Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2010, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: History of Manistee, Mason and Oceana counties, Michigan with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers Published by H. R. Page & Co., Chicago, IL, 1882 Transcribed by Linda Talbott ========================================================================== Page 130 HARTMAN, F. J. ========================================================================== F. J. Hartman was born in Alsace, Germany, January 11, 1831; came to New York in 1853, from which he engaged to work on the Panama Canal, which he did for a year. Returning, he settled in Chemung County, where he remained until 1857, when he settled at Pentwater, Mich., and engaged in lumbering. In 1858 he located his farm on Section 7, Weare Township, where he now lives. Married, May 31, 1854, Anna Straub; five children. ==========================================================================