Joseph Samuel BARTLETT
SOURCES: 1. This Family Group Sheet was compiled by Marion Grace Jewell Nicholls, of Gilbert, Arizona. 2. Book #RD974.6C Commemorative Biog. Record of Hartford, CT (Orlando, FL Pub Lib) p. 509 3. Book #929.273 (B284j) Bartlett-Computer Collection p. 21 By Norma L. Jones (LDS/SLC Fam Hist Lib) NOTES: Husb commanded 25th Reg. CT Militia. He held many civil offices of importance both at East Windsor & Simsbury. He was a Democrat. In Simsbury, he purchased 160 acres (a tract of land) owned by Judge J. O. Phelps & there engaged in tobacco culture & general farming. He was a selectman in East Windsor & in Simsbury for over 25 years. A member of Congregational Church. Active in politics. Known for honesty. Wife was a good Christian womanj-a loving mother & wife.
SOURCES: 1. This Family Group Sheet was compiled by Marion Grace Jewell Nicholls, of Gilbert, Arizona. 2. Book #RD974.6C Commemorative Biog. Record of Hartford, CT pp. 508- 510 ((Orlando, FL Pub Lib) 3. Book #929.273 (B284j) Bartlett-Computer Collection, By Norma L. Jones (LDS/SLC Fam Hist Lib) p. 21 4. Ancestral File (nil) 5. Ordinance Index NOTES: Husb until age 24 lived at home; He bought a farm from P. E. Weston (54 acres) in Terrys Plains District. He & his wife set up housekeeping there. He added 81 acres & now cultivates a well-improved farm of 135 acres. He had a dairy & gen. farming & also in tobacco growing--having for over 20 years has been an extensive dealer & packer of tobacco & also operates a cider mill for the manufacture of vinegar. Teacher; Justice of Peace, Judge-Selectman-Deputy Sheriff; staunch Democrat; In religious views-liberal, charitable, faithful to principle-truth & honesty; md nearly 1/2 century. Wife taught school for 3 years before her marriage. Both she and her husband trained in same schools. Child #10 killed abt age 10; accidentally crushed & killed by a roller.
He married Emeline Strong 13 Nov 1833 at of East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut . Emeline Strong was born at East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut 10 Jun 1813 .
They were the parents of 3
children:
Joseph Loomis Bartlett
born 11 Mar 1835.
Lucinda Crane Bartlett
born 19 Apr 1837.
Emeline Strong Bartlett
born 6 Jun 1843.
Joseph Samuel Bartlett died 23 Feb 1896 at of East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut .
Emeline Strong died 13 Oct 1885 at of East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut .