Mabel 197 Youmans, Rexford 195 Williamson, Richard 197 Woodworth, Harrington B. 130 Youmans, Sandra Lee 79, 195