Sunday, May 20, 2018

Obituary for My 2nd Great Grandfather, James Monroe Hartley (1846-1904)

James Monroe Hartley, in an undated portrait (Courtesy of HermitInTheValley (Ancestry user)).
Grandson of Solomon Hartley (1775-1815), son of George W. Hartley (1805-1880) and Rebecca Paul (1806-1901), husband of Mary Jane Tibbetts (1852-1940), and father to Mary Catherine Hartley, Delia Anna Hartley, John Charles Hartley, George Henry Hartley (my great grandfather), Maud Lillian Hartley, Joseph "Joey" Hartley, and Paul James Hartley.

San Diego Evening Tribune (from GenealogyBank) 
23 Jul 1904, page 4 
J. M. Hartley Dead 
James M. Hartley, formerly a well known real estate and insurance agent and for many years a resident of this city died at his home early this morning.  He was a prominent member of the Grand Army and his funeral, which will be held tomorrow afternoon, will be under the auspices of his old comrades.  Mr. Hartley is survived by three sons and three daughters, all of whom reside in this city.  Mrs. John Hartley, a daughter-in-law of the deceased is a daughter of J. M. Dodge.


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3 comments:

  1. Hi

    My name is Gary Shields and I came across your blog and was wondering if you had a Isaac Findley Hartley who married a Mary Emaline Carr was in your family tree? If so we might be relative if not I am so sorry to have bother you.

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    1. Hi Gary. Sorry, those names do not ring a bell. My Hartleys were in Iowa and Missouri mostly before they came to California. Where are Isaac and Mary from?

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  2. Just a shot in the dark. They was from Jackson county, Ohio. Thanks anyway. I enjoy your blog.

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