The Complaining Corpse
Sidney Enterprise, January 29, 1917
Vernon Green, an undertaker at Herman, St. Lawrence county, [NY] was called on the telephone and was told that a man was dead at a certain place and was probably another "flu" victim. He said he was so busy with other calls that he could not go there that night, but left instructions that the body be placed in a cold room with the head elevated, and he would be there to do the embalming the first thing in the morning. When he reached the place the next morning, he went into the cold room prepared to do his work. The supposed corpse raised his head and looked at Mr. Green with as much displeasure as a man in his condition could. "It is about time someone came," he said. "You are the first person to come near me since last night."
Ernest Louis Hartmann
Bainbridge Republican & Express, January 30, 1919
The funeral of Ernest Louis Hartmann, Vice President of the American Separator Company, was held last Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at his late home on South Main street. Rev. R.W. Nickel of St. Peter's church [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY] officiated. The employees of the Separator Company attended in a body and viewed the remains of their friend with whom they had long been associated. Great quantities of flowers and floral designs spoke impressively of the affection held for him and the deep sorrow manifested was a tribute to the marked kindness of the man whose love in life was in doing for others. The burial was in Green Lawn Cemetery [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY].
During the funeral services, the business places of the village were closed, which was a mark of respect to him who had long been identified with the business interests of the community and an evidence of the keen appreciation felt over the great loss his death has occasioned. As soon as Mr. Hartmann's death was known, telegrams and letters came to the American Separator Company giving expressions of deep sympathy to the members of the firm over this sudden break in the business relations of years standing and also giving expressions of profound sympathy to members of his family. Among the telegrams received were those from J. Rosenwald, President and Albert H. Loeb, Treasurer of the Sears, Roebuck Co., Chicago from the Moser and Cotins, Utica, Lyon Iron Works, Greene, and Sweet Bros. Foundry, Johnson City.
For a quarter of a century, Mr. Hartmann had been prominent in the industrial life of Bainbridge. He was one of the founders of the American Separator Company, whose rise from infancy to a phenomenal growth of prosperity has been marvelous. Mr. Hartmann was one of the originators of the cream separator about which the business developed and ever since its manufacture until recently he had been the superintendent. He came to Bainbridge in 1892 as a machinist with the Swedish Cream and Butter Separator Company. The machine then made was impractical and the company did not succeed. Mr. Hartmann and Thomas Collins, now President of the America Separator Company, and at that time associated with Mr. Hartmann in the former company, devised the new machine which was the basis of the present large industry built up from their early efforts.
As a mechanic, Mr. Hartmann had no superior. Not only could he conceive the construction of a piece of machinery, but he could build it to completion. He would even design and make the tools with which to perform the work. His mechanical skill was most remarkable. He also possessed another wonderful ability. He was a naturalist. He knew all about birds, fish and animals. He [possessed extensive knowledge] of trees, plants and shrubbery and the valleys and hills where he was accustomed to roam in recreation hours will miss his friendly journeys.
Mr. Hartmann was a quiet and unassuming man and was the personification of kindness. He loved his family and friends, and his chief joy seemed to be in continuously doing something for them. Without ostentation or show, he would quietly bestow a kindness and seek out opportunities when he could administer some happiness.
For the past six months, Mr. Hartmann had been in poor health, but he believed his indisposition to be due to stomach trouble. Up until Saturday previous to his death which occurred on Tuesday, January 21st, he was about as usual, going to the factory. On Sunday he was taken suddenly ill and his condition was at once diagnosed as serious. An intestinal trouble had developed. An operation was advised as the only hope and Dr. miller of Binghamton was summoned. On Monday the operation was performed and Mr. Hartmann rallied nicely from the results, but the disease which had gained a serious lodgment could not be eradicated and carried him away the following day, Tuesday.
Mr. Hartmann was born at Werdau, Saxony, on September 26, 1849. He came to the United States in 1866 and at once became a citizen. He was the oldest of 16 children of Andrew H. and Henrietta Hartmann all of whom emigrated to this country. In 1870 he married Margaret Renth of Turners Falls, Mass., and later moved to Philadelphia, Pa. Leaving there with his family, he came to Bainbridge where all have since resided.
Besides his wife, there survive three sons, William E., Louis H., and Walter E. Hartmann and two daughters, Mrs. Julien Scott and Mrs. Henry Hill. Of his brothers and sisters the following survive: Max and Robert Hartmann of Greenfield, Mass.; Richard and Bruno Hartman of Hartford, Conn.; William Hartmann of Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. Emma Schielding and Mrs. Hedwig Harris of Glastonbury, Conn.; Mrs. Henry A. Clark of Greenfield, Mass.
Death Notices
Anti Masonic Telegraph, January 21, 1835
Died in this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th inst. of scarlet fever, George [Shattuck], youngest son of Leroy Shattuck, aged 6 years.
"All that's bright must fade,
And all tha's fair decay,
And all we love, was made
To bloom awhile--then fade away."
Died in this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Thursday last, Mr. Jabish Howel, aged 80 years.
Anti Masonic Telegraph, January 28, 1835
Died in this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 19th inst. Col. Caleb Seabury, aged 68 years.
Died on Tuesday, the 20th inst., in a fit of apoplexy, Mrs. Jerusha Burlingame, aged 58 years.
Died in McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 21st inst., Jonas W. Ogdan, aged 28 years and 10 months.
Anti Masonic Telegraph, February 4, 1835
Died in this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Thursday 22d ult. at 10 minutes past 11 o'clock A.M., Mr. Bradford Willcox, son of Mr. Whitman Willcox, aged 21 years. Also at 14 past 12 o'clock of the same day, Miss Almira Willcox, daughter of Mr. Whitman Willcox, aged 18 years.
Anti Masonic Telegraph, February 11, 1835
Died in Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th inst. Mr. Olney Eddy, a Revolutionary soldier, aged 84 years.
Anti Masonic Telegraph, February 18, 1835
Died on the 12th of December last, in Yorkshire (England) where he had gone for the benefit of his health, Simeon [Kershaw], son of Thomas Kershaw, of Hamilton [Madison Co., NY], aged about 20 years.
Died in this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on Friday last, Mr. Abner Giles, aged 29 years.
Anti Masonic Telegraph, February 25, 1835
Died, in this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Thursday last, Mrs. Tamar Hull, aged 77 years.
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