William Hartman

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William assisted his father on the old home farm until twenty-five years old, and then took a part of the homestead property, upon which he engaged in mixed husbandry until his death. When his father died, the estate contained 579 acres, the was divided among William's siblings and the share that fell to William was 69 acres. He then moved on to a five acre lot that he purchased of the heirs of Susannah Hartman, his grandmother, where he lived and carried on farming. He continued and had always followed farming and had been eminently successful. By his energy, economy and enterprise he has acquired a large property and is ranked among the leading agriculturists of the county. His advantage for an education were such were afforded by the common schools of his town and the academy at Dansville. He had never been an office seeker nor an active politician. He gave his allegiance to the Democratic party until 1860, when he voted for Abraham Lincoln, and voted for the candidates of the Republican party from 1860 to 1872, when he voted for Horace Greeley. Since that time he had voted for whom he had considered the best man, regardless of party. William had never united with any religious denomination, but attends, as does his family, the English Lutheran church in Dansville.

A GOOD MAN GONE.
William Hartman, Whom Every One Knew and Respected.
William Hartman died at his home one mile north of the village after a two week illness of gastro-enteritis. The best efforts of his family physician aided and assisted by a council of eminent physicians from Buffalo and the Sanatorium, were rewarded by only an apparent mitigation of his disease. Heart failure supervening, he suddenly passed away, surrounded by his devoted wife and loving family on Saturday morning April 12th, 1890. Mr. Hartman was born Jan 30. 1820, on the old homestead farm. In 1850 was married to Catherine Driesbach, and moved to his present home, which was adjoining and part of the old homestead. Here he lived for forty years acquiring an honest reputation for industry and sound judgement which will always attach to his memory. His integrity was beyond question and his industry has always been apparent in the care he bestowed upon his several farms. He did not live simply to enjoy the prudent and honest accumulation of property, but commencing with a common school education he sought the aid of the best periodicals and publications of the day, which he perused and stored in his mind until his knowledge became extensive and versatile. He has taken Harper's Magazine from its first number dated June 1850, having read every number up to his last illness. A conservative man, it was only in his present home when dispensing hospitality to his friends that Mr. Hartman was at his best. It was then his well-stored mind gave forth its rich treasure. He leaves a wife and three children, William H. Hartman, Miss Lydia M. Hartman, and Mrs. F. W. Noyes. The funeral services were conducted on Monday by the Rev. W. R. McCutcheon and Geo. K. Ward, and a large concourse of relatives and friends followed his remains to Greenmount cemetery, where amid the smiles and tears of an April day he was quietly laid to rest."
(The Dansville Express, April 17, 1890)

The home in which he built in 1850 and lived for forty years, is just north of the Elementary School, and is today known as the Barden House https://dansvillelibrary.org/community/dansville-history/

William married Catherine Driesbach on 25 Apr 1850 in Sparta, Livingston County, New York. Catherine (daughter of Henry Driesbach and Lydia Hartman) was born on 24 Nov 1827 in Sparta, Livingston County, New York; died on 29 Nov 1920; was buried in Greenmount Cemetery, North Dansville, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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William H. Hartman, one of the later generation of agriculturists of Livingston County, native and to the manner born, who form an important element in the maintenance of its prosperity, and who are helping greatly to extend its wealth, is a resident of Dansville, where he is actively engaged as a farmer and nurseryman. William was educated at the district school and Dansville Seminary, acquiring a substantial knowledge of various branches of study, and after leaving school turned his attention to the pursuit of agriculture. He remained on the paternal homestead until thirty years of age, and then moved to his present farm, which was formerly a portion of his father's estate, and comprises three hundred and fifty acres of rich and productive land. Here he is profitably engaged in general farming, in connection carrying on an extensive nursery. The spacious house which he occupies is of brick, and was erected in 1827. In 1893, Mr. Hartman repaired and refitted the dwelling, sparing neither pains nor expense in remodeling and furnishing it, and is now the owner of one of the finest and most comfortable country seats in the county. Mr. Hartman, who worthily represents on of the oldest and most honored families of the county, is a true, courteous gentlemen, considerate and genial in his intercourse with others and general favorite among his associates. In political views he coincides with the principles of the Democratic party, and religiously is an attendant, with his family, of the Presbyterian church.
(Biographical Reviews of Livingston County, 1895)

