Leo married Agnes Webster on 21 Dec 1916 in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA. Agnes was born in 1898 in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIOGRAPHY: According to the 1920 census, both of Agnes Webster Hartman's parents were born in Pennsylvania.

BIOGRAPHY: The following was compiled and written by William Theodore Hartman Jr.
On 22 June, 1927 Agnes (Webster) Hartman was convicted of the crime of"False Pretense."... simply put: fraud or forgery. About one month later on July 28, 1927 Leo Hartman gathered their children and took them to St. Joseph's Waiscnanstalt auf Troy Hill, looselytranslated, St. Joseph's Orphans Asylum of Troy Hill. When they arrived mygrandfather had the children sit in the outer waiting area while he went into make arrangements. I have been told that my grandfather lead the childrento believe that they were going to see their aunt. Seeing all of the nunsand knowing that they had an aunt that was a nun, the children neversuspected what was about to happen. According to the account provided, mygrandfather left by the back door before the Sisters came out to collect thechildren. The documentation I have been able to obtain thus far indicates thecommitment of four of the five children, Agnes, Joseph, Thelma, andMargaret. The documents provide all of the normal information expected like name, address, where baptized etc. as well as the following.Address of Mother.........................County JailReceived from................................FatherAddenda: .......The mother is in jail and the father is to take care of thechild. According to Rev. Edward McSweeney, Archivist, the fifth child, William,would have been too young, being less than two years old at the time, forplacement in the orphans asylum. He would have been placed at the RoseliaFoundling Home.11 August, 1927. Agnes (Webster) Hartman was released on probation for aperiod of one year in the custody of Charles H. Austen, Probation Officer,
?upon the conditions?. What these conditions were are unknown.21 August, 1927. The children left the orphans asylum with their mother andwent to live at 1009 Talbot Ave., Braddock, PA.9 August, 1928. [Court documents] "it being shown that the defendant [Agnes(Webster) Hartman] has not kept all of the conditions, the period ofprobation is extended six months.31 July, 1931. Leo A. Hartman and Agnes (Webster) Hartman separated. Thereis no indication that there were ever divorce proceedings and so I assumethat they remained legally married until their deaths.
Agnes left town and went, presumably, to New York where she would eventuallymeet and live in a common law relationship (again my assumption) with aHenry Meyers.The children were sent, this time, to live with relatives. Initially Leokept Agnes and Paul with him. According to may father, William T (Ted)Hartman, Paul was a baby and hard to place so Agnes stayed at home, kepthouse for her father and took care of Paul. However, within the year Agnesand Paul would be sent to live with their grandmother Appolonia (Heil)Hartman and then, after a short while, with Samuel and Sadie (Webster)Pierce, Agnes (Webster) Hartman?s sister. William would be taken in by hisgrandmother Appolonia (Heil) Hartman, and later His Uncle ?Dorey? [Isadore]whom he described as strict disciplinarian. Eventually obtaining andfalsifying [he changed the date of birth] his baptism certificate from St.Joseph?s Church in Braddock, he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corp at theage of 15. Joseph would join the Civilian Conservation Corp and eventuallythe U.S. Army. Margaret would become a U.S. Army Nurse. I have never beenable to determine what became of Thelma from July 1931 until she marriedGeorge Full. Whenever it came up she told people [including her husband andchildren] ?My mother died when I was born and I was raised in an orphanage.?For them the departure of their mother was a defining moment in their lives.Agnes became the psuedo-matriarch and peace-maker of the family. Thegirls would never speak to their father again. They would never be trulyclose to each other or any family member. They would visit one anotheroccasionally but it was always more like old friends that shared a commonbackground, not as brothers and sisters.Spring 1952. My parents William T. Hartman and Helen J. (Zimmerman) Hartmanhad been married a little over a year and my mother was pregnant with me.My grandmother, Agnes (Webster) Hartman, came to visit. She said that shewas in town and had heard that ?Her little Billy? had gotten married andwanted to meet his wife and bring them a wedding present [a radio].My mother disliked her immediately. Mom said she was rude, condescending,and obnoxious. She also didn?t care for the way she treated my dad like alittle boy.My grandmother visited for a few minutes