Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-09-16
WENT TO WALL STREET
A POOR MAN AND SOON

BECAME A "WlZARD."
Hartman talked rarely of his early
life. 1t was a time of p~rivation and
toll. He came of a family rich in
traditions, health and integrity, but
wonderfully poor in the worlds
goods. The parish records Of a little
church down at Hampstead, L. l.,
show that one E. H. Hartman was
born February rs, 184S.
The record may be seen at a church
founded in 1902. 1t is a fashionable
church now. In it is to be seen a
simple and beautiful chancel, which
the guide will tell you was put there
by Hartman and his brother to mem
orize their birthplace, for the child,
who, as a man, was destined to rule
the railway world, was born in the
rectory of the church.
Rev. Orlando Hartman, Jr., who
first appears in the annals of the
church as a deacon, was the father Of
the Wizard" Harriman's father
served as junior principal of the
Academy at Sing Sing, New York, as
assistant rector at T%arrytown, and in
1874 was appointed rector of st.
Georges church at Hampstead. 1t
was there that e. H. Hartman was
born.
The elder Hartman held the posi-
ton Of rector of the Hampstead
church until 1S49, when he resigned
because of differences with the par
10 hofficials over arrears of salary,
and went to Staten Island as assistant
rector of St. Pauls at Castleton.
E. H. Hartman was 6 years old
when the family removed to Jersey
City. There were six children in the
family-John Nelson, Orlando, Ed
ward H. and William McCurdy and
two daughters, Lily and Annie.
The fortunes Of the family were at
low ebb during the period from 1850
to 1866. 1t was a time of extreme
poverty, Through the dark clouds of
adversely TODD out the splendid hero
ism Of a great and good woman, the
mother of e. H. Hartman. She came
from an old and ~aristocratic family of
New Brunswick, N. j., and through
the trying years she taught her hus-
band patience and her sons true man.
illness. Much of his steadfastness, his
courage and superb command Harri-
nan undoubtedly derived from his
mother.
Attended District School.
Late in the COS, through the death
of a relative the Hartman family in
herited some money. 1t was not a
great deal, but it enabled the father
to retire. The family moved to a com
Portable home and the sons were edu-
Gated at a district school. E. H. Har-
riman's education was finished with
a two-year course at a church school.
While but a young man e. H. Har-
riman married, and married we'll. His
wife was a miss Mary Aerell of Roch-
eser. Her father was a successful
business man. Harriman's home ever
vas a happy one. He had two sons,
w. Averell and Roland, and three
daughters, Mary, Cornelia and Carol.
Cornelia married Robert L Gerry.
Two of Harriman's brothers are
dead. John Nelson Hartman died sew
eral years ago, and William McCurdy,
the youngest, more recently. Orlando,
the other brother, is in business in
Brooklyn. Both Of Harriman's sisters
married we'll. His parents have been
dead many years.
The story of Harriman's life after
he entered Wall street as a clerk is
one of continued successes. He start
ed without capital and forced his way
to the top. He made a nam as a
nimbled and alert floor trader and be-
came a shrewd operator.