Out on the Ocean, Boundless and Wide --- Wm. H. Hartman of this town and Hon. H. R. Hartman of Paige, North Dakota, have gone to the West Indies to be absent a month. They will find the climate very nice down there. They sailed from New York yesterday on a fine steamer and will stop at the island of St.Thomas and other places, and return via of Bermuda.
(Dansville Express, 25 Jan 1923)

William married Ella Charlotte Green on 26 Oct 1881 in West Sparta, Livingston County, New York. Ella (daughter of Calvin Green and Mary A.) was born on 13 Nov 1856 in West Sparta, Livingston County, New York; died in 1929; was buried in Greenmount Cemetery, North Dansville, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lydia was single, living on Elizabeth Street with her mother in 1900.

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Emma received her early education at the Dansville Seminary and was graduated from Vassar College, Poughkeepsie in the class of 1880. She returned to Vassar after her graduation as a member of the faculty for one year, as assistant to the Professor of Music. Except for summers, Emma spent more than twenty years in New York with her son and daughter and had lived in Dansville continuously for the past twenty years, where she was taken an active interest in managing the farm, formerly owned by her parents. She was the last surviving charter member of the of the Dansville's Red Cross Chapter No.1, organized August 22, 1881 under the leadership of Clara Barton. Emma's children donated her house on Elizabeth Street to the Red Cross.
(Genesee Country Express and Advertiser Dansville, New York Thursday, 07 July 1949)

Emma married Frederick William Noyes in 1882. Frederick (son of Daniel W. Noyes) was born on 7 Jun 1852 in North Dansville, Livingston County, New York; died on 30 Jan 1914 in North Dansville, Livingston County, New York; was buried in Greenmount Cemetery, North Dansville, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Herbert married Allie M. Smith after 1920. Allie (daughter of Samuel J. Smith and Nancy Weber) was born in Dec 1889 in Groveland, Livingston County, New York; died on 01 Jul 1969 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York; was buried in Rural Cemetery, Hornellsville, Steuben County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Nicholas Noyes Dies; Civic, Cultural Leader

Nicholas H. Noyes, 94, 5625 Sunset Lane, a philanthropist and a member of the board of directors of Eli Lilly & Co. since 1913, died Saturday at home. Mr. Noyes was chairman of the company’s Finance Committee, a position to which he was elected when he retired in 1948. Born Aug. 8, 1883 at Dansville, N.Y., he attended Lawrenceville (N.J.) School and was a graduate of Cornell University. During his college career he became interested in publishing while serving as business manager of the Cornell Daily Sun. Following graduation in 1906, he moved to New York City, where he worked for McClure’s Magazine and the Crowell Publishing Company. He was credited with creating the “Win a Pony” contest to stimulate sales of Crowell publications. During a visit to Indianapolis he met Marguerite Lilly, a niece of Col. Eli Lilly, founder of the Lilly firm. They were married in 1908, and Mr. Noyes left Crowell two years later and moved to Indianapolis, where he joined the Lilly company. He began as a clerk and accountant and in 1912 was named assistant treasurer. In 1913 he became purchasing agent. Because of the difficulty in obtaining paper boxes in 1919, Mr. Noyes recommended that the company buy the Bee Hive Paper Box Company, now a part of Creative Packaging Company, a Lilly division. He negotiated the purchase and was elected the new company’s first president. He relinquished that post in 1947. In 1932 he was elected secretary and treasurer of Eli Lilly & Co. and in 1937 became vice-president and treasurer. Active in many civic, cultural and philanthropic projects, Mr. Noyes was an honorary governor of the Indianapolis Museum of Art. He was one of 25 distinguished Hoosiers inducted into the Indiana Academy in 1971. The academy honors persons who have made significant contributions to the state in public service, higher education, arts, science, literature and general culture. A large portion of the money used for construction of the $4.5-million Children’s Pavilion at Methodist Hospital was donated by Mr. Noyes. He had served on the hospital’s board of directors.

