Louis Hartman was born in Missouri in 1890 to Henry Hartman and
     Caroline Wenzel Hartman, decendants of German immigrants who settled in
     Missouri in the last century. The family moved to Kansas around 1910.
          In 1930, Louis married Lena Truitt of Landon, daughter of John Truitt
     and Ella Dayhoff Truitt, decendants of the Scotch-Irish Truitts and
     German Dayhoffs who came to this country several hundred years ago 
     settling eventually in Indiana. John and Ella came to Kansas in covered
     wagons. Lena taught in Western Kansas before teaching at Ashton School
     northwest of Isabel. They lived on a farm one and a half miles south of
     Ashton.
          Louis and Lena had two daughters, Beverly and Barbara. The family
     attended church at Isabel and Ashton and were active in 4-H and various
     organizations. They moved to Pratt in 1945, where the girls attended high
     school. Both girls attended the National Music Camp at Interlochen, Michigan.
          Barbara went on to study music at Wichita U. where she met violinist,
     Robert Hurt, from LaJunta, Colorado. They married in 1945 and moved to
     Denver where Bob played in the Denver Symphony. In 1957, they went to
     Germany where Bob was stationed with the 7th Army Symphony. They later
     moved to St. Paul, where Bob still plays violin with the Minneapolis
     Symphony. Barbara died of cancer in 1981. They had one daughter, Greta, who
     is now married and lives in Minneapolis where she works as a nurse.
          Beverly attended Christian College and Missouri University marrying 
     Jerald Way of Pratt in 1958. They live in Hutchinson where Jerald is a
     supervisor at Republic Paperboard Company. They have three children. Diane
     is married to Ken Unruh of Hutchinson and lives in San Diego where Ken is
     stationed as a nuclear submariner. Brad, married to Brenda Posey of
     Hutchinson, attends W.S.U., manages an apartment building, and is a partner
     in a small truck company with his Dad. Sandra lives in Hutchinson where she
     has taught school and now works in an office and does private tutoring.
               
     Source: Isabel, Kansas - The First 100 Years, 1887 - 1987,  pg. 89 
     
     Submitted by: Beverly Hartman Way