John Evans Hartley b. 13 Feb 1821 Dickson County, Tennessee, USA d. 12 Jun 1898 Stockton, Cedar County, Missouri, USA: Our Family History

1821 - 1898 (77 years)

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Name	John Evans Hartley [1]
Born	13 Feb 1821	Dickson County, Tennessee, USA [1, 2]
Gender	Male
Missing Census	1830
	The James Hartley family has not been located in the 1830 census.
Residence	1831-1837	Greenville, Bond County, Illinois, USA [2]
	The James Hartley family moved from Dickson County, Tennessee, to Bond County, Illinois, about 1831. In 1837, following the death of Elizabeth Hartley in 1835, James moved with his children to Polk County, Missouri.
Census	1840	Polk County, Missouri, USA [3]
	James "Hartly" [Hartley] household 1 male under 5 [William C., abt 5] 1 male 5-10 [Henry K., abt 7] 2 males 15-20 [Richard D. abt 15?; Solomon abt 17?; John Evans, abt 19?] 1 male 50-60 [James Hartley, abt 61] 1 female 10-15 [Channy Ann, abt 12] 0 slaves 6 total 3 engaged in agriculture
Occupation	1845-1848	Cedar County, Missouri, USA [2]
	John E. Hartley served as "deputy circuit and county clerk of Cedar County."
Census	20 Aug 1850	District 17, Cedar County, Missouri, USA [4]
	1. Harlly [Hartley], John E., 29, male, sheriff, Tennessee, married within the year 2. _____, Sarah, [15? 16?], female, Tennessee, married within the year
Occupation	1848-1852	Cedar County, Missouri, USA [2]
	". . . in 1848 was elected sheriff and ex-officio collector of Cedar County, and was re-elected in 1850 without opposition, but was debarred further re-election by the statutes."
Occupation	1857-1859	Stockton, Cedar County, Missouri, USA [5]
	John E. Hartley was a partner with Riley Sherrill in a general merchandise establishment, Sherrill, Hartley, and Co.
Census	31 Jul 1860	Stockton, Lynn township, Cedar County, Missouri, USA [6]
	1. Hartley, John E., 38, male, merchant, real estate $4,000, personal $32,650, Tennessee 2. _____, Sarah, 25, female, Tennessee 3. _____, William L., 8, male, Missouri, attending school 4. _____, James, 6, male, Missouri, attending school 5. _____, Jacob, 4, male, Missouri 6. _____, John E., 3, male, Missouri 7. _____, Lenard, 1, male, Missouri
Residence	1862-1865	Versailles, Morgan County, Missouri, USA [2]
	When his stock of merchandise was seized by soldiers in 1862, John moved his family to Versailles for the duration of the War.
Missing Census	1870
	The John E. Hartley family has not been located in the 1870 census. The family was living in Montana Territory, probably in Powell County, where Sarah J. (Sherrill) Hartley died in 1871.
Occupation	Abt 1872	Stockton, Cedar County, Missouri, USA [2]
	John went back into the general merchandise business after his return from Montana. He opened stores in both Stockton and in Caplinger Mills.
Residence	1865-1872	Deer Lodge, Powell County, Montana Territory, USA [2, 7]
	After the Civil War, about 1865, John moved his family to Montana Territory, where he raised stock and dealt in stock trading. Three of John E. Hartley's children were born in Montana, about 1867, 1870 and 1871. Additionally, his first wife, Sarah, died in Deer Lodge, Powell County, Montana Territory on 22 October 1871.The following year he moved with his children back to Cedar County, Missouri.
Note	1878	Caplinger Mills, Cedar County, Missouri, USA [2]
	John's general merchandise store at Caplinger Mills burned and remained closed.
Census	26 Jun 1880	Linn township, Cedar County, Missouri, USA [7]
	1. Hartley, Jno. E., white, male, 59, married, capitalist, Tennessee, Georgia, Tennessee 2. _____, Mary, white, female, 42, wife, married, keep house, Kentucky, North Carolina, Kentucky 3. _____, Minnie, white, female, 17, daughter, attending school, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee 4. _____, Walter, white, male, 13, son, attending school, cannot write, Montana, Tennessee, Tennessee 5. _____, Eugenia, white, female, 10, daughter, attending school, cannot write, Montana, Tennessee, Tennessee 6. _____, Robt, white, male, 8, son, attending school, Montana, Tennessee, Tennessee 7. _____, Leona, white, female, 2, daughter, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee [And living in the same dwelling, but as a new numbered family] 8. _____, James, white, male, 26, son [crossed out], married, farmer, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee 9. _____, Lizzie, white, female, 17, wife, married, keep house, Missouri, [blank], [blank]
Note	Biography of Jacob M. Hartley "JACOB M. HARTLEY, born in Cedar county, Missouri, at present resides on a handsome ranch twelve miles northwest of Red Lodge, Carbon county, and where he is extensively engaged in the rearing of stock. His father, John E. Hartley, was a native of Tennessee, and went to Missouri when a young man, and there he married. He came to Montana in 1865 and thus became one of the earliest of pioneers of this state. He located on a piece of land about twelve miles above Deer Lodge. In 1872 his wife died, and with the remainder of his family, all but the subject of this sketch, and the oldest son, he returned to Missouri, where he remained until his death, June 13, 1898. While in Montana he was an extensive stock dealer and capitalist, and at Stockton, Missouri, he engaged in banking, and served two terms as sheriff of Cedar county. The mother of our subject, Sarah (Sherrill) Hartley, was born in Tennessee, coming to Missouri with her parents when a child. When quite a small lad Jacob. M. Hartley came to Montana, secured a good education in the public schools in Deer Lodge Valley. When his father left for Missouri our subject and an older brother were left to manage the Montana ranch, which they did successfully until it was sold in 1878, and our subject returned to Missouri, but came back in the spring of 1879 bringing a band of mules and horses. While at Deer Lodge he purchased the ground where now stands Anaconda. This was in the early 80' s. For two years he farmed this property, and then disposed of it to the Anaconda Company for $5,000.00. Since then he has been in the Yellowstone Vallev. In 1898 he located in Carton county, where he is successfully engaged in cattle business. He has three brothers: W. L., at Emporia, Kansas, a capitalist; James H., stock raising in Missouri, and R. L., who assumed charge of his father's banking business when the latter died. Our subject has three sisters: Minnie L., Sarah D., and Eugenia, and one half sister, Leona." [8]
