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J. A. HARTMAN, farmer; P. O. New Madison. The subject of this sketch was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., Jan. 18, 1847; when he was 2 years of age, his mother died and he lived with his uncle, John Stauffer, until 16 years of age; then came to Montgomery Co., where his father then lived, and worked in that neighborhood, principally chopping wood, four years; then came to Darke Co., and worked by the month two years; then engaged with J. W. Singer, to sell trees, etc., from the Hill Home nursery of Miami Co. His marriage with Mary A. Noggle was celebrated at the home of her mother, in New Madison, March 9, 1871; she was a daughter of John Noggle, and is a sister to George N. Noggle, whose biography appears in this work, and is an intelligent lady; Mr. Hartman had already purchased a house and lot in New Madison, where they began the duties of domestic life; in the fall of 1873, they removed to a farm in Sec. 17, Butler Township, 40 acres of which came to her by her parents, and 40 acres he traded his house and lot for; the following year, they sold that place, and rented of Mr. Forkner, in Sec. 18, Butler Township; about six months later, he purchased the north half of the northwest quarter of Sec. 8, and in the spring of 1875 they removed to this place. In the fall of 1877, he traded 15 acres of that place, with the buildings, for the 80 acres in Harrison Township, where they now reside. It will be seen that Mr. H. is a self-made man; commencing when a boy by cutting wood by the cord, and working by the month, he saved enough to get a home, and has increased it, but not without industry and economy, and now owns 140 acres, in a good state of cultivation, and, although a young man, is already one of the substantial citizens of Darke Co. Mr. and Mrs. Hartman are the parents of four children—Kate, Edith, Allie, and Ann E., deceased.