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Mary Trego <I>Hartman</I> Sloanaker

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Mary Trego Hartman Sloanaker

Birth
Pikeland, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
27 Feb 1915 (aged 91)
Newton, Jasper County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Chester Springs, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Plot
Row 38
Memorial ID
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Mary Trego Hartman Sloanaker, was the daughter of Maj. Gen. George W. Hartman, who took a conspicuous part in the War of 1812.

His father, Major George Hartman, was a drummer boy when fourteen years of age at the battle of Brandywine, during the Revolution, and he was wounded in that engagement. His father was Major Peter Hartman, an officer in the patriot army.

Peter Hench, the great-grandfather of Mrs. Isaac M. Sloanaker, lived at Valley Forge during the war for independence, and while Washington's army was camped there, and he turned out his herd of cattle to the commander, to be used as food for the soldiers, for which worthy service the government later voted him money. His wife baked bread for the army.

Dr. William Dell Hartman, uncle of the subject, was a member of the Academy of Science at Philadelphia, and during his career as professor he made a fine collection of shells which was eventually purchased by the Carnegie Museum at Pittsburgh.
Mary Trego Hartman Sloanaker, was the daughter of Maj. Gen. George W. Hartman, who took a conspicuous part in the War of 1812.

His father, Major George Hartman, was a drummer boy when fourteen years of age at the battle of Brandywine, during the Revolution, and he was wounded in that engagement. His father was Major Peter Hartman, an officer in the patriot army.

Peter Hench, the great-grandfather of Mrs. Isaac M. Sloanaker, lived at Valley Forge during the war for independence, and while Washington's army was camped there, and he turned out his herd of cattle to the commander, to be used as food for the soldiers, for which worthy service the government later voted him money. His wife baked bread for the army.

Dr. William Dell Hartman, uncle of the subject, was a member of the Academy of Science at Philadelphia, and during his career as professor he made a fine collection of shells which was eventually purchased by the Carnegie Museum at Pittsburgh.

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MARY TREGO HARTMAN
His Wife
1823 – 1915



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