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From Biographical records of Linn County, Iowa .. (1901)
JACOB A. HART.
On the 26th of May, 1900, there passed away at his home in Cedar Rapids this well-known and honored citizen, whose death occasioned the deepest regret throughout the community. For many years he labored with all the strength of a great nature and all the earnestness of a true heart for the bettering of the world about him; and when he was called to the rest and reward of the higher world his best monument w'as found in the love and respect of the community in which he lived for so many years.
Mr. Hart was born in Frederick, Maryland, November 18, 1831, a son of Jacob and Mary (Herring) Hart. He was a good scholar and received his education in the best schools of the east, always making good use of his opportunities. He began his business career as a clerk in his father's grocery store, and later embarked in the to-
As printed in Biographical records of Linn County, Iowa .. (1901). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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