Note	Biography of John E. Hartley "John E. Hartley, President of the Stockton Exchange Bank, of Stockton, Mo., was born in Dickson County, Tenn., on the 13th of February, 1821, his parents being James and Elizabeth (Walker) Hartley, who were born near Augusta, Ga., and in Tennessee in 1780 and 1790, and died in Cedar county, Mo., and Bond County, Ill. In 1835 and 1855, respectively. They were married in Dickson County, Tenn., whither James had gone when a young man, and in 1831 he emigrated to Bond County, Ill. And in 1837 to Polk (now Cedar) County, Mo., the farm which he owned being now in the possession of J. W. Bugg. He did all his trading at the town of Bolivar, and, like the majority of the pioneers, was compelled to suffer many privations and hardships, but by hard work and good management, conquered many difficulties and became well-to-do. The following are his children: Willis, residing on a portion of the old homestead; John E., Solomon, Richard, Thomas, Henry, and Mary, widow of Solomon Hopkins, deceased. Four children are deceased. John E. Hartley was ten years old when he left Tennessee, and sixteen when he came to Cedar County, Mo. He was reared on a farm, and made his home with his father until he was over twenty-one years of age, and received quite poor educational advantages, but made good use of his opportunities, and was an intelligent young man. From the time he was eighteen to thirty years of age he was afflicted with rheumatism. From 1845 to 1848 he served as deputy circuit and county clerk of Cedar County, and in 1848 was elected sheriff and ex-officio collector of Cedar County, and was re-elected in 1850 without opposition, but was debarred further re-election by the statutes. From 1852 to 1854 he was engaged in merchandising, and at the latter date was again elected to the position of sheriff and collector of the county. In 1855 he purchased another stock of goods, and with the assistance of his brother, Thomas, managed this in connection with the duties of his office. He hauled his goods from Boonville and Jefferson City, a distance of 140 miles, and was engaged in mercantile pursuits until 1862, when his goods were taken by soldiers of the late war. Late in the fall of that year he went to Versailles, where he remained until the spring of 1865, then made the overland trip to Montana, and engaged in stock raising and trading in stock. In the fall of 1872 he returned to Cedar County and located at Stockton, and in the spring of the following year opened a store at that point, and also one at Caplinger's Mills, Richard Huston being manager of the latter establishment. In 1878 he was burned out at Stockton and closed out his store at Caplinger's Mills, but in June, 1881, engaged in the banking business in Stockton with a capital stock of $15,000, and the fall of the same year moved to the building he now occupies. Two years later he organized the Hartley Bank at Jerico, Cedar County, Mo., and in January, 1886, sold his stock and was the prime mover in the organization of the Mt. Vernon Bank, at Mt. Vernon, Lawrence County, Mo., but the same month and year disposed of his stock in the bank at Jerico. At the time of the organization of the bank at Stockton he was elected president, and M. B. Loy was chosen cashier. In October, 1887, Walter M. Hartley became cashier. Mr. Hartley is now the owner of 840 acres of land, at one time being the owner of about 1,500 acres, and all his property has been acquired by industry and sterling business principles. He has always been very liberal in supporting worthy enterprises, and aiding in the development of the county, and is one of the prominent men of the same. He has been a life-long Democrat, and James K. Polk received his first vote for the presidency. He became a member of the Masonic fraternity in 1850, and now belongs to the Stockton Lodge No. 283. May 9, 1850, was married to Miss Sarah J., a daughter of Jacob Sherrill, who came to Cedar County about 1840. Mrs. Hartley was born in Carroll County, Tenn., in 1834 and died in Montana Territory in 1871, having borne the following family of children: William L., assistant cashier in his father's bank; James H., a farmer; Jacob M., in Montana Territory; Minnie L., wife of C. B. Jones, of Montana Territory; Lurah Dean, wife of M. B. Loy, an attorney-at-law of Stockton, Mo.; Walter M., cashier of the Stockton exchange Bank; Jean, who is attending Baird college, at Clinton, Mo.; and Robert Lee, in Morrisville, College. In 1877 Mr. Hartley took for his second wife Mrs. Mary E. (Loy) Lesley, a daughter of Thomas Loy. They have one child, Leona. Mrs. Hartley is a member of the Christian Church." [2]
Occupation	1881	Stockton, Cedar County, Missouri, USA [2]
	John became "engaged in the banking business in Stockton with a capital stock of $15,000. . . "
Occupation	Abt 1886	Mt. Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri, USA [2]
	John became involved with, or possibly founded, the bank in Mt. Vernon around the same time that he sold his stock in the bank at Jerico Springs.
Occupation	1883-1886	Jerico Springs, Cedar County, Missouri, USA [2]
	John founded the Hartley Bank in Jerico Springs, selling his interest in 1886.
Died	12 Jun 1898	Stockton, Cedar County, Missouri, USA [1]
Buried	Y [9]
Person ID	I1065	Full \| ProgenitorWalker
Last Modified	17 Sep 2011

