Lynda, you're fabulous. Here is a revision now of what I have on the family. I am seeking contact with any descendants. In addition, any obituaries that might be available and where to find them would also be a big help.
1. BENJAMIN W.8 HARTLEY (JOHN7, MAHLON6, BENJAMINE5, THOMAS4, EDWARD3, ROGER2, JOHN1) was born January 22, 1834 in Ohio1, and died August 06, 1905 in Oklahoma2. He married EUNICE COLES3 December 06, 1855 in Liberty Center, Warren Co., Iowa4, daughter of ISAAC COLES and MARY STARBUCK. She was born February 11, 1836 in Guernsey Co., Ohio, and died December 24, 1916 in Oklahoma5.
Notes for BENJAMIN W. HARTLEY:
B. W. HARTLEY, farmer; P.O. Delaware; born in Guernsey Co. Jan. 22, 1834 ; son of John and Zilpha (Hall) Hartley. They were from Pennsylvania; came to Guernsey Co. and entered land, upon which they settled ; in 1865, moved into Vinton Co., where they are still living. Benjamin W. received a common-school education. Soon after attaining his majority, was married to Eunice Coles, born Feb. 11, 1836, in Guernsey Co., daughter of Isaac and Mary (Starbuck) Coles; be was in the first company that crossed the Plains, in 1849. Soon after their marriage, moved to Lucas Co., Iowa ; remained three years, farmed and taught school ; came to Delaware Co. in the spring of 1859 ; lived in Harlem Township about two years ; then in Delaware thirteen years; making several changes in the time; in the spring of 1872, moved to Berlin, and bought 187 acres of land; after a residence of three years, sold out, then moved into Liberty and bought a farm. Mr. Hartley has been successful in his business; having a snug farm, and town property in Delaware. They have had six children-Tamson L., now wife of John De Witt; Loresten M., now in Sumner Co., Kan.; Ransom (deceased) ; Walter C.; Arthur G., and Mary E., at home. Mr. Hartley and family are members of the Wesleyan Church, he being an active and enthusiastic worker in the same, has been licensed to preach, yet, his health not admitting, prefers to labor in the capacity of a lay member, where he does effectual service. Served three months in the United States service. Co. D, 145th O. N. G. Is a Prohibitionist and a zealous worker.
Source:
http://www.heritagepursuit.com/Delaware/delliberty.htm (transcription of History of Delaware County, Ohio)
Name: Benjamin W. Hartley
Company: D
Unit: 145 Ohio Infantry.
Rank - Induction: Private
Rank - Discharge: Private
Allegiance: Union
Name: Benjamin W Hartley ,
Enlistment Date: 02 May 1864
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Ohio
Unit Numbers: 1775 1775
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 02 May 1864 at the age of 30
Enlisted in Company D, 145th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 12 May 1864.
Mustered out Company D, 145th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 24 August 1864 in Camp Chase, OH
More About BENJAMIN W. HARTLEY:
Burial: Geary Cemetery, Blaine Co., Oklahoma5
Census 1860: June 12, 1860, Ohio, Delaware Co., Delaware Twsp., Delaware P.O., Roll 957 Book 1, Page 13a
Census 1880: Ohio, Delaware Co., Liberty, FHL Film 1255012 National Archives Film T9-1012 Page 304A
Pension Filed: 1888, Application 646386, in Missouri, Certificate 757750
More About EUNICE COLES:
Burial: Geary Cemetery, Blaine Co., Oklahoma5
Census 1910: May 03, 1910, Oklahoma, Canadian Co., 3rd Ward, Geary, Valley Twsp., E.D. 99, Sheet 9B
Pension Filed: April 20, 1905, Widow's Pension filed in Missouri, Application No. 826523, Certificate No. 596236
More About BENJAMIN HARTLEY and EUNICE COLES:
Marriage: December 06, 1855, Liberty Center, Warren Co., Iowa6
Children of BENJAMIN HARTLEY and EUNICE COLES are:
2. i. TAMSON LOUISEA9 HARTLEY, b. 1856, Iowa; d. 1926, Oklahoma.
3. ii. LORESTON M. HARTLEY, b. January 30, 1859, Delaware Co., Ohio; d. February 09, 1944, Los Angeles Co., California.
iii. RANSOM HARTLEY, d. Bef. 1880.
iv. WALTER C. HARTLEY, b. Abt. February 1864, Ohio.
