Abraham Artman and Elmira McLaughlin

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Husband Abraham Artman ¹

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         Father: Abraham Artman (1811-1897) 2 3
         Mother: Harriet Parker (1811-1905) 3 4

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       Marriage: 25 Sep 1866 5

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Wife Elmira McLaughlin ⁵

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           Born: 17 Aug 1841 5
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         Father: Michael McLaughlin (Abt 1805-1880) 5
         Mother: Hannah Fry (Abt 1816-1898) 5

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Children

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1 F Frances E. Artman ⁵

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         Spouse: Dr. J. F. Keene (      -      ) 5

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2 M Lee Mc. Artman ⁵

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         Spouse: Eva Walker (      -      ) 5

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3 F Effie H. Artman ⁵

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         Spouse: Ed McLaughlin (      -      ) 5

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4 F Irene Artman ⁵

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5 F Hattie Austa Artman ⁵

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6 M Harry H. Artman ⁵

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General Notes: Husband - Abraham Artman

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He attended school until he was nineteen years of age, assisting his father on the farm until 1864. In February of that year he enlisted as a recruit at Meadville, Pennsylvania, in Company H, Fourteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry. This regiment was organized at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1862, under Captain Crawford and Colonel Schoomaker. The regiment was first sent to Camp Copeland, Pittsburg, and thence transferred to Martinsburg, West Virginia, where it was incorporated into General Sigel’s command. Its first engagements were at Mount Jackson, Piedmont, Lexington, and Mr. Artman was afterward under fire at Lynchburg, Parkersburg, Moorefield, Maryland, and then Martinsburg and at the historical battle of Winchester. He also took part in the battles of Fisher’s Hill and Cedar Creek, after which the regiment camped for the winter at Winchester. In the following spring it was sent to Fort Leavenworth. It was here consolidated with portions of other regiments and with the reorganized troops Mr. Artman was detailed on guard duty to General Dodge and participated in various Indian campaigns through Wyoming. Returning to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, he received his honorable discharge, November 3, 1865. It is remarkable that although he saw several years of active service he was never wounded, although his record is not without its narrow escapes from death. In one of his scouting expeditions of the northwest he had a horse shot from under him and upon other occasions had close escapes from wounds and death.
After being mustered out of the service Mr. Artman returned to the parental farm and in 1867 purchased the one hundred and fifty acres of land which he improved to become the “Sugar Grove Stock Farm.” His operations in this line were general, although he made somewhat of a specialty of the raising and breeding of fine Percheron horses. Mr. Artman still clings with devotion and pride to the memory of his army days and his old comrades,
He was one of the founders and a charter member of the Jamestown G. A. R. Post, No. 326. In 1901 he was honored by being chosen as a delegate to the state convention of the G. A. R. held at Conneaut Lake, PA, and he had previously served in the same capacity at Erie, PA. His Republicanism was as firm as his patriotism and his fellow citizens saw to it that his services were continuously secured. His record in this regard includes services as supervisor for two terms; two terms as tax collector: membership on the school board for seven years and the holding of other local offices. Mr. Artman was a Methodist in religion, firm in the faith and active in the work of the church. [HMC 1909, 804]

1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1206.

2 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1196, 1205.

3 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 803.

4 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1196, 1206.

5 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 805.