John A. Hart

        John A. Hart, of the well known furniture and lumber firm of Loomis, Hart & Co., was born in Greenville, Ohio, on the lst of March, 1845. He received his early education in the schools of his native town, finishing his schooling at college in Delaware, Ohio. During the early part of the war he espoused the Union cause, and enlisting from school served until the close of the civil war as a private. The war over, he settled in Alabama and engaged in the lumber business, but later settled permanently in Chattanooga. He here has identified himself closely with the business prosperity of the city, and in 1879 and 1880 served creditably in the capacity of mayor. January 13, 1885, he was elected president of the Third National Bank, a position he yet retains. He is the present president of the Chattanooga Stove Works which he organized, also vice-president of the Mountain City Fire Insurance, and besides is a- stockholder in many of the most important and successful manufacturing enterprises for which Chattanooga is noted. As a businessman Mr. Hart has been very successful, and he is recognized as one of the most enterprising men of Hamilton County.
Goodspeed's "History of East Tennessee" 1887