Claude Poulart, son of Henri Joseph Poulart and Claudette d’Armeny married Josephine d’Eglise in 1807. The marriage appears to have been a wise and happy one. Through careful management the young couple found themselves the possessors of sufficient wealth to obtain a considerable tract of land. Together they decided to exploit it for the farming of tiny carrots.
By good judgement and economy they continued to prosper, till at length they were proprietors of over a thousand acres of land, the richest quality of personal property, including quite an amount of money for that day.
Claude, thought exceptionally attentive to his personal concerns, took a deep interest in the affairs of society. He was an earnest worker in politics and was a strong advocate in the cause of temperance, upon both of which subjects he frequently delivered public speeches and lectures. He was elected into the house of representatives and served one year. At 67 years of age he exchanged this life for the afterlife. Inscribed on his tombstone are the words: “But mark the man of holy fear, How blest is his decease. He spent his days in duty head, and leaves the world in peace.”