Gorham P Dart

1832 - 1903  (70 years)

• Name	Gorham P Dart  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Born	11 Aug 1832	Hamburg, New York   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Biography	From An Illustrated History of Spokane County: G. P. Dart, a pioneer of 1883, is a native of Hamburg, New York, born August 11, 1833. He early took charge of a shingle mill, the first ever erected in that part of the country. In 1853 he removed to Dayton, New York, where lie was engaged in the manufacture of shingles for the ensuing six years. He then went to Chilicothe, Missouri, purchased a large tract of land and engaged in lumbering, farming, stock raising, etc. In 1883 he came to Spokane county as traveling salesman for the Westinghouse Threshing Machine Manufacturing Company and two years later he engaged in the agricultural implement business for himself in this city, subsequently adding the general agency of the Park & Lacey Machinery Company of Portland, Oregon. In 1889 he opened a lumber yard in Spokane, having mills at Loon Lake. Dart Siding and one near Half Moon prairie, at the same time engaging in real estate brokerage with Mr. C. Hunt and in the implement business with Mr. McCart. He retired in 1893 to his farm near Trent, but in 1897 returned to Spokane, where he has since resided. Mr. Dart long held a leading rank among the business men of eastern Washington. His versatility and capacity for supervising many different enterprises were marvelous. Fraternally he is identified with Spokane Lodge. No. 34, F. & A. M.. with Royal Arch Chapter, No. 2. of Spokane, and with the A. O. U. W., of Dayton, New York. He was married at Dayton, New York, in May. 1847, to Miss Emma Markham, a native of that state, and they have had four children : Hazel J., wife of Clare Hunt, head surveyor on the Colville Indian reservation, and Leonard O.. grocer in this city: also Nettie, deceased, buried, in Dayton, New York, and Ward, accidentally drowned in the St. Jo river April 16, 1894, on his twenty-first birthday.
  Died	12 Apr 1903	Spokane County, Washington
  Buried	Greenwood Memorial Terrace, Speokane, Washington
  Person ID	I2508	Our Family
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2016

  
  

  Father	Moses Dart,   b. 14 Oct 1793, Danby, Vermont ,   d. 1875, Hamburg, New York  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Martha Ayer,   b. 4 Dec 1798, Haverhill, Massachusetts ,   d. 1852  (Age 53 years)
  Family ID	F368	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emma Markham,   b. 6 Jan 1832, New York ,   d. 13 Oct 1911  (Age 79 years)
  Married	May 1847	Dayton, New York   [2]
  Children	1. Nettie Dart,   b. Abt 1859, New York ,   d. Dayton, New York   2. Henry Ward Dart,   b. 16 Apr 1863, New York ,   d. 16 Apr 1884  (Age 21 years)   3. Julia Hazel Dart,   b. Jan 1867, New York ,   d. 25 Jun 1931  (Age ~ 64 years)   4. Leonard Orsman Dart,   b. Abt 1872, Missouri ,   d. 19 Nov 1953, Santa Cruz, California  (Age ~ 81 years)
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2016
  Family ID	F1169	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 11 Aug 1832 - Hamburg, New York Married - May 1847 - Dayton, New York Buried - - Greenwood Memorial Terrace, Speokane, Washington  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S241] Dart, Moses 1850 Census. [S432] Dart family in America. [S328] Death Record. [S282] FindAGrave.com. [S448] History of Spokane County.