Maddie Hart
by Michael Forbush dr_forbush@mad.scientist.com
Maddie Hart, born August 22, 1867 died 1947 married Elmo Jones ?
The following is from a booklet entittled, " The Hart Family in America"
compiled by Sophie H. Gilliland, wife of Dave L. Gilliland, for his
nephews. November, 1960
Asabel Hart, born May 12, 1754, married Anna Kilbourn November 5, 1778
she was born December 24, 1759, died February 22, 1803
Their son Asabel Hart, born August 6, 1784 in New Britain, Connecticut. He
married Elizabeth Brown, daughter of Morris Brown February 19, 1807.
Asabel Hart was drowned in the Farmington River while attempting to cross
on the blocks of ice, when he was only 30 years of age. (1814)
Asabel and Elizabeth Hart had the following children:
i) Ann
ii) Harriet
iii) John Morris Hart born June 24, 1811; died November 3, 1859
These children were brought as young children by Col. Kilbourn to
Worthington, Ohio when they were very young and orphans.
John Morris Hart married Sarah Bishop in Worthington, Ohio on August 28,
1833 and lived there a number of years before moving to Ashtabula County,
Ohio, to a small farm with a grove of apple trees on it. Worthington is
now a part of Columbus, Ohio. John Hart erected a large woolen mill across
the road and bought sheep wool and manufactured cloth. It was powered by
water with a big water wheel which would get caked with ice in the winter.
The ice would need to be cleared away before it could be started.
Sarah Bishop Hart was a great big wonderful woman and produced 10 fine
outstanding sons and daughters and reared them almost alone for her
husband died when the youngest was four years old.
Capt. John Bishop was born in Dutchess County, New York on January 28,
1779, the son of Caleb Bishop, born 1752; died May 20, 1845. On January
11, 1801 Capt. John married Sarah, daughter of Peter and Madgylene Van
Braemer, born August 30, 1784; died August 28, 1850. Further records found
in Genealogical Archive in Poughkeepsie, New York.
Capt. John Bishop and his wife, Sarah Van Braemer Bishop came to Ohio in
1818. They crossed the Ohio River near Wheeling, West Virginia on July 4,
1818 and settled on a farm where Westerville, Ohio now stands. They had 13
children, among whom was Hesta A. who married the Rev. Daniel Bonebrake in
1853. Hesta had five sons and one daughter and died November 1, 1899.
Children of John Morris and Sarah Bishop Hart:
i) Russell Bigelow, born March 9, 1834, died 18, 1865, married Lucy
Wolcott Thruel, burried in Westerville, Ohio
ii) Elizabeth, born April 8, 1836; married Mortimer Bulfinch March 5,
1855; child Mortimer C. who married Lizzie Van Duzer
iii) Clinton Bishop, born October 28, 1837; died October 25, 1904
iv) Fitch James, born October 29, 1840; died July 16, 1925
v) Herbert Hersey, born September 11, 1842
vi) Inez, born June 24, 1846; died December 24, 1871; married Robert
Taylor Shank October 18, 1866 children: Maggie, Alice, A son?
vii)Albert Baird, Twin with Alice, born May 8, 1849; died January 8, 1874
in Manchester, Indiana.
viii) Alice June, twin with Albert B., born May 8, 1849; died June 7, 1930
in Chattanooga, Tenn. Married Herbert B. Tower February 13, 1867
children: Albert Baird, Thomas B., Bertha Alice (married George Shermen
Jan.3, 1906), Sammie, George Edward.
ix) William Jamison, born October 20, 1852; died December 12, 1857
x) John Morris, Jr., born December 11, 1855, died April 17, 1951
Clinton Bishop Hart
He was a postmaster under two Cleveland administrations, and he was the
only Democrat, up to that time, to be appointed in a Republican county.
He was very tall, spare-built man with snapping dark eyes. He told jolly
stories, was very popular with everyone and a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat.
he possessed a fine farm located a few miles from Jefferson, Ohio, where
he raised fine horses and supplies such as beef and pork each winter for
his family table and always held open house, seldom sitting down to a meal
that a guest or two were not present.
When he enlisted to serve in the War Between the States, he joined the
cavalry and used his own horses to ride on. He served with Company F, 2nd
Ohio Volunteer Corps as Captain.
At one time he errected a large roller skating rink close by his home and
they held great affairs there. Four times around the rink measured a
quarter mile. Durring the holiday season he would have big dances and
parties would come on train or drive in sleighs, from as far away as
Ashtabula, a distance of ten miles, over snowdrifts. They would serve a
delicious dinner to the dancers and then they would continue with dancing
until morning. He also had sawmills at one time, and the Hart family was
active too, in the fall County Fair.
Clinton B. Hart always liked his toddy and his favorite sweeting was rock
candy which was always on hand and which the children loved.
He first married Finetta L. Van Aiken (born April 11, 1837; died September
5, 1862) on December 21, 1859
There was one child:
Morris E. born November 13, 1861; died November 22, 1862.
He married Alzada M. Brown (born April 21, 1845 in Lennox, Ohio died June
25, 1927 in Cleveland, Ohio) on October 25, 1863. Her father was Matthew
Brown, an Irishman who was born on the Ocean coming across. Her mother was
Susan ? of French Extraction. She had three brothers - Delbert, Frank, and
Edward.
The children of Clinton Bishop and Alzada Brown Hart
i) Finetta Amelia, born November 15, 1864 at Plymouth, Ohio. Died August
7, 1954 in Chicago, Ill. Buried in the Gilliland Plot, Chestnut Grove
Cemetery, Ashtabula, Ohio. She married John A. Gilliland of Polk, Pa. on
December 11, 1890. He was a widower with three children - Guy, Alfred and
Ada.
More to Come!
