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CHARLES F. HARTWELL, president of the Venango Bridge Company, and manager of the Brady’s Bend Mining Company, is a native of Sutton, Massachusetts, and was born June 23, 1842. He was educated at Yale, leaving college, however, before graduating, for the purpose of entering the United States navy. He served about one and a half years on board the Iuka as master’s mate. In July, 1865, while on leave of absence, he came to Oil City and was so pleased with the place that he resigned his commission in the navy and remained here. He began business as paymaster of the Reno Oil and Land Company, and afterward became president of the Reno, Oil Creek and Pithole Railway Company. For the past several years his time has been principally devoted to coal operations. In 1886 he was the principal mover in purchasing the control of the capital stock of the Venango Bridge Company, the new owners at once reducing the price of tolls to its patrons to almost a nominal figure. Mr. Hartwell has been a member of the Oil City council and of the vestry of the Episcopal church. He has been twice married, first in Connecticut and second in Cleveland, Ohio. His son, Frederick, is in charge of the Brady’s Bend mines. William Hartwell, from whom Charles F. is descended, came from Kent, England, in 1636, and settled at Concord, Massachusetts. His descendants now number thousands, and are found in every state in the union. The family coat of arms is a shield surmounted by a hart and a well and the motto is Sua Sorte Contentus.
History of Venango County, Pennsylvania
: its past and present, including its aboriginal history, the French and
British occupation of the country, its early settlement and subsequent
growth, a description of its historic and interesting localities, its rich
oil deposits and their development, sketches of its cities, boroughs,
townships, and villages, neighborhood and family history, portraits and
biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc.,
etc.
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