When Charles Hartman was born on 2 November 1795, in Charming Forge, Marion Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John Hartman, was 37 and his mother, Suzanne Schartle, was 35. He married Elizabeth Girton about 1817, in Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 23 November 1852, in Prairie Ronde Township, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States.