Biographical Sketch of John Garhart - Chariton County, Missouri JOHN GARHART, one of Chariton county's most prominent and influential farmers and stock dealers, highly esteemed for his industry, intelligence and personal worth, was born in Crawford county, Ohio, August 23, 1845. Martin Garhart, father of our subject, was born in Baden, Germany in 1805. In 1835 he emigrated to the United States locating in Ohio. The mother of our subject was also a native of Baden, Germany, emigrating to the United States upon the same vessel with the gentleman who two years later became her husband. To them were born 13 children, 11 of whom lived to reach maturity, our subject being the sixth. These good people lived to a ripe old age, the death of the mother occurring in July, 1894 and that of the father, April 4, 1896. In youth our subject received the benefits of good school training. Upon attaining his majority, he selected farming and stock raising as his future occupation, in which he has been eminently successful. On the 19th of December, 1872, he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah A. Aumiller, a native of Crawford county, Ohio. In the following year he emigrated to Chariton county, Mo., locating 4 miles west of Prairie Hill and 6 miles north of Salisbury . His present farm, 5 miles north of Salisbury, section 15-84-17, embraces 480 acres of fine land. In addition to this he now owns 140 acres of fine pasture land in the river bottom, 760 acres in Kansas and 160 in South Dakota. To Mr. and Mrs. Garhart have been born five children, three of whom are now living; viz, Jennings J. deceased; Cora A., now 21, Clarence W., 19; Grace J., 13; Sarah E. deceased. Socially our subject is one of Chariton county's most friendly and agreeable gentlemen, friends are numbered by the number of his acquaintances. Religiously, he has pleasant affiliations with the church of Christ. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Willard Smith USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or their legal representative, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------