The following article was in the Dec. 20, 1979 Lakeville Journal <P> Judith Hart Marries At Arizona Mission <P> CORNWALL - Judith Gaylord Hart and Michael John Andrews were married Nov. 24 at the St. Michaels Mission in St. Michaels Ariz. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Hart of West Cornwall. <P> The mission is on private property on the Navajo Reservation. It was a double ring ceremony with the rings presented on a Navajo wedding basket. Navajo rugs decorated the alter aisle. Officiating was the Rev. John Lanyrath, OFM, pastor of Klagetoh Mission, 40 miles west of St. Michaels. <P> Mrs. Andrews received her B.S. at Northern Arizona University, magna cum laude and her M.A. at Northern Arizona University in the field of archeology and paleontology. She is currently acting registrar of Anthropological Collections at the Museum of Northern Arizona. <P> Mr. Andrews took his B.A. at the University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, and his M.A. at Northern Arizona University. he is currently staff archeologist and instructor in the Department of Anthropology at Northern Arizona University. Also, he was a resident of St. Michaels and project director of the St. Michaels Historical Museum. he is the son of Robert and Mary Alice Andrews of Albuquerque, New Mexico. <P> The couple will reside in Flagstaff, Ariz., continuing to work in their chosen fields.----------child: Andrews, Jonathan Charles (1983 - )
From her bio for the 1996 Hart Family Reunion:spouse: Logan, Fred (1927 - )Betsy Amilia is the 3rd child of Wallace Marion Hart and Ethel Louisa Oliver. Born 9/10/28. Graduate Becker Jr. College as Med. Sec. Diverse employment in secretarial field - 50 years. Mainly wife, homemaker and mother of three wonderful children. Lived in Maine - 30 years, southeast -15 and Washington - 2 years. Current interests - Continuing education in several areas, specifically in spiritual growth. Hospital vol. in areas of critical care and heart patients. In training for hospice care for the terminally ill. Stay in shape with water aerobics. Immensely enjoy camping. Tent and gear go with me always for spontaneous adventures. I find life most challenging, living it with love and joy.
The following article was in the Dec. 20, 1979 Lakeville Journal <P> Judith Hart Marries At Arizona Mission <P> CORNWALL - Judith Gaylord Hart and Michael John Andrews were married Nov. 24 at the St. Michaels Mission in St. Michaels Ariz. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Hart of West Cornwall. <P> The mission is on private property on the Navajo Reservation. It was a double ring ceremony with the rings presented on a Navajo wedding basket. Navajo rugs decorated the alter aisle. Officiating was the Rev. John Lanyrath, OFM, pastor of Klagetoh Mission, 40 miles west of St. Michaels. <P> Mrs. Andrews received her B.S. at Northern Arizona University, magna cum laude and her M.A. at Northern Arizona University in the field of archeology and paleontology. She is currently acting registrar of Anthropological Collections at the Museum of Northern Arizona. <P> Mr. Andrews took his B.A. at the University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, and his M.A. at Northern Arizona University. he is currently staff archeologist and instructor in the Department of Anthropology at Northern Arizona University. Also, he was a resident of St. Michaels and project director of the St. Michaels Historical Museum. he is the son of Robert and Mary Alice Andrews of Albuquerque, New Mexico. <P> The couple will reside in Flagstaff, Ariz., continuing to work in their chosen fields.----------child: Andrews, Jonathan Charles (1983 - )
The following article appeared in The Lakeville Journal on Thursday, February 28, 1985spouse: Swift, Virginia Gaylord (1923 - )An Appreciation
Oliver Hart
By Philip W. Hart
Few people of my acquaintance had a greater variety of interests and a keener sense of life's challenges and opportunities than Oliver Hart. Collector, inventor, businessman, traveler, amateur geologist, natural history buff, backyard farmer and do-it-yourselfer - all these appellations he had a rightful claim to, and the wealth of information he ammassed in the years of his life made him a fascinating person to converse or debate with. And visionary.
I have heard him many times speak about the challenges and excitement of the future, the opportunities and possibilities - words usually spoken without resentment or regret that the "old times" were changing. There was about him an almost audible ring of confidence that anything could be done, and this extended from making a critical engineering decision about a new product to repairing the tired Farmall tractor in the backyard. Truly the excitement of life coursed through his veins like a spring song from one's lips, and new ideas and aspirations would bud, grow, and blossom in any season.
