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C. B. HARTMAN, farmer; P. O. Weaver’s Station; a native of Pennsylvania; was born in Lancaster Co. in 1816; is the son of Christian and Ann Hartman; a descendant of the Hares, Brubakers and Kreiders, who were among the very earliest settlers of that part of Pennsylvania. The subject of this sketch grew to manhood on the farm in Pennsylvania; when about 22 years of age, he, in company with four other young men, went West on a trip of adventure and sight-seeing; they traveled over a large portion of the then Western country, saw the Indians in their native wilds, came near starvation on the sand plains, but returned to Pennsylvania after three years’ wanderings, satisfied to live in the civilized portions of our country; he came to Ohio in 1856; settled first in Montgomery Co.; came to Darke Co. in 1865, just in time to take part in the public improvements which so suddenly brought this county from the last to the first in the State, in point of improved highways. Mr. Hartman, though not a very old resident, takes a very active interest in public matters, especially politics; he is an active and reliable Democrat and useful citizen. He was married in 1845, to Catherine Immel, a native of Pennsylvania; they had three children— J. A., whose biography appears in the Harrison Township list, Franklin, of Montgomery Co., and Louisa, now Mrs. D. Aucamp, of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Catherine Hartman’s death occurred in 1851; his marriage with Catherine O’Donnel was celebrated in 1854; she was a native of Ireland, and came to the United States, when quite young; they have nine children— William, Caroline, Ella, Allen D., Clement L. V., Kate, Christian, B., George W. and Andrew J.