"HISTORY OF OWEN COUNTY 1884" CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884. F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE WAYNE TOWNSHIP, GOSPORT IN OWEN CO., IN. PAGE 931 B.F. HART, a pioneer of Owen County, Indiana, is a native of Kentucky, born in Bath County, January 10, 1828. His parents, John and Hester (Adams) Hart, immigrated to Indiana from Kentucky in the fall of 1841 and located in Hendricks County on a farm, where they remained until their death, which occurred, the father in 1850 and the mother in 1863. The subject of this sketch is fourth in a family of eight children, and was reared in Kentucky until thirteen years of age, up to which time he had attended school in Bath County. He came with his parents to Indiana where he attended school for five years, afterward teaching for three years in Hendricks County. He then moved to Owen County and located in Gosport, where he farmed and traded in stock until 1860. He then opened in a livery stable, when he soon sold and purchased another one, which he ran for a number of years. He moved next to the National Hotel and in October, 1881, to his present place of business. He married in 1849 to Jane Higgins, daughter of Thomas Higgins, an old and respected pioneer of Hendricks County. By this union there have been five children, four of whom are living. Mr. Hart is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Gosport Blue Lodge, No. 92. He is well known and respected by all. DATA ENTRY: Debbie Jennings