Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-12-21

| the SONS of Lewis and Sarah CARRIER Har
man, and their father was well known in
the Valley, having been proprietor OF the
hotel at Waynesboro and having afterwards
kept the old Washington and Bell taverns
in Staunton. His son Michael assisted
him i'll his business and early showed a
love for an active business life. He was
married in 1915 to Miss Carrie V. Steven
son, daughter of Capt. Levi Stevenson
and the children now living are Lewis,
! Asher and Alex Hartman and Mrs.
L, IT. Kerans, Mrs. DR.. Eve, and Mrs.
DR.. Opie. Among Col. Harman's
first business ventures was the forma-
ton of stock company and the cree
ton of the Virginia Hotel, not long afr
wards he formed another stock compa-
nv in which were his father-in-laW and the
late w. Ii CARRIER, and built the American
Hotel. He also went largely into tie
stage business and WAS a member of varl-
Gus firms with which Parish. Ficklen. G..
r. Mason. Kemp, j. $. Cooke, Thos. Burke,
Snapp and others were interested. His
progress was rapid and great and turning
his attention to land, his property on both
SIDES of the Valley pike stretched for five
miles from the city. On the breaking out
of the wax he was appointed q Quarter
master Of the Virginia forces and was
stationed at Stanton, but when Col. Bald
win was elected to Congress, Col. Hartman
was appointed colonel of his regiment, the
| SD. At Mcdowell he was Shot in the arm
while cheering his men but merely holding
up his wounded arm with the other hanG
he continued standing i'll front Of the line
amid Il shower of bullets, and giving his
orders. He Was a stranger t. apprahen-
sion of danger. After recovering from his
wound he Joined his command and was i'll
the battles OF Fredericksburg, Chancellors-
| vile and other engagements.
At the close of hos ilities Col. Hartman
went into business with his usual vim, and
organized the National Express Company.
He was next President of the Valley Rail
road, and it may be truly said that he was
the moving power that set that project
afoot both in the Valley and in Baltimore.
It is but few days since, in a stockhold-
er's meeting, that q Baltimore proxy said
that Col. llarman did more to influence the
subscription of q million dollars by that
city than any living man. He was q man
of irrepressibe energy, and activity SO
great and restless shat the late DR.. Strib-
ling said that his brain was a psychological
phenomenon. He would have a dozen
business schemes on hand at one time, all
requiring and all receiving the closest at
tention. In politics he had great influence:
and to great activity added a personal
magnetism that made and held friends
Who were willing to go any length for him.
In victory OF defeat he was buoyant as I.
cork, never depressed by reverses, or al
lowing a canvass, however exciting, to de-
generate into personal animosities. He
was one of the Virginia delegates to the
st. Louis convention. and was temporary
chair man of that which nominated Gov
| Kemper. Recently he has resided in Rich
mond, having the mail contract between
Richmond and Buchanan, and having
bought out the old line of packets. A
year or two ago he connected himself with
Trinity church, and afterwards became
one Of the most devoted and active mem
bers Of the Young Mems Christian Asso
citation. AS q husband, father and brother
he showed tender love and devotion that
was beautiful.
Few can forget how faithfully Col. Har-
man carried out promise made before he
went into the army himself, that the fami-
lies of the Augusta soldiers, who had gone,
should not lack his aid.
1t is q remarkable coincidence that Gen.
r.. E. Lee. Mr.. p. ?. Pendleton and Col
Hartman, all three presidents of the Valley
road, died without q moments warning.
Col Harman's life was insured in tbs
New York Mutual, w lille Eskridge, agent
fer 500 600, and in some other companies
for unlmport5rt sums.
NOTICES OF THE PRESS.
The announcement il yesterdays ga
zette'' OF the sudden death OF Colonel NJ
G.. Hartman, Of Stanton, Va, was receiv-
ed with general regret in this city, where
he WAS held III high esteem by q wide cir
Gle Of friends. Throughout the Valley OF
Virginia his enterprise and zeal in public
affairs were fully appreciated, and his loss
in developing the material interests OF
his native section-will be severely felt.
He was the first president OF the Valley
railroad, and resigned in 1870, and was
succeeded by General r. e. Lee. After
this he served up to recent period as 4
director, and from first to last lent valuS-
bic assistance in building and maintaining
the road He appeared before The Balti-
more City Council and personally argued
il favor Of the subscription Of one million
dollars, which was subsequently voted the
corporation. Colonel Hartman was man
OF recognized integrity, with considerable
ability as a lawyer and public speaker.
and possessed a kind and genial nature
that won for him the warm friendship of
many persons.-Baltimore Gazette,
For long series Of years we have known
Col. Hartman in many of the personal, and
i'll all Of tie public relations Of life-in
business and politics-and We have never
known a truer friend or Il more useful
man. The last time we ever saw him was
as a delegate at the ST. Louis democratic
national convention III 1876. lie WAS a
Hancock man and stood gallantly by the
old hero until his colOrs were furled, We
wish we had space to pay proper tribute
to Mike Hartman s many useful and Vlrtu-
Gus traits OF Misunderstanding Post.
The telegraph announces the sudden
death, in Richmond, of Col M. G. Har-
man, one OF the most prominent and we'll
known men in Virginia. 1t would be SUI
perfuous to say a word in his praise. for
he was loved and honored by all who knew
him. Lightly rest the sod above him =
LynchJaog Ne,rs.
His death will be great loss not only to
this community, but to the State.-Ricls-
nlond Wing.
His bereaved family in their great attic
ton have the sympathy of a large number
of friends in this city and throughout the
Commonwealth -Richnond Dispatch.
Mr.. Geo. w. Murphy, depot agent of the
Valley Railroad at Mt. Jackson, died on
| flo -tb ;,st He WAS AN oympn,bar Of the