Snyder Community
Hale County, Texas
Mennonite Colony Families
Emanuel M. (1881-after 1968) and Mattie (Blosser) (1883-1968) Hartman
(These are the basic facts I have for this family, listed here to help guide the research process. As photos, family stories, and other data are submitted, I hope to develop a narrative.)
James A. Snyder, grandson of Peter B. Snyder, includes the Emanuel Hartmans in his list of "early settlers of the Snyder Colony." (article)
In two articles in Hale County History, Gladys Rastetter Mason shows that Emanuel Hartman was Amanda Hartman Rastetter's brother. Their father Elias Hartman had bought "an acreage" for each of them in the Snyder Community and their families had both moved to Hale County in 1908.1, 2
Mattie's obituary - Gospel Herald - Volume LXI, Number 13 - April 2, 1968, page 306, 307, or 308
son DeWitt Hartman's obituary - Gospel Herald - Volume 84, Number 23 - June 4, 1991 - page 13.
1900
Federal Census - Sullivan Township, Livingston County, Illinois, p. 281
Hartman, Elias - aged 47, born July 1852 in Illinois, father
born in Germany, mother born in Germany, farmer
Sarah - aged 47, born July 1852 in
Pennsylvania, mother of 11 living children, father born in Pennsylvania, mother
born in Germany
Jno. - 20-year-old son
Emanuel - 19-year-old son, born Feb.
1881 in Illinois, farm laborer
Levi - 17-year-old son
Amanda - 15-year-old daughter
Harvey - 13-year-old son
Reuben - 11-year-old son
Lewis - 7-year-old son
1900 Federal
Census - Dayton Precinct, Rockingham County, Virginia, ED #56
Arey, Geo. P. – aged 29, born Apr 1871 in Virginia
--, Lucy – aged
31, born Oct 1868 in Virginia
--, [?]
– 5-year-old daughter
Blosser, Mattie – 18-year-old servant, born Feb
1883 in Virginia [Mattie's natal family was in Dayton Precinct, Rockingham
County, Virginia]
1910
Federal Census - Justice Precinct 1, Hale County, Texas [same page as Peter B. Snyder and Ferdinand
Rastetter]
Emanuel - aged 29, married 5 years, born in Illinois, father
born in Illinois, mother born in Pennsylvania, farmer
Mattie - aged 27, mother of three children, three children
living, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
Lucy - 4-year-old daughter, born in Illinois
Emma - 3-year-old daughter, born in Illinois
Herman - 1-year-old son, born in Virginia
1920
Federal Census - Sullivan, Livingston County, Illinois, ED #49, p. 10B
Em - aged 38, farmer
Magdalene - aged 36
Lucy -14-year-old daughter
Emma - 13-year-old daughter
Herman - 11-year-old son, born in Illinois
Whalen - 9-year-old son, born in Illinois
Elias - 7-year-old son, born in Illinois
Dewitt - 4-year-old son, born in Illinois
1930
Federal Census - German Township, Fulton county, Ohio, ED #12, p. 4B
Emanuel - aged 49, married 23 years, section hand, steam
railroad
Mattie - aged 47
DeWitt - 14-year-old son
Ruth - 9-year-old daughter, born in Illinois
Footnotes
1. Gladys Rastetter Mason, "My Family: Ferdinand and Amanda Rastetter," Hale County History Volume VII (February 1977): p. 22.
2. Gladys Rastetter Mason, "Early Settlers of the Snyder Community," Hale County History Volume VII (February 1977): p. 16.
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