John Frank Hartwell (1826 - 1880)

Born 19 May 1826 in Strong, Franklin, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah Elizabeth (Norton) Hartwell — married 9 Aug 1857 in California, United States

Descendants

Died 4 Jun 1880 at age 54 in Quincy, Plumas, California, USA

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Biography

Birth 19 May 1826 • Strong, Franklin, Maine, USA

Death of Father Ephraim Hartwell(1779–1835) 30 June 1835

Death of Father Ephraim Hartwell(1779–1835) 30 Jun 1835 • Strong, Franklin, Maine, United States

Marriage 9 Aug 1857 • ,, California Hannah Elizabeth Norton (1837–1918)

Birth of Son Louis B. Hartwell(1859–) Abt 1859 • California

Birth of Son William H Hartwell(1863–1944) 4 Mar 1863 • California, United States of America

Birth of Daughter Nellie M. Hartwell(1871–) Abt 1871 • California

Birth of Son Frank J. Hartwell(1876–) Abt 1876 • California

Residence 1880 • Plumas, Plumas, California, USA Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Self

Death 4 Jun 1880 • Quincy, Plumas, California, USA Burial Quincy, Plumas County, California, United States of America

Hartwell Post Office and Community

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartwell,_California

JOHN F. HARTWELL was born in Strong, Maine 19 May 1826 (HOA) and died in Plumas, California 4 June 1880 (History of Plumas County; HOA). He married 9 August 1857,ELIZABETH H[ANNAH] NORTON, who was born in Maine 1 December 1837 (Federal census, NARA; HOA has 1838) and was living in Plumas in 1910, daughter of Zebulon and Mary (__) Norton.

John “was a photographer in New York City; went to California [ca. 1856]; farmer; miller at Quincy, Calif.” (HOA). According to The History of Plumas County, California, John had a ranch consisting of 250 acres of meadow and timber land, and had a sawmill in American valley that cut about half a million feet annually. He was enumerated in Marysville, Yuba County, California in 1860; in Plumas, Plumas County, California in 1870 and 1880. In 1880 his household consisted of himself, his wife, three sons, one daughter, and two Chinese servants. In 1900 and 1910, Elizabeth was in Plumas County with sons, Louis B. and Frank J.; and grandson, Harrold E. Randall, age 6, b. in Wisconsin (Federal census, NARA).

Hartwells of America

Sources

• 1880 United States Federal Census

U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current