Brief Life History of Rueben Mortimer
When Rueben Mortimer Hart was born on 7 February 1878, in Iowa, United States, his father, Columbus Hart, was 25 and his mother, Harriett Miller, was 21. He married Ethel Marie Miriam Dalzell on 12 August 1906, in Cedar Rapids, Boone, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Cedar Township, Boone, Nebraska, United States for about 10 years and Timber Creek Township, Nance, Nebraska, United States in 1930. He died on 1 March 1938, in Columbus, Platte, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Cedar Rapids, Boone, Nebraska, United States.
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- Rhueben Hart, "United States Census, 1930"
- Reuben Mortimer Hart, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- Reuben Mortimer Hart, "Find A Grave Index"
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1879
Historical Boundaries: 1879: Boone, Nebraska, United States
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English and North German: nickname from Middle English hert (Old English heorot), Middle Low German hërte, harte ‘hart, stag’, perhaps for a quick-footed or timorous individual.
German: variant of Hardt 1 and 2. It is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).
Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name or nickname from German and Yiddish hart ‘hard’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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