His exuberance and enthusiasm for new ventures and adventures sometimes mystified people. If you went to visit him, you might find that he was pannig for gold in Idaho, or fishing in Canada, or studying a solar design in Washington, or setting up a business in California, or studying anthropology in Nothern Arizona. Perhaps he was away on one of the hundreds of business trips that took him throughout the country. I noticed all these things, the vigor, the energy, the knowledge about places and things that reached out beyond Cornwall.
In spite of being frequently away from home, he loved Cornwall. he often spoke proudly of his ancestry and wa knowledgeable about it. His ancestors, in particular John Hart and Deacon Hart, owned large tracts of land up and down the Housatonic River from Cornwall Bridge to Canaan in the mid 1700s, and the village of West Cornwall was originally known as Hart's Bridge, as was the covered bridge at a later date. His maternal grandfather was affectionately known as "Grampa Oliver." He was a man of considerable reputation throughout the area for his artistic blacksmithing skills, which found expression in beautiful wrought-iron designs of candelabras, chandeliers, and household items. Samples of his work are evident today in and around Cornwall. Oliver did indeed have pride in the history of his home town.
He also felt a genuine sense of civic obligation about employing local people to work in his electronics business in Cornwall bridge, a business known as Neoweld. I remember how during several lean business years he found ways to employ many college students during the summer. Many even came to him on holiday breaks from college because they knew he would hire them even breifly to help them with pocket money. There were also years when he served his town in various capacities on boards and commissions.
He helped many people through the years with advice, and he helped people often by giving them confidence to take on new interests and challenges. Last year he began the groundwork for a book about Cornwall, a book I had heard him speak about in some detail at a corn roast family picnic at the Hart Farm on Cherry Hill. It was his wish to capture through records and interviews some of the wisdom and feelings of "old timers" in Cornwall. It was his belief that if such wisdom and feelings could be blended with the education of young people, and if youth could be encouraged to understand the universality of the search by people of all ages for peace and happiness, and excitement, and accomplishment, everyone would be well served.
The four children of Oliver and Ginny Hart grew up sharing much of the enthusiasm and interest in life which they felt around them. Oliver frequently spoke with pride of their goals and values. He will be missed by his family and all others who knew him who understood the brightness of life's glow that lit his way along.
The following is from a newspaper clipping found without the name of the Newspaper or the date: <P> Hart-Oliver <P> Friday, August 1, some 40 or more guests witnessed the marriage of Miss Ethel Oliver and Wallace M. hart, at the home of the bride. The house was dantily and prettily trimmed with clemitis, a corner of one room being especially arranged for the bridal party. The many presents of silver, glass, china, checks and other things were tastefully arranged in the dining room. The bride was dressed in white with a veil. Miss Olive Oliver, a sister of the bride, dressed in pink, was bridesmaid, and C. W. Hart, a brother of the groom, was best man. G. Leroy Hart, also a brother, played the wedding march. After the ceremony and a social time, cake and ice cream were served. The bridal party went first to the home of the groom's mother, who on account of sickness was unable to attend the wedding. Later in the day, they started in an auto for a pleasure trip. <P> And another clipping for the wedding: <P> West Cornwall <P> THE OLIVER-HART WEDDING <P> The home of Deacon and Mrs William Oilver was the scene, last Friday, at 3 o’clock, of a quaint pretty wedding, when their eldest daughter, Miss Ethel Louisa Oliver became the wife of Mr Wallace Marion Hart. The entire house was decorated with wild clematis and the bride and groom, attended by Miss Olive Oliver, a sister of the bride, as maid and Mr C. Whittlesey Hart, a brother of the groom, as best man, took their places beneath an areh of the same, where the Rev Fred Smith of the Second Congregational church, of. which both bride and groorn are members, performed the ceremony in the presence of about 60 friends who had assembled to express their well wishes for the future welfare of the new household thus founded. 