John Hartman

HARTMAN, SHAVER, STARR

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 10/7/2004 at 09:26:49

John Hartman, South twp., farmer, Sec. 14; P.O. St. Charles; son of Mary and George Hartman, early settlers of this county; he was born in Hendricks county, Indiana, January 31, 1840; came to Iowa in 1851, and to this county in the spring of 1852, and located where he now lives; his father died in 1873; his mother is living with him still; he married Catharine Shaver in 1858; she died in 1860; he married again to Lucinda C. Starr, in March 1865, a native of Jasper county, Iowa; has three daughters living: Ella J., Minnie L. and Mary L.; lost two sons: Frank and Eugene; he and his mother own 411 acres of land.

Taken from the book, "The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1879" page 575