William Hart

History of Champagn County, Ohio - 1917

One of the substantial and progressive farmers of Champaign county is William Hart, living on his well-tilled farm of eighty-eight acres in Jackson township three miles south of St. Paris. He was born on September 20, 1851, in Audrain County, Missouri, the son of Gottleib and Annie (Luckenbill) (Luginbyhl) (Luginbuhl) Hart, both of who were native os Switzerland.

Gottleib Hart and his wife were both born in Switzerland and came as children with their respective parents to America in an early day (August 24, 1833), locating first in Holmes County, Ohio, where they grew to maturity and were married. Shortly after their marriage they went west to Missouri, where Gottlieb Hart followed his trade as a cabinet and coffin maker for a few years, where his death occured, and his widow Anna return with her family to Holmes County, Ohio, where she married again and afterward went to live in Stark county, Ohio, where she lived the remainder of her life. By her first marriage to Gottleib Hart there were two children born William and Gottlieb Jr Hart, the latter of whom died while young. To her second marriage were born seven children, tow of who are living; George Hoffman, of Holmes County, Ohio, and Mrs. Henrietta Strubill living in Michigan.

After his mother's return from Missouri, William Hart lived with his grandfather in Holmes County, Ohio, receiving his education in German in the district schools of that county. At the age of seventeen he started out in life for himself by learning the carpenter trade, in which vocation he was engaged for a number of years. In 1890 he decided to take up farming, and moved with his family from Holmes county to Champaign county, locating at Mt. Tabor, and has lived in this county continuously since the time with the exception of two years, which he spent in Paulding county, Ohio, on his farm there. In 1910 he purchased his present farm which he has improved in many ways until he now has a very attractive pieces of farm property. Here he is engaged in general farming and the breeding and reising of live stock for the markets.