Ephraim Henry Hartwell

  • Born November 28, 1842 in Strong, Franklin County, Maine.
  • Parents were EPHRAIM HENRY HARTWELL and ABIGAIL POTTLE.
  • Married ALTHEA L. REYNOLDS on April 4, 1869. Althea was born October 6, 1843; and died May 19, 1909.
  • He was a carpenter, residing in Worcester.
  • He enlisted Aug. 16, 1861, musician, 8th Maine Regt., discharged under act of Congress, later re-enlisted under direction of P.S. Gilmore for Gen. Andrews' Corps d'Affrique, organized at Port Hudson, La.; discharged in 1865.
  • Died October 5, 1895.


CHILDREN

  1. MARY VIOLA HARTWELL, born January 23, 1871 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died June 19, 1950 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Married SHERMAN RICE on July 4, 1889. Married EDWARD C. JEFFERSON on August 22, 1905 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut.
  2. JOHN HENRY HARTWELL, born February 18, 1873 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died June 21, 1921. Married GRACE ELIZA SMITH on September 15, 1897.
  3. FLORENCE A. HARTWELL, born March 23, 1875 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died in June, 1904. She never married.
  4. FRANCIS EPHRAIM HARTWELL, born June 11, 1877 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Married ALICE FISHER on October 8, 1906.
  5. CHARLES E. HARTWELL. He was adopted at the age of 25, and went by the name of HARTWELL HASS.

SOURCE:

  • The Hartwells of America..., by Lyman Willard Densmore, Hartwell & Lorenzen, Saginaw MI, 1956.