'The wedding march was rendered by Le Roy Hart, another brother of the groom. The bride was gowned in white silk with veil of tulle and carried white sweet peas. The maid of honor was gowned in pink and carried pink sweet peas. After the wedding breakfast, a very pleasant social time and the usual merry making, the bridal party and pastor drove to the home of Mr Hart, where the ceremony was again performed for the benefit of tbe gloom’s mother who is .an invalid and could not be present at.the initial service. The bridal party then retured. to the Oliver home where later the happy pair, eluding their too strenuous well-wishers, departed by auto for a two weeks’ trip and upon their return will reside in their new home, newly purchased and refitted. The home is located only a few doors from where the bride has spent her girlhood days. Both the young people are natives of the town and active in all church and public affairs, Miss Oliver having been the church organist for a number of years and Mr Hart is the junior member of the firm of Sturges, Hart + Co., in the village. <P> Many handsome gifts of money, furniture, pictures, cut-glass and silver attested to the esteem of their friends.----------child: Hart, Oliver Marion (1921 - 1985)
1871 CENSUS ROCHE KNIGHT HOUSEHOLDspouse: Roberts, Jane (1832 - )Christopher Head Married 44 Tin Miner born Roche Jane Wife Married 39 St Stephens Ellen Daughter 14 Roche Emily Daughter 8 Scholar Roche John Son 5 Scholar Roche Louisa Daughter 3 Roche John Roberts Father-in-Law 84 Former Miner St Austell
1881 CENSUS KNIGHT HOUSEHOLD LIVING AT Criggan, ROCHE
Christopher Head Married 54 Tin Miner Roche Jane Wife Married 50 St Stephens Emily Daughter 18 Domestic Servant Roche John Son 15 Scholar Roche Louise Daughter 13 Scholar Roche Susan Daughter 10 Scholar Roche
The following is copied from a newspaper clipping concerning the funeral of Emily Knight Oliver. The name of the newspaper or the date was not preserved.spouse: Oliver, William (1863 - 1953)West Cornwall
MRS WILLIAM OLIVER
With the chancel banked with floral tributes funeral services were held, Sunday afternoon, at the West Cornwall chapel for Mrs Emily Oliver, wife of William Oliver, who died at home on Friday following a year's illness. Rev William Wilson conducted the services, paying tribute to the love and esteem which the deceased held in the hearts of her friends and neighbors as well as the fortitude shown during a long period of illness. A duet of "Rock of Ages," was rendered by Mrs Louis Hedden and Mrs Louis Ferry. At the close of the services the full choir sang, "Abide With Me," Mrs Miner Rogers presiding at the piano. The pallbears were neighbors, William Preston, Frederick Scoville, George Crosby, George Cochrane, F. Arlington Yutzler and Frank Salewski. Committal services were held at North Cornwall cemetary with Rev. William Wilson officiating.
Mrs Oliver was a woman of very loveable character and highly esteemed throughout the community.
A miner.spouse: Merrifield, Elizabeth (*1796 - )
The following is from a newspaper clipping found without the name of the Newspaper or the date: <P> Hart-Oliver <P> Friday, August 1, some 40 or more guests witnessed the marriage of Miss Ethel Oliver and Wallace M. hart, at the home of the bride. The house was dantily and prettily trimmed with clemitis, a corner of one room being especially arranged for the bridal party. The many presents of silver, glass, china, checks and other things were tastefully arranged in the dining room. The bride was dressed in white with a veil. Miss Olive Oliver, a sister of the bride, dressed in pink, was bridesmaid, and C. W. Hart, a brother of the groom, was best man. G. Leroy Hart, also a brother, played the wedding march. After the ceremony and a social time, cake and ice cream were served. The bridal party went first to the home of the groom's mother, who on account of sickness was unable to attend the wedding. Later in the day, they started in an auto for a pleasure trip. <P> And another clipping for the wedding: <P> West Cornwall <P> THE OLIVER-HART WEDDING <P> The home of Deacon and Mrs William Oilver was the scene, last Friday, at 3 o’clock, of a quaint pretty wedding, when their eldest daughter, Miss Ethel Louisa Oliver became the wife of Mr Wallace Marion Hart. The entire house was decorated with wild clematis and the bride and groom, attended by Miss Olive Oliver, a sister of the bride, as maid and Mr C. Whittlesey Hart, a brother of the groom, as best man, took their places beneath an areh of the same, where the Rev Fred Smith of the Second Congregational church, of. which both bride and groorn are members, performed the ceremony in the presence of about 60 friends who had assembled to express their well wishes for the future welfare of the new household thus founded. 