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87y
Widowed
1317 Walnut Street

1877-03-30; Paper: Philadelphia Inquirer
"CAPTAIN WILLIAM H. HART
Captain William H. Hart, one of our best-known citizens of a past generation, died yesterday at his residence, No. 1317 Walnut street, aged eighty-eight years. He was a descendant of one of the oldest families in the neighborhood of Philadelphia, and entered early in life on a successful business career in mercantile occupation, and retiring from active pursuits, invested his already large fortune in the several railroad and other similar undertakings that have contributed so largely to the marvelous growth of Philadelphia. He was for a long time captain of the First City Troop of Calvary, and at the time of his death was the oldest living member of the troop, and always took a great interest in the prosperity of the company. He was a director of several corporations, and up to a few months of his death he was active in the discharge of all the duties of the trust reposed in him. He was of a cheerful disposition, and lived without an enemy and without censure of his fellows. He was always the possessor of remarkably good health, and his stately figure, erect and handsome, was familiar to most Philadelphians. He leaves a large fortune, the result of prudent investments and sound judgment in monetary matters."

Birth:
William added the middle initial "H" later in his life.

Buried:
Age: 87. buried in the large Hart lot at South Laurel Hill Cemetery

Died:
Age: 87

William Matilda Maybin 19 Feb 18182nd Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Matilda 09 Dec 1796 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; 14 Apr 1832Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; 16 Apr 1832Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William Mary Elizabeth Sperry 05 Sep 1840. Mary 23 Aug 1801 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; 14 May 1874Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; 16 May 1874. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Age 1Yr 6Mo

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Age 0

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Age 0

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Buried:
Age: 53

Harry Mary Craythorne Meigs 20 Jun 1865Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Mary (daughter of Dr. Charles Delucena Meigs and Mary Montgomery) 09 Aug 1838 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; 16 Feb 1917; Whitemarsh, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
Laurel Hill Cemetary; Age 47

Died:
Age: 47

Matilda Robert Adams 23 May 1844Bucks Co., Pennsylvania, USA. Robert 1814 Philadelphia, PA; 23 Jan 1894Philadelphia, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Age 1

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Age 1 yr 9Mo

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Died:
Age: 90

William Anna Scott Fisher 15 Jab 1899Philadelphia PA. Anna (daughter of George Harrison Fisher and Bettsie Riddle) 12 Mar 1877 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; 02 Aug 1958Upper Dublin, Ambler, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA; Whitemarsh, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Age: 87

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Age: 6

Died:
Age: 6

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Age 56

Family/Spouse: Fanny Simons Bayly. Fanny about 1882 Maryland, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIO from "A Record of the Hart Family of Philadelphia" by Thomas Hart, 1920 (page 239)
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Dr. Charles D. Hart, one of Philadelphia's cost public spirited citizens, received his early education at St. Pauls School, Concord, N.H., and later attended Princeton, a member of the Class of l892, since which time he has always been prominently identified with the various plans for the growth and the betterment of that institution. There he received his degree of A.B., followed by that of A.M. in l895. He then attended the Medical School of the University of Pennsylvania receiving the degree of M.D. in l897.

He is a member of the Board of Prison Inspectors cf the State of Pennsylvania, having been appointed to that position in January l920, by Governor Sproul. Dr. Hart was formerly Secretary of the Board for many years. He is the author of "History of the Eastern Penitentiary." He has always been actively interested in the Boy Scout movement, and is Chairman of the Philadelphia Council, Boy Sccuts of America, and a member cf the National Executive Committee of the organization. He is Chairman of the Membership Branches and Auxiliary Department of the American Red Cross in the Philadelphia District. He has for many years been connected with the Pennsylvania Hospital and is consulting physician for the Pennsylvania Institute for the Blind. He holds the rank of First Lieutenant in the U.S.Army Medical Reserve Corps and is a Trustee of the Drexel Institute,

Dr. Hart is a member of the Philadelphia Club, and is a "Citizen" of the State in Schuylkill, and having held the office of Secretary of State, he is now an Honorary member of that body. His other Clubs are the Racquet, Princeton and Philadelphia Cricket Clubs. He is a Fellow; of the College of Physicians. He lives with his sister Mary Meigs Hart, on We?,t Mermaid Lane, Chestnut Fill. Miss Mary Meigs Hart* is a member of the Acorn Club.

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Buried:
Age: 79

Died:
Age: 79

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*** Suicide in 1906 ***
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Robert Adams, Jr. was born on February 26, 1849, the son of Robert and Matilda Maybin Hart Adams of Philadelphia. The Senator attended public primary school and Doctor Fairies Physical Institute, graduating from the Wharton School of Economy and Finance, University of Pennsylvania in 1869. He studied law with Geo. W. Biddle; was admitted to the bar in 1872, but never practiced. He was a member of the United States Geological Survey during the Yellowstone exploration in 1875; a Major and Judge Advocate for the Pa. National Guard, First Brigade, 1881-1895; Lt. Col. and aide de camp for Gov. Beaver; president of the Wharton School Associates; and a member of the First City Troop. He served in the Pennsylvania State Senate, 1883-1886; was appointed United States Minister to Brazil on April 1, 1889, and served until June 1, 1890, when he resigned. Adams was elected to the US House of Representatives, serving from 1893 until his death by suicide on June 1, 1906, after suffering heavy financial losses in stock speculation.

