Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, Volume II, part 2, Part 67

Author: Bateman, Newton, 1822-1897; Selby, Paul, 1825-1913
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: Chicago, Munsell Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 774

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HART, George W., a retired farmer living in Springfield, where he owns a comfortable home, is a veteran of the Civil War and well known in his neighborhood as a useful, public-spirited citizen. Mr. Hart is a native of eastern Ten- nessee, born April 20, 1841, son of Henry and Elizabeth (Hicks) Hart, both natives of the same State, the former born March 12, 1808, and the latter in the same year. The parents removed to Illinois in 1871 and spent ten years on a farm in Morgan Couuty, then moved to a farın near Chatham, Sangamon Connty. Seven years later they located on a farm in Clear Lake Township, where they lived six years, after which they went to Christian County, and there the father died May 22, 1897, after which George W. Hart remained five years longer in that county, then came to Springfield and retired from active life.

Mr. Hart received his education In Tennessee and at the beginning of the Civil War enlisted from Knoxville in the Home Guard, where he served six months, having previously served three months in the Confederate Army. He proved himself a good soldier and participated In several skirmishes. At the close of his term of service he returned to his former home and accompanied his family to Illinois some years later. Both he and his wife are members of the Baptist Church and active in the good work of that organization. He is a Democrat in poli- tlcs.

Mr. Hart was married in eastern Tennessee, November 20, 1861, to Salina A. Beard. who was born In Virginia, December 20, 1845, daugh- ter of John Beard, a Virginian farmer. Both her parents died in that State. Fifteen chll- dren were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hart. of whom thirteen survive, namely: Franklin, of Round Prairie, Sangamon County; Delia. wife oť Charles Emory, of Havana, Ill., where he is employed as a machinist ; Nannie, wife of Jo- seph Redford, a teamster of Springfield; Sam- uel, of Barclay, Ill .; Tuleta, wife of Samuel Milier, a farmer of Clear Lake Township; Etta, wife of Charles Carver. of Springfield ; Leotta, wife of Roy Adams, of Decatur; Charles, Fred-

erick and Rolla, of Springfield; Laura, wife of Louis Daniels, of Springfield ; Marie and Irene. living at home. There are twenty-two grand- children in the family.

HARTMAN, Rev. Thomas Francis, clergyman and pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of Rochester, Sangamon County, was born at Springfield, Mass., December 4, 1863, the son of James and Mary (Crowl) Hartman, natlves of Harper's Ferry, Va., the former born in 1816 and the latter in 1823. During the Civil War Mr. Hartman's father held a position in connec- tion with the Government Arsenal at Harper's Ferry, and at the time of its capture by the Confederates was taken prisoner, but soon after was recaptured by the Union forces. With sev- eral others, he was then sent to the Govern- ment Arsenal, at Springfield, Mass., where he remalned nntil his death, in 1870. When the town of Harper's Ferry was burned by the Confederates, Mr. Hartman's mother and the children then with her, saw their little home and ali it contained disappear In flames. In some way they managed to reach Springfield, Mass., where the father was walting for them, and there was a happy meeting of the then homeless family. It was there that Thomas Francis was born, the eleventh child of the family, a brother and a sister being born still later.

In March, 1873, the mother, with four of her children, came to Sangamon County, Ill., and. after spending a few weeks with distant rela- tives, the three boys of the number who had accompanied her, fonnd homes, the subject of this sketch falling Into the hands of one Mor- decai Crowl, whose so-called "guardlanship" for the next nine years is remembered with anything but a feeling of pleasure. The first seven years of his life, while his father still survived, he remembers were as enjoyable as conld fall to the lot of any one, but in the first half of the year 1870 his father, two brothers and three sisters died. The mother kept the broken famlly together for two years longer, bnt beyond this he remembers nothing that could be calied happy childhood. While in his native town of Springfield, Mass., he obtained three years' training in the public schools, but in the first eight years spent in Sangamon County, spent only two years in the rural schools, his guardian taking no Interest in the boy's education.

While thns handicapped, at the age of twenty- three years Mr. Hartman began a conrse of study which lasted more than six years, later taking the five years' course prescribed by the Illinois Conference School of Theology. Until twenty-three years of age he followed the occu- pation of farming, but then spent five years as an employe in the watch factory at Springfield, and later five years more in the grocery bnsi- ness. From these dates it will be seen that both his preparatory and professional courses were obtained while engaged in different lines

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of business-an illustration of the success which awaits the man of real Industry and determinatlou.

