Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Josiah Hart, Jr.    
       Also known as: Josiar Hart, Jr. 
                Born: May-  -1829          in Baltimore County, MD  1,2
                Died: Feb-14-1909          in Doddridge Co, WV  3
              Buried: (no marker)          in Hart Cemetery, Taylor Drain Rd, Oxford, Doddridge Co WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1890                 in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV  4
              Census: 1880                 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  5,1
            Military: Dec- 2-1861 - Dec- 1-1864 Pvt, Co M, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War  4,6
              Father: Josiar Hart   (1788 - 1867) 
              Mother: Sarah Garrett   (1792 - 1858) 
Notes 
                Wife: Mary Mathew     
             Married: Aug-25-1853          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  7
                Born: Jan-  -1832          in Preston Co, (W)VA  1,2
                Died: bef Feb 1909          8
              Census: 1880, 1900           in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Humphrey Mathew 
              Mother: Sarah Ann ___ 
           F Child 1: Sarah J. Hart      
                Born: Jun-  -1854           1
                Died: Apr- 3-1909          in Doddridge Co, WV  9
              Census: 1880, 1900           in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           F Child 2: Mary Catherine "Kate" Hart      
       Also known as: Catherine Hart 10,11
                Born: Jan-  -1856          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  12,2,13
                Died: 1920                  13
              Buried:                      in Hart Cemetery, Taylor Drain Rd, Oxford, Doddridge Co WV  14
             Husband: William M. "Billy" Hart  b. Sep-26-1850  d. Feb-14-1924  
             Married: Sep-18-1879          in Doddridge Co, WV  15,16
            Divorced: bef Jan 1901          17
           M Child 3: William Hart      
                Born: Jul-  -1860           1
              Census: 1880, 1900           in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           F Child 4: Clarissa Hart      
                Born: ca 1866               18
              Census: 1880                 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           M Child 5: Nimrod Hart      
                Born: ca 1868               18
              Census: 1880                 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           F Child 6: Arabella Hart      
                Born: ca 1872               18
              Census: 1880                 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           M Child 7: Josiah Hart      
                Born: Dec-  -1873           1
              Census: 1880, 1900           in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           M Child 8: Joseph Hart      
                Born: 1881                 in Gilmer Co, WV  19
                Died: Oct-22-1921          in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  19
              Buried: home cemetery         19
          Occupation:                      broom maker  19
       Never married:                        19

Sources:
(1) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District) 
(2) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(3) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Josiah Hart, white male, widower, age 80, born in 
Maryland, farmer; died Feb 14 1909, cause of death pneumonia. DR Bk 2, p 64 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5044398&Type=Death. 
(4) 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. 
(5) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Bk 2, p. 64. 
(6) U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], National Park Service , 
Ancestry.com. 
(7) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, There are two entries for this marriage, MR Bk 1, pp. 33-34, and MR 
Bk 1-B, p. 17, the latter giving Aug 24 1853 as the date the marriage license was issued.  The ceremony itself was held 
Aug 25 1853.  Groom identified as Josiah Hart, age 24, born in Baltimore MD.  Bride identified as Mary Mathew, age 18, 
b. Preston County.  Her given age would put birth in about 1835, but 1900 Census gives her age as 68 and states her 
birthdate as Jan 1832.  MR Bk 1 listed bride's parents as Humphrey & Sarah Ann Mathew, but MR Bk 1-B identified her 
father as Overfield Matthews. 
(8) Death record of husband, He was identified as a widower at the time of his death in Feb 1909. 
(9) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Sarah Jane Hart, age 55, single, housewife, born in West 
Virginia, died Apr 3 1909.  Cause of death:  carcinosis. DR Bk 2, p. 64. 
(10) Birth record of daughter. 
(11) Death record of daughter. 
(12) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). 
(13) Headstone (year only) 
(14) Headstone. 
(15) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as William Hart, 28, son of John G. & Melinda Hart; and 
Mary C. Hart, 23, dau of Josiah & Mary Hart.  Ceremony performed by Eli M. Gaston. MR Bk 1-A, p. 
234. 
(16) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(17) Record of husband's remarriage, Although husband William Hart's marital status at the time of his remarriage to Eliza 
Harlow on Jan 4 1901 was listed as widowed, Mary Catherine Hart's headstone shows her death to have occurred in 
1920. 
(18) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District) 
(19) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 







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