as a minister of the gospel at Carrollton, Miss., by the presbytery of
Lexington South, January 1st, 1853. He supplied the churches of
Carrollton, Middleton, and Greenwood, all in Carroll County, Miss.,
from early in the year 1852 to January, 1856. April 1st, 1856, he
was settled over the Presbyterian Church of Logan, Hocking County,
Ohio, in which capacity he continued until October, 1868, when he
removed to Shawneetown, Ill., and was settled as pastor over the
Presbyterian Church of that place, and continued his labors there for three
years, when the church of Logan, Ohio, re-called him, and on the 1st
of November, 1871, he was re-installed as pastor in Logan, where he
still continues his labors, December, 1874. He was married in St.
Louis, Mo., September 6th, 1853, to Miss Olivia Page Studley, of
Boston, Mass., a granddaughter of Major Isaac Andrews, of Hillsboro,
N. H. They have six children, three sons and three daughters, viz:
1, Edward Studley, born March 9th, 1855, in Carrollton, Miss.; 2,
Horace Pierce, born March 12th, 1858, in Logan, Ohio; 3, Alice Whipple,
born July 17th, 1859, in Logan, Ohio; 4, Mary Pamelia, born
April 19th, 1862, in Logan, Ohio; 5, Olivia Rochester, born July 10th,
1865, in Logan, Ohio; 6, Joseph Charles, born November 20th, 1866,
in Logan, Ohio.
NOTE.For one hundred years religion has had a home in this family. The
descendants of Joseph Hart to the fifth generation are known. There are to-day more
than a hundred who are consistent Christians, adorning the gospel of our Lord Jesus
Christ.
Quotation from the will of William Shakespeare, A. D. 1616:
Item. 1 give and bequeath unto her (i. e., his sister Joan), three
sons William Hart, Hart,* and Michael Hart, five pounds
apiece, to be paid one year after my decease.
I quote the above from an edition of Shakespeare published in 1656.
it seems that he bequeathed to this sister (Joan) 20 pounds, his
wearing apparel, and the house in Stratford wherein she dwelleth,
for her natural life, under the yearly rent of twelve pence.
* Malone says: It is singular that neither Shakspeare nor any of his family should
have recollected the name of his nephew, who was born at Stratford but eleven years
before the making of his will. His christian name was Thomas; and he was baptized
in that town July 24, 1605.
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