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Joseph Scudder Hart[1]
1847 - 1933 (86 years)-
Name Joseph Scudder Hart Birth 5 Jan 1847 New Jersey 
Gender Male Death 18 Feb 1933 Shawnee, Johnson, Kansas Burial Shawnee, Johnson, Kansas Person ID I6015 Scudder Last Modified 26 Feb 2007
Father Nathaniel Hart, b. 24 Apr 1816, Hopewell, Mercer, New Jersey d. 25 Mar 1881, New Jersey (Age 64 years) Mother Jane Atchley, b. Nov 1813, New Jersey d. 1909, New Jersey (Age 95 years) Marriage 15 Apr 1837 Hunterdon county, New Jersey Family ID F2129 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Wilhannah Scudder, b. 16 Jan 1849, Scudder's Falls, Mercer, New Jersey d. 18 Jun 1930, Shawnee, Johnson, Kansas (Age 81 years) Marriage 16 Nov 1869 Scudder's Falls, New Jersey Children 1. Julia Scudder Hart, b. 31 Oct 1872, Hopewell, New Jersey d. 15 Feb 1931, Shawnee, Johnson, Kansas (Age 58 years)2. Jennie Hart, b. 30 Oct 1874, Hopewell, Mercer, New Jersey d. 5 Aug 1952, Shawnee, Johnson, Kansas (Age 77 years)Family ID F2122 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Mar 2024
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Notes - Both Joseph and Wilhannah went to college before getting married. He worked on his father's farm for seven years before coming to Shawnee. They moved there in 1877, after Joseph had been on a buffalo hunt in the area. The Harts moved to Shawnee against Wilhannah's better judgment, however. The families were well-to-do in New Jersey, and moving to Kansas was a big change. But once they got here, Wilhannah found a friend in a neighbor, Mrs. Zahner, who gave her a poplar tree. She told her "You plant this tree and your family back east will be able to see where you live."
The family took a train to St. Louis and then a riverboat to Kansas City, living with Wilhannah's sister, Margaret Green, in Kansas City, Kansas, and then rented a home in Merriam. Margaret Green's husband, John Green, was a home builder and built the Hart house on 100 acres at 75th and Quivira in Shawnee. Joseph quickly became known for his produce in the Kansas City markets. He would hop a train at 75th and Antioch to sell vegetables, eggs, grapes, turkeys and honey in the Kansas City Market and to Wolferman's Grocery.
- Both Joseph and Wilhannah went to college before getting married. He worked on his father's farm for seven years before coming to Shawnee. They moved there in 1877, after Joseph had been on a buffalo hunt in the area. The Harts moved to Shawnee against Wilhannah's better judgment, however. The families were well-to-do in New Jersey, and moving to Kansas was a big change. But once they got here, Wilhannah found a friend in a neighbor, Mrs. Zahner, who gave her a poplar tree. She told her "You plant this tree and your family back east will be able to see where you live."
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Sources - [S15] Genealogy of Early Settlers of Trenton and Ewing, "Old Hunterdon County," New Jersey, p. 223.
- [S15] Genealogy of Early Settlers of Trenton and Ewing, "Old Hunterdon County," New Jersey, p. 223.