Nobles County MN Archives Biographies.....Hartman, Joseph 1854 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com October 23, 2006, 11:09 pm Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908) JOSEPH HARTMAN, of Willmont township, is one of the earliest settlers of that precinct, having located there at the time of the arrival of Fred Hartman, Peter Lebens, Robert Sell, Fred Panic and Emil Graf— the township's pioneers. He owns 320 acres of land on sections 34 and 35 and has resided on his farm since his arrival thirty years ago. Joseph Hartman's parents were Fredolin and Carrie (Kleever) Hartman. Both parents died in Germany, the mother in January, 1867, at the age of 42 years, the father in Germany on April 25, 1908, at the age of 82 years. Joseph was the eldest of a family of three children, two sisters living in Germany. He was born in Germany Oct. 23, 1854, and came to the United States in 1871, arriving during the month of October. The first four years of his life in the new world were spent in Boston and the next two near Minneapolis. Our subject came to Nobles county October 5, 1877, and filed a homestead claim to the farm upon which he now resides. In March of the next year he moved down to his land and began farming. Later he bought 160 acres adjoining. He has improved the place with groves and buildings, and today has a fine home. He erected his present house in 1888. Mr. Hartman was married at Waconia Minn., Jan. 21, 1879, to Frances Adelman, who was born in Germany and came to the United States in 1867. She died on the home farm March 14 1897. To this union nine children were born: Annie, George, Frank, Fredo, Mary, Leo, Bannie, Francis and Carrie. Mr. Hartman's second marriage occurred at St. Kilian in September, 1900, when he wedded Mrs. Carrie Hartman, who was born in Germany in 1852. Mr. and Mrs. Hartman are members of the Catholic church of St. Kilian. In the early days he served as a director of school district No. 16. Additional Comments: Extracted from: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NOBLES COUNTY MINNESOTA BY ARTHUR P. ROSE NORTHERN HISTORY PUBLISHING COMPANY WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA PUBLISHERS 1908 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mn/nobles/bios/hartman156gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mnfiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb