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HON. THOMPSON B. HART, a native of Warrick County, was born April 1, 1836, being the fifth in a family of ten children of William and Sallie Hart. His father, who was a soldier in the war of 1812, was a native of Mercer County, Ky., and came to Warrick County with his father at an early day. The mother was a native of South Carolina. She led a consistent Christian life, being a member of the Christian Church. Our subject was raised with his parents, receiving a fair education in the country schools of his day, and attended the school at Boonville one year. This was the extent of his early education, but he has since been a close student of his books at home, and has obtained a thorough, practical education. At the age of nineteen he commenced the study of medicine, which he relinquished, by his father’s request, at the death of the latter, and assumed control of the farm for nine years, helping to support the mother and younger children. Mr. Hart has not only been a successful farmer, but has raised and traded extensively in fine stock, making the Shorthorn or Durham cattle a specialty, and he now has some magnificent specimens of this excellent breed on his farm. In politics he is a Democrat, and was elected to the State Senate in 1878 by his party, serving a term of four years efficiently. He is a member of the A. O. U. W. fraternity. January 15, 1867, he was united in matrimony to Susan K. Stone, of Warrick County. By this union they have eight children, named Nina B., William J. S., Zora B., Edmund H., Carl B., Alice D., Thompson B., Jr., (deceased) and Talmadge. Himself and wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.