Mr. Hartman was admitted to the Illinois Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, on trial, In September, 1896; two years later was ordained as Deacon and admitted to fuli membership, and in 1900 was ordained as Elder. During that period and since then he has filled pastorships as follows: Greenvlew, Ill., one year ; Curran, four years; Chatham, six years; and Rochester, four years, the last three pastorates being within Sangamon County.

Mr. Hartman has been prominent as an ad- vocate of Prohibition, and in 1904 was candi- date for Representative in the General Assem- bly from Sangamon County, but failed of elec- tion. In 1910 he was nominated on the same ticket as a candidate for Congress from the Springfield District, but being unable to make the canvass, declined the nomination. At na- tional elections he has always supported the Prohibition ticket, but in local affairs votes for the man, regardless of political relatlons.

On Juue 7, 1888, Mr. Hartman was married, at Springfield, Ill., to Miss Lydia L. Welden, who was born In Randolph County, Ill., and for a number of years before her marriage was a teacher In the city schools of Springfield. They are the parents of the following children : Harold Hartmau, born September 10, 1891, and now a teacher In Sangamon County ; Loyal O., born October 27, 1899; and Royal L., born May 10, 1903. Mr. Hartman's fraternal relations are with the Masonic Order, Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of America.

(Mr. Hartmau was granted a supernumerary relation from The Illinois Conference Septem- ber, 1911, and moved with his famlly to Mem- phis, Tenn.)

HARTMANN BROTHERS .- The food supply in any community generally goes a long way towards determining the health of its citizens. Certain it is that a more healthful state Is to be found iu those localities wliere proper at- tention is pald to hygienic conditions, just as it is true that one improper source of supply could undermine the health of a large com- munity. The citizens of Sprlugfield, Ill., are fortunate in this respect, as they may receive thelr bakery goods from the largest dealers in this line in Sangamon County, the Hartmaun Brothers, Conrad and Joe, whose large, model bakcry has always been noted for its cleanll- ness. They are sons of Joseph and Rosena (Schwing) Hartmann, natlves of Germany, where the father carried on farming and butchering and was also engaged In a mer- cantlle business, and where he died, while the mother still survives and makes her home there.

Conrad Hartmann was born In Germany In 1870, and received hls educatiou in his native country, coming to America In 1888. He was married to Louisa Boehme. Like his brother,

Joe Hartmann was born in Germany, but one year later, In 1871. He also was educated in Germany, came to the United States iu 18SS, and was married to Lena Behr, a native of Springfield, by whom he has had two children, a boy now ten years of age and a girl twelve years oid.

The bakery business of Hartmann Brothers was started on a small scale, in Springfield, in 1896, but the excelleuce of their product soou attracted attentiou, aud as a result orders be- gau coming in so fast that they were com- pelled to enlarge their place of business. As the business steadily grew more additions were made, and the plant now covers nearly half a block. Starting with only themselves to operate the business, the brothers found In a short time that they would need help, and as additions have been made to the plant, so have meu been added to the working force, until they now employ fifteen skilled bakers. So rapid has been the growth of the business that the Hartmann Brothers now find themselves in charge of the largest bakery in Sangamon County, doing business uot ouly in the city aud county but throughout the State, and this state of affairs has come through hard, per- sisteut work and conscientlous attention to the laws of heaith and hygiene. They are very popular iu Springfield and are both men of keen business perception.

Fraternally, Joe Hartmann belongs to the Catholic Uniou, while Conrad is a member of the Modern Woodiuen. They are members of the Catholic Church of the Immaculate Con- ception of Springfield, whose priest is the well- known and universally beloved Father T. Hickey.

HARWOOD, William T .- During the past few decades farming has been revolutionized. The rich Sangamon County farm lands have beeu brought into the highest state of cultivation, and agricultural operations are carried on according to scientific methods. One who has made a suc- cess of farming is William T. Harwood, of Sec- tion 30, Williams Township. He was born in Decatur County, Ind., July 20, 1848, son of Ebenezer and Caroline (Sumter) Harwood, na- tives of Kentucky and Indlaua.

