BIOGRAPHY: William H. Hartman
From the A.T. Andreas Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Iowa, 1875

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William H. Hartman 
There are but few newspaper men in the state who have so long and faithfully 
occupied one editorial chair as has William H. Hartman, the founder and one of 
the present editors and proprietors of the Waterloo Courier.  He is a native 
Pennsylvanian, having been born at Allentown, in that state, August 27, 1838.  
When he was two years of age his parents removed to Tiffin, Ohio, where he 
lived until he was fourteen, receiving what educational advantages the common 
schools of Ohio afforded at that time.  In 1850 he came to Iowa with his parents, 
who located at Anamosa.  Soon after they arrived in Iowa, the Anamosa News, 
the first paper ever published in Jones County, was established, and young 
William was employed as junior devil, rolling the first edition ever published in 
that county.  He remained in that office for several years, and then, starting on a 
tramp, he worked in Delhi, Dubuque, Tiffin (Ohio), and other places, arriving at 
Waterloo in March, 1858, finding employment for the first four or five months in 
the office of the Iowa State Register and Waterloo Herald.  He then went to 
Cedar Falls, and attempted to instil new life into the Banner, which had 
previously suspended.  After working hard for several months, he became 
convinced that it was not a paying institution, and in company with George D. 
Ingersoll purchased the office, removed it to Waterloo, and, January 18, 
1859,issued the first number of the Waterloo Courier, which, after passing 
through many struggles in its early existence, has now become one of the best 
paying newspaper offices in the interior of the state, and is blessed with a liberal 
and constantly increasing patronage. 
Politically, Mr. Hartman has always been an earnest, able defender of the 
Republican party and its principles, personally and through the columns of the 
Courier rendering material aid to the party in the county.  In March, 1873, he was 
appointed and commissioned postmaster at Waterloo, and has since performed 
the duties of that responsible office to the general satisfaction of the public, not 
excepting those on the east side, who were bitterly opposed to his appointment.