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 Abt 1834 - 1862 (28 years)
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| Name |
James Hart [1] |
| Birth |
Abt 1834 |
Kentucky  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
22 Oct 1862 |
Mound City, IL |
| Person ID |
I45092 |
Cecilie Family |
| Last Modified |
1 Aug 2004 |
| Father |
Amaziah Hart, b. Abt 1805, Kentucky d. Oct 1847, Illinois (Age 42 years) |
| Mother |
Louise Gooding, b. Abt 1810, Kentucky d. Abt 1846, Peoria Co., Ill. (Age 36 years) |
| Marriage |
8 Jun 1826 |
Fleming Co., KY. |
| Family ID |
F3180 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
Died in the Civil War of disease. Was a farmer living with George Norwood in 1850 in Peoria Co., Ill. Five other Hart children lived on the adjoining farm of James Jones, who had married Lucinda Hart.
| 1850 Census - Peoria County | | name | age | occupation | born in | | George Norwood | 25 | Farming | Kentucky | | Amanda Norwood | 30 | | Kentucky | | Amanda Norwood | 11 mos | | Ill. | | ...(3 McCartys) | | | | | James Hart | 16 | | Kentucky |
James was a Private in the 47th Illinois Volunteer Infantry.
In a petition by his brother Abram Hart dated 7 Feb 1863 and filed in Peoria, praying for the appointment of an administrator, James was described as "leaving no one as his widow and no one as his heirs at law".
Lenox K. Gooding was appointed guardian of James Hart at age 12 years on Feb 27th, 1847.
| Black Sheep in Family? |
James was probably not one of the black sheep of our family history. This article was reproduced in Prairie Roots - Winter 1987 (page 15):
"Oct 8, 1864 - James Hart of Peoria, who was hired out to go to war for William Connell, a drafted man, was shot by a sentry at Camp Butler, Springfield, when he tried to desert. Three other substitutes were shot also the same night when they tried to flee the camp. They were professional soldiers who had developed a profitible racket out of selling themselves as substitiutes for conscripted men at $1,000 for the duration of the war. After entering the service and collecting the money they deserted and hired out again under new names."
However, our information shows that our James Hart died prior to this incident, (Abram petitioned for his estate in 1863) and the Histgory of McClean Co., Illinois verifies that he died i the civil war from disease.. The 1850 Peoria Census shows another James Hart, born in 1831(3 years "older and wiser" than our James), probably the brother of Adaline Hart (born 1819), who may have been the "black sheep" of some other family. |
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| For more information see the Our Folk - Hart family Web Site |
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| Sources |
- [S881] Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois, (Chicago. Munsell Pub. Co.. 1988.).
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