Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-05-23
The Late President Herman.


While visiting the different settle.
meuts In the Emery stake Of Zion, In
November last, also called ON the late
President Henry Herman (or Harri-
man, which hc told me vas the proper
photography OF the family namel, aud
learned ftom him thu following facts
concerning himself.
Henry Hartman, u son Of Enoch
Hartman and sarah Fowler, was born
at Rowley tnow Georgetownl, Essex
county, Massachusetts,, June 0, 1904,
and was baptized Into tho Church u
Jesus Christ OF Latlor.day Saints 10y
Orson Hyde IN the early part u 1859.
In 1884 hc remove d 10 Kirkland, Ohio,
and that same year accompanied the
Prophet Joseph aud about two hun
DIRE Il other mon 10 Missouri In lions
Camp. He returned TO Kirkland In
the fall Of 1884, and ON May ., 1885,
he was ordained member Of the
First Quorum II Seventies, which
was then being organized from
among the members Of Zlon's Camp,
who had proven themselves faithful
and true on their long Journey 10 and
from Missouri. On Feb. u, 1898, he was
called aud ordained 10 he one Of the
seven presidents OF all the Seventies,
In order to MI a vacancy Ia that cOun-
| ell caused by the apOslacy Of John
Gaylord. This high aud responsible
position hc occupied until the time Of
his dcath--a period Of moro than MY.
| three year., aud since the demise Of
Levi W. Hancock In lss2 lac has filled
the position Of senior President. II
| will thus he seen that Elder Hartman
has occupied the same position In the
/ Church longer than any other man
among the general authorities, since
the organization Of the Church. In
1888 he was ono OF the leaders OF the
so.called Kirkland Camp, which trav-
eled about a thousand miles from Ohio
| to Adati.0ndi-Ahm Ia Davies
county, Mo. At the latter place
| Elder Hartman spent few months,
and was then forced 10 leave his pos.
sessions IN Davies county and remove
| 10 Fur West, where he remained until
early IN the spring Of ls8D, when
he, together with the rest OF
the Saints, was expelled from Missouri
under the DISCRIMINATING order OF Gov.
l.. W. Boggs. After this he tool, an
active part In the up-bullding Of
| NauvOo, until lac again was made an
exile In 1919, ard came west during
/ the general exodus OF tlNe Saints, after
receiving his eudowments In the Maui
VOC Temple. lie finally arrived IN the
| valley In 1873, crossing the plains In
Heber G. kimball's company.
In the spring OF 1919 he was one Of
the four brethren who first settled Fort
Herman, In this county, which was
named thus In his honor, aud he was
also the flTst presiding Elder In that
little settlement. In tho spring OF 1851
he was called ON mission 10 Great
Britain, and on Aug. jof that year lac
arrived In Liverpool, England, together
with nineteen other Elders from the
valley; hut they all returned shortly
afterwards because OF the Utah war,
| which gave occasion for all the Elders
10 bO called h0me. Elder Hartman
embarked from Liverpool IN the ship
"undorwfltern January a., 1855, 10
return home. About four years later
he was called on the Dixie mission,
where he remained about twenty. I've
year,, and finally removed TO Hunting
ton, Emery county, In December 1857,
where he resided until the time Of his
death.
Bro. Hartman also told me that
| he was present In Adam.ondl-A hmnn,
Missouri, when the Prophet Joseph de.
clared that the remains OF an altar
| uhioh warn fnuul nm tho inn ~ tha
hill near Grand river were what was
left OF the identical altar upon which
Father Adam had offered sacrifice.
ANDREW JENsOE,
SALT LAKE Cry, May 90, 1891.