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FROM:  Yearbook of the Holland Society of New York: 1913.
In Memoriam

Harry Van der Veer de Hart, son of Captain William Chetwood De Hart and in
1911 Vice-President of The Holland Society for Union County, New Jersey,
died at Tom's River, New Jersey, on July 16, 1912, in his forty-fifth year.
Mr. De Hart was born on July 25, 1867, in the famous Boudinot House at
Elizabeth, New Jersey, and his home at the time of his death was in that
city at 63 De Hart Place. He spent part of his early days at sea, but in the
year 1895 became a Civil Engineer and at the time of his death was
practicing his profession as a member of the firm of De Hart & Strafford.
Mr. De Hart's grandfather was Captain William Chetwood De Hart, also of
Elizabeth, who acted in the Mexican War as General Winfield Scott's chief of
staff. His great-grandfather was Captain Cyrus De Hart, of the original
members of the Cincinnati Society of New Jersey, and one of his ancestors,
John De Hart, was a member of the Continental Congress. The first ancestors
in this country were Balthazer De Hart and Margaret Stuyvesant Backer. His
uncle, Captain Henry V. De Hart, after whom he was named, commanded the
famous De Hart Battery of artillery in the War of the Rebellion. Mr. De Hart
had been ill for eight months and had gone to Tom's River, where part of his
boyhood was spent, hoping that he might recover his health there. He was
buried in the Revolutionary Churchyard at Connecticut Farms, New Jersey. He
is survived by his wife, Clare Southmayd De Hart, his father and mother, one
brother and two sisters. Mr. De Hart had the rare gift of being a friend in
every sense of the word. His loving, generous nature, his wonderfully clever
mind and rich fund of humor, together with his unquenchable spirit and
absolute integrity of character, made him a most delightful and inspiring
companion. To those who had the privilege of knowing him intimately, his
loss is irreparable.