Father	James Hartley, b. Abt 1779, Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia , d. 16 Oct 1855, Cedar County, Missouri, USA (Age ~ 76 years)
Mother	Elizabeth Walker, b. Abt 1790, d. 23 Oct 1834, Bond County, Illinois, USA (Age ~ 44 years)
Married	Abt 1810	Dickson County, Tennessee, USA [10, 11]
Family ID	F288	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Sarah J. Sherrill, b. 12 Oct 1834, Tennessee, USA , d. 22 Oct 1871, Deer Lodge, Powell County, Montana Territory, USA (Age 37 years)

Married 9 May 1850 Missouri, USA [1, 2]

Probably married in Polk or Cedar County, Missouri.

Children

	1. William Lafayette Hartley, b. 1 Feb 1852, Cedar County, Missouri, USA
	2. James Henry Hartley, b. 23 May 1853, Cedar County, Missouri, USA
	3. Jacob Marion Hartley, b. 31 Dec 1854, Cedar County, Missouri, USA
	4. John Evans Hartley, b. 6 Jan 1857, Cedar County, Missouri, USA
	5. Leonard Hartley, b. 7 Nov 1858, Cedar County, Missouri, USA , d. 9 Aug 1862 (Age 3 years)
	6. Jefferson Davis Hartley, b. 5 Aug 1860, Cedar County, Missouri, USA , d. 14 Apr 1862 (Age 1 years)
	7. Minnie Lee Hartley, b. 15 Aug 1862, Cedar County, Missouri, USA , d. Yes, date unknown
	8. Lurah Dean Hartley, b. 18 Feb 1864
	9. Walter Monroe Hartley, b. 10 Aug 1867, Montana, USA , d. Yes, date unknown
	10. Eugenie Hartley, b. 21 Mar 1869, Montana, USA , d. Yes, date unknown
	11. Robert Hartley, b. 26 Jun 1871, Deer Lodge, Powell County, Montana, USA , d. 7 Jun 1936, Stockton, Linn township, Cedar County, Missouri, USA (Age 64 years)

Last Modified 16 Sep 2011

Family ID F453 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2 Mary E. Loy, b. Abt 1838, Kentucky, USA

Married 4 Mar 1877 Cedar County, Missouri, USA [2, 12]

Second wife.

