Biography of Lucius B. Hart, page 149 / 150.  History of Northeast Indiana; 
LaGrange, Steuben, Noble, and DeKalb Counties, Vol. II, under the editorial 
supervision of Ira Ford, Orville Stevens, William H. McEwen, and William H. 
McIntosh.  The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York, 1920.

   Lucius B. Hart is a veteran railroad man and for many years has been a 
competent engineer handling one of the passenger runs on the Baltimore & 
Ohio between Garrett and Chicago. Mr. Hart, whose home is at Garrett, is a 
native of Northeast Indiana, having been born near Ligonier March 1, 1867.
   His parents, David and Rebecca J. (Cummings) Hart, were natives of Ohio. 
His father was born in Ashland County October 17, 1835, and his mother in 
Van Wert County January 17, 1845.  When these families came to Indiana the 
Harts located in DeKalb County and the Cummings family in Noble County.  
David Hart and wife were married in the latter county and then settled on a 
farm east of Ligonier, later lived in Tennessee for about seventeen yeas, 
and on returning to Indiana settled in DeKalb County. David Hart died at 
Butler, Indiana in 1890. He was a fine mechanic in wood and also a farmer.  
He was active in the Methodist Episcopal Church and a republican in 
politics.  Of the six children four are living: Lucius B.; Dora, wife of 
Fred Wagner, of South Bend; Mrs. Rena Todd, of South Bend; and Oda, wife 
of J. A. Engstrom, of Garrett.
   Lucius B. Hart was seventeen years old when his parents returned to 
Indiana and settled in Butler.  He had acquired his education in the 
public schools of Tennessee and at the age of fifteen started out to make 
his own living. He worked in a woollen mill in Tennessee and on coming to 
Indiana entered the service of the Wabash Railroad as a call boy.  He was 
employed in the mechanical department and on moving to Garrett entered the 
service of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in 1886.  He was a fireman six 
year, was made a freight engineer, in 1902 became the road foreman of 
engines on the Newcastle division of the Baltimore & Ohio, and in the 
latter part of the year returned to Garrett and took charge of locomotives 
on the Chicago division.  Since 1905 he has been a passenger engineer 
between Garrett and Chicago.
   On June 8, 1904, Mr. Hart married Geraldine Bevard, a native of Allen 
County, Indiana.  His wife before her marriage spent seventeen years in 
school work and had finished her education in the Methodist College at 
Fort Wayne.  They have two daughters, Jane Ellen, born April 22, 1905, and 
Louise, born October 31, 1907, both attending the common schools.   The 
family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Mr. Hart being on 
the official board and long a faithful worker in the church and Sunday 
school.  He is a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and is 
affiliated with Garrett City Lodge No. 537, Ancient Free and Accepted 
Mason, Garrett Chapter No. 129, Royal Arch Masons, Apollo Commander No. 
19, Knights Templar, and both he and his wife are members of the Easter 
Star.  He is a republican in politics.

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
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