Person:Miles Hart (1)

Born in KY and came to Coles Co. 1826-1827 per 1906 History of Coles Co. Moses, Thomas, Thomas Jr. Jonathon and Silas Hart came at that time also.

Per a visit to the Coles Co. Gen. Soc., July of 2001, we were told that Miles H. Hart had been married to a woman with the surname Beatty. They were the parents of William K. Hart. Info. from Dee Fillis, who has Miles H. Hart's family bible corroborates this. A letter from Eileen Lynch Gochenour also stated the same. She said his first wife, unknown Beatty, was her ancestor and was the daughter of Joseph Beatty who died in Grayson Co., KY. She said the first wife was born in PA about 1781-1782 and died sometime between 1818 and 1820. William K. Hart was living with his grandfather in 1823. No sources were given.

An obituary glued to a page of his family bible: February 17--At his residence in Cole County, Ill., brother Miles Hart, in the sixtieth year of his age. Brother Hart sought and found the pearl of great price when young. He served the Church in the capacity of local preacher for twenty-six years. His house was long a home for the wayworn itinerant; and he was loved best by those with whom he was most intimately acquainted. His last illness was of a short duration. A few hours before he died, he seemed lost and swallowed up in the subject of faith, and said, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for--the evidence of things not seen!" and thus passed away, with his confidence fixed in Him who cared for him. (Written by an A. Buckner)

In "Portrait and Biographical Record of Coles County, IL," 1887, under the biography of John Hendrix, whose second wife was Miss Eliza Ann Hart, p. 394, says that Eliza's father, Miles H. Hart, was a native of NC and her mother, Catherine Yokum, a native of KY.