Sedgwick County KSGenWeb

Portrait And Biographical Album of Sedgwick County, Kan.

Chapman Brothers 1888

Pages 1085 - 1086

MAYLAND HART. Among the well-to-do agriculturists who came to Sedgwick County in the latter days of its prosperity, but who are becoming identified with its material interests, is the citizen whose name heads this sketch, who is a resident of Afton Township, having his homestead on section 12. He is a native of Ionia County, Mich., born Dec. 19, 1850, and is a son of Lewis and Nancy (Sherman) Hart, who were both born in the State of New York, the former in 1807, and the latter in 1811.

             The father of the subject of our sketch was a farmer by occupation, and removed from his native State to Michigan shortly after his marriage, where he was engaged in carrying on agricultural pursuits until his death, which occurred Sept. 12, 1887. His widow, who still survives, is a resident of the Wolverine State. To them were born a family of eight children, of whom the following is a record: Henrietta married George Demoray, a farmer, and is living in Dakota; George H. married Miss Maggie Carveth, who died leaving him with three children, and is a resident of Michigan, and a farmer; Mary married Harrison Robinson, but both she and her husband are dead; Phoebe A. also was the wife of Harrison Robison, who was a cooper, and was the mother of three children, but has passed to her heavenly home; Franklin E. married Nancy Davenport, and is engaged in farming in Ionia County, Mich.; Elizabeth G. married Albert A. Denton, a lumberman, and resides at Eagle, Wis.; Mayland, the subject of this sketch; and William Milo, who married Miss Ella M. Denton, and is a resident of Lowell, Mich.

             Mr. Hart received the elements of his education in the common schools of the Peninsular State in his boyhood, and assisted in the labors on the farm of his father. He continued beneath the rooftree of his parents, managing the homestead in his later years, until he had attained his twenty-third year, when he was married. The ceremony which united him and Miss Louisa Lenington was solemnized June 8, 1873. The bride was the daughter of John and Amy Lenington, and was born in Canada, Jan. 3, 1855. She was the youngest in a family of six children, born to her parents as follows: John, a farmer of Lake County, Mich.; Hiram, who is a cooper, married Miss Emma Granger, and is living in Lowell, Mich.; Nancy, Mrs. Stark, resides in Lake County, Mich.; Edith, Mrs. James Henry, who is living on a farm in Ionia County, Mich.; Lucinda, who married Daniel Carr, a farmer, resides in Ionia County; and Louisa, wife of the subject of our narrative. After his marriage Mr. Hart and his young wife settled down on a farm in Montcalm County, Mich. 

            In March, 1885, Mr. Hart came to Kansas, and located in Afton Township, on the farm where he now resides, where he has 160 acres of land, all of which is in excellent culture, and on which he has erected a good, handsome and commodious house, and neat out-buildings. While a resident of this county Mr. Hart was called upon to mourn the death of his wife, who departed this life Dec. 9, 1887, leaving her bereaved husband and three children, as follows: Leonora, who was born July 24, 1877; Louie M., April 12, 1880; and Vincent J., Dec. 5, 1884. The wife and mother was a sincere Christian, and a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and her death was not only felt by the mourning family, but by the entire community.

             Politically, Mr. Hart affiliates with the Union Labor party, being well convinced that in the direction in which that organization would lead lies the truest safety for our National life. He is a man who is thoroughly honest, upright and reliable, and is highly honored and respected by the entire community.

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