More About WALTER C. HARTLEY:
Census 1900: June 07, 1900, Kansas, Jackson Co., Kansas City, Ward 9, E.D. 93, Sheet 11A, p. 78
Census 1910: April 18, 1910, Missouri, Buchanan Co., Washington Twsp., St. Joseph, State Hospital No. 2, E.D. 58, Sheet 5A, p. 168
Occupation: 1900, Laundry Man
Residence: 1910, Patient at State Hospital No. 2 in St. Joseph, Missouri
4. v. ARTHUR GRANT HARTLEY, b. Abt. November 1867, Ohio; d. Aft. 1910.
vi. MARY E. HARTLEY, b. Bet. 1870 - 1871, Ohio.
Generation No. 2
2. TAMSON LOUISEA9 HARTLEY (BENJAMIN W.8, JOHN7, MAHLON6, BENJAMINE5, THOMAS4, EDWARD3, ROGER2, JOHN1) was born 1856 in Iowa7, and died 1926 in Oklahoma7. She married JOHN DEWITT March 25, 1875, son of FRANCIS DEWITT and SARAH MCLEAN. He was born Bet. 1854 - 1855 in Ohio, and died Bef. 1910.
More About TAMSON LOUISEA HARTLEY:
Burial: Geary Cemetery, Blaine Co., Oklahoma7
Census 1910: May 03, 1910, Oklahoma, Canadian Co., 3rd Ward, Geary, Valley Twsp., E.D. 99, Sheet 9B
Nickname: Lou
More About JOHN DEWITT:
Census 1880: June 07, 1880, Ohio, Delaware Co., Berlin Twsp., Roll: T9_1012; Family History Film: 1255012; Page: 360B; Enumeration District: 108; Image: 0222.
Occupation: 1880, Stone Mason
More About JOHN DEWITT and TAMSON HARTLEY:
Marriage: March 25, 1875
Children of TAMSON HARTLEY and JOHN DEWITT are:
i. FRANCIS W.10 DEWITT, b. January 11, 1876.
More About FRANCIS W. DEWITT:
Name 2: Frank DeWitt
Nickname: Frank
ii. JEANETTE L. DEWITT, b. Bet. 1876 - 1877, Ohio.
More About JEANETTE L. DEWITT:
Name 2: Nettie DeWitt
Nickname: Nettie
iii. BENNIE DEWITT, b. September 1879, Ohio.
More About BENNIE DEWITT:
Name 2: Bradley DeWitt
iv. WILBUR DEWITT.
v. CHARLES J. DEWITT, b. January 28, 1892, Ohio7; d. September 17, 1953, Oklahoma7; m. BERTHA J.; b. March 31, 18947; d. December 12, 1970, Oklahoma7.
More About CHARLES J. DEWITT:
Burial: Geary Cemetery, Blaine Co., Oklahoma7
More About BERTHA J.:
Burial: Geary Cemetery, Blaine Co., Oklahoma7
3. LORESTON M.9 HARTLEY (BENJAMIN W.8, JOHN7, MAHLON6, BENJAMINE5, THOMAS4, EDWARD3, ROGER2, JOHN1) was born January 30, 1859 in Delaware Co., Ohio, and died February 09, 1944 in Los Angeles Co., California. He married MAGGIE JANE. She was born February 18, 1865 in Illinois, and died May 19, 1950 in Los Angeles Co., California.
More About LORESTON M. HARTLEY:
Census 1900: June 02, 1900, Oklahoma, Blaine Co., Canadian Twsp., E.D. 9, Sheet 2B
Census 1910: April 24, 1910, Oklahoma, Blaine Co., Geary Twsp., Geary CIty, E.D. 31, Sheet 8A, p. 279
Census 1920: January 17, 1920, California, Los Angeles Co., Long Beach, E.D. 85, Sheet 11B, Roll 104 Book 1, Page 276b
Occupation: 1889, Express, Kansas City
Occupation2: 1900, Salesman
Occupation3: 1910, Merchant, Hardware Store
Occupation4: 1920, Real Estate Agent
Residence: 1889, 914 Brooklyn, Kansas City, Missouri
More About MAGGIE JANE:
Occupation: 1910, Bookkeeper, Hardware Store
Children of LORESTON HARTLEY and MAGGIE are:
i. ROY10 HARTLEY, b. March 1884, Kansas.
