Benton Co., AR - Biographies - Edmond Lambeth Hart

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Edmond Lambeth Hart, an old and highly esteemed citizen of Benton 
County, Ark., was born in Davidson County, N. C., in 1817, and is a 
son of Henry and Barbara (Lambeth) Hart. The father was of Scotch-
Irish descent, and was born near Newbern, N. C., about 1780, and was a 
farmer by occupation. He was also a soldier in the War of 1812, and 
was in the battles of Horse Shoe Bend, Natchez and New Orleans. In 
1829 he located in Bedford County, Tenn., and in 1852 immigrated to 
Christian County, Mo., where he died about seven years later. His wife 
was born in North Carolina, and died in 1867. She was the mother of 
ten children, our subject being the eldest in the family. When he was 
twelve years of age he moved to Tennessee with his parents, and was 
reared to manhood in that State. As he was the oldest in the family, 
and his parents were poor, he was compelled to assist in providing for 
the family, consequently his educational advantages were very limited, 
three months being the extent of his school days. While in his native 
State, at the early age of eight years, he worked in a gold mine, and 
after moving to Tennessee he was employed as a farm laborer, receiving 
for his services $8 per month. He worked thus for six years, the 
proceeds of his labor being given to his parents. April 4, 1839, he 
was married to Nancy Johnson Moore, a daughter of James and Mary 
(Murray) Moore, who were North Carolinians. Mrs. Hart was born 
December 20, 1820, in Bedford County, Tenn., and became the mother of 
ten children: James H., Harriet E., wife of John Dereberry; Jane E., 
wife of John Lechliter; Councel L.; Mary F., wife of Benjamin Oakley: 
George W.; Rebecca A., the deceased wife of James Bird; Louis R. K.; 
Sarah, T., wife of George Duckworth, and Robert F. Mr. Hart came to 
Benton County, Ark., in 1850, where he became one of the wealthy land 
holders of the county. He now owns 228 acres, besides giving his 
children eighty acres of land each. He was a Union man during the war, 
is independent in politics, and is a Master Mason. He and wife have 
been members of the Christian Church for many years.