Английская Википедия:Alvin N. Hart

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Alvin Nelson Hart (February 11, 1804 – August 22, 1874) was an American jurist and politician who served multiple terms in the Michigan Senate and Michigan House of Representatives in the state's early years, and founded the town of Lapeer, Michigan.

Biography

Alvin Hart was born in Cornwall, Connecticut, on February 11, 1804,Шаблон:Sfn the youngest son of Revolutionary War veteran Captain Elias Hart and Philomela Burnham.Шаблон:Sfn He lived on the family farm until the age of fifteen and was educated in an academy in Sharon, Connecticut, and then attended Amherst College,Шаблон:Sfn but did not graduate.Шаблон:Sfn

Hart married Charlotte F. Ball in Utica, New York, on July 8, 1828.Шаблон:Sfn He lived in Utica for three years and then moved to Michigan. He cut his way through Шаблон:Convert of wilderness, to the site of present-day Lapeer, Michigan. He built the first log cabin in the area and moved into it on November 11, 1831.Шаблон:Sfn His older brother Oliver followed him soon after.Шаблон:Sfn

He platted the town of Lapeer,Шаблон:Sfn and was appointed sheriff of Lapeer County in 1832.Шаблон:Sfn He was a member of the state's constitutional convention in 1835 and that same year was elected as a Democrat to the Michigan House of Representatives.Шаблон:Sfn He was elected a supervisor of Lapeer Township in 1842, and served in the position for eleven years. He was elected to the Michigan Senate in 1843, and in 1846, he was elected to a four-year term as a four-year term chief judge of the Lapeer County court. He was elected again to the state senate in 1847 to fill the seat of the deceased Elijah B. Witherbee, and re-elected to a full term in 1848.Шаблон:Sfn

Hart founded Lapeer's first newspaper, the Plain Dealer, in 1839.Шаблон:Sfn Between 1845 and 1846, Hart invested $10,000 (Шаблон:InflationШаблон:Inflation/fn) in building the Lapeer County Courthouse, to compete with another courthouse built by a Whig rival, Enoch J. White. He first offered to lease it to the county for $1 a year, but after the state senate, of which he was a member, voted to allow governments to levy taxes to pay for government buildings, he decided to sell it instead. After voters rejected his offer in 1851, Hart accepted $3,500 for it in 1853. The courthouse is the state's oldest still in use in a county seat.Шаблон:Sfn

In 1860, he moved to Lansing, Michigan, where he was a merchant and served as an alderman. He also had interests in real estate, milling, and railroads.Шаблон:Sfn He was elected to another term as a representative in 1871.Шаблон:Sfn

After a period of poor health, he contracted typhoid pneumonia and died a week laterШаблон:Sfn at his home in Lansing,Шаблон:Sfn on August 22, 1874.[1] His body was taken from Lansing to Lapeer for his funeral and burial in a special railroad car, accompanied by the mayor and city council of Lansing.Шаблон:Sfn At his death, his estate was worth half a million dollars (Шаблон:InflationШаблон:Inflation/fn).Шаблон:Sfn

Family

Hart and his wife Charlotte had five children: Danforth A., B. E., Rodney G., Arthur N., and Mrs. Bell Hamilton. Charlotte Hart died in August 1850.Шаблон:Sfn

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  1. ↑ Шаблон:Harvnb, gives the date as August 21. Шаблон:Harvnb, as well as Hart's tombstone Шаблон:Harv give August 22.
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