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In 1971, a $5.6-million hospital at Mr. Noyes’ birthplace at Dansville was named Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital. Its second floor was designated a memorial to his parents and paternal and maternal grandparents. The following year, Earlham College at Richmond named the center building of its new $3.65-million science complex the Noyes Science Hall, recognizing a major gift from Mr. Noyes to the Earlham endowment fund. The Noyes estate on Sunset Lane was deeded to Butler University in 1956. In 1960, Butler presented him with an honorary doctor of laws degree. Mr. Noyes was a member of the board of directors of Lilly Endowment Inc. from the time of its incorporation in 1937 until 1976. He was one of the reorganizers of the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce in 1938 and served as its president and member of its executive committee until 1947. During World War II, he was president of the Indianapolis Council of the Navy League, which had the largest membership of any Navy League council in the United States. Long active in alumni affairs of Cornell University, he was president of the national Cornell Alumni Association in 1919 and 1920. In 1933 he was elected a trustee of the university and in 1956 became trustee emeritus. He had served as a member of the executive committee and on the investment committee of the university’s board of trustees. An executive vice-chairman of the successful Cornell campaign to raise $15 million in 1949-50, Mr. Noyes served as a presidential councillor in 1966, an honor that has been accorded only 15 alumni in the history of Cornell. He was a recipient of the Cornell Engineering Medal for distinguished leadership and service to the university. In 1963, he and the late Mrs. Noyes, in conjunction with Mr. and Mrs. Spencer T. Olin of East Alton, Ill., donated a world-famous collection of books relating to Lavoisier to the university. Lavoisier was the 18th-century French scientist known as the founder of modern chemistry. Mr. Noyes gave the university $300,000 in 1964 to endow a professorship in engineering and a year later began a Cornell scholarship program for Indiana high school graduates. The scholarships are in memory of the Noyes’ late son, Nicholas H. Noyes Jr. Mr. Noyes’ largest contribution was made in 1965, when he gave $3 million to the university for professorships, to supplement salaries of faculty members and to support intercollegiate athletics. A $1-million gift from him was received by Cornell in 1969. He was a member of the Business Council, an honorary member of the Speech Rehabilitation Institute at New York City and national director of the Boys’ Clubs of America. He was a former member of the board of managers of the Memorial Center for Cancer and Allied Diseases at New York City and a director from 1933 to 1963 of Indiana Bell Telephone Company. In 1953, Mr. Noyes was one of nine Hoosiers selected to participate in an 83-man advisory committee on international trade for the United States Senate Banking and Currency Committee. He was a former director of the old Fletcher Trust Company of Indianapolis and past campaign chairman of the Indianapolis Community Fund. A director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago from 1933 to 1951, he was a former president of the executive committee of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association. He was a member of Second Presbyterian Church, of which he had been a trustee. On Dec. 6, 1976, Mr. Noyes was honored at New York City for his more than 30 years of service in helping raise money for Boys’ Clubs of America. He received the “Annual Herbert J. Kempner Distinguished Service Award” at the national board’s annual meeting. The award is named in honor of the former U.S. ambassador to Brazil who gave 34 years of service to the Boys’ Club organization. Mr. Noyes served with more than 250 business executives, lawyers, doctors and university and government officials across the country who contribute their skills, influence and support on behalf of the National Boys’ Club organization. Lilly Board Chairman Richard D. Wood said:
“Mr. Noyes had a long and distinguished career with the company and provided wise counsel on financial matters for more than half a century. His advice, support and friendship will be missed.” Survivors include his daughter, Janet. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Milner Chapel of Second Presbyterian Church, with burial in Crown Hill Cemetery. Friends may call in Flanner and Buchanan Broad Ripple Mortuary from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday. Memorial contributions may be made to a favorite charity.
(The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, Indiana, Monday, December 26, 1977)

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Nicholas was living in Indianapolis,Ind at the time of his mother's death in 1949, he was treasurer of the Eli Lily Pharmaceutical firm.

Inducted into the Dansville Area Historical Society Hall of Fame in 1995...

"Sometime around the year 1900, a pair of teenage brothers were spotted in a sheep’s pasture on the outskirts of Dansville, trying to knock little balls into flowerpots with sticks…a game they picked up in college, but which was still largely unfamiliar to most ordinary folks. Within months, the local papers had taken note of the growing popularity of the game, and the owners of the Jackson Sanatorium, who saw the value to their patients of this not-overly-taxing outdoor activity, rushed in to take over what would soon be given the name “Brae Burn.”

The boys were the Noyes brothers, Jansen and Nicholas, and no one could have imagined that, three-quarters of a century later, one of the lads who had introduced golf to Dansville would see his name on a mllion-dollar hospital, just a wedge shot away from the sheep’s pasture in question.