More About ROY HARTLEY:
Occupation: 1930, Wholesale, Produce
ii. IVA HARTLEY, b. Abt. July 1886, Kansas.
More About IVA HARTLEY:
Occupation: 1930, Stenographer
iii. GOLDA HARTLEY, b. December 1896, Oklahoma.
4. ARTHUR GRANT9 HARTLEY (BENJAMIN W.8, JOHN7, MAHLON6, BENJAMINE5, THOMAS4, EDWARD3, ROGER2, JOHN1) was born Abt. November 1867 in Ohio, and died Aft. 1910. He married JENNIE CLEVELAND8, daughter of UNKNOWN CLEVELAND and RACHEL. She was born Abt. April 1868 in Illinois or Nebraska8, and died Bef. 1910.
More About ARTHUR GRANT HARTLEY:
Census 1900: June 07, 1900, Kansas, Jackson Co., Kansas City, Ward 9, E.D. 93, Sheet 11A, p. 78
Census 1910: April 18, 1910, Missouri, Jackson Co., Kansas City, E.D. 147, Sheet 5B
Occupation: Bet. 1900 - 1910, Laundry Owner/Manager
Children of ARTHUR HARTLEY and JENNIE CLEVELAND are:
5. i. VIRGIL CLEVELAND10 HARTLEY, b. March 1890, Kansas or Missouri.
ii. RACHEL E. HARTLEY, b. April 1892, Kansas.
Generation No. 3
5. VIRGIL CLEVELAND10 HARTLEY (ARTHUR GRANT9, BENJAMIN W.8, JOHN7, MAHLON6, BENJAMINE5, THOMAS4, EDWARD3, ROGER2, JOHN1) was born March 1890 in Kansas or Missouri. He married ELIZABETH KINNEY August 09, 1909 in Leavenworth Co., Kansas9, daughter of JAMES KINNEY and ELIZABETH WATKINS. She was born July 13, 1888 in Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri.
Notes for VIRGIL CLEVELAND HARTLEY:
Question: Could he be the same person???
Name: Virgil C. Hartley
SSN: 266-86-9772
Last Residence: 33801 Lakeland, Polk, Florida, United States of America
Born: 28 Mar 1890
Died: 15 Sep 1989
State (Year) SSN issued: Florida (1963 )
Groom: Hartley, Virgil C.
Bride: Kinney, Elizabeth
Marriage Date: Aug 9, 1909
Book: O
Page #: 363
FHL LCGS: 1854769/106
More About VIRGIL CLEVELAND HARTLEY:
Census 1920: January 06, 1920, Missouri, Jackson Co., Kansas City, Kaw Twsp., E.D. 43, Sheet 4A, p. 202
Census 1930: Shawnee, Johnson, Kansas; Roll: 706; Page: 22A; Enumeration District: 21; Image: 932.0.
Occupation: Bet. 1910 - 1920, Foreman, Laundry
Occupation2: 1930, Mail Clerk, Railway
More About VIRGIL HARTLEY and ELIZABETH KINNEY:
Marriage: August 09, 1909, Leavenworth Co., Kansas9
Children of VIRGIL HARTLEY and ELIZABETH KINNEY are:
i. GRANT11 HARTLEY, b. 1912, Missouri.
More About GRANT HARTLEY:
Occupation: 1930, Attendant, Filing Station
ii. MARGIE ELIZABETH J. HARTLEY, b. 1919, Missouri.
iii. DOROTHY E. HARTLEY, b. Bet. 1921 - 1922, Missouri.
Endnotes
1. Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy, Vol IV, Stillwater Monthly Meeting, Page 405; but see listing for Quaker City Cemetery.
2.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~okcemete/blaine/geary/gearyg.htm.
3. Estate Record of Isaac Coles, Box 24, Warren Co. Iowa Courthouse.
4. Marriage Book 1, Recorder's Office, Warren Co., Iowa.
5.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~okcemete/blaine/geary/gearyg.htm.
6. Marriage Book 1, Recorder's Office, Warren Co., Iowa.
7.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~okcemete/blaine/geary/gearya.htm.
8. World Family Tree Volume 101, Tree 1854.
9. Graden, Debra. Leavenworth county, Kansas, Marriage Records, 1900-1920. [database online] Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 2002.Original data: Leavenworth Co.