Lawrence Hartman

Quick Facts

Significance:

Allegheny Portage Railroad worker

Place of Birth:

Prussia

Date of Birth:

January 9, 1806

Place of Death:

Houtzdale, Pennsylvania

Date of Death:

March 25, 1887

Place of Burial:

Houtzdale, Pennsylvania

Cemetery Name:

Saint Lawrence Cemetery

Lawrence Hartman was a laborer on the Allegheny Portage Railroad. 

Hartman was born in Prussia and served in the Prussian Army for six years. He arrived in America with his wife and daughter, both named Catherine, in early 1840. In April 1840, he was renting a home in Wsahington Township in Cambria County near the Portage Railroad and Inclined Plane No. 6. He worked as a miner before becoming a railroad employee. Once a laborer on the Allegheny Portage Railroad, he stayed until the system closed.