"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND MARTINSVILLE, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
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J. H. HART, eldest son and eighth child of Henry and Catharine (Bricker)
Hart, natives of Pennsylvania, was born in Franklin County, February 14,
1852. His father was a blacksmith, which trade he followed in Mercersburg,
Franklin County, from the time of his marriage until the fall of 1852, when
he removed to Salem, Owen County, Ind. Remaining two years, he went to
Quincy, Owen County, where he died in December, 1880. J. H. Hart was reared
in Quincy, Owen County, where he received his education. When thirteen years
of age, he began working with the farmers in the neighborhood; continued
for three years, and then came to Martinsville; he was employed in a drug
store here until 1874, when he went to Indianapolis; returning in a short
time, he formed a partnership in the drug business with James P. Baldwin.
Continuing for two years in this, he sold out, and for several months acted
as Deputy Clerk to Willis Record. In February, 1876, he was married to Arra
Lindley, daughter of Robert and Cynthia Lindley, of Monrovia. He is the
father of two children, Lillian E. and Beryl. In the fall of 1876, Mr. Hart
opened a drug store in Monrovia, removing his stock two years later to
Martinsville, where he is at present doing a lucrative business.
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