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HART FARM
In the 1930’s,
Julia Pearl Persinger Hart, mother of the current owner
of Hart Farm, pieced a Hearts & Gizzards
quilt top, a block of which was copied for the quilt
square on the barn. When she died in 1942, Julia’s
quilt tops were divided among her six children. Her
son, Abe Hart, Jr., says the Hearts & Gizzards is one of
his share which totals eight. The barn on which the
quilt square hangs was built in 1945 by John Harvey and
his barn crew. The lumber used was sawed from trees
growing on the farm.
The Hart Farm was purchased in 1838 from
Joseph Garland, Jr. In 1841, Harrison Hendrix purchased
it from his parents, Solomon and Susanna Hart Hendrix
(Solomon’s great-uncle was the purchaser of the land in
1838). In 1860, Harrison Hendrix sold the property to
George Persinger, who died in 1887 and left the property
to his son, George Lewis Persinger. George Lewis
Persinger died in 1893 and left the farm to his six
children, one of which was Julia Pearl Persinger Hart,
the mother of the current owner. In 1938, Julia’s
husband, Abe F. Hart, Sr., purchased from the other
Persinger heirs their interest in the property. Upon
Julia’s death in 1942, her son, Abe Hart, Jr. inherited
a one-sixth interest in her one-sixth interest. When
Abe, Sr. died in 1965, Abe, Jr. inherited a one-sixth
interest in the property that had been purchased by his
father. Through inheritance and by purchasing shares
from other family members, Abe, Jr. became full owner of
the farm in 1987.
A couple of
notes of interest:
*Harrison Hendrix was one of four persons
entrusted with the plans to burn railroad bridges during
the Civil War. Two of his wives are buried on the
property.
*In 1868, George Persinger donated the
land for the Brick Church (now known as the Brick
Christian Church).
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