David M. Hughart was born on 3. Apr. 1835 at Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. He married
Emily Bull, daughter of
Benjamin Hasbrouck Bull and
Mary Ann Wicks, on 26. Oct. 1856 at Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana. David M. Hughart was draft enlisted as a Private into Company E of the 33rd Regiment Indiana Infantry in Michigan City, LaPorte Co., Indiana. David's enlistment documentation lists him as being six feet tall, 29 years old, born in Greenbrier Co., Virginia, having gray eyes, brown hair, and a dark complexion. David's occupation is listed as farmer and his residence is listed as the Ninth District, Portage Township, Porter Co., Indiana. A pension file document for David M. Hughart indicates that he enlisted on September 28, 1864. During the Civil War, David M. Hughart served as a Private in Company E of the 33rd Regiment Indiana Infantry for about eleven months in the South. David was discharged by Captain James H. Brown in Louisville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky, on June 30, 1865, due to disability from heart disease, ill helath, and old age. Service file records for David M. Hughart spell his surname as Hugart and Hugard. November 22, 1864, muster of Company E, 33rd Regiment Indiana Infantry, taken in Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana, provides descriptive data on David M. Hughart that is identical to data listed on his initial enlistment papers from Michigan City, LaPorte Co., Indiana. On 22. Nov. 1864. David M. Hughart appears on the Company E, 33rd Regiment Indiana Infantry muster roll taken for March/April 1865. The roll spells David's surname as Hugart. David M. Hughart appears on the Company E, 33rd Regiment Indiana Infantry returns roll taken on April 1, 1865. David is noted as 'Apl 1865. Gain, Apl 1/65 Goldsboro, NC. Drafted. As signed to the Co. Apl 1/65.' The roll spells David's surname as Hugart. David M. Hughart appears on the Company E, 33rd Regiment Indiana Infantry muster roll taken for May/June 1865. The roll spells David's surname as Hugart. David M. Hughart was mustered out out of service according to a muster-out roll dated June 30, 1865, in Louisville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky. The muster-out roll indicates that David was never paid for service. Since enlistment, David had drawn $51.54 on his clothing account. Thr roll indicates that David was 'M.O. by virtue of War Dept. Order, May 18, 1865' [M.O. signifies Mustered Out]. David's surname is spelled Hugart on the muster-out roll.
David M. Hughart and
Emily Bull appeared on the census of 21. Jun. 1870 at Center Twp., Porter County, Indiana,
; real estate value 3,000.00, personal property 500.00. David M. Hughart was a farmer on 16. Jun. 1880. He was also known as David Hugart.
David M. Hughart and
Emily Bull appeared on the census of 16. Jun. 1880 at Center Twp., Porter County, Indiana.
David M. Hughart owned ten acres of timberland in Liberty Township, Porter Co., Indiana, in 1882. David M. Hughart resided at at Bull's Eye Lake, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana, in 1890; During the 1890's, David M. Hughart lived on land located on the southwest corner of the intersection of Old State Road 49 and Bull's Eye Lake Road. The land was adjacent to Bull's Eye Lake. He died on 9. Apr. 1894 at at home, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana, at age 59. He was buried on 11. Apr. 1894 at Kimball Cemetery, Liberty Twp., Porter County, Indiana.
Obituary for David M. Hughart was published April 13, 1894, in The Tribune, Chesterton, Porter Co., Indiana: Through the kindness of Frank L. Longshore, The Tribune received notice of the death of a former well-known fellow townsman, David M. Hughart, at his home in the Hughart settlement. No particulars accompanied the announcement further than the information that the funeral would be held at the St. Clair school house Wednesday at 11 o'clock. Members of Chesterton Masonic Lodge were at once notified, as Mr. Hughart was a member of that body. Everywhere here the news was received with regret, as there were few men who were more highly respected and beloved than David M. Hughart. He was one of nature's noblemen, and once a friend always a friend. He was born in Greenbrier County, Virginia, April 3, 1835, and was one of eight children born to David and Nancy Hughart. His father came to Liberty township in 1835, and settled, just after David was born. He was married to Emily Bull in 1857, and this union was blessed with six children. He entered the Thirty-third Indiana Regiment during the war, and was stationed in the South eleven months. Some years ago he conducted a meat market in Porter, and continued in that business until he returned to the farm. He was a prominent mason, a faithful worker for the public good, and was one of the main stays of the Porter County Agricultural Society for years. His death will be generally mourned throughout Porter County.
Obituary for David M. Hughart was published April 13, 1894, in The Tribune, Chesterton, Porter Co., Indiana: COUNTY SEAT NEWS. David M. Huggart died at his residence in the north part of this city Monday night of stomach trouble aged 51 years. The funeral was held from St. Clair school house Wednesday. April 20, 1894, in The Tribune, Chesterton, Porter Co., Indiana: Real Estate Transfers. David Huggart to Portia Huggart 84 acres $2600. On 20. Apr. 1894.