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Mahlon Hartley (b. 1774, d. Mar 18, 1844)

Buckingham Mtg House

Mahlon Hartley (son of Benjamin Hartley and Elizabeth Simcock)¹³¹ was born 1774 in Lahaska, PA, and died Mar 18, 1844 in Quaker City, Guernsey Co., OH. He married Charity Scarborough on Abt. 1800 in Buckingham Mo. Mtg., Bucks County, PA.

Notes for Mahlon Hartley:
Biography of Mahlon Hartley

A Biographical Sketch by Cyrus Hall

Mahlon Hartley was by trade, a weaver, a trade that he followed during most of his earlier life, his father, Benjamin Hartley, having followed the same occupation.

"In the year 1806 he removed with his family to Leeds, Cecil County, Maryland. This location did not prove a profitable or desirable one. It was a poor and unproductive region, in a community intensely pro-slavery with all the attendant evils of that peculiar institution. They remained here until the latter part of 1812 when they returned to Penn.

During this year War was declared between England and the United Sates and at the time that he was preparing to leave Maryland, he was drafted into the Federal Army. As it was known that he was preparing to leave the sate, he was by some means able to get re- leased and was fortunately permitted to go on his way. He came westward and settled eleven miles east of Steubenville, Ohio in Washington County, Penn. where he remained until 1817 when he removed to Warren Twp. Belmont County, Ohio where he purchased a farm on the headwaters of Salt Fork about midway between Fairview and Barnesville, coming to this, which was then a comparative new country with a young and growing family, they were compelled to face the stern realities of life and endure most of the trials and hardships incidental to the lives of early settlers.

Here Mahlon Hartley and his familty engaged in farming, he also followed his trade of weaver, doing the weaving for his own family and for some of his neighbors. This being an important occupation at that time when most of the clothing, especially of farmers, were then made in the home. There was work for th weaver in every community.

Here, as was the case in most parts of the country at that time, the people suffered great inconveniences from the scarcity of mills to make their flour. After coming to this place, they were in the habit of going to a mill about 7 miles distant, on Captina Creek and about 3-1/2 miles southeast of Barnesville, then owned and run by Camm Thomas. His second son, Noah, usually performing this service, packing the grain to and from the mill on horseback, the only road a part of the way being a bridle path through an otherwise unbroken forest. At one time, after several journeys to the mill and meeting frequent disappointments, he became so thoroughly discouraged that he persuaded his fater to build a mill of their own. He gave the matter some of his attention and after mature consideration, he at last decided to do so. He procured a pair of burrs, only 24 inches in diameter, known as (Flint Ridge mill stones) - they were made in a place known by that name in Licking County, Ohio and were in use in some of the early mills in eastern Ohio.

He engaged Robert Campbell, who was a carpenter, to assist them in this work and in the course of time, they had the mill completed and put into operation. Such a mill at this time and compared with the improved mills and milling machinery of the present day, would appear as a very inefficient affair; but it was a convenience at that time. Though built under difficult circumstance and upon a small stream of water, they did make a flour of superior quality for which they found a ready sale for in the nearby villages of Fairview and Barnesville.

Mahlon remained upon this farm until about the year 1836 when he sold it and removed to Millwood where he remained until the close of his life which occurred on Mar 18, 1844, age 68 years. He was of English descent and was probably born in England, although at this time, Jan 1st, 1950, the place of his birth is not definately established. Supposed to have been from a long line of Quaker ancestry. "

other source shows Phebe ? as mother of Mahlon Hartley and wife of Benajamin

More About Mahlon Hartley:
Occupation: weaver, farmer, miller.
Place Buried: Richland cemetery near Richland Meeting.
Religion: Quaker.

More About Mahlon Hartley and Charity Scarborough:
Marriage: Abt. 1800, Buckingham Mo. Mtg., Bucks County, PA.

Children of Mahlon Hartley and Charity Scarborough are:

Malinda Hartley, b. Oct 1808, MD¹³², d. 1889, Cory, Clay Co., IN.
Abi Hartley, b. Abt. 1815, Jefferson, OH¹³², d. date unknown.
+John Hartley, b. Apr 25, 1801, Bucks County, PA¹³³, d. Sep 20, 1885, Vinton County, OH¹³³.
Noah Hartley, b. Jan 15, 1803, Bucks County, PA¹³⁴, d. Aug 5, 1866, Richland Meeting, PA.
Sarah Hartley, b. Sep 30, 1804, Bucks County, PA¹³⁴, d. Jul 8, 1885, Quaker City, OH.
Joseph A. Hartley, b. Oct 30, 1807, near Leeds, Cecil Co., MD¹³⁴, d. Aug 2, 1890¹³⁴.
Mary Hartley, b. Abt. 1813, Jefferson, OH¹³⁴, d. 1839, Quaker City, OH.
+Phoebe Hartley, b. Feb 28, 1820, Plainfield, Belmont County, OH¹³⁴, d. Apr 6, 1902, Carlisle, Iowa.
Elizabeth Hartley, b. May 19, 1811, Cecil, MD¹³⁴, d. date unknown.