Snyder Community
Hale County, Texas

Mennonite Colony Families

John (1864-1940) and Sarah (Stouffer) (1869-1954) Hartzler

(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.)

    John Hartzler's family is listed on the Snyder Community historical marker as "among the first Mennonites to settle this farming community."

The following information is from The Hertzler-Hartzler Family History:¹ 

John Hartzler, born May 25, 1864, in Urbana, Ohio, the son of Joel and Lydia (PLANK) HARTZLER; died Nov. 4, 1940 [Colorado Springs, Colorado]

m(1) 20 Jan 1892 to Elizabeth Alice "Lizzie" HARSHBARGER, born 4 March, 1864, in Mattawana, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Jonas and Pauline J. (YERGER) HARSHBARGER; died 17 Aug 1897. Children - Jonas H., Harry E., and Pauline May (Mrs. James A. Leroy) [Sarah Hartzler's obituary lists her stepdaughter Ada Ringler of Colorado Springs in 1954. I don't know who that is.]

m(2) Jan. 22, 1899 Sarah STOUFFER, born. Feb 24, 1869, in Columbiana, Ohio, the daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (BLOSSER) STOUFFER. Children - Lydia Elizabeth, born 3 Feb 1900, died 15 Aug 1927, unm. and Ada Naomi, born 25 Nov 1902

John's obituary - Gospel Herald - Vol. XXXIII, No 35 - November 28, 1940 ----page 751

Lizzie's obituary - Herald of Truth, Vol. XXXV, No. 2, January 15, 1898 ­ page 29 or 30.

Sarah's obituary - Gospel Herald - Volume XLVII , Number 13 - March 30, 1954 --- page 309 or 310

daughter Lydia's obituary (which mentions the Plainview years) - Gospel Herald - Volume XXI, Number 52 - March 28, 1929 - page 1083 or 1084

1910 Federal census - Justice precinct No. 1, Hale County, Texas [same page as Perry Smith, Milton Near, Jonas M. Kreider, and Joseph K. Hartzler]
    John - aged 45, married eleven years, born in Ohio, both parents born in Pennsylvania, farmer on own account
    Sarah - aged 41, mother of two children, two children living, born in Ohio, both parents born in Ohio
    Lydia E. - 10-year-old daughter, born in Ohio
    Ada N. - 7-year-old daughter, born in Ohio
    Jonas H. - 16-year-old son, born in Ohio [his mother was John's first wife, Lizzie Harshbarger]
    [illegible] Harry E. - 14-year-old son, born in Ohio [his mother was John's first wife, Lizzie Harshbarger]
    May - 13-year-old daughter, born in Ohio [her mother was John's first wife, Lizzie Harshbarger]

1920 Federal census - West Liberty village, Logan County, Ohio
    John - aged 55, truck farmer on own account
    Sarah - aged 50
    Lydia - 19-year-old daughter
    Ada N. - 17-year-old daughter

Footnotes

1. Silas Hertzler, The Hertzler-Hartzler Family History (Goshen, Indiana: no publisher listed, 1952), p. 33. 

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