Jacob B. HARTMAN, dealer in medicines. Jacob B. Hartman is the son of Christian Hartman, who was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., Nov. 19, 1798, and died Sept. 19,1829, having in the meantime married his wife, Anna, a native of the same county, born Feb. 25, 1795, and died April 17,1861, by whom he had the children following: Anna, born July 11,1814; Henry, Sept. 8, 1816; Abraham, June 9, 1819; Christian, March 7, 1820 ; Jacob B., Sept. 19 1822; Elizabeth, July 29, 1824; Harriet, Sept.19, 1827, and Samuel B., April 1,1830. Jacob B. came to near Medway, Bethel Township, in the fall of 1839, and has since resided here, having always voted at the same precinct. On the 2d of November, 1848, he married Miss Nancy Neff, and in due time became the father of the following seven children, to wit: Elizabeth, born Feb. 19,1849; Mary, Jan. 17,1851; Anna, Nov. 23,1852; John D., May 19, 1855; Martha Jane, April 6, 1859; Susan N., June 6, 1861; Barbara M., Feb.17, 1863. The father of these (our subject) commenced business as a carpenter, building some houses and nearly all the barns in the neighborhood. In 1860, he en-gaged in bridge building as agent for the "Smith Bridge Co." of Toledo, Ohio. In this he continued until 1877, when he entered the patent medicine business with his brother, Dr. Samuel B. Hartman, of Lancaster, Penn. Having been left an orphan at a tender age, and by that misfortune deprived of the advantages of education himself; he, however, fully realizes its importance and has given his family a thorough course of learning - one son now being a college graduate.
Jacob B. HARTMAN, dealer in medicines. Jacob B. Hartman is the son of Christian Hartman, who was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., Nov. 19, 1798, and died Sept. 19,1829, having in the meantime married his wife, Anna, a native of the same county, born Feb. 25, 1795, and died April 17,1861, by whom he had the children following: Anna, born July 11,1814; Henry, Sept. 8, 1816; Abraham, June 9, 1819; Christian, March 7, 1820 ; Jacob B., Sept. 19 1822; Elizabeth, July 29, 1824; Harriet, Sept.19, 1827, and Samuel B., April 1,1830. Jacob B. came to near Medway, Bethel Township, in the fall of 1839, and has since resided here, having always voted at the same precinct. On the 2d of November, 1848, he married Miss Nancy Neff, and in due time became the father of the following seven children, to wit: Elizabeth, born Feb. 19,1849; Mary, Jan. 17,1851; Anna, Nov. 23,1852; John D., May 19, 1855; Martha Jane, April 6, 1859; Susan N., June 6, 1861; Barbara M., Feb.17, 1863. The father of these (our subject) commenced business as a carpenter, building some houses and nearly all the barns in the neighborhood. In 1860, he en-gaged in bridge building as agent for the "Smith Bridge Co." of Toledo, Ohio. In this he continued until 1877, when he entered the patent medicine business with his brother, Dr. Samuel B. Hartman, of Lancaster, Penn. Having been left an orphan at a tender age, and by that misfortune deprived of the advantages of education himself; he, however, fully realizes its importance and has given his family a thorough course of learning - one son now being a college graduate.
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