Person:Jesse Hertsel (1)

1920 Census noted that Jesse (Otis S. Hertsel's father) was born in PA and mother in Ohio

JOS. R. HARRISON, LAW, Real Estate, Loans and insurance, Columbia City, Indiana

July 10, 1916

Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs:

I was born in Union Township, Whitley County, Indiana, May 5, 1846, and lived there, from date of my birth until 1860. With my father Jesse Hertsel and my mother Mary A. Hertsel.

   Brothers: Oliver, Lewis and Jesse
   Sisters: Elizabeth, Mary and Cynthia

They were all at home during the time from 1850 to 1860.

Respectfully,

Otis S. Hertsel Cert #570632 Co. "E" 17th Ind. Vol. Inf.

1850 U. S. Census: Jesse Hertsel age 33 farmer 800 born in OH Mary A Hertsel age 27 Born OH Elizabeth age 9 born OH Oliver 7 born OH Cynthia 6 Born OH Otis 4 Born IN Delia 2 Born IN

1860 Federal Population Census, Union twp., Whitley County, Indiana Real estate and personal 491 496Value

   Hastsel, Jessee           43   MW  farmer    3500    594       Ohio
   Hastsel, Mary A.          37   FW                                           Ohio
   Hastel, Mary E.            19   FW                                           Ohio
   Hastsel, Oliver W.       17   MW                                          Ohio
   Hastsel, Scynthia E     16   FWOhio
   Hastsel, Otis O.           14   MW                                       Indiana
   Hastsel, Ardelia F.       12   FWIndiana
   Hastsel, Amanda         10   FWIndiana
   Hastsel, Mary A.             8  FWIndiana
   Hastsel, Jessee C.         2  MWIndiana
   Fox, Andrew J.          21 MW Laborer                 300      Indiana    

(The last name was misspelled in the census. Otis has the middle initial of S. and there is no mention of Louis or Lewis on the census.)

Marriage for Jesse and Mary Ann shows the last name "Hartsell" Portage, Ohio 1840.

Taken from Hartzel & Allied Families of Bash, Stauffer, Worman & Shattenberger. Provo, UT. MyFamily.com, INc.,

A letter written April 10, 1882 by Colonel John Hartzel of Newport, Perry County, Penneylvania to Rev. J. C. Hartzell, says, in part:

"My Dear Sir- Yours of the 7th just received. Your request to send you all the principal points of the Hartzels in America. I will what I received from my father and from my Uncle Henry Hartzell. My great grandfather" (John George, Jr.) "emigrated to America before the Revolutionary War. He settled in Northampton County. There was a small town built on part of his land and for a long time went by the name of Hartzells Town and from that to Youngmanstown. I have any old map of the state of Pennsylvania in which I find among other towns the name of Hartzellstown. My great grandfather had 7 sons, six located in different parts of Pennsylvania as follows: George Hartzell, my grandfather located in Adams Co. on the Opossum Creek eleven miles north of Gettysburg. He had six sons, all of them with the exception of my father and my Uncle Jacob lived and died in or near the old homestead.

MY UNCLE JACOB WENT WEST SOMEWHERE ABOUT THE YEAR 1820. HE SETTLED IN OHIO. HE HAD TWO SONS, JESSE AND JOSIAH. My father came to Perry County in 1823 where two of my brothers, Samuel and Michael, and myself, still reside. My brother Adam went to Iowa in 1844 where he still resides.

My grandfather's six brothers located as follows: one brother remained with his father in Northampton County. Nathan Hartzell purchased land in Lucern Co., PA near Wilkes Barra. Another of the brothers settled in Northampton CO., near ----------------. Another brother settled in ---------------. The other two went to Westmoreland CO. One of them was named Adam. One of the two last named was a bachelor.

This writer says John George, Jr. had seven sons, but we find record of only four - those mentioned in the letter may have been cousins instead of brothers to George III (grandfather of the writer) Bible records quoted on page 11 is tof family of Lucern County.

Information about the author of this letter: From: <leebricd@@bellsouth.net> Subject: [PA-Perry] Col John Hartzell family in Perry County Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 21:58:35 -0500

John Hartzell was one of four brothers who moved to Perry county in about 1828. He was born in 1815 down in Adams Co. John carried the title Colonel, possibly either due to his service during the Civil War or simply as a courtesy.