The Noyes’ family had been one of Dansville’s most elite families practically from the day that Daniel W. Noyes (Nicholas’ grandfather) arrived in town in 1849 to launch his law practice. Nicholas, born in Dansville in 1883, graduated from Cornell in 1906, married Marguerite Lilly in 1908, and joined the Eli Lilly pharmaceutical company in 1910, headquartered in Indianapolis, where he and his wife would live for most of their lives. He quickly rose in the company’s ranks, becoming vice-president and director in 1913.

In addition to Eli Lilly, Noyes would become president of the Paper Package Company (1919-1947) and director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (1933-1951). Noyes would become one of the wealthiest people ever to have been born in Dansville; in his later years, he would be enormously generous with his money. Both his own Alma mater, Cornell, and that of his wife, Vassar, would receive generous contributions. A residence hall on the Vassar campus would be named after Nicholas’ mother, Emma Hartman Noyes.

Nor was his hometown overlooked. He contributed generously to the Dansville Public Library, giving a memorial fund named after his father, Frederick W. Noyes. (Frederick was one of the key figures in the library’s early history.) In 1949, he and his siblings donated the old family residence on Elizabeth Street to the Dansville Red Cross as a headquarters, in memory of their mother Emma Hartman.

But Noyes’ most noteworthy contribution came in 1970 as Dansville was attempting to raise money for a new hospital building to replace the woefully overcrowded hospital on Main Street, He and Foster Wheeler both contributed $100,000 to the project. That date, they were the largest charitable contributions in Dansville history. His reaction on learning that the hospital would be named after him was (in a letter to attorney Helen Pratt): “I appreciate very greatly the thought of naming the hospital with my name, although I would much prefer that it not be identified just that way.”

Nicholas Noyes died in 1977 at the age of 94. And he never lost his love of golf."

Nicholas married Marguerite Lilly on 18 Nov 1908 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. Marguerite (daughter of Evan Frost Lilly and Rosalie Belle Lilly) was born on 1 Mar 1884 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana; died on 17 May 1973 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana; was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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At the time of his Uncle William Hartman death in 1946, Frederick was
a member of the firm of Hemphill, Noyes & Co., Investment Brokers, New
York City.

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of NYC.

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N. H. NOYES JR. BURNS TO DEATH
Eli Lilly Co. Official’s Son Asleep While Fire Rages In Boathouse.

Nicholas H. Noyes Jr., 28-year-old son of the vice-president and treasurer of Eli Lilly & Co., was burned to death early yesterday while he slept in a boathouse at the family’s summer home at Les Cheneaux, Mich.
Friends here learned of Mr. Noyes’s death in telegrams received by Eli Lilly and Lyman S. Ayres. Cause of the fire was not revealed in the information.
Unaware that Mr. Noyes was sleeping in the apartment above the boathouse, the family butler saved two speedboats by pushing them from their berths. Mr. Noyes was spending the night in the boathouse apartment because of the large number of guests at the family cottage.
A verdict of accidental death was returned by Coroner George Davis.

Funeral Rites Tomorrow.
Mr. Noyes had been at the summer home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas H. Noyes Sr., since early in August. Guests at the summer home included a brother, Evan Noyes; a sister, Mrs. Frederic M. Ayres Jr., and her husband.
Members of the family are expected to return to Indianapolis today. Funeral services will be at 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon in the family home, 5625 Sunset Lane, with the Rev. Thomas White, supply pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery.
Mr. Noyes was connected with the sales office of Eli Lilly & Co. and until early in the summer had been doing sales work for the company in St. Louis, Mo.
Born in the old Noyes family home in the 1300 block of North Delaware Street, Mr. Noyes attended Park School here and Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, N.J. He was active in several clubs, including Woodstock Club, the Indianapolis Country Club and the Indianapolis Dramatic Club.
(The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, Indiana, Saturday, September 02, 1939, page 3)

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13166155/nicholas-hartmann-noyes

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 1941; World War II (US) US Navy Lieutenant

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Graduated Cornell University and Harvard Business School before entering the Navy during the World War II. He died of pneumonia in Kansas, having moved there 18 months prior.

Evan married Clara Avery Rideout on 3 Jan 1942 in San Francisco County, California. Clara was born on 16 Mar 1915 in Sausalito, Marin County, California; died on 15 Apr 2005 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana; was buried in Mount Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, Marin County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]