F. J. Hartman was born in Alsace, Germany, January 11, 1831; came to New York in 1853, from which he engaged to work on the Panama Canal, which he did for a year. Returning, he settled in Chemung County, where he remained until 1857, when he settled at Pentwater, Mich., and engaged in lumbering. In 1858 he located his farm on Section 7, Weare Township, where he now lives. Married May 31, 1854, Anna Straub; five children. |