George Hartman

George married Caroline Elizabeth Hamsher on 18 Oct 1854 in Sparta Center, Livingston County, New York. Caroline (daughter of Bernard Hamsher and Rebecca Flick) was born on 05 Dec 1824 in Sparta Center, Livingston County, New York; died on 22 Mar 1913 in North Dansville, Livingston County, New York; was buried in Greenmount Cemetery, North Dansville, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Red Cross Worker Dies
DANSVILLE, Nov. 2 (AP). Miss Mary B. Hartman, a charter member of the Clara Barton Chapter 1, American Red Cross, died yesterday at her home here. She was 93. The chapter, named for the founder of the Red Cross movement in the United States was the first organized In this country.
(The Niagara Falls Gazette, Nov 2, 1948)

MISS MART B. HARTMAN Miss Mary B. Hartman, 93, one of the oldest residents of North Dansville township and one of the few surviving charter members of Clara Barton Chapter No. 1, American Red Cross, died at her home on North Main street, Monday afternoon, November 1, 1948. Miss Hartman, daughter of the late George Hartman and Caroline Hamsher Hartman, was born September 11, 1855 in the house which is now the Reed Nursing Home. She had the distinction of having resided in but two houses during her entire lifetime, the home in which she was born and the home where she resided at the time of her death. Born of sturdy pioneer parents, Miss Hartman inherited their qualities of energy, initiative, and foresight. She had enjoyed good health until about a week ago when she sustained injuries in a fall which confined her to her bed and resulted in her death.
During her girlhood, Miss Hartman attended select schools in this village. She was a life-long member of St. Paul's United Lutheran Church, served as organist of the Church for some years and was a charter member of the Loyal Hearts Circle of King's Daughters and a former president of the organization. Following fifty years of service with the group several years ago, she was presented with a cross and chain as a token of appreciation for her years of faithful service. A charter member of Clara Barton Chapter No. 1, American Red Cross, Miss Hartman was thoroughly familiar with the work of the organization since it was formed and followed with interest its activities down through the years. Prior to the organizing of the Chapter she often attended lectures given by Miss Barton and she vividly recalled talking with the Chapter's founder, and often related interesting Information regarding Miss Barton to friends and acquaintances. On September 11 of this year Miss Hartman was given a surprise birthday anniversary party and on this occasion she and her friends enjoyed in reminiscing. Those who gathered at her home remarked on her alertness, keen mind and ability to vividly recall events of many years past. Miss Hartman is survived by six cousins, Mrs. Emma Hartman Noyes, Mrs. Sophie LaRouette and Glenn Hamsher, all of Dansville, Mrs. Blanche Hartman of New York City, Mrs. Maud Gibson of Buffalo and Herbert Hamsher of East Rochester. Funeral services will be held from Grover & Wood Funeral Home this Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. Scheel of Cohocton officiating. Burial will be in Greenmount Cemetery. The bearers will be: David C. Kidd, Arthur Sterner, Fred Sahrle, Raymond Sahrle, Gordon H. Sick and Harold Fisher.
(Genesee Country Express and Advertiser, Thursday November 4, 1948)

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Frank received his education in the Dansville Seminary and afterward completed a course in Eastman Business College at Poughkeepsie,NY. On his return to Dansville he became associated with his father in the nursery business and since 1885 has continued in this field of activity, with which he connected with for over forty years. He combined an expert knowledge of business with administrative ability and now utilizes about fifty acres for the growing of fine fruit trees for the wholesale trade. He also served as president of the Livingston Land Company of Buffalo, and his business interests were extensive and important. He was a member of the New York State Nurserymen's Association and the American Association of Nurserymen. Frank was also a member of the Episcopal church, of which he had been vestryman for more than twenty years, and his political support was given to the democratic party. He was a member of the Union Hose Company No.1, for a number of years and served as trustee, vice president and president of the organization. He was broad-minded, progressive, and public-spirited and measures up to the highest standards in every relation of life. Frank and his wife, Hortense, never had any children.

HARTMAN—Frank M. Hartman, 73, veteran nurseryman and director of the Dansville Citizens' Bank & Trust Co., died Thursday at the Dansville Hospital following a major operation. He had been engaged in the nursery business for 50 years and for 20 years he had been a vestryman of St. Peter's Memorial Episcopal Church, as well as having had a prominent part in various other organizations and in the community life of Dansville. The Hartman family has resided in Dansville for more than a century, his great-grandfather, Harmon Hartman, a native of Northumberland County, Pa., having been one of the earliest settlers in that section, arriving there in 1807. He is survived by his wife, who was Miss Hortense Pauline Armstrong; a sister, Mary, and a brother, Albert of Dansville.
(The Picket Line Post, Friday March 30, 1933)

Frank married Hortense P. Armstrong on 01 Oct 1903. Hortense (daughter of Colonel Frederick Wolcott Armstrong and Harriette C. Bedlow) was born in 1861 in New York; died on 17 Feb 1937 in Dansville, Livingston County, New York; was buried in Greenmount Cemetery, North Dansville, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Albert married May Bunnell about 1897. May (daughter of Asael Othell Bunnell) was born in Feb 1864; died on 13 Apr 1935 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York; was buried in Greenmount Cemetery, North Dansville, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]