BIO: Christian Michael HERTLEIN, Clearfield County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Judy Banja & Sally Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/ NOTE: Use this web address to access other bios: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/swoope/swoope.htm _____________________________________________________________ From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr., Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 816 & 817. _____________________________________________________________ CHRISTIAN MICHAEL HERTLEIN, one of the highly esteemed residents of Karthaus township, Clearfield county, Pa., where he is cultivating an excellent property of 119 acres, was born in this township, June 13, 1840, a son of George Lawrence and Johanna (Eisleman) Hertlein. George Lawrence Hertlein, who was a native of Wurtemberg, Germany, came to America in the early thirties, after having completed six years of service in the German army. For some time after settling in this country he followed his trade, which was that of a potter, but eventually he decided to take up farming, and settled on the farm on which Tennyson Hertlein now carries on operations in Karthaus township. Here he continued to reside until his death, which occurred when he was seventy-four years of age, and he was buried in the cemetery at Keewaydin, where his widow, who survived him some years, was also laid to rest. Mr. Hertlein was a Democrat in politics and was called upon to fill many township offices. In the early days he assisted in building the old Karthaus Furnace. George L. Hertlein was married to Johanna Eisleman, also a native of Germany who came to this country with her mother, after her father's death in the Fatherland. To Mr. and Mrs. Hertlein there were born the following children: Martin, deceased, who lived in Clearfield county; Christian Michael; Lawrence Tennyson, who resides on the old home place; August, who died at the age of fourteen years; John, who died in infancy; Sophia, deceased, who was the wife of John Eberspecher; Hannah, deceased, who was the wife of Ed I. Gilliland, also deceased; Rosanna, who is the wife of James Hunter, of Delaware; and Sarah and another child, who died in infancy. The children were reared in the faith of the Lutheran church, to which both parents belonged. Christian Michael Hertlein was reared in Karthaus township, and attended the local schools. Later, after he was of age, he took a course in the seminary at Cassville, Huntingdon county. Early in life Mr. Hertlein engaged in lumbering and farming, and eventually purchased his present property, which then consisted of 103 acres, but did not locate on it until 1869, since which time he has added two pieces of land, of ten and six acres respectively, and he now has one of the highly cultivated, well kept and substantially productive farms of Clearfield county. On November 19, 1867, Mr. Hertlein was united in marriage with Miss Annie Reiter, who was born March 20, 1847, at the present site of Keewaydin, a daughter of John Reiter. To this union there have been born the following children: an infant that died unnamed; Edward Newton, living at Cherrydale, Karthaus township, who married Myrtle Woodling and has two children, Blake and Norman; Eva Sarah, deceased, who married Milton Conaway, by whom she had a daughter, Rhea Eva, who has lived with her grandfather since she was thirteen days old; Blanche Ella, who resides at home; and John Lawrence, who is assisting his father in the duties of the home farm. The mother of the foregoing children died March 15, 1891, and was buried in the cemetery at Keewaydin. She was a kindly, Christian woman, and a loving and indulgent mother, and was beloved by all who knew her. Mr. Hertlein is known as a man of the best character, as well as one of sound judgment and fair principles, and when his fellow citizens were casting about in search of someone to fill the office of justice of the peace, his name was suggested and he was elected to the position. He resigned from the office, however, in order to give his time and attention to the duties of his farm. His politics are those of the Democratic party.