Jacob T. Hart
Jacob T. Hart was born in Holmes County, Ohio, June 22, 1844, a son of Capt. Teisher L. and Margaret (Wolgamot) Hart. His father was born February 21, 1818, was married January 14, 1840, and came from Washington County, Md., to Ohio, settling on land that is now a part of the site of Millersburgh. He enlisted in the Mexican War and died at Matamoras, August 30, 1847. After the father went to the war the mother kept her family together, and after his death she sold her farm to C.H. Voorhees, and bought another east of Millersburgh. After rearing her family, she sold her property and made her home with John W., where she died April 19, 1880. She was a kind, indulgent mother, was a good business woman, and looked after her own interests, and her children rise up and truly call her blessed. Capt. Hart was a Master Mason, and at the time of his death was a Democrat. Although he has been dead many years, his memory is still fresh in the recollections of those who knew him.
Jacob T. Hart is the third of four children: one sister, Susan Alice, is dead, and a brother, John W., and a sister, Mary V., are living. Our subject was married April 7, 1881, to Alice E. Cornell, who was born October 30, 1856, a daugheer of Alpha Cornell, and they have two children: Burton C., born February 14, 1882, and John J., born March 18, 1884. Mr. Hart is a man of good business ability, and by his industry and energy has now a pleasant home, where he is surrounded with many of the comforts that add to the pleasure of living. He is a member of the Disciples Church, and casts his suffrage with the Prohibition party.
From Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Wayne and Holmes, Ohio, J. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1889