Levi Richard and Harriet Maria Hart
Some information comes from History of Bear Lake Pioneers by Helen E Hymas. Other sources include census, cemetery and marriage records.
Levi Richard Hart was born 2 Mar 1853 in Bristol, England, the
son of James Hart and Mary Cape. The family stayed in New York City for a
time then left there the 8th of August 1862, and traveled with the Henry W
Miller company and arrived in Salt Lake on 18 Oct 1862.
Children of James Hart and Mary Cape
1. Harriet Hart b-4 June 1836 in Bristol, Devon
England; d-8 Dec 1916 in Ogden Utah; br-Ogden City Cemetery; m-Christopher Brown
2. Emma Hart b-1839 in Bristol, Devon England
3. b-18 Sep 1842 in Bristol, Devon England; d-10 June 1859 in Kings Co New York;
br-Evergreens Cemetery
4. William Hart b-1846 in Bristol; d-25 Oct 1886 in Salt Lake City
5. Levi Richard Hart b-2 Mar 1853 in Bristol; d-13 Feb 1927 in Raymond Idaho; br-Montpelier
City Cemetery
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Levi met and married Harriet Maria Conley in 1874 in Utah. She was born 21 Apr 1859 in Centerville Utah, the daughter of Solomon Nicholas Conley and Harriet Maria Stoddard.
Harriet and Levi came to Thomas Fork Valley in the spring of 1877 with two small sons, James and William Augustus. She was the first white woman to spend the winter there. She did the cooking for the men, and Albert Leslie Hart, was the first white child born in Thomas Fork Valley. At one time Harriet kept four Indian braves pacified for four hours with her home baked bread.
Children of Levi Richard Hart and Harriet Maria Conley
1. James Richard Hart b-28 Aug 1875 in Thomas
Fork; d-4 Apr 1903; br-Montpelier City Cemetery
2. William Augustus Hart b-7 Sep 1877 in Utah; d-4 June 1956 in Boise Idaho; br-Cloverdale
Memorial Park; m-Susan Catherine
3. Albert Leslie Hart b-11 June 1879 in Thomas Fork; d-24 Aug 1948 in Logan; br-Logan
City Cemetery; m-Amelia Eliza Eschler
4. Mary Caroline Hart b-7 Oct 1884 in Thomas Fork; d-22 July 1899 in Thomas
Fork; br-Montpelier City Cemetery
5. Franklin Hart b-5 July 1887 in Salt Lake City; d-20 Aug 1931 in Montpelier;
br-Montpelier City Cemetery
6. Willard Edward Hart b-7 Sep 1895 in Thomas Fork; d-2 Dec 1936 in Kern,
California; br-Montpelier City Cemetery
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Children of Albert Leslie Hart and Amelia Eliza Eschler
1. Cerelda Hart b-6 May 1909 in Raymond; d-26
Jan 1998 in Garden City Utah; br-Garden City Cemetery; m-Lloyd Pope Evans
2. Gwendolyn Hart b-5 Jan 1912 in Paris Idaho; d-12 Mar 1999 in Las Vegas Nevada
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Levi Richard Hart died 13 Feb 1927 in Raymond, and was buried in the Montpelier Cemetery. Harriet Maria Conley Hart died 9 Feb 1940 in Raymond.