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Moved to Ohio in 1836 according to "Kansas Pioneers".
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Came to Kansas with her parents in 1866.
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Baptized by Rev. Hinsch, Reformed Church, Witnesses: George and Hanna Hertzell, grandparents.
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Came to Perry county PA in 1827 from Maryland and became a resident of Rye township for one year; then in Penn township, where for five years he conducted a mill; he afterwards turned his attention to farming. He enjoyed a position of respect and confidence in the community, and was elected to various township offices. He was a member and a trustee of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Possibly the same one which appears in 1840 Perry County Census in Center Township (page 268). The following family is given: 1 boy under 5, 1 male 30-40 years old, 1 girl 5-10 years old, one female 20-30 years old and employed in agriculture.
"The death of Samuel Hartzell occurred at the deceased's late residence, in Wheatfield township, on Saturday."--23 Aug 1884, Harrisburg (PA) Daily Independent
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He is a resident of Adams county, a farmer and stock-raiser. He obtained such an edication as the rural district schools of the time afforded.
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Remained in Pa.
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Occupation: Farmer.
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At the time of his death, was living on the farm "eight miles out on the Dodgeville road. His affliction was dysentery". According to "___ Daily Gazette", Burlington, Iowa, Monday evening September 15, 1890.
Was age 81y 5m 8da at time of death.
Per Des Moines County Register of Deaths, #2, we learn that the cause of death was Dysentery, complicated by Typl...., duration of illness was two days.
From the Burlington Iowa "Hawkeye" Tuesday 16 Sept 1890, page 3, column 4.
Another pioneer of Des Moines county has passed away. The ranks of the old settlers are rapidly thinning. Last Sunday, Adam hartzell died at his home in Franklin township, eight or nine miles west of Burlington on the Dodgeville road. He was eighty-one years of age and for the last few years had been too feeble to take any active part in the work of his farm, where he had resided so long a time. Recently he had an attack of dysentery and he succumbed to the disease which his enfeebled system could not resist.
Mr. Hartzel was a native of Pennsylvania, born in 1809 and came to Iowa in 1840. He was an industrious, thrifty man, honest conscientious and fair in his dealings with his fellow men. He was always held in high esteem by his neighbors and his death brought out a large concourse of citizens in attendance upon the funeral, which occurred Monday afternoon.
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Was a miller and millwright by profession, having learned the trade under his father. Moved to Iowa by boat, arriving in June 1844. Bought a 70 acre farm in September 1844 in Franklin Township. In 1850, he became manager and miller at a mill owned by Franklin Mills Flour Mills. In 1855 he became manager of the Kossuth mill for Heizer & Cox. In 1861, he took up farming again because his sons Adam and Randall had gone to fight in the Civil War.
1860 Census gives value of real estate as $1400, personal estate as $800.
1840 Census Name appears on page 286 as living in Newport Borough. Lists the family as being made up of 2 males 5 or under (John and Randall), 1 male 20-30 (Adam), 1 female 20-30 (his wife Catharine) and 1 female 15-20 (a boarder). Gives Adam's occupation as "navigation of canals, lakes and rivers".
A letter written to me by Mrs. Ruth E. Johnson, 8942 NW 35th, Silver Lake, Ks 66539 on 15 Sep 1993 quotes the following "A letter written April 10, 1882 by Colonel John Hartzell of Newport, Perry County, Pa to Rev J. C. Hartzell says--information received from my father and uncle Henry--My great grandfather, John George Jr. emigrated to America before the Revolutionary war. He settled in Northampton County. He had seven sons, six located in different parts of Pa as follows: George, my g. father, located in Adams county on the Opossum Creek eleven miles north of Gettysburg. He had six sons. All of them with the exception of my father and my uncle Jacob lived and died in or near the old homestead.
My uncle Jacob went west somewhere about 1820, to Ohio. He had two sons, Jesse and Josiah. My father came to Perry county in 1823 where 2 of my brothers, Samuel and Michael and myself still reside. My brother Adam went to Iowa in 1844 where he still resides.
My grandfather's six brothers located as follows: one remained with his father in Northampton county. Nathan purchased land in Luzern county, Pa, near Wiles-Barre. another brother settled in Northampton county, one was named Adam. One of the two was a bachelor."
From "Biographical Review of Des Moines County, Iowa", pages 1039-1040
Adam Hartzell, deceased, was a son of John and Mary (Row) Hartzell, and was born in Menallen township, Adams county, Pa., April 6, 1809. His father, who was a miller by trade, died in June 1828, and his mother passed away in November, 1838. Their large family of children were educated in the common schools of their native county.
