Biographical Sketch of Henry S. HALLMAN (1893); Chester County, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by John Morris . *********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: Printing this file within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** Source: "Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Chester County, Pennsyl- vania, comprising a historical sketch of the county," by Samuel T. Wiley and edited by Winfield Scott Garner, Gresham Publishing Company, Phila- delphia, PA, 1893, pp. 345-6. "HENRY S. HALLMAN, a stockholder and director of the Spring City Bloom Works Company, is a son of Henry and Anna (Setzler) Hallman, and was born near Mingo Shute, in Upper Providence township, Montgomery county, Penn- sylvania, November 13, 1844. He obtained his education in the common schools of his native township, and Washington Hall school of Trappe, Montgomery county, which he attended for three terms. Leaving school, he learned the trade of miller, and after following milling for two years, entered the employ of the Reading Railroad Company, with whom he remained until 1862, when he left his engine to enlist in the naval service of the United States. After two years' service as an engineer in the North Atlantic squadron, and participating in the battles of Plymouth, Roanoke, and Fort Fisher, and two other engagements, he was honorably discharged from the navy, and resumed his former line of work as a locomotive engi- neer, which he followed continuously until 1866. He then purchased a half interest in the stove tile works of Finkbiner & Beerbrower, and organized the firm of Finkbiner & Hallman, which continued in existence for twelve years. At the end of that time Mr. Hallman and his partner disposed of their works and business to Scholknob & Co. He was then variously engaged until 1883, when he became a member of the firm of Francis & Co., which established in that year the present Spring City Bloom Works. "The firm continued until 1890, when it was reorganized as a stock company, under the name of the Spring City Bloom Works Company, whose officers are: Samuel Egolf, president; Henry Francis, treasurer; W. W. Emery, secretary. Its present board of directors are: Willis Rogers, Milton Latshaw, and Mr. Hallman, who has served continuously as a director since the organization of the company. The plant is situated in the southeastern part of the borough, and its main buildings are: the bloomery, 40 x 80 feet, with an L 40 x 40 feet, and a coal house 30 x 50 feet. The works are fully equipped with modern appliances, and run by a twenty-eight horsepower en- gine. The company employs thirty-six men during the busy season of the year, and manufacture charcoal blooms of a superior quality, for boiler plates and other machine shop work, which are in steady demand in this and several other States. "In December, 1871, Mr. Hallman married Gertrude Beerbrower, daughter of Reuben Beerbrower, of East Pikeland township. "Henry S. Hallman is inclined to be rather an independent in politics. He has served as a councilman of his borough, and is a member of a lodge of Free and Accepted Masons. "Mr. Hallman comes of an old German family. His father, Henry Hallman, was born about 1810, in Upper Providence township, Montgomery county, where he died in 1877. He was a farmer and a democrat, and had been a member of the Evangelical Lutheran church for many years before his death. His wife, Hannah Hallman, was a daughter of William Setzler, who served in the Ameri- can army during the war of 1812. They reared a family of seven children, of whom all grew to maturity, and four are now living: Abram, Henry S., Mary, and Elwood. Abram is station agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at Norristown, Montgomery county; Mary, married the late Franklin Beerbrower, and now resides in Philadelphia; and Elwood is a lawyer in active practice at Royer's Ford, Montgomery county. "Henry Hallman was a son of Abram Hallman (grandfather), whose father, Abram Hallman, Sr., came from Germany to Montgomery county at an early day in its history. Abram Hallman was a carpenter by trade, but followed farming principally. He always voted the democratic ticket, and was a member of the Evangelical Lutheran church, in whose faith he was reared. He married Sarah Prizer, and had but one child, Henry, the father of the subject of this sketch. "Henry S. Hallman is an active and thoroughgoing business man, who by industry and good management has achieved success."