Born in Lincoln County, Kentucky to John and Ann (Thomas) Smith. Her parents died when she was 4 years old and she was raised by her aunt,Rachel Martin Bush, until she married. Mariah married Jeremiah Hartenbower, June 2, 1826 in Weschestery, Clark, Kentucky. The couple had two children in Kentucky before they moved to and settled in Hennepin, Putnam, Illinois. There, they had nine more children, bringing the total to eleven.
Mariah was a charter member of the Baptist Church of Sandy Creek.
She is my gr-gr-grandmother.
OBIT:
TAKEN FROM THE PUTNAM RECORD, HENNEPIN, IL
April 6, 1893
Another Pioneer Gone
Maria[sic] Hartenbower, the subject of this notice died at her son-in-law's residence, Mr. B. F. Hiltabrand on March 24, 1893, aged 85 years, 9 months and 18 days. Her maiden name was Smith. She was born in Lincoln county, Kentucky but moved with her parents as a child to Clark county, Ky., where she was married in 1826 to Jeremiah Hartenbower from whom which union there were born 11 children of whom 8 survive her. She moved to Green county, Kentucky with her husband where she lived until she came to Putnam county, Illinois in 1830. Here she lived the horrors of living in a temporary fort with a number of families during the Black Hawk war, the incidents of which she well remembers and was fond of recounting to her loving grandchildren and friends up to the time she was stricken with her last sickness, which was dropsy, from which she suffered severely for nearly two months. She was a member of the Sandy Creek Baptist church for the last 39 years. Funeral services were held at the house of her daughter, conducted by Elder's T. Gill and J. Downey on Sunday, March 26, after which a large concourse of relatives and friends followed her to the Lostant cemetery where she was laid to rest.
Transcribed by Nancy Piper.
Mariah was a charter member of the Baptist Church of Sandy Creek.
She is my gr-gr-grandmother.
OBIT:
TAKEN FROM THE PUTNAM RECORD, HENNEPIN, IL
April 6, 1893
Another Pioneer Gone
Maria[sic] Hartenbower, the subject of this notice died at her son-in-law's residence, Mr. B. F. Hiltabrand on March 24, 1893, aged 85 years, 9 months and 18 days. Her maiden name was Smith. She was born in Lincoln county, Kentucky but moved with her parents as a child to Clark county, Ky., where she was married in 1826 to Jeremiah Hartenbower from whom which union there were born 11 children of whom 8 survive her. She moved to Green county, Kentucky with her husband where she lived until she came to Putnam county, Illinois in 1830. Here she lived the horrors of living in a temporary fort with a number of families during the Black Hawk war, the incidents of which she well remembers and was fond of recounting to her loving grandchildren and friends up to the time she was stricken with her last sickness, which was dropsy, from which she suffered severely for nearly two months. She was a member of the Sandy Creek Baptist church for the last 39 years. Funeral services were held at the house of her daughter, conducted by Elder's T. Gill and J. Downey on Sunday, March 26, after which a large concourse of relatives and friends followed her to the Lostant cemetery where she was laid to rest.
Transcribed by Nancy Piper.
Born in Lincoln County, Kentucky to John and Ann (Thomas) Smith. Her parents died when she was 4 years old and she was raised by her aunt,Rachel Martin Bush, until she married. Mariah married Jeremiah Hartenbower, June 2, 1826 in Weschestery, Clark, Kentucky. The couple had two children in Kentucky before they moved to and settled in Hennepin, Putnam, Illinois. There, they had nine more children, bringing the total to eleven.
Mariah was a charter member of the Baptist Church of Sandy Creek.
She is my gr-gr-grandmother.
OBIT:
TAKEN FROM THE PUTNAM RECORD, HENNEPIN, IL
April 6, 1893
Another Pioneer Gone
Maria[sic] Hartenbower, the subject of this notice died at her son-in-law's residence, Mr. B. F. Hiltabrand on March 24, 1893, aged 85 years, 9 months and 18 days. Her maiden name was Smith. She was born in Lincoln county, Kentucky but moved with her parents as a child to Clark county, Ky., where she was married in 1826 to Jeremiah Hartenbower from whom which union there were born 11 children of whom 8 survive her. She moved to Green county, Kentucky with her husband where she lived until she came to Putnam county, Illinois in 1830. Here she lived the horrors of living in a temporary fort with a number of families during the Black Hawk war, the incidents of which she well remembers and was fond of recounting to her loving grandchildren and friends up to the time she was stricken with her last sickness, which was dropsy, from which she suffered severely for nearly two months. She was a member of the Sandy Creek Baptist church for the last 39 years. Funeral services were held at the house of her daughter, conducted by Elder's T. Gill and J. Downey on Sunday, March 26, after which a large concourse of relatives and friends followed her to the Lostant cemetery where she was laid to rest.
Transcribed by Nancy Piper.
Mariah was a charter member of the Baptist Church of Sandy Creek.
She is my gr-gr-grandmother.
OBIT:
TAKEN FROM THE PUTNAM RECORD, HENNEPIN, IL
April 6, 1893
Another Pioneer Gone
Maria[sic] Hartenbower, the subject of this notice died at her son-in-law's residence, Mr. B. F. Hiltabrand on March 24, 1893, aged 85 years, 9 months and 18 days. Her maiden name was Smith. She was born in Lincoln county, Kentucky but moved with her parents as a child to Clark county, Ky., where she was married in 1826 to Jeremiah Hartenbower from whom which union there were born 11 children of whom 8 survive her. She moved to Green county, Kentucky with her husband where she lived until she came to Putnam county, Illinois in 1830. Here she lived the horrors of living in a temporary fort with a number of families during the Black Hawk war, the incidents of which she well remembers and was fond of recounting to her loving grandchildren and friends up to the time she was stricken with her last sickness, which was dropsy, from which she suffered severely for nearly two months. She was a member of the Sandy Creek Baptist church for the last 39 years. Funeral services were held at the house of her daughter, conducted by Elder's T. Gill and J. Downey on Sunday, March 26, after which a large concourse of relatives and friends followed her to the Lostant cemetery where she was laid to rest.
Transcribed by Nancy Piper.
Family Members
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- Hope Town Cemetery Hartenbower or Smith
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- Illinois Hartenbower or Smith
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- Find a Grave Hartenbower or Smith