Ebenezer Harwood, who was a farmer, came from Kentucky to Indiana when only eleven years old, locating on a farm in Decatur County. There he grew up, and when the war broke out he gave the Union cause hls loyal support, to the extent of enlisting In Company A, One Hun- dred and Twenty-third Indiana Volunteer In- fantry, but after a year's service, he was taken sick and dled at Knoxville, Tenn. His wife was a relative of General Sumter, and her death oc- curred in Decatur County, Ind., In 1898. She bore her husband five sons and two daughters, five children of whom survive: C. D., of St. Paul, Ind .; James F., a farmer of near Greens- burg, Ind .; Mrs. Mary O. Wilson, of Milford,

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Ind .; Mrs. Susan E. Page, of the same place, and Willlam T.

The marriage of Mr. Harwood aud Josie Kagle took place in Springfield, November 14, 1878. She was born in Sangamon County, where her father Joseph Kagle had located upon coming from Ohio, although he was a native of Penn- sylvanla. Mr. Kagle was one of the early set- tlers of this part of the State and developed a fine farm. He also worked at his trade of cooper, thus coutlnuing until his death. His wife was born in Virginia, and she, too, has passed away. Mrs. Harwood is one of a fam- lly of nine children, only three of whom survive: Mrs. Knight, of Rantoul, Ill .; Mrs. A. C. Kalb, of Springfield, and Mrs. Harwood. Mr. and Mrs. Harwood had two sons: Forest C., living on a farm in Logan County, married Florence Bates, of Williamsville, issue-Gerald E., John C., Mil- ton T. and J. Irene; John A., married Golda Van Meta and lives in Williams Township.

During his long residence in his locallty Mr. Ifarwood has witnessed many changes, partici- pating in a number of them. He has always been a friend of good roads, excellent schools and similar improvements, and has lent his in- fluence towards securing them. While he has never sought publle notice, he has proven him- self a good citizen and a most trustworthy and reliable business man.

HASELRIG, William A., of Mechanicsburg, Ill., now living retired from active life, is a veteran of the Civil War and much respected as a use- ful and patriotic citizen. He was born at West Liberty, Morgan County, Ky., April 10, 1830, a son of James Henry and Nancy (Day ) Hasel- rig, the father a native of Virginia and the inother of Kentucky. James H. Haselrig was a brick mason and as a young man located in West Liberty, where he worked several years at his trade. Later he removed to Lexington, Ky., where he worked at his trade uutil his death. His brother, Col. Johu Haselrig, was prominent in Morgan County politics and served several terms as Circuit Clerk. James H. Haselrig and wife were parents of five sons and two daugh- ters. The mother and father both died in Ken- tucky.

The boyhood of Willlam A. Haselrig was spent in his native county and he early learned the brick-mason's trade of his father, with whom he worked many years, then began work iu the same line on his own account. He enlisted in the regular United States Army early in 1853, being sent to Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and serv- ing six months in the cavalry under General Kearney and Col. Sumner. After his discharge he caine to Springfield, Ill., arriving In that city October 14, 1853. He lived in the city and worked at his trade eight years, then (in 1861) enlisted in Company C, Seventh Illinois Volun- teer Infantry, for three months, re-enlisting February 2. 1864. in Company C, Tenth Illinois Cavalry. He served to the close of the war, be-

ing discharged at Little Rock, Ark., in 1865, having taken part in many engagements. At one time Mr. Haselrig was captured by his brother Albert, a soldier in the Confederate Army, who was out squirrel-hunting at the time, and who let the prisoner go free.

At the close of the war Mr. Haselrig moved to Mechanicsburg, where he took up his former occupation, which he followed successfully until he retired from active life, several years since. He helped in the erectiou of many of the resi- dences and business houses in Mechanicsburg, besides similar buildings in Springfield, Decatur, Taylorville, Bloomington and other cities. He was a coutractor on his own account during part of this work and established a reputation for ability and fair dealing that is well remembered by those with whom he had business dealings.

November 3, 1861, Mr. Haselrig was married, in Mechanicsburg, to Lucy J. Dunn, who was born in Mercer County, Ky., February 1, 1843, daughter of John T. and Rachel Ann (Moore) Dunn, both uatives of Mercer County and the father a carpenter by trade. The Dunn family came to Illinois in 1853 and the father followed hls trade in Mechanicsburg until his death, which occurred October 26, 1867, being a great shock to his family, as he died suddenly. His widow survived him but a short time, passing away in 1869. They were parents of two sons and four daughters, of whom two survive: Mrs. Haselrig, and R. T., of Mechanlesburg. Eleven children were born to Mr. Haselrig and wife, seven daughters and four sons, and nine of them are still living : Hattie, wife of Harry Halloway, a retired employe living in South Chicago : Laura, wife of John Muehlhausen, of Springfield ; J. William, of Texas; Anna, deceased ; Lee, wife of Harry Fox, a locomotive engineer living in Blue Island, Ill .; Mrs. Jessie Pntnam, deceased ; Herbert, of Bakersfield, Cal .; Frank, a locomo- tive engineer living at South Chicago; Mrs. Grace Schmidt, wife of William Schmidt, a com- mercial traveler whose home is in South Chi- cago; Merle, widow of Louls Rogers, who Is a stenographer in the employ of the Rock Island Railroad Company and a resident of South Chi- cago; Grover, who served two enlistments in the Regular United States Army. There are thirteen grandchildren and two great-grand- children In the family. Herbert Haselrig, of Bakersfield, Cal., served in the Regular United States Army eight years, taking part in the Spanish-American War and being sent to the Philippines twice.

