History of Trigg County, Historical and Biographical, ed. W.H. Perrin,
F.A. Battey Pub. Co., Chicago, 1884. p. 247.  [Golden Pond Precinct]

JOSEPH AHART was born May 28, 1837, in Smith County, Tenn.; he is the
eldest child of a family of six born to George and Sarah (Hankins) Ahart.
The father was born in Virginia in 1808; he died in Trigg County in 1876.
The mother was born in east Tennessee in 1814; she died in March, 1882.
On coming to this county they settled two miles west of Canton; there our
subject was reared; at the age of twenty-two he commenced farming on land
given him by his father; this he afterward sold to his brother.  In the
fall of 1863 he came to this farm, which he rents, consisting of about
100 acres, and where he has since resided.  He enlisted in August, 1862,
in Company L, Eighth Kentucky Cavalry (Union), and served his enlistment.
He was married in February, 1859, to Nancy E. Bell; she was born May 12,
1845, in this county; she died August 31, 1883, leaving three children:
James M., Henry J. and Martha L.  Mr. Ahart's second marriage was on
January 13, 1884, to Mrs. Mary U. Ricks.  She was born in this county; she
has three children by a former marriage: George R., Leona A. and Fredonia
A. Ricks.  Mr. Ahart is the agent of the Fungo Landing for all shipments
for Golden Pond; he is a member of the Masonic order.

Ahart Hankins Bell Ricks
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Smith-TN

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