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Edmond Lambeth Hart, an old and highly esteemed citizen of Benton County, Ark., was born in Davidson County, N. C., in 1817, and is a son of Henry and Barbara (Lambeth) Hart. The father was of Scotch-Irish descent, and was born near Newbern, N. C., about 1780, and was a farmer by occupation. He was also a soldier in the War of 1812, and was in the battles of Horse Shoe Bend, Natchez and New Orleans. In 1829 he located in Bedford County, Tenn., and in 1852 immigrated to Christian County, Mo., where he died about seven years later. His wife was born in North Carolina, and died in 1867. She was the mother of ten children, our subject being the eldest in the family. When he was twelve years of age he moved to Tennessee with his parents, and was reared to manhood in that State. As he was the oldest in the family, and his parents were poor, he was compelled to assist in providing for the family, consequently his educational advantages were very limited, three months being the extent of his school days. While in his native State, at the early age of eight years, he worked in a gold mine, and after moving to Tennessee he was employed as a farm laborer, receiving for his services $8 per month. He worked thus for six years, the proceeds of his labor being given to his parents. April 4, 1839, he was married to Nancy Johnson Moore, a daughter of James and Mary (Murray) Moore, who were North Carolinians. Mrs. Hart was born December 20, 1820, in Bedford County, Tenn., and became the mother of ten children: James H., Harriet E., wife of John Dereberry; Jane E., wife of John Lechliter; Councel L.; Mary F., wife of Benjamin Oakley; George W.; Rebecca A., the deceased wife of James Bird; Louis K. K.; Sarah T., wife of George Duckworth, and Robert F. Mr. Hart came to Benton County, Ark., in 1850, where he became one of the wealthy land holders of the county. He now owns 228 acres, besides giving his children eighty acres of land each. He was a Union man during the war, is independent in politics, and is a Master Mason. He and wife have been members of the Christian Church for many years.