History of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade and Barton Counties, MO
Thomas J. Hartley

History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, 
Missouri, 1889.  published by Goodspeed, 1889; Pg. 741
Cedar County Section

Thomas J. Hartley was born in Dickson County, Tenn., Mary 1, 1830, 
and is a brother of Richard Hartley, whose sketch precedes this, 
being the ninth in the family.  After remaining with his father 
until twenty years of age, he, on the 1st of May, 1850, started to 
cross the plains to California, and for four years worked in the 
gold mines of that State.  He returned to Cedar County, Mo., in 
June, 1854, and the following year engaged in merchandising at 
Stockton, being occupied in the business about three years.  In 
1858 he espoused Miss Rachel M. Church, who was born in Tennessee, 
and who died December 23, 1858, having borne one daughter, Rachel M., 
the wife of R. C. Pyle.  She was a daughter of C. C. and Nancy Church, 
who died in Cedar County.  February 14, 1866, Mr. Hartley wedded 
Miss Margaret C. Montgomery, who was born in Roane County, Tenn., 
a daughter of John W. and Elizabeth (Jackson) Montgomery.  To this 
last marriage seven children were born: Laura, (deceased); William L., 
Lizzie, Josie May, Maud, Thomas F. (deceased); and Gertie J.  In 1864 
Mr. Hartley went to Idaho, thence to Oregon, and from there by water 
to New York City, where he arrived January 1, 1866, and then back to 
Cedar County, Mo., which place he reached in March of the same year.  
During the Civil War he was with Sterling Price six months.  About 
118 acres of his 200-acre farm are under cultivation, and 80 acres 
are situated on the river bottom.  He is a Democrat, a member of the 
Masonic fraternity, and he and wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal 
Church, South.
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