Starr, I've responded to you before but have not heard from you. James Calvin Hart and Ellen Victoria Dix Hart are my gg grandparents. You mention you believe "this James is the same James who lived with my family". I have some references about the Hart/Willis names being comingled. But have not been able to understand how or why. Somewhere I had James Calvin's father, Charles Elliot Hart, married to a Dorcas Willis, and having two children, Permelia Jane and John N. 'Jack' Hart, but no confirmation. In fact, another source has Permelia Jane listed as Charles Elliot's grandaughter. Also, I have misc. info that Charles Elliot was married to Mary Ellen Blackwell and a Margaret (Burger?) and had 10 children by Mary Ellen and 2 by Margaret. Charles Elliot was buried in Shannon Co. in the Old Midco Cemetery on the Dillard farm. I'm not sure this is correct because I've also found reference to this cemetery in another county south and east of Shannon. Can't remember the name at present. Also I believe several census records show Hart's and Willis' in the same household. Perhaps they were related and came together during the Civil War for mutual protection. The war was particularly violent and cruel for isolated families in southeast Missouri. In fact, Charles Elliot was murdered by a raiding party in 1864.

Let me know your Willis history. Thanx, Doug