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EDUCATION: Mary Hardin Baylor College, Belton, Texas
Arkansas State Teachers College, Conway, ArkansasShe was a school teacher at Calico Rock and Harrison, Arkansas, retiring in 1975.
She was a Baptist Sunday School teacher and church pianist.
Her obituary appeared in the Harrison [AR] Daily Times on 29 Jan 1997.
RESEARCHER: Information sent to T.Mason on 17 April 2005 by Steve Treanor <stevetrea@sbcglobal.net>. "Was a farmer in 1880."
RESEARCHER: Information sent to T.Mason on 4 Jan 2005 by Steve Treanor <stevetrea@sbcglobal.net>. "Riley is farming in Washington in 1870. By 1880 he was a "Minister of the Gospel" and living in LA Center in Clark County Washington. "
RESEARCHER: Information sent to T.Mason on 4 Jan 2005 by Steve Treanor <stevetrea@sbcglobal.net>. "In 1880 it appears as if William is working on a Fredrick Burgers farm."
RESEARCHER: Information sent to T.Mason on 4 Jan 2005 by Steve Treanor <stevetrea@sbcglobal.net>. "Per the 1880 census his father was from Tennessee and mother from Kentucky. His family was very influential in both local and state political affairs in the Madison County community of Edwardsville. His father died when he was about 14 or 15. He is listed in the 1850 census as living with his older brother and his wife in Edwardsville. His mother had remarried by this time and had moved with some of the children to Oregon along the Oregon Trail. George is present in Madison County in the 1860 Census. At that time he appears to be an unmarried farmer. In February of 1861 George married Isabella McNickle in Madison County. By 1870 George and his family are living in Milam Township in Macon County Illinois. He and his wife Isabella (McNickle) have four children ranging in age from 9 to 3. They had a 5th child in 1872 (Mary Jane). Isabella died in 1874 leaving George to raise the family. In May of 1875 George remarried. His new wife, Hettie Naftel bore him three more children. In 1882 Hettie too passed away and by 1893 George remarried Jennie Seass in Moultrie County. Illinois. She was the widow of Aaron Seass and she had a child, Hubert Seass, from that marriage. Huber became a ward of George when Jennie died in 1885. We have not found who took in Hubert after George's death. In 1886 George was in business with his son in law William Fierce (Nellie's Husband). They had a wagon yard business. There apparently was a contract between George and the Fierce's regarding the care of George's minor children. There was some level of dispute as expressed in George's probate record. It did finally resolve itself. George died at his home at 342 South Water St., Decatur Illinois of apparent kidney failure.
A short essay in the History of Macon Co, Illinois, (1880 p. 235) describes George as follows: "BARTLETT, Geo. A. Hails from the rich and cultivated old county of Madison, where his grandfather, Joseph Bartlett, settled in 1808, being an emigrant from Tenn., in wich W.R., Mr. B's father, was born, and who was seven years old when the family arrived in Illinois. He married Miss Lucy Thompson, by whom he raised a family of ten children, all now dead but Mr. Bartlett, Wm. R., Jno. W., James P. of Washington territory, Mary A. Hunter, of Portland, Oregon, and Thompson, of Sedalia, Mo. Mr. Bartlett was born near Edwardsville, Nov. 11th, 1832, was raised as a farmer, and on attaining his majority, leased a half section of land for ten years, which was the means of starting him, financially, in the world. He was married in 1861, to Miss Isabella McNickle (Marriage License Information. George A. md. Isabella MCNICKLE Feb 7, 1861. Vol. 6, p. 173, Lic. #934.), the daughter of George and Jane McCoy. A short time before the expiration of his lease he bought a farm of 100 acres, four miles east of his county-seat, on which he lived till his removal to this county in 1868, and which he disposed of at the round price of $80 per acre. He at once, on his arrival here, purchased the fine farm in Milam township which has since been his home, and which is handsomely improved, and in a superior state of cultivation--equal in every respect to any in his precinct. Though in the strictest sense a farmer, and having no taste for official cares and responsibilities, still he has held some of the positions of trust within his township. He was its second supervisor and held the office for two terms, and for three years was commissioner of highways, and was the first town collector. His public duties were discharged in every respect with ability and integrity, and to his endeavors the people are indebted for the timely and excellent system of grading and drainage imperatively demanded by the topography of the country. He was bereaved by the death of his amiable companion in 1874, who left behind her six children--all still living save one which followed its mother to the grave in a few days. His second wife was Miss Henriette Naftel, an accomplished lady, by whom his family circle has been enlarged by the birth of three additional children. From family traditions we gather the following facts in regard to the early history of the Bartlett family. His great-grandfather was a French Quaker, who settled in Va., and afterwards moved into Md., where Mr. B.'s grandfather was born. He was a frontiersman in an eminent sense, first in N.C., then in Tenn., and lastly in Ills. He was in the Black Hawk and other early Indian wars, and was one of the best informed old settlers of his day, was well known by many of the earlier politicians of the state, and such were the retentive qualities of his memory that he had the histories of the three states in which he had lived almost by heart." George was politically active in the county of Macon. He was the first tax collector and also served as a County Supervisor in 1871. He seems to have been connected to some of the more powerful men in the county. His oldest son, Harry, married Ada Keller the daughter of David Pence Keller. The Kellers had been involved in the policital scene in Ohio and David served two terms as a state legislator in Illinois. David was the executor of George's estate when he died in 1887.
His obituary is as follows: Decatur * Review * 1887-08-03 Death of G A Bartlett The death of G A Bartlett occurred at 10 o'clock this (Wednesday) forenoon at the residence on South Water street, resulting from kidney trouble. The deceased was engaged with William Fierce in the feed and wagon yard business at A Culp's old place. He was taken sick last spring. His age was 55 years. He was married three times, but all of his wives are dead and buried in the Long Grove cemetery in Macon Township, where the body of the husband will be laid at rest. Eight children survive. The deceased was a Mason and in good circumstances. He owned a fine farm of 176 Acres in Kansas and property in this county. 1887-08-04 The remains of the late G A Bartlett will be taken to Macon tomorrow for burial."
RESEARCHER: Information sent to T.Mason on 4 Jan 2005 by Steve Treanor <stevetrea@sbcglobal.net>. "Found in the 1870 census as the spouse of "Georgh" Bartlett. She appears to have married Georgh in the Edwardsville area and moved with him and the family to Macon County Illinois prior to her death. She died in 1874. George and Isabella had five children. Harry Bartlett being the oldest and our ancestor. Her family was from Pennsylvania. We have confirmed the relationship via Harry's death certificate which identifies Isabella as his mother and George A as his father."