Mr. Haselrig is well-known in Mechanicsburg and vicinity, where he has lived so many years, *and has a large number of friends. He owns a colufortable home there and takes an active in- terest in the welfare of his community. He is a member of the Christian Church, a Democrat in politics and is affiliated with the Grand Army of the Republic.

HATCH, Ozias M. (Vol. I, p. 224.)

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HATCHER, Mrs. Mary (Currier), daughter of the late Silas Wright Currier, has inherited many of his sterling traits of character and is fully capable of representing this fine old family. Mrs. Hatcher is a native of Springfield, horn June 19, 1880, danghter of Silas Wright and Mary (Priest) Currier, the former horn In Potsdam, N. Y .. January 8, 1846, and the latter in Springfield, Noveinher 2. 1848. Silas Wright Currier was one of Springfield's foremost husi- ness men and his hiography appears on anotber page of this volume.

The grandfather of Mrs. Hatcher, John W. Priest, came from St. Lawrence Connty, N. Y., to Springfield, and became one of the city's most prominent men. He was a pioneer in the manufacture of brick and was also prominent as a farmer, being the owner of 1,200 acres of land at the time of his death, which occurred Jnne 7, 1887. His worth as a citizen was soon recognized by the community, and time and again he was called upon to fill some position of trust and honor. For a number of years he was President of the School Board, for eight consecutive years acted as Alderman, and in 1856-58, and again in 1870, served as Mayor of Springfield, during which time the city. pros- pered as it had never done before. During the administration of the affairs of the city by Mr. Priest, the first street paving was done and the water works established. He was a mnem- ber of the water works board, was for some time President of the company, and went to New York to sell bonds for these improve- ments. Always a leader in movements which would henefit his city or State, in his death Springfield lost one whose place was far from easy to fill.

Mary (Currier) Hatcher was given the ad- vantages of a full and comprehensive education. She attended Springfield High School. St. Agatha's Episcopal School, St. Mary's School at Knoxville, Ill., and "The Castle" (Miss Ma- son's school) at Tarrytown, N. Y., being gradu- ated from the last-named Institution in the class of 1900. On November 28, 1905, she was united in marriage with Oliver William Hatcher, one of Springfield's well-known busi- ness men of the younger generation, who was born at Chariton, Iowa, January 24, 1877. Mr. Hatcher is a member of the firm of Johnston & Hatcher, operating a large house-furnishing store. One daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Hatcher, Mary Jane, Fehrnary 24, 1909. Mrs. Hatcher's religious connection is with the Cen- tral Baptist Church. while Mr. Hatcher's is with the Episcopal Church.

HATTON, Joseph, who has been a resident of Chatham, Ill., for over half a century, Is an extensive land-owner and successful farmer, and is held in great respect hy all who know him. Mr. Hatton is a native of Garrard County, Kentucky, horn March 6, 1829, a son of Richard and Hannah Hatton. both natives of Virginia, whose parents were born in Ken-

tucky and Virginia. Richard Hatton was a large land-owner and an extensive raiser of tobacco, being a man of local prominence. He died in Kentucky and his widow afterward moved to Illinois, dying in Chatham.

The childhood of Joseph Hatton was spent on a farm and he received his education in his native State. He was always very fond of horses and stock of all kinds and was reared to agricultural pnrsnits, which he has followed all his life. He moved from Ken- tucky to Illinois in 1854 and has since resided at Chatham, where he has been a successful farmer. He now owns 400 acres of land in Sangamon Connty and has put it all into good condition. He is a good hnsiness man and has managed his affairs in a manner to insure suc- cess. He stands well with his neighbors and has a large number of friends. While not a member of any church, he is actuated hy the highest principles in social and hnsiness rela- tions, as well as in his daily life at home, and has won a reputation for strict integrity and reliability. In politles he is a Republican and is always ready to further the interests of his party. He has witnessed many changes since locating in Sangamon County and has always been interested in the development of the com- mnnity. He drove cattle through Springfield on the day ex-Governor Matteson's mansion was hurned, one of the coldest in the history of Illinois.

