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Hartman, William Dell

naturalist, was born Dec. 24, 1817, in Chester county, Pa. He has made a large collection of shells, which is especially rich in partulæ and achatinellæ. In connection with Dr. Ezra Michener, he issued an illustrated and descriptive catalogue of the fresh water and land shells of Chester county, Pa.

HARTRANFT, CHESTER DAVID, clergyman, college president, was born Oct. 15, 1839, in Frederick, Pa. He has been professor of ecclesiastical history in the Hartford Theological seminary, of which institution he is president.

HARTRANFT, JOHN FREDERICK, soldier, governor, was born Dec. 16, 1830, in Montgomery county, Pa. He was a colonel of the fourth Pennsylvania; and from 1864 was a brigadier-general and had command of a brigade at the battle of the Wilderness. He was brevetted a major-general; and his troops were the first that entered Petersburg. In 1865 he was elected auditor-general of Pennsylvania, and re-elected in 1868. In 1872 he was elected governor of Pennsylvania, and was re-elected in 1875. He died Oct. 17, 1889, in Norristown, Pa.