Joseph Hamilton Hartley

Male11 July 1840–12 October 1923

Brief Life History of Joseph Hamilton

When Joseph Hamilton Hartley was born on 11 July 1840, in New Philadelphia, Franklin Township, Washington, Indiana, United States, his father, John Dickey Hartley, was 32 and his mother, Susanna A Finley, was 28. He married Amelia Milly Catherine Shoemaker about 1860, in Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Sparta Election Precinct, Union, Oregon, United States in 1900 and Sparta Election Precinct, Baker, Oregon, United States in 1910. He died on 12 October 1923, in Baker City, Baker, Oregon, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Baker City, Baker, Oregon, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Hamilton Hartley
1840–1923
Amelia Milly Catherine Shoemaker
1844–1920
Marriage: about 1860
Emma Susan Hartley
1868–1922
Mollie Hartley
1870–
Melissa Jane Hartley
1870–1943
William Ira Hartley
1873–1920
Minnie Amanda Hartley
1876–1956
Louis Thomas Hartley
1879–1962
Anna May Hartley
1881–1946
Edward Wilson Hartley
1884–1951
Bertha Ellen Hartley
1886–1964

Sources (13)

  • Joseph Hartley, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Joseph Hartley in entry for Joseph Mccabe and Anna May Hartley, "Oregon, County Marriages, 1851-1975"
  • Joseph Hartley in entry for Emma S. Sullivan, "Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1860Missouri, United States
  • Children (9)

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    Siblings (14)

    +9 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1841 · Indiana Nears Bankruptcy

    Age 1

    The State of Indiana was near bankruptcy in 1841 due to the inability to repay interest incurred for the Massive Internal Improvement Act. The state liquidated much of its public works. Many of the projects were handed over to the state’s creditors as a way to reduce debt. Only two of the eight proposed infrastructure projects were completed by the creditors.

    1854 · The Creation of the Republican Party

    Age 14

    A debate continues over the location of the creation of the Republican Party. Some sources claim that the party was formed in Ripon, Wisconsin, on February 28, 1854. Others claim the first meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6, 1854, where the Republican Party was officially organized. Over 1,000 people were present and candidates were selected for the party, thus making it the first Republican convention.

    1863

    Age 23

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    Name Meaning

    English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): habitational name, in northern England mainly from Hartley in Rochdale parish (Lancashire) but also from any of the places called Hartley in Westmorland and the West Yorkshire. In southern England it derives Hartley in Devon, Hampshire, and Kent, and from Hartleigh in Devon. Similar placenames occur in Berkshire, Dorset, and Northumberland, but it is not known if they gave rise to surnames. Most of the placenames derive from Old English heorot ‘hart, stag’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’, though the Westmorland placename comes from Old English heard ‘hard’ + clā ‘claw, tongue of land’, and the Northumberland placename derives from Old English heorot + hlāw ‘mound, hill’.

    Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hArtghaile ‘descendant of Artghal’, a personal name composed of the elements Art ‘bear’ or ‘hero’ + gal ‘valor’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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