Individual Details

James Rutherford Hart

(30 May 1845 - 28 Apr 1928)

Bismarck Tribune, Bismarck, North Dakota, Monday, April 30, 1928, Page 9, Col. 1: Civil War Veteran Dies at Ellendale. James Hart, 83, of Ellendale, a Civil war veteran and veteran of the Sibley campaign against the Dakota Indians, died Saturday at his home at Ellendale, according to information received by relatives here.

Hart was one of the last members of the Lisbon post of the G. A. R., and last year published a small booklet reciting his experiences in the Sibley campaign. After soldiering through the state he returned a few years after the close of the Civil war and settled on a farm near Ellendale. That was 45 years ago. Recently, however, he retired from the farm and went to Ellendale to live.

He leaves three sons, Abner, Harold and Karl Hart, all living at Forbes, and four daughters. They are Mrs. F. Joseph Weber, Forbes; Mrs. Etta Miller, Grafton, California; Mrs. Bruce Scott, Monango, N. D.; and Mrs. C. W. McGray of Garrison. One daughter Mrs. Dorothy McGray, died Oct. 6, 1924.

Events

BirthMay 1845Beaver Dam, Dodge Co., Wisconsin
Birth30 May 1845Beaver Dam, Dodge Co., Wisconsin
Marriage11 Jul 1867Anna W. Remington
Divorce1891Anna W. Remington
Death28 Apr 1928Ellendale, Dickey Co., North Dakota
MilitaryCo. O or D 10 Minn. Inf.
BurialSection 11, Ellendale City Cemetery, Ellendale, Dickey Co., North Dakota

Families

SpouseAnna W. Remington (1844 - 1927)
ChildEtta Ella Hart (1869 - 1952)
ChildKatherine "Kate" Fuller Hart (1873 - 1943)
ChildWinnifred Lou Hart (1875 - 1945)
ChildHarold William Hart (1880 - 1960)
ChildMaude E Hart (1880 - )
ChildAbner James Hart (1883 - 1967)
ChildCharles Harrison Hart (1886 - )
ChildDorothy Elizabeth Hart (1889 - 1924)
ChildKarl Hart ( - )
FatherOrville Charles Hart (1811 - 1896)
MotherMary Elizabeth Clason (1815 - 1891)
SiblingGeorge Washington Hart (1835 - 1909)
SiblingIsaac Ferris Hart (1838 - 1913)
SiblingCharles Elwin Hart (1850 - 1896)
SiblingWilliam Niles Hart (1854 - 1900)
SiblingLucy Sterns Hart (1859 - 1939)

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