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Author: Great Bend Tribune

WILLIAM W. AND LUCY HULL HARTSHORN

THE life history of William W. and Lucy Hull Hartshorn, if written in full,
would make interesting reading, because both have passed through more adventure
than most persons content to end their days as peaceful farmers. They cultivate
the quarter section as a homestead, four miles west of Great Bend, and reside in
a two story frame nestling among the trees. They also own a tract of two hundred
and eighty acres near Ford City, Kansas, and the revenue derived from these two
tracts allow them to take life comfortably. William W. Hartshorn and Lucy R.
Hull of Adams County, Illinois, were married August 3, 1871 and they came
overland to Kansas, arriving on the townsite of Great Bend on October 16, 1871,
and were among the second party of immigrants to settle here. They brought with
them a wagon and team, bedding, dishes and cooking utensils, a cow and a coop of
chickens, and were the first to possess these luxuries in the colony. Mrs.
Hartshorn also enjoys the distinction of having set the first table in Great
Bend; the table having been constructed by her own hands. Previously meals had
been eaten "any old way," and when she owned a table, a cow and a flock of
chickens, was considered rich beyond price. They soon adapted themselves to
their surroundings, and Mr. Hartshorn became a huntsman, and his wife became
accustomed to a life on the plains, and if the life was rugged and full of
dangers it also had its pleasures as well. We have attempted a description of
the early colony days in another part of this volume and will not repeat here,
simply saying that this couple experienced the worst of these trials, and
contributed their mite to alleviate them.

   William W. Hartshorn was born July 25th, 1847, on a farm in Adams County,
Illinois. He was educated and grew to manhood there, and in 1864 enlisted as a
private in Company C, 50th Illinois Volunteers and served one and a half years.
He accompanied Sherman on his March to the Sea, and through South and North
Carolina. He was first under fire at Resacca and at the Battle of Altoona Pass,
Georgia, and is one of the heroes of that engagement, having helped to hold the
Pass under a heavy and destructive fire. Out of a company of thirty-nine men
there were five killed and eighteen wounded; and Mr. Hartshorn was slightly
wounded in the foot. He was also at the battle of Columbia, Resacca, Bentonville
and Savannah; the last being a seige of one week. At the close of the war he
returned to his home in Adams County, Illinois, and resumed farming until his
marriage and coming to this county. Mrs. Lucy R. Hartshorn was born on May 10th,
1849, in Hampshire County, West Virginia, and this union has been blessed with
eight children.

[photo] "Sunny Side"   Homestead



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