Biography of Leonard Hartman, page 572.  History of De Kalb County, 
Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Leonard Hartman, one of the most successful of the pioneers of Fairfield 
Township, is a native of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, born Sept. 27, 1819, a 
son of Leonard Hartman.  When he was about six years of age his parents 
moved to the United States and settled in Franklin County, Pa., thence to 
Wayne County, Ohio, where he grew to manhood, remaining there till 1845, 
when he came to De Kalb County, Ind., and bought 160 acres of wild land in 
Fairfield Township, which is a part of his present farm.  He had but $24 
when he reached this county and was obliged to buy his land on time.  He 
cleared and improved his land, paid for it, and has added to it till he now 
owns 450 acres, the greater part under cultivation.  His success is due to 
his energy and industrious economical habits, aided by a most estimable 
wife.  He has assisted materially in the growth and development of the 
township, and gives liberally of his means for the furtherance of every 
laudable enterprise.  Mr. Hartman was married June 24, 1841, to Mary Martz, 
a native of Germany, who came to the United States with her parents when 
seventeen years of age.  They have had twelve children, ten of whom are 
living---Cassie, John, Susan, Sophia, Adam, Lydia, Joseph, Levi, Emma and 
Martha.  The deceased are Solomon and Libbie.  Mrs. Hartman is a member of 
the Lutheran church.  In politics he is a Democrat.

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