WILLIAM S. HART, attorney at law, Caldwell County, is a native of Christian County, Ky., and was born February 22, 1844. The Hart family came from North Carolina in an early day. John Hart, great-grandfather of our subject, settled in what is now Webster County, Ky., when there were but few habitations in the present limits of that division of the State. William Hart, subject's paternal grandfather, died in Kentucky, of contagious disease in early life. Asa T. Hart, father of subject, was born in Kentucky, and is still living in Caldwell County, having moved here in 1856. Subject's mother, Abigail C. Hart, is a daughter of William Parker, a native of South Carolina. Mr. Parker immigrated to Kentucky many years ago, and died in 1845 or 1846; Mrs. Hart is still living. William S. is the eldest of a family of five children. He was reared a farmer and received a fair English education in the common schools of the county; he attended Harmony Academy one year, and in 1870 attended Princeton College, and then commenced teaching, which profession he followed for ten or twelve years. In 1875 he commenced the study of law, during his leisure hours, and six years later was admitted to the bar of Caldwell County, since which time he has been actively engaged in the practice of his profession. He was elected commissioner of schools in 1876, serving for a period of six years, and in 1882 was elected city judge of Princeton, the duties of which office he discharged two years. Mr. Hart was married in June, 1873, to Mrs. Fanny B. Wing, daughter of Garrard and Mary A. Blacklock. Mr. Hart votes the Democratic ticket. He is an active member of the Old School Baptist Church, and belongs to the K. of H. Mrs. Hart belongs to the United Baptist Church.
Source: J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin. Kentucky. A History of the State. Louisville, KY, Chicago, IL: Battey, 1885. Page 699.