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| Record Last Updated On:
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| Name: MAJOR HENRY R W HARTWIG |
| Death Date: DEC/30/1906 |
Interment Date:
JAN/02/1906 |
Birth Date: APR/11/1837 |
| Age at Death: 68 |
Cause of Death:
PNEUMONIA |
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| Sex: M |
Nativity: GERMAN |
Ethnicity: CAUCASIAN |
| Occupation:presiding judge of county court of Buchanan County, ex-mayor of St. Joseph, capitalist, soldier, politician
President of the Saint Joseph Chamber of Commerce in 1885 |
| Military Branch:Capt. Hartwig's Independent Artillery Company E. M.M. |
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| Child of: Frederick Oswald Hartwig & Elizabeth Rosenblath |
| Spouse of: Caroline Kuechler, Emma Vegely |
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| Father of: George Henry Hartwig, Ernest Charles Hartwig |
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| Brief Biography: excerpts from The Book of Missourian published by T.J. Steele & Co. Chicago & St. Louis 1906
pages 339-341
Maj. Henry R. W. Hartwig, recently elected presiding judge of the county court of Buchanan county, ex-mayor of St. Joseph, and capitalistl,soldier and politician, is one of the dity's distinguished and honored citizens. He was born at Niedermoellrich, near Hesse-Cassel, Prussia, on April 11, 1837, and is also of Frederick Oswald and Elizabeth (Rosenblath) Hartwig.
the boyhood of Henry R. W. Hartwig was passed on his father's farm and in attendance upon the local schools....he decided to try his fortune in America and reach the port of New York in 1854. His business career was commenced as a dry goods clerk at Cleveland, O., where he remained until the spring of 1857, when he was infected with a fever which sent hundreds of young men of the east to build up the enterprises of the undeveloped west. He spent one year at Council Bluffs, Ia. and in Nebraska, and in 1858 he located at St. Joseph, Missouri.
...he entered into the business of outfitting miners for the long journey to Colorado...
He established a wholesale and retail liquor business, under the firm name of H.R.W. Hartwig & Company, which was continued until 1863, when Major Hartwig engaged in a grain and commission business, later transferring his interests to groceries and liquors. In 1869 the grocery feature was discontinued and from that time until 1888 he was engaged in the wholesale liquor and rectifying business...
In the summer of 1861 he enlisted in Captain Harbine's company of Enrolled Missouri Militia and at once was made a sergeant. August 21, 1862, he was promoted by Gov. Gamble to be first lieutenant of Landry's battery of artillery. soon after Camptain Landry was promoted to the rank of major of the Swiss regiment and the battery was reorganized with Captain Hartwig at its haed and it was then known as (Hartwig's Independent Artillery)....until 1864 when he was promoted by Governor Hall...Governor Fletcher commissioned him major of First Regiment. ...by appointment as commissioner to represent Missouri at the Paris Exposition.
On March 1, 1860, Major Hartwig was married to Caroline Kuechler, of St. Joseph, whose death took place December 2, 1885. On March 24, 1898, Major Hartwig was married to Emma Vegely, who was a daughter of August Vegely |
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Burial Number: 5670 |
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| Other Relatives in Plot: 1st wife Caroline Kuechler Hartwig |
| Lot Owner: H. R. W.HARTWIG |
| Lot Location: 4 |
| Block Location: 9 |
| Section/Range Location: D |
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| Cost of Interment: $6.00 |
Date Paid: 03/24/06 |
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Major Henry H.R. Hartwig
Courtesy Of:Missouri History Encyclopedia, 1901
H R W Hartwig
Courtesy Of:St Joseph Daily Gazette June 7, 1885
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