William White Hart

• General Notes
  • William White Hart  served in the Civil War for 4 years and at some time
    achieved the rank of Sergeant.  Acording to Charles Harold Hart, his son,
    WWH not only fought but also assisted the Surgeon with his treatment and
    operationsof the wounded.  He was wounded 3 times and, supposedly, went
    
    
    
    
    
    
    to his grave with a large bullet, maybe a minie ball, in his thigh, in
    September 1872, he started to receive his Civil War pension for $6.00 per
    month (List of pensioners on the rolls, Vol II  # 119, 236 page 531. Put
    out by the Dept of Interior, USA. $6.00 per month for GSLT (Grape shot
    left thigh) which  he collected until his death in 1922.  After his
    death, Olive Hart who had taken care of him and his children  - her
    brothers  - after her mothers death received a pension until her death in
    1951. His funeral cost $233.0 - Soldiers Fund paid $75.00 and the rest
    was paid by Charles H. Hart, who was Probably the executor of the estate.
    This next information is from the Chester County Archives, WestChester,
    
    
    
    
    
    
    PA.
    506h PA Infantry, Recruited in Berks Cty.,  Mustered in September 26,
    1861 and mustered out July 30, 1865.
    Re-mustered as Veteran Volunteers at Blanes Cross Road, TN - Jan. 1, 1864
    7/5/1913 (from newspaper)
    WilliamHart., H.A. Sebing and Samuel Plank form Joanna and Daniel B.
    Foreman, Morgantown, both places being in Caernarrvon Twp, Berks Cty, PA.
    attended the 50thanniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, Mr. Foreman
    was twice wounded and has both balls as relics of the conflict.  WW Hart
    was also wounded several times but not at the Battle of Gettysburg.  WW
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Hart was at the Battle of Vicksburg, Miss. Which reached its culmination
    on July 4, 1863 when the CSA surrendered after a long siege. Charles H.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Hart accompanied his father to the gathering at Gettysburg.
    My Grandfather Charles Harold Hart told me that WW Hart wasborn in one
    of the company houses that were owned by Hopewell Furnace.  These houses
    are still in existence  at Hopewell Furnace, a National Monument, which
    
    
    
    
    
    
    abuts French Creek State Park, Union Twp. Berks Cty., PA.
    After the war,William White Hart had a plastering business in Reading,
    Berks Cty., PA. which he sold to his son, Charles Harold Hart. In the
    1880 Readign City Directory, WW Hart was listed with his business as
    living at 28 N. 11th St. Reading PA.  at one time he lived at 517 N. 9th
    st. Reading, Berks Cty., PA.
    After selling his business to his son, he built a house in Caernarvon
    Twp., Berks Cty., PA. which was situated on the eastern road which comes
    out of Harmony Church.  He lived there with his daughter Olive, until his
    death from uremic poisoning in 1922. She lived there for many years by
    herself.
    This informationwas mailed to me by Mabel L. Thomas
    mrstui@@lancnews.infi.net
    Manheim, PA. 10/25/99