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ELIAS HART, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Gordon. The subject of this memoir was born in Warren Co., Sept. 30, 1830, and is a son of George W. and Rachel Hart, natives of New Jersey, afterward residents of Warren Co.; his father died in Hamilton Co. in 1840, aged about 43 years; his mother died in Darke Co., aged upward of 70 years. Our subject was reared on the farm till 6 years of age when his parents removed to Ohio. After his father’s death, he followed various pursuits—followed farming in Montgomery Co.; thence to Preble Co., for about seven years, and was engaged in farming; thence to Darke Co., in the spring of 1865, where he now resides. He bought 84 acres of land, partly in the woods, and has relieved the surface of all hinderances to farming, and his land is all in a good state of cultivation, his improvements comfortable in every particular. He celebrated his marriage with Miss Ann, daughter of Michael and Elizabeth Baker, Nov. 1, 1855; her parents were natives of Montgomery Co.; five children have been given to this union, viz.: Lillian, born July 3, 1856; Rachel, born Oct. 25, 1859; Ellen M., born May 19, 1861; George W., born Feb. 14, 1864; Charles R., born Aug. 10, 1872. Mr. Hart has been identified in his township’s offices, and is now one of the Township Trustees, has been Supervisor for six terms, and filled the office of School Director many terms; his constituents have elected him to other offices, but, being no political aspirant, he has declined. Mrs. Hart is a member of the German Baptist Church, and a consistent Christian woman.