Mr. Hatton was married at Chatham, Ill., November 2, 1873, to Liza Clements, a native of Sangamon County and daugliter of Thomas and Dicy (Harris) Clements, the parents both natives, of Kentucky. Mr. Clements was a prominent farmer and he and his wife had seven children. Mr. Hatton and wife have no children.

HAY, John, one of the early settiers of Spring- field, and the son of Adam Hay, was born In Berkeley Connty, Va., April 13, 1775, and came of a sturdy race of men. His grandfather was the son of a Scottish soldier who left his own country near the close of the seventeenth cen- tury and entered service in the army of the Elector of the Palatinate of the German Empire.

Ahout the middle of the eighteenth century the grandfather, who was also John Hay, with his fonr sons, emigrated from Germany to America. The family soon scattered and one son settled in Pennsylvania, where he acquired a considerable estate and filled several impor- tant offices. He served as a soldier of the Revolutionary War, attaining the rank of Colonel. His brother Adam went to Virginia. He, as well as his brothers, had received a mili- tary training in Europe, and he served with some distinction under General Washington in the War of Independence. He was an acqnain- tance and frlend of the great General, and one of the early recollections of his son John, the subject of this sketch, was of meeting Wash- ington on a country road. The boy was riding

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behind his father on the same horse when a car- riage approached. They turned aside to iet it pass, when it halted, and Washington greeting Adam Hay, directed some friendly remarks to the young lad, who was requested by his father to salute General Washington, which order was promptly obeyed. The mother of John Hay was Mary Boyer, who was horn in Ger- mauy and came to America wheu a young giri. She has been described as au excelleut woman, of independent spirit aud strong persouality.

John Hay spent his boyhood days in Vir- ginia, but was not satisfied to remain there, believing that he could do better iu a newer country. At the age of eighteen, with a small company of his Quaker neighbors, he emigrated to Kentucky and took up iand in Fayette County, near Lexington, in the heart of the far- famed blue-grass regiou of that State. A few years after settling there, while still young, he was married to Jemima Coulter, an estimahle young woman well-fitted to he his companion, with whom he lived happily for a period of forty-six years and until her death at Spring- field in 1843.

In all Mr. Hay lived in Fayette County, Ky., for thirty-nine years, aud in that beautiful garden spot, were born his thirteen children, six sons and seven daughters. Although he continuously prospered, he was opposed to negro slavery and, for that reason, was not satisfied to have his family remaiu in a State where that institution seemed so firmly estab- lished. In the fall of 1832, at the age of fifty- seven years, with his wife and eleven of his children, he came to Sangamon Couuty, settling at Springfield, theu only an insignificant village, and there he lived aud lahored for a little more thau a third of a century until his passing away in 1865.

On coming to Illinois Mr. Hay brought with him from Kentucky the machinery and . other appliances for a cotton gin and the manufac- ture of cotton goods, hut this venture did not prove a profitahie one. It is said that the idea prevailed at that early day that cotton could be successfully grown in Illinois. After operating this factory for a year or two, the machinery was taken out and stored in an old shed in the back yard of his home at Second and Jefferson Streets, where it slowly rotted and rusted away. Mauy years after it was put there, his grand- children used this dim and cobwehbed store- house as a place to play, aud as they romped among the curious looking things, they often wondered about the use of so many wheels and spindles. For a number of years he and several of his sons engaged in the mauufacture of brick. The investments he made in land in Illinois proved in time to be remunerative.

John Hay had the rather unusual distinction, which in that time could only have come to one who had reached a very advanced age. of living through two of the most trying and critical periods of our country's history. He was born just six days before the battle of Lexington,

the real and actual beginning of the American Revolution, aud lived until the close of the Civil War.

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Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, Volume II, part 2, Part 67

Author: Bateman, Newton, 1822-1897; Selby, Paul, 1825-1913 Publication date: 1912 Publisher: Chicago, Munsell Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 774

Author: Bateman, Newton, 1822-1897; Selby, Paul, 1825-1913
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: Chicago, Munsell Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 774