Children

1. Leona Hartley, b. Abt 1878, Cedar County, Missouri, USA

, d. Yes, date unknown

Last Modified 16 Sep 2011

Family ID F454 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Documents » Slide Show		John E. Hartley, 1850 Cedar County, Missouri, census 1850 U.S. census, Cedar County, Missouri, population schedule, District 17, p.. 254 (penned, recto), p. 127 (stamped, verso), dwelling 14, family 14, John E. Harlly [Hartley] household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 395.
		John E. Hartley, 1860 Cedar County, Missouri, census 1860 U. S. census, Cedar County, Missouri, population schedule, Stockton, Lynn township, p. 62 (penned), [no stamped p. no.], dwelling 441, family 441, John E. Hartley household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 613.
		John E. Hartley, 1880 Cedar County, Missouri, census 1880 U. S. census, Cedar County, Mi, population schedule, Lynn township, enumeration district (ED) 250, p. 26 (penned), p. 327 (stamped, verso), dwelling 223, family 246, Jno [John]. E. Hartley household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 680; FHL film…
		John E. Hartley, second marriage, to Mary (Loy) Lesley, 1877, Cedar County, Missouri. “Missouri Marriage Records, 1805–2002,” digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 September 2011), Cedar County, [vol. not stated]: 123, for Hartley-Lesley (1877).

Histories

Biography of John E. Hartley, Goodspeed; offering information on his parents, James Hartley and Elizabeth Walker of Dickson County, Tennessee.
“Cedar County Biographies Published by Goodspeed,” transcriptions, Welcome to Cedar County, Missouri (http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocedar/ : accessed 12 March 2008), entry for John E. Hartley; citing History of Barton, Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade, and Barton Counties, Missouri (Chicago: Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889), 734-735.

Sources

[S1390] John E. Hartley Bible, The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, translated out of The Original Greek. . . (stereotyped by E. White, New York [n.p.], [n.d.]), privately held by Debra Seaton, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], 2000; digital copies from Hartley descendant Diana Erwin, in the possession of Janis Walker Gilmore (2011). Family data from 1811-1876. In addition to entries on family data pages of the Bible it held several loose sheets of data written in different inks and hands. The earliest data includes the birthdates of children of James and Elizabeth (Walker) Hartley.
[S1360] “Cedar County Biographies Published by Goodspeed,” transcriptions, Welcome to Cedar County, Missouri (http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocedar/ : accessed 12 March 2008), entry for John E. Hartley; citing History of Barton, Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade, and Barton Counties, Missouri (Chicago: Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889), 734-735.
[S1492] 1840 U. S. census, Polk County, Missouri, p. 193 (stamped, recto), line 6, James "Hartly" [Hartley], Sr. household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 228; FHL film no 0014857.
[S1535] 1850 U.S. census, Cedar County, Missouri, population schedule, District 17, p.. 254 (penned, recto), p. 127 (stamped, verso), dwelling 14, family 14, John E. Harlly [Hartley] household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 395.
[S1538] “Cedar County Biographies Published by Goodspeed,” transcriptions, Welcome to Cedar County, Missouri (http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocedar/ : accessed 12 March 2008), entry for Riley Sherrill; citing History of Barton, Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade, and Barton Counties, Missouri (Chicago: Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889), 773-774..
[S1536] 1860 U. S. census, Cedar County, Missouri, population schedule, Stockton, Lynn township, p. 62 (penned), [no stamped p. no.], dwelling 441, family 441, John E. Hartley household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 613.
[S1537] 1880 U. S. census, Cedar County, Mi, population schedule, Lynn township, enumeration district (ED) 250, p. 26 (penned), p. 327 (stamped, verso), dwelling 223, family 246, Jno [John]. E. Hartley household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 680; FHL film no. 1,254,680.
[S1547] An Illustrated History of the Yellowstone Valley : Embracing the Counties of Park, Sweet Grass, Carbon, Yellowstone, Rosebud, Custer and Dawson, State of Montana (Spokane, Wa.: Western Historical Publishing Co., [1907?]); ebook, Electronic Library (http://www.ebooksread.com : accessed 17 September 2011), 563, biography of Jacob M. Hartley. .
[S143] Hartley - e-mail (Dianne Erwin, 1999), (Dianne Erwin to Janis Walker Gilmore, e-mail, 2 June 1999).
[S99] Esther Pratt (6408 Worchester Drive; Nashville, Tennessee) to Sandra Johnston (Oklahoma), letter, 13 May 1997, regarding the Elijah Walker family of Dickson County, Tennessee. Privately held by Ms. Johnston. The author has lost contact with Ms. Johnston and no longer knows her whereabouts.
[S2956] History of Polk, Cedar, Dade and Barton Counties, Missouri (Chicago: Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889), 739-740, for John E. Hartley, Stockton, Missouri.
[S1539] “Missouri Marriage Records, 1805–2002,” digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 September 2011), Cedar County, [vol. not stated]: 123, for Hartley-Lesley (1877).