Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Hart, Phillip December 17, 1827 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com February 10, 2006, 3:36 am Author: "History of Grundy County, Illinois", 1882 PHILLIP HART, grocer, Morris, is a native of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, born December 17, 1827; received a common school education in Germany and came to the United States in 1846; worked in New York City at the barber business for about six years. In 1850, he removed to Buffalo, where he kept hotel until 1853. In 1854, he settled in Morris, Grundy County, where he has engaged in various kinds of business, principally as proprietor of the American House, and afterward in the grocery business, in which he is now engaged, in Hart's Block, Liberty street. He was married, in May, 1848, to Miss Elizabeth GOERING, of Germany; she was born March 7, 1826. They have had six children - Catharine, born February 12, 1851; and Lena, born September 11, 1854; both died in infancy; Mary, born February 16, 1861, died January 16, 1863; Eliza, born September 16, 1857, married May 31, 1881, to Frederick HARMENING; George, born December 22, 1858, married to Miss Mollie HINDS; and William, born July 10, 1867. [Source: "History of Grundy County, Illinois", Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, Lake Side Building, 1882] File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/grundy/bios/hart84nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb