John Lowell Hart

1898 - 1981  (83 years)    Has 69 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

• Name	John Lowell Hart
  Birth	4 Jul 1898	Warsaw, Benton County, Missouri, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aug 1981	Spencer, Iowa, USA
  Siblings	6 Siblings
  1. John Lowell Hart,   b. 4 Jul 1898, Warsaw, Benton County, Missouri, USA d. Aug 1981, Spencer, Iowa, USA  (Age 83 years)   2. Edith Fay Hart,   b. 22 Dec 1899, Warsaw, Benton County, Missouri, USA d. 24 Mar 1999, Warsaw, Benton County, Missouri, USA  (Age 99 years) ▻ Lloyd Parks Bresee,  m. 16 Sep 1922   3. Anna Mabel Hart,   b. 17 Jun 1901, Warsaw, Benton County, Missouri, USA d. 2 Aug 1989, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA  (Age 88 years) ▻ Ervin E Malott,  m. 20 Aug 1923   4. Bernice Alverda Hart,   b. 20 Sep 1903   d. 7 Nov 2000  (Age 97 years) ▻ John Major Laird, Sr   5. Mary Fern Hart,   b. 16 Nov 1907   d. 26 May 2000, Naples, Florida, USA  (Age 92 years) ▻ William Brent Mathews   6. Stella Lee Hart,   b. 17 Jun 1913   d. 18 May 1925  (Age 11 years)   7. Geraldine Gedney Hart,   b. 24 Dec 1920   d. 3 Jan 1986  (Age 65 years)
  Person ID	I318503	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	17 Oct 2001

  
  

  Father	Gedney Davis Hart,   b. 24 Dec 1868, Nebraska City, Otoe Co, Nebraska, USA d. 9 Aug 1956, St. Michael's Hospital, Texarkana, Miller Co., Texas, USA (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Minnie Daisy Eoff,   b. 21 Nov 1879, Wentzville, St. Charles Co, Missouri, USA d. 1 Jun 1971, Warsaw, Benton County, Missouri, USA (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	30 Sep 1897	Fairfield, Benton Co, Missouri, USA
  Family ID	F126872	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family ID	F126906	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Oct 2001

  
  

• Notes

  John Lowell Hart was born Warsaw, Mo 4 July, 1898. John died Aug 1981 Spencer, IA, at 83 years of age. He married Marie McKinstry 3 Mar 1925. John took the civil service exam in his junior year, received an appointment and stayed out of school for a year delivering mail (His father was Postmaster) . He then graduated from Warsaw H.S. the same year (1920) with sisters Edith and Anna. John signed a professional baseball contract as a player and playing manager for 9 years. He quit baseball 1928 to start the H & N Chevrolet business operating the dealership for 10 years in Spencer, IA (added Ford, Lincoln, Mercury franchise). His brother Frank joined him in the business. In 1949 he was able to get Babe Ruth (a baseball acquaintance) to come to Spencer, IA spending a week with them-Babe Ruth died eighteen weeks later. A Babe Ruth autographed baseball is now held (Oct 1999) by John David Laird grandson of John Laird and Bernice Hart (John Lowell Hart's sister). John Hart continued "playing" in baseball by organizing an all salaried team made up of college players. At the end of the season there was a John Hart Day and the Spencer citizens presented him with an oil painting of him and Babe Ruth. John had other business ventures including golf courses and residential/commercial developer. In retirement he enjoyed golf, hunting. attending ballgames, etc. spending part of their winter in the South and enjoying their English Setters, Rebel and Lefty.