BIO:  Edward F. HARTMAN, Franklin Township, Adams County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania
Chicago:  Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Part III, History of Adams County, Page 407

EDWARD F. HARTMAN, farmer, P.O. Arendtsville, was born on the old Mansion farm 
January 19, 1849, a son of Eli and Elizabeth (Bear) Hartman, who were the 
parents of three children:  Edward F., Leah E., wife of Amos A. Rebert, and 
Lydia A., wife of Henry Little, a buggy-builder of this township.  The early 
history of the Hartman family is an interesting one, and may be read in the 
sketch of Noah Hartman.  Eli was a farmer, and lived on the Mansion farm, now 
owned by his son, which has been in possession of the Hartmans since 1740, and 
where five generations were born.  The death of Mrs. Elizabeth Hartman occurred 
March 5, 1886, she being aged sixty-six years.  Eli Hartman leads a retired life 
in Gettysburg.  The Hartmans have been noted agriculturists, and have devoted 
special attention to such pursuits.  February 11, 1873, Edward F. Hartman 
married Miss Eleanora, daughter of Cornelius and Elizabeth Spahr, the former of 
Adams County, where Mrs. Hartman was born.  Mr. Spahr now resides near 
Mummasburg with his daughter, Mrs. John Staley, Mrs. Spahr having died in 1876.  
To Mr. and Mrs. Hartman four children have been born:  Willis M., Ada E., Lydia 
J. and Edna E.  Mr. Hartman has filled with great credit several important 
offices in his township, and has been for six years one of the directors of the 
school board of Franklin Township.  Both he and his wife are members of the 
Lutheran Church at Arendtsville, and he was one of the charter members of 
Arendtsville Lodge, No. 325, K. P.