Obit of Hartshorne, Charles (h632) - Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Genea Bohanan   <genea&#64;cwis.net>  17 Jul 2003
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The Hartshorne Sun, Thursday, November 12, 1908
            “CHARLES HARTSHORNE”

Charles Hartshorne, formerly president of the Lehigh Valley railroad and for
several years vice-president of the Choctaw railroad, and the man who named our
town Hartshorne, died Friday at Peorion, Pa, aged 79 years.

Mr. Hartshorne was a prominent in the financial and business world of
Philadelphia for many years. He retired from active life ten years ago. He
began his career in railroad service and had been engaged in railroad business
for 42 years. He was an important factor in the building of the Choctaw
railroad and being so pleased with the town site it was named Hartshorne.

Many of the early settlers remember Mr. Hartshorne as a kindly gentleman of
great hustling ability and one of the men who kept pushing things lagged in the
building of the Choctaw.
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