U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Hartmann, James T. (1810-1894) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Ritchie County by Minnie Kendall Lowther Wheeling News Litho. Co., Wheeling W.Va., 1911 Pages 556-557 The Hartmanns are of German descent. James T. Hartmann, the head of this family was born in the Keystone state, on September 11, 1810. and with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Hartmann, emigrated to Pocahontas county (West) Virginia, in his childhood. There, near Greenbanks, his mother died, and his father re-married and removed to the Buckhannon river in what is now Upshur county, where he passed from earth. On April 11, 1844, James T. Hartmann, was married to Miss Mary Hull Burner, who was born on May 19, 1826, and who came of a prominent Pocahontas family, she being the daughter of Jacob, and Mrs. Keziah Stump Burner, and the grand-daughter of Abram, and Mary Hull Burner, early pioneers of that county. But her parents removed to Barbour county when she was a child of three years, and there the marriage took place, and there they established their home and remained until they came to this county in May, 1883. Mr. Hartmann was one of the early deputy-sheriffs of Lewis (now Upshur) county, and he filled the office of County clerk, and other public positions in Barbour county. He died at his home above this town on July 29, 1894, and his wife survived until November 20, 1906. Both rest in the Burnt House churchyard. Their son, A. W. Hartmann died in his young manhood, and Dr. S. P., of Smithville, in 1901; and the rest are as follows: Dr. J. F., Elden P., and T. J., of Burnt House; E. L., of Parkersburg; C. R., of Clarksburg; Austin T., of Barbour county; Mrs. Washington Reger, of Roane county; and AMrs. C. W. Reger, of Clarksburg. Several members of the family have been identified in the teaching profession in this county, and E. L. now holds a position in the Parkersburg schools. And to the Regers, and E. P. Hartmann this community is indebted for some of its prettiest homes, they having redeemed from their primitive wilderness, the farms that are now owned by the latter, and by T. J. Hartmann, and Preston Gainer, less than thirty years ago. Mrs. J. W. Holden, Mrs. E. G. Rohrbough, wife of the principal of the Glenville Normal school; A. Clyde Reger, and Dr. E. L. Reger, are among the prominent younger members of this family. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Ritchie County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/ritchie/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------