Martha Jane (Giesler) Hart (1851 - 1932)

Born 1 Mar 1851 in Crawford, Missouri, United States

Ancestors

Daughter of Jacob S. Giesler and Matilda (King) Giesler

Wife of Hargus Washington Hart — married 22 Nov 1871 in Maries, Missouri, United States

Descendants

Died 1 Aug 1932 at age 81 in Vichy, Maries, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Martha Jane Giesler was born around 1851, the daughter of Jacob and Matilda (King) Giesler, early settlers in the area of Maries County, which was then part of Crawford County.

In 1871, she married Hargus Washington Hart with five children who reached adulthood: three sons—Joseph, Charles, and Walter—and two daughters, Frankie and Minnie.

Martha passed away on August 1, 1932, in Vichy and was laid to rest in Wentzel Cemetery. Her obituary and gravestone state her birth date as March 1, 1849; however, this is contradicted by the 1850 Census, which does not list her as a member of her parents' household.

Instead, the youngest child recorded is Louisa Matilda Giesler. Supporting this, the 1900 Census records Martha's age as 48, with a birth date in 1851, aligning with her first census appearance in 1860 as a nine-year-old.

DNA

• Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Jerry Slone and JDR, his 3rd cousin. Their most-recent common ancestors are Jacob Giesler and Matilda King, the great-great-grandparents of both Jerry and JDR. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 3rd cousins, based on sharing 76 cM across 4 segments.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1860", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHZH-XRW : Wed Oct 04 09:54:12 UTC 2023), Entry for J. Geasler and Lucinda Geasler, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1880", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6XG-RKN : Thu Oct 05 11:15:54 UTC 2023), Entry for Hargus W. Hart and Martha J. Hart, 1880.

• "United States Census, 1900", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3ZL-96D : Fri Oct 06 00:21:48 UTC 2023), Entry for Hargus W. Hart and Martha J. Hart, 1900.

• "United States Census, 1910", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2B7-D28 : Wed Oct 04 13:37:19 UTC 2023), Entry for Hargres W. Hart and Martha J. Hart, 1910.

• "United States Census, 1920", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8HY-VW2 : Mon Nov 06 16:35:31 UTC 2023), Entry for Hargis W. Hart and Martha J. Hart, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHFB-941 : Wed Oct 04 09:01:34 UTC 2023), Entry for Hargus W. Hart and Martha J. Hart, 1930.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42557947/martha-jane-hart), memorial page for Martha Jane Giesler Hart (1 Mar 1849–1 Aug 1932), Find a Grave Memorial ID 42557947, citing Wentzel Cemetery, Vichy, Maries County, Missouri, USA.