John married August Geibel, born about 1825 in Prussia. According to census records, their children consisted of George L, born 1850, Ethan William, born 1852, Jonathan Peck, born in 1854, Charles Vinton, born in 1856, James born in 1858, John F born in 1860, Ada born in 1864 and John Gates, born in 1868.

John kept a hotel in Newport at the time of the 1860 census. The remainder of the enumerations, he listed his occupation as laborer. John was the enumerator for Perry county in 1880, so we can blame him for the poor handwriting on those records.

David Hartzell Leebrick Farm Kid at Heart

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[PA-Perry] Col John Hartzell family in Perry County by <leebricd@@bellsouth.net> From: <leebricd@@bellsouth.net> Subject: [PA-Perry] Hartzells in Perry County Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 16:09:35 -0500

Looking for info on the Hartzell family of Perry county. The family prior to this had lived in Manallen township of Adams county. Several of the boys (Samuel, Adam, John) came to the county about 1827. Lived for a time in Rye Twp, then Penn and Center Twp. My gggrandfather Adam Hartzell lived in Newport Borough before leaving for Iowa in 1840. Colonel John Hartzell lived in Perry much of his life. His brother Samuel died there in 1884.

Anyone who can shed more light on the Hartzells of Perry county, please reply to the list.

Dave Leebrick Farm Kid at Heart

The letter above may tie our Jesse Hertsel to the PA Hertzels/Hartzell family. There are not many Jesse Hertzels noted in the ancestry.com records. This may very well be our answer. Jan. 17, 2006

1830 U S Census for Deerfield Twp., Portage CO., OH shows a William as head of household. One male age 5 to 10, males 15 to 20 and 20 to 30 (more than one but I cannot make out how many) and one 50 to 60. Females: one 5 to 10 and one 10 to 20. one female 40 to 50.

In the history for the Hans John George Hartzel family (b 1749) in PA the son of Jacob Hartzel B 1784 has some reports of a birth date of 1810. This means that either our Jesse is not Jacob Hartzel's son or the birthdate is wrong on our part or whoever has the 1810 reported date. I could not find a christening record for Jesse Hartzel at Bender's Lutheran Church when we visited there in Oct. 2006.

I believe Jesse born 1817 could be the son of Jacob Hartzel b 1784 in Adams CO., PA because his family moved to Stark CO, OH around 1824 or 1825. Mary Triplett's family lived in Summitt CO, Conventry Twp. and Akron, OH is only about 20 miles from that area. No much to go on. I have included this information in my tree because I do believe there is a good possibility that Jesse Hertsel was Jacob Hartzel's son.

1840 United States Federal Census about Jess Hartsen Name: Jess Hartsen Township: Coventry County: Summit State: Ohio

(This was Jesse Hartzel and he lived next to William Triplett with 3 people in the house. )

Ranked Search Results - 1850 United States Federal Census View Record Name Home in 1850 (City,County,State) Estimated birth year Birth Place View Image

Aaron Hartsell Norton, Summit, OH abt 1827 Pennsylvania Anna M Hartsell Norton, Summit, OH abt 1846 Pennsylvania Catharine Hartsell Norton, Summit, OH abt 1836 Pennsylvania Elizabeth Hartsell Norton, Summit, OH abt 1837 Pennsylvania Isaac Hartsell Norton, Summit, OH abt 1801 Pennsylvania Jacob Hartsell Norton, Summit, OH abt 1833 Pennsylvania John Hartsell Norton, Summit, OH abt 1829 Pennsylvania Jonas Hartsell Norton, Summit, OH abt 1800 Pennsylvania Joseph Hartsell Norton, Summit, OH abt 1840 Pennsylvania Mary Hartsell Norton, Summit, OH abt 1801 Pennsylvania Reuben G Hartsell Norton, Summit, OH abt 1823 Pennsylvania Rosana Hartsell Norton, Summit, OH abt 1824 Pennsylvania Sarah Hartsell Norton, Summit, OH abt 1802 Pennsylvania Stephen Hartsell Norton, Summit, OH abt 1831 Pennsylvania

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Jesse Hertsel, in Find A Grave.