Vitals: Obits: Mahlon Hartman, 1934: from Berks Co, PA

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Death Notice of MAHLON HARTMAN
[Source:The Belleville Daily Advocate, Belleville, Illinois March 29, 1934]

MAHLON HARTMAN, 81, a retired farmer, died suddenly at his home in Freeburg
(IL) at 8:00 a.m. today.  Hartman was about his home as usual, and was in
the kitchen when he was suddenly stricken with apoplexy.  Mr. And Mrs.
Hartman resided in Freeburg since 1915, at which time he discontinued active
farming operations.

Hartman was born in Berks county, Pennsylvania, July 13, 1852, a son of the
late VALENTINE & HANNAH HARTMAN, nee ROTHERMEL.  HARTMAN was the youngest
son in a family of ten boys and five girls, and came from Pennsylvania
Quaker parentage.  The family homestead was within twenty miles [Ed. Actually
about 90 miles] of the site of the Battle of Gettysburg and three of 
Mr. Hartman's brothers answered President Lincoln's first call for volunteers.

When 19 years of age, Hartman began teaching school in Berks county (PA),
teaching six terms there and attending Keystone State Normal University
during the intervening time.  He then came to Illinois and taught (in) the
Barth school, south of Mascoutah (IL), for three years.  He then became a
salesman for the Deering Harvester Company of Chicago and the Gundlach Drill
Company, of Belleville (IL).

He then married Miss MARY RUMER  at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
BERNARD RUMER, Sr., of Mascoutah, October 6, 1881.  Besides the widow, four
sons survive: HARRISON H. HARTMAN, of Freeburg; DAVID D. HARTMAN, of DuQuoin
(IL); BEN V. HARTMAN, an employee of the McKinley Motor Co., at home; and
MILTON M. HARTMAN, of Mounds; sister, Mrs. HANNAH SCHALTER, of Reading, PA.

Hartman was a charter member of the Freeburg Camp #2526 Modern Woodmen of
America and a charter stockholder of the First National Bank of Freeburg.
The funeral will be held Saturday at 2 :00 p.m., from the family home to the
Elmwood cemetery, Freeburg.  Rev. VIRGIL GOULD of the Ziegler M. E. church
and former pastor of the Freeburg M. E. church will conduct the service.

[The Daily Advocate newspaper, Belleville, Illinois, April 6, 1934]
The eulogy for the late MAHLON HARTMAN was delivered by Rev. VIRGIL GOULD,
of Ziegler, at the family home and at Elmwood cemetery, where interment was
made on Saturday afternoon.  Mrs. ROLAND WIECHERT, of Belleville, sang
"Somewhere the Sun is Shining," and "Some Day We'll Understand."  The pall
bearers were FRED ETLING, EDWAD KAMPER, CHARLES SCHIEK, FRED FISCHER, FRED
NOLD and WILLIAM RANDLE.  Among the out-of-town people who attended the
funeral were: Mr. And Mrs. E. G. BRITTON;  Mr. And Mrs. B. I. BRITTON;  Mr.
MELTON;  Mr. And Mrs. MILTON HARTMAN and son MILES, of Mounds; Mr. And Mrs.
DAVID HARTMAN and children, MONTAGUE, JOHN MILTON,  and MARY SUE, of DuQuoin
(IL); Mrs. ANNA METZ; Mr. And Mrs. G. B. METZ; Mr. And Mrs. ELMER METZ; O.
L. RUMER, son HERBERT and daughter, Miss MYRTLE; RICHARD RUMER and son
ROBERT; Mr. And Mrs. WALTER RUMER; MORTON RUMER; GEORGE M. RUMER and
daughter, of St. Louis;  BEN RUMER,  Mr. And Mrs. BEN R. RUMER, Jr.; Mr. And
Mrs. FRED BONHARDT,  Mr. And Mrs WALTER SANDERS; Mr. And Mrs. C. A. GRIFFEN,
Mrs. VERNON BOYD;  Mr. And Mrs. BOONE GRIFFEN,  and Mr. And Mrs. LACLEDE
GRIFFEN, of Belleville (IL); J. A. RUMER, Mrs. ADELIA MORLOCK and daughter,
Miss LEONTINE, of Mascoutah (IL).