Biographical Sketch of Benjamin H. HALTEMAN (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. 799-800. "BENJAMIN H. HALTEMAN, a well known farmer and industrious, useful and respected citizen of this county, is the third son of Jacob and Sarah (Hunsberger) Halteman, and was born in East Coventry township, Chester county, Pennsylvania, October 7, 1841, where he has always resided. He grew to maturity on his father's farm, and received a good English educa- tion in the public schools here. Later he learned the trade of miller, and has been engaged in farming and milling for a number of years. He owns a nice little farm of fifteen acres of valuable and productive land, which is finely improved and kept in a good state of cultivation. In his political faith, Mr. Halteman is an ardent republican, and while taking no active part in politics, yet earnestly supports the men and measures put forward by his party. "In 1865 Mr. Halteman was united in marriage with Rachel Detwiler, a daughter of John Detwiler, of East Coventry township, this county, and to them has been born a family of two children, one son and a daughter: Perry and Lizzie, the latter now the wife of George Romig. "The paternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch, for whom he was named, was Jacob H. Halteman, a native of East Vincent township, this county, where he lived all his life and died at a good old age. By voca- tion he was a farmer, as his ancestors had been, and was industrious, energetic and successful. Politically he was an old-line whig, and in religion a strict member of the Mennonite church, taking a deep interest in everything calculated to enhance the success of his church or benefit his fellow man. He married Fannie Funk and was the father of eight children, six sons and two daughters. The sons are: Jacob, Christian, John F., Benjamin F., Moses (deceased), and Joseph. "Jacob Halteman (father) was born in East Vincent township, this county, about 1815, where he was reared and educated. After his marriage he removed to East Coventry township, where he lived for many years and where he died in 1865, after an active and useful life extending over half a century. He was a farmer, and devoted his time entirely to agricultural pursuits. In religion he followed the traditions of his family and ad- hered to the Mennonite church. Politically he was first a whig and later a stanch republican. He married Sarah Hunsberger, a native of this county, and by this union had a family of five children, four sons and a daughter, all of whom are still living, and all reside in East Coventry township. The eldest, Joseph H., is a farmer and saw mill operator, and married Hannah L. Detwiler, by whom he had three children - Sarah (now the wife of J. Singleton Wertz), William H. (married to Kate Brelton), and Benjamin F. The other sons of Jacob and Samuel Halteman were Samuel, now deceased; Benjamin H., of whom this sketch is written; and Isaac, who married a Miss Shantz."