Relief (Baldwin) Hart (1806)

Born 31 Aug 1806 in Pawlet, Rutland, Vermont, United States

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Relief was born in 1806.

"History of Lorain County, Ohio" by Williams Bros, 1879, page 184 [formatting added to enhance readability]

SYLVESTER HART.

Sylvester Hart was born at Weston, Vt., on the 27th of March, 1806. His father, George Hart, was a native of Massachusetts; his mother, Polly Lawrence, a Vermonter. In the days of his youth, educational advantages were quite limited, and what little of scholastic learning he obtained was in the common schools of the place of his birth. By subsequent self-study, and the application of knowledge gained by experience, he became a well-read man, and possessed an intelligence above the average farmer.

It was in the year 1834, when, imbued with a spirit of adventure, coupled with the desire to make a home for himself and family, he came to Lorain Co., Ohio, and settled in Carlisle township, upon the farm now occupied by his son, Henry H. Some years prior to his removal from Vermont, however, he had become pretty thoroughly acquainted with and habituated in agricultural pursuits. At the age of seventeen years he bought his "time" of his father, and subsequently purchased a small farm, which he sold preparatory to his departure to Ohio. All went well with him in his western home until 1840, when his residence and barn were totally destroyed by fire, a calamity under which a man of less indomitable energy and perseverance would have succumbed. Nothing daunted by this untoward event, he rebuilt on another part of his farm the house in which Henry H. Hart now resides. In December, 1856, Mr. Hart removed to the village of Oberlin, intending to retire from the active, incessant labor of the farm. Here he resided a respected and honorable citizen until his death, which occurred Sept. 26, 1874.

On the 25th of January, 1829, Mr. Hart was united in marriage with Relief Baldwin, who was born at Pawlet, Vt., Aug. 31, 1806. She survives him. They had issue as follows, namely:

• Relief M., born June 19, 1830; died in infancy.
• Eunice D., born July 8, 1831 ; died in infancy.
• Jeremiah B., born Aug. 13, 1832; married Sarah A. Lyon, Jan. 25, 1854. Married, second time, Julia A. Preston, April 21, 1875. Children by first wife,— Carlton V., born May 26, 1855; Alice Relief, born Dec. 22, 1857; and Cora C, born April 11, 1859. Child by second wife, — Helen A., born March 19, 1876. Elizabeth C, born May 19, 1834; Cornelia M., born Sept. 21, 1836; married John H. Eckler, of Carlisle, Dec. 25, 1862. Children,— Henry S., born Oct. 11, 1863; George H., born July 20, 1865; died Oct. 9, 1873; Bertha M., born Oct. 14, 1868 ; Catharine M., born May 14, 1872; Frank R., born Feb. 21, 1875.
• Henry H., born Aug. 12, 1840; married Bertha B. Buehring, April 26, 1861. Children,— Alice L., born Jan. 6, 1862 ; Cora R., born March 26, 1863; William H., born July 18, 1864; Edith M., born Nov. 25, 1866 ; Julia C, born March 7, 1869 : Bertha B., born Feb. 24, 1872; George M., born March 5, 1874; Edwin R., born May 14, 1876; Flavius A., born Dec. 2, 1849; married Olive A., daughter of Simeon Crane, of Oberlin, Nov. 7, 1877; has one child. Burton S., born Aug. 30, 1878.

Sources

• "History of Lorain County, Ohio" by Williams Bros, 1879