'The wedding march was rendered by Le Roy Hart, another brother of the groom. The bride was gowned in white silk with veil of tulle and carried white sweet peas. The maid of honor was gowned in pink and carried pink sweet peas. After the wedding breakfast, a very pleasant social time and the usual merry making, the bridal party and pastor drove to the home of Mr Hart, where the ceremony was again performed for the benefit of tbe gloom’s mother who is .an invalid and could not be present at.the initial service. The bridal party then retured. to the Oliver home where later the happy pair, eluding their too strenuous well-wishers, departed by auto for a two weeks’ trip and upon their return will reside in their new home, newly purchased and refitted. The home is located only a few doors from where the bride has spent her girlhood days. Both the young people are natives of the town and active in all church and public affairs, Miss Oliver having been the church organist for a number of years and Mr Hart is the junior member of the firm of Sturges, Hart + Co., in the village. <P> Many handsome gifts of money, furniture, pictures, cut-glass and silver attested to the esteem of their friends.----------child: Hart, Oliver Marion (1921 - 1985)
The following entry for the Oliver family is in the 1881 census for St Blazey. They were living at Higher Trerand and their children were listed as follows:spouse: Mitchell, Mary (~1831 - )Elizabeth aged 21 dressmaker William aged 17 Blacksmith Richard aged 14 China Clay Clerk Annie, Niece, 16 visitor
1871 CENSUS ROCHE_OLIVER HOUSEHOLD
Richard Head Married 38 Mine Smith born St Blazey Mary Wife Married 40 St Blazey Mary C Daughter 13 Scholar St Blazey Elizabeth Daughter 11 Scholar St Blazey Martha Daughter 9 Scholar St Blazey Caroline Daughter 6 Scholar St Blazey Richard Son 3 St Blazey
The following is taken from the "Connecticut Legislative History and Souvenir," Vol. VI, 1907-1908, which session he was elected a representive of Cornwall:spouse: Knight, Emily B. M. (1862 - 1932)WILLIAM OLIVER Cornwall
William Oliver, of Cornwall, son of Richard and Mary (Mitchell) Oliver, was born in Cornwall, England, August 10, 1864. He received his education in the schools of his native town and at the age of twenty-five came to this country to live. On March 19, 1899, he married Emily Knight and two children have come to brighten their home: Ethel Louisa, born February 3, 1891, and Olive Mary, born March 19, 1894. Mr. Oliver is a retired blacksmith. He is a popular Republican and Grand Juror of the town. He is also a deacon and superintendent of the Sunday School of the Cornwall Congregational Church. He faithfully served on the Committee on Excise.
The following is from a clipped newspaper article, name of newspaper and date are unknown:
West Cornwall SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT A REMARKABLE MAN
Dea William Oliver, who is universally beloved, will be 70 years old on August 10. As a boy he started to work in a blacksmith shop in England when he was 13 and one-half years old. From 10 until 13 and one-half years he worked in an English tin mine. When he was 13 1-2 years old, he walked two miles each way to go to work and then in the evening attended an evening school, four nights a week. Mr Oliver came to this country in 1887, and went to Washington Depot to the home of a friend. He got a job sharpening tools in the Mower quarry at Roxbury Station. November 4, 1887, he came to West Cornwall and has been here ever since, save for eight months passed in New Milford. Since giving up his blacksmith shop, he hsa devoted his attention to farming and the making of beautiful ornamental iron work in a little shop in his own home. He is a deacon in the Congregational church of North Cornwall.
Another clipped newspaper article at his death:
WILLIAM OLIVER DIES AT HIS HOME
William Oliver died at his home in West Cornwall late Wednesday evening. He was born in Cornwall, England, 1863. Coming to West Cornwall when a young man he returned to England for four years and then returned to the United States, spending the rest of his life in West Cornwall. he served as representative to the legislature in 1907. He served as deacon of the Second Church for fifty years. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Hart Commons, and a daughter Miss Olive Oliver; three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at West Cornwall Chapel Saturday afternoon. Burial was in North Cornwall Cemetary. Bearers were Arlington Yutzler, Sr., Fred Bate, Sr., Leslie Mallinson, Edward Cartwright, Stanley Pearson, Herbert Gustavson. The Rev. Charles Russ officiated.