HARTWELL, NORMAN

HARTWELL, GUSTIN, WADE, HAINES, MARTIN

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Date: 5/12/2005 at 16:17:58

Biography reproduced from page 428 of the History of Kossuth and Humboldt Counties, Iowa published in 1884:

Norman Hartwell, a native of Vermont, was born Aug. 19, 1829. When about two years old he went with his parents to Lower Canada, and lixed there until 1856, when he moved to DeKalb Co., Ill. He remained there nearly one year and returned to Canada and lived there about one year. In 1858 he went to Fillmore Co., Minn., and followed farming. In 1864 he enlisted in the 6th Minnesota Infantry, company K. He was in the battles of Fort Blakely, Spanish Fort, and numerous skirmishes. He served until the close of the war. Mr. Hartwell came to Kossuth county in 1866 and homesteaded eighty acres of land on section 8, township 96, range 29, where he now lives. He has since bought eighty acres on section 5. He has about seventy-five acres under cultivation. Mr. Hartwell was married June 18, 1849, to Sarah Gustin, born Feb. 12, 1833, a native of Stemstead, Canada East. They have had seven children—James W., Susan, (now deceased, was the wife of David Wade); Eliza A., wife of Henry Haines; Francelia, wife of William Martin; Levi N., Sallie M. and Lewis H. Mr. Hartwell is a greenbacker, politically. He is one of the best respected men in the county.