Adam followed the milling business from the time of his father's death till 1861, when he moved from Newport, Perry county, Pa., to Iowa, and settled in Des Moines county, near Burlington April 18, 1844. He carried on farming and stock-raising with much success, and was an enterprising citizen.
May 21, 1833, he married Miss Catherine A. McAllister, who was a daughter of Alexander McAllister, and was born in Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, June 17, 1816. She was one of ten children. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hartzell thirteen children have been born, six of whom are living: Randall M., Adam R., and Samuel T., of Peru, Kansas; Mrs. S. M. Lines, Sophia M. and Austin L. of Des Moines county, Iowa.
Mr. Hartzell was a Republican, but never an office seeker. He and his wife were members of the Methodist church. This upright and highly respected couple lived to ripe old age, both being over eighty years old at the time of their deaths. Mr. Hartzell died September 14, 1890 and Mrs. Hartzell's death occurred April 15, 1905.
From "The History of Des Moines County, Iowa", 1879
Listed as farming Section 34 of Franklin Township and as being served by the Dodgeville post office.
From the 1856 Iowa State Farm Census, pages 1198 and 1199, comes the following information. Children John, Randel, Adam, Mary, Sophia, Samuel and Michel are listed. Adam's occupation is given as miller, and owner of land. The following agricultural statistics are also given for him: Acres of improved land: 30. Acres of unimproved land: 116. Acres in meadow: 3. Tons of hay: 3. Acres of spring wheat: 11. Bushels harvested: 156. Acres of oats: 7. Bushels harvested: 200. Acres of corn: 4. Bushels harvested: 500. Acres of potatoes: 1. Bushels harvested: 50. Pounds of butter manufactured: 260. Pounds of wool: 30. Value of domestic manufactures: 30. Compared with the two other families listed on the same page, Adam's farm output was much less. Probably because he devoted his attention to milling rather than farming.
1850 Burlington Ia Hawkeye lists Adam's name in a list of mail that was being held at the postoffice.
Lulu Hanna wrote that "Grandfather Adam Hartzell donated some money to help build a college at Mt. Pleasant Iowa. He (endowed) a scholarship whereby he could send one person at a time to the College during his lifetime. His sons John, Randal and Adam and his daughters Matilda and Margaret Sophia attended that college." Iowa Wesleyan in Mt. Pleasant could find no record of a scholarship having been endowed. No Hartzell appears in the list of college presidents of Iowa Wesleyan, as she suggests. However, the college was able to uncover a number of student enrollment records of Hartzells, including Mary Matilda (1864), John Alexander (BA 1860, MA 1863), Richard Wayne Hartzell BA 1957, Ruth (withdrew 1st Sem 1932), Anna Bintz (Hartzell) 1906 and Lizzie S. Hartzell, 1868.
"LIST OF LETTERS REMAINING in the Post Office at Burlington Iowa, on the first day of April 1845, which, if not taken out before the first day of July next, will be sent to the Post Office Department as dead letters......Adam Hartzell...."--5 April 1845, Iowa Territorial Gazette and Burlington (IA) Advertiser
"Fifty Years of Wedded Life. There was a semi-centennial celebration the other day, in this vicinity, that was a little ahead of Burlington's approaching anniversary. It was a pleasant gathering of neighbors at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Hartzell, in Franklin Mills township, upon the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage. They removed to Iowa, from Pennsylvania, in 1843, and we believe, have made their present homestead their abiding place ever since, and surrounded by hosts of good friends have found life full of pleasure and happiness, as well as some cares and toil. Enjoying, as they do, the high esteem and love of neighbors and acquaintances, the venerable couple can look back upon their long and useful lives with pleasure, and their fiftieth anniversary of married life found them the happy examples of the blessings of an American Christian home."--31 May 1883, The Weekly (Burlington IA) Hawk Eye.
"ADAM HARTZELL died on Sunday, the 14th ins., at his home, near Franklin Mills, Iowa, aged about 81 years. He was the last of the old Hartzell stock on the male side, and removed from this place nearly a half a century ago. The only survivors of the generation of which he was the eldest of t he children are Mrs. Mary Lobaugh, of this place and Mrs. Solomon Brown, of Oliver township. He prospered in the state of his adoption, owning a fine farm, with horses, cattle, etc., in abundance. In the early part of this month his barn took fire and was entirely destroyed with all its contents, which included hundreds of bushels of corn, oats, wheat, etc. The fire was caused by a spark from the engine with which the crops were being threshed. This disaster hastened Mr. Hartzell's death, he not having been inn good health for a year or more before."--26 Sep 1890, The (Newport, PA) News