Clare County MI Archives Obituaries.....Hartman, Thomas Jefferson May 27, 1939
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Clare Sentinel, Friday, June 2, 1939
ARTHUR TOWNSHIP PIONEER PASSES AWAY SATURDAY
Jeff Hartman Dies Following Operation at Pontiac Hospital

Clare county lost another highly respected pioneer in the passing of Jeff 
Hartman, Saturday evening, in the General Hospital at Pontiac following an 
operation.

Thomas Jefferson Hartman, eldest son of John and Amanda Hartman, was born in 
Vanloo, Hancock County, Ohio, July 29th, 1857, and passed away May 27th, 1939, 
at the age of 81 years, 10 months and 29 days.

He was stricken Thursday afternoon while visiting at the home of his son, 
Glenn and family at Pontiac, death following an operation from which he never 
regained consciousness.

In the year of 1880, July 3rd, he was united in marriage to Mary Catherine 
Sunday of Pleasant Lake, Indiana.  To this union were born nine children, two 
dying in infancy.

The deceased will be well remembered as one of the early pioneers of this 
county, having come here from Indiana in the spring of 1882, settling in Clare 
County where he had spent the remainder of his life. 

He leaves to mourn besides the faithful wife, seven children, Pearl of Grand 
Rapids, Will of Bay City, Claude of Houghton, Glenn of Pontiac, John, Mrs. 
Maude Gordon and Mrs. Carrie Green of Clare, 25 grandchildren, 6 great 
grandchildren, one brother, Albert of Allegan, Michigan, also nieces, nephews 
and a host of friends.

Funeral services were held from the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ernest Green, 
at 1:30, and from the Brown Corners United Brethren Church, at 2:00 o’clock 
Wednesday afternoon, with the Revs. M. R. Honderich and Chas. Kleinhardt 
officiating.  He was laid to rest beside his father in Cherry Grove Cemetery.

Other relatives besides the children attending were:
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. A. I. Sunday, Mrs. Della Spearow, Mr. 
and Mrs. Dewey Powerman and son, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Sams, Mr. and  Mrs. H. 
Wolfe and family, Mrs. Lola Klink, all of Indiana; Mrs. Cora Kreable, of 
Montpelier, Ohio; Albert Hartman, Mrs. Bina Dendal and Mrs. Oyde Green, of 
Allegan; Mrs. Wm. Powell and two boys, of Grand Rapids; Mr. and Mrs. Bert 
Swager and son, of Jonesville; Mrs. Nora Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Verne Hartman 
and son, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Iman, Mr. and Mrs. Mott, Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Mott, 
of Pontiac; Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Reed and daughter, of Lansing; Mr. and Mrs. 
Carl Baures and two boys, of Bay City; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hartman and son, Mr. 
and Mrs. John Gordon and Mrs. Adolph Hierholzer, of Midland; Mrs. Nina Freed 
and children, of Maple Rapids; Mrs. Josie Sunday, of Hastings; Harve Ritter, 
of Detroit; Harold and Ralph Freed, of Coldwater; and Mr. and Mrs. Honey 
Hilborn, of West Branch.


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