HARTNELL, William Frederick 1861-1936

HARTNELL, LANG, PENNEY

Posted By: Diane Scott (email)
Date: 8/23/2010 at 13:09:10

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HARTNELL, 75, OSAGE,
TO BE BURIED FRIDAY

Osage – Funeral services will be at the Champion funeral home in charge of the Rev. Frank Court of the Methodist church for William Hartnell, 75, who died Tuesday evening at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Elmer Lang.

Born in Dorchester**, England, February 6, 1861, he came to Wisconsin with his parents when he was 12. When he was 22 he moved to Stacyville where he lived as a pure-bred livestock breeder and farmer until he moved to Osage to make his home with his daughter, Mrs. Elmer Lang, two years ago.

Surviving are his wife and four children: Dr. B. T. Hartnell, Stacyville; Fred Hartnell of Humboldt, Kans.; Charles Hartnell of Akron, Ohio; and Mrs. Elmer Lang, Osage.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Thursday, March 5, 1936

Note: William Hartnell married Abagail "Abbie" Frances Penney

(D. Scott)
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William Hartnell
Died at Home of
Daughter Wednesday

William Hartnell, 75, passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Elmer Lang, early Wednesday morning, after an illness of a short time, caused principally by the infirmities of old age.

Mr. Hartnell was born in England and with his folks came to Salem, Wis., when he was 12 years old. He came to this county ten years later, and fifty-two years ago married Abbie Penney at Stacyville.

He engaged in farming, and became widely known as a breeder of pure-bred cattle. A number of years ago he retired from active life, and he and his wife moved to Stacyville. When their daughter, Mrs. Elmer Lang, took the position of county overseer of the poor, they came to Osage to make their home with her.

Surviving is his wife, and their sons; Bert, Stacyville; Fred, Humboldt, Kans.; Charles, Akron, Ohio; and the daughter mentioned above.

Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Champion Funeral Home, in charge of Reverend Frank A. Court. Burial will be made in the Osage Cemetery.

[Mitchell County Press, March 5, 1936]

(K. Kittleson)

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NOTE:
**According to the great-grandaughter of William Hartnell the obit is wrong about William's place of birth. Dorchester is the county seat of Dorset(shire), but he was born in Owermoigne, a small village a few miles east. (D. Scott, findagrave.com)