US Congressman. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1869, and was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar Association. He practiced law off and on for 5 years, and from 1871 to 1875 he was a member of the United States Geological Survey that explored Yellowstone Park. He was a member of the the 1st Philadelphia City Troop, Pennsylvania National Guard, and in December 1881 he became the Judge Advocate of the 1st Brigade, Pennsylvania National Guard. He was later named a Colonel on the Staff of Governor James Beaver. From 1883 to 1887 he served as a Senator in the Pennsylvania State Senate, where he championed the Bullitt Bill, which produced the Philadelphia City Charter in 1885. In 1884 he had graduated from the Wharton School of Economy and Finance at the University of Pennsylvania, a move he took to better prepare himself for public political life. In April 1889 he was appointed by President Benjamin Harrison as United States Minister to Brazil, a post he served in until July 1890, when he resigned due to the ill effects the wet climate had on his health. In December 1893 he was elected as a Republican to represent Pennsylvania's 2nd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, filling the vacancy caused by the death of Charles O'Neill. He would spend the next twelve and a half years representing a constituency that included residents of Rittenhouse Square and the Mayfair section of Philadelphia. His nadir in Congress would come in the hours preceding the start of the Spanish-American War. Previously named to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, he often acted as chairman in the stead of Illinois Congressman Robert R. Hitt, who was frequently absent due to bouts of ill health. When the battleship "USS Maine" blew up in Havana Harbor, Cuba in February 1898, and the United States and Spain were escalating tensions towards war, resolutions debated and confirmed in Congress that declared the recognition of Cuban independence and the authorization of use of American troops to free Cuba were drawn up and introduced by Congressman Adams, who then pushed it through the Foreign Relations committee in a single hour. Financial troubles dogged him in the later stages of his life, and made him increasingly despondent in the spring of 1906. On June 2, 1906 he committed suicide in his apartment in Washington, DC. John Edgar Reyburn, who had served three previous terms in Congress, and would become Mayor of Philadelphia the next year, was elected to serve out Robert Adams' Congressional term.

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Died:
Age: 86

Family/Spouse: unk Lewis. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Age: 87

Family/Spouse: Josephine Frazier. Josephine 24 Dec 1923 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; 05 Feb 2015Newcastle, Lincoln County, Maine, USA; Bristol, Lincoln County, Maine, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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MD

Birth:Jun 22 1909
Death:Oct 13 2005
Age:96
Branch:US ARMY
Rank:CAPT
War:WORLD WAR II

Fran Hart (class of '32) died Oct. 13, 2005. He was 96.

He prepared at St. Paul's School in Concord, N.H. At Princeton he was in Ivy Club. Freshman and sophomore years he roomed with Cap Wister, and junior and senior years with Lew Van Dusen, Buzz Roberts, and Cap Wister.

After Princeton, Fran graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. He then spent two years interning in Philadelphia and a year's residence in Boston. His general practice was interrupted by Pearl Harbor.

In our 25-year book, Fran wrote: "The Army ordered me to become an X-ray specialist, which I did as best I could for a couple of years in the South Pacific. After my return to civilian life I took about three more years training in the field, which led to my present job of chief of radiology at Montgomery Hospital in Norristown, Pa."

Fran is survived by Maria, his wife of 51 years, and son Joshua, to whom the class extends its sincere condolences. The Class of 1932

Published in Princeton Alumni Weekly (Jan. 26, 2006).

Obit from Princeton Univ Alum magazine

Fran Hart died Oct. 13, 2005. He was 96.

He prepared at St. Paul's School in Concord, N.H. At Princeton he was in Ivy Club. Freshman and sophomore years he roomed with Cap Wister, and junior and senior years with Lew Van Dusen, Buzz Roberts, and Cap Wister.

After Princeton, Fran graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. He then spent two years interning in Philadelphia and a year's residence in Boston. His general practice was interrupted by Pearl Harbor.

In our 25-year book, Fran wrote: "The Army ordered me to become an X-ray specialist, which I did as best I could for a couple of years in the South Pacific. After my return to civilian life I took about three more years training in the field, which led to my present job of chief of radiology at Montgomery Hospital in Norristown, Pa."

Fran is survived by Maria, his wife of 51 years, and son Joshua, to whom the class extends its sincere condolences.

Francis Marie Hecksher Newbold 28 May 1954Philadelphia PA. Marie 17 Oct 1919 Pennsylvania; 15 Dec 2013Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Princeton Class of 1922

Family/Spouse: Sarah Drew Barringer. Sarah about 1902 Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]