and then said that she really hadto go and asked my dad if he could give her a ride to the bus station inPittsburgh. Dad gave her the ride, bought her a cup of coffee, loaned her$20 and waited with her until it was time for her bus to leave.When he returned home my dad found my mother entertaining two very nicelydressed and well-spoken gentlemen. They were FBI agents. The were also thereason that my grandmother couldn?t stay long and they were really curiousas to what part, beyond aiding the flight of a fugitive, my dad had playedin her activities. They left after about an hour convinced that, like so many others, my dad had been conned by his mother. They never said why theywanted her but a few weeks later it would all become clear.In 1951 the United States Government authorized additional payment of abonus to veterans of WWII. I am not sure about the amount but I believe mymother said it was around $100. In any event it was considered a largesum of money at the time and with a low paying job and a baby on the way myfather considered it a godsend and looked forward to receiving it with theintention of purchasing a crib for me.My father filed all of the appropriate paperwork and anxiously awaited hischeck, hoping that it would arrive before I did.What he got however, was a rejection notice stating that he had alreadyreceived his payment. When he appealed the rejection stating that he hadnever received such payment he was presented with ?his original application?and a cancelled check with ?his signature? as proof that he had, in fact,been paid. Needles to say neither the writing on the application nor thesignature were his. They were his mother's [Agnes (Webster) Hartman] and theaddress was that of a boarding house in New Jersey. A boarding house thathis mother ran primarily for servicemen that were in the process of beingdischarged.It appears that when the men were discharged they would move out and go hometrusting my grandmother to forward their mail which included among otherthings final disbursements and discharge pay. That seems to be the reasonthe FBI was looking for my grandmother. She forged the signatures and cashedthose checks.I have applied to the FBI under the freedom of information act for recordsrelating to the investigation and am awaiting a reply.Among the charges I believe will be, Defrauding the Federal Government,Grand Theft, Mail Fraud, and Tampering with the U.S. Mail.As to what ever happened to Agnes (Webster) Hartman no one really knows forsure. However, there may be a clue in a letter written to me by Beatrice(Pierce) Wallis in February 1985. ? I [Bea] do remember that my mother[Sadie (Webster) Pierce] told me that the FBI was looking for Aunt Agnes[Agnes (Webster) Hartman].? ?If my mother knew what it was about she didn?ttell me.? ?All she said was that Aunt Agnes was in some kind of trouble. At
that time Aunt Agnes was ?married? to a Henry Meyers from New York. Aneighbor of Grandma Webster?s [Hannah J. (Stiddard) Webster) was in Canadaand was sure he saw her [Agnes (Webster) Hartman] but by the time he couldget across the street, she was gone. He said he called her name and shelooked around. That?s why he was so sure it was her.?One final note: Before she died my mother, Helen J. (Zimmerman) Hartman toldme that prior to his death in 1984 my father, William T Hartman, would sitfor long periods of time and stare out the window. Whenever an elderly womanhe did not recognize passed the house he would get up and go to the window,watching to see where she went. Once, she asked him what he was doing. Hetold her that he ?had a feeling? that his mother was still alive and that hethought ?she might just show up at his door?.Sources:William T. HartmanHelen J. (Zimmerman) HartmanBeatrice (Pierce) WallisKathleen Janet FullAllegheny County Court ArchivesDiocese of Pittsburgh, PA., ArchivesRev. Edward F. McSweeney, Archivist, Diocese of Pittsburgh PA

Joseph married Apollonia M. Heil on 23 Feb 1892 in Fulda, Enoch Township, Noble County, Ohio, USA. Apollonia (daughter of Sebastian Heil and Katharina Singer) was born on 27 Nov 1867 in Fulda, Enoch Township, Noble County, Ohio, USA; died on 19 Jan 1941 in Braddock, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Adam married Mary Agnes Brahler on 10 Nov 1857 in Fulda, Enoch Township, Noble County, Ohio, USA. Mary was born on 14 Dec 1839 in Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA; died on 12 Mar 1922 in Braddock, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sebastian married Katharina Singer on 9 Jan 1866 in Fulda, Enoch Township, Noble County, Ohio, USA. Katharina (daughter of Franz Joseph Jakob Singer and Maria Magdalena Zwick) was born on 20 Mar 1843 in at sea; died on 13 Jan 1929 in Fulda, Enoch Township, Noble County, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]