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of Nottingham. (See Cilley, IV). She survived her husband more than twenty-eight years, dying December 7, 1833. They were the parents of eleven children : Israel, Joseph, Thomas, Jonathan. Brad- bury, Sarah, Josiah, David, Betsey, Jacob and Patty Cilley.
(VII) David, seventh son and eighth child of Thomas and Sarah (Cilley ) Bartlett, was born April 29, 1789, and died April 10, 1868; he was a farmer. He married. Feb. 14, 1816, Susan Cilley, born October 8. 1788. Their children were: Jane, Greenleaf Cilley, Jonathan, and David F.
(VIII) Greenleaf Cilley, eldest son of David and Susan (Cilley) Bartlett, was born in Notting- ham, Rockingham county, May 7, 1822, and died April 10, 1893. He obtained a limited education in the common schools, afterward read law in Epping, and was admitted to the bar in 1847. From that time until 1855 he practiced in Salem, and then re- moved to Derry. where he attained prominence as a lawyer, became a leader of the Republican party, and was representative for Derry two years in the state legislature. For several years before his death his son Greenleaf K. was his partner in law, the firm name being G. C. & G. K. Bartlett. He was for many years a member of St. Marks Lodge, No. 44, A. F. and A. M., and was buried with Masonic honors.
He married, May 4, 1854, Charlotte K. Kelly, who was born in Salem, January 26, 1826. and died April 13, 1896. Their children were: Frederick D., Greenleaf K., Charles, William, Jennie S., and Abraham Lincoln.
(1X) Charles, third son and child of Greenleaf C. and Charlotte J. (Kelly) Bartlett, was born in Derry Village, April 9, 1859. and educated in the common schools and at Pinkerton Academy, grad- uating from the latter institution in 1875. He soon afterward became owner, editor and publisher of the Derry News, which he carried on until 1903. He is a director of the Derry Electric Light Com- pany, the Derry National Bank, and was one of the projectors of the Chester & Derry Electric Rail- road, of which he is vice-president and superin- tendent. He was elected town treasurer in 1895, and has ever since held that office. February 20, 1883, he was appointed postmaster at Derry Village, and served until 1885. In June. 1889, he was ap- pointed to the same office and served through Presi- dent Harrison's administration. He was reap- pointed in 1897, and has since held the office under the administrations of McKinley and Roosevelt. He is a member of Rockingham Lodge, No. 29, Knights of Pythias, and attends the Congregational Church. (IV) Deacon Daniel, fourth son and fifth child of Richard (3) and Hannah (Emery) Bartlett, was born August 8, 1682, in Newbury, Massachusetts, and resided there, where he was a weaver, and was also styled "yeoman." His association with the church is indicated by his title. His death resulted from the extraction of a tooth. His wife's name was Abigail. to whom he was married before 1705, and she died May 4, 1756. Their children born in Newbury, were: Daniel, Margaret, Joseph, Abigail, Lydia, Sarah, Mary and Martha (twins), and Elizabeth.
(V) Danicl (2), eldest child of Daniel (1) and Abigail Bartlett, was born March 22, 1705. in New- bury, and resided in that town, in the portion which was incorporated in 1764 as Newburyport. He was a weaver, and was also styled "yeoman." He was married ( first), January 7. 1731, to Alice Sargent, of Amesbury, and was married (second). before 1740, his wife's name being Hepzibah. He was
married (third). December 8, 1760, to Sarah Tewks- bury, of Amesbury. He died September 28, 1786, aged eighty-one years, and was survived by his third wife. His children, all born in Newbury, were: Lydia, John, Abigail, Hannah, Elizabeth, Daniel, Jacob, Alice and Molly.
(VI) John (3), eldest son and second child of Daniel (2) and Alice (Sargent) Bartlett, was born December 30, 1733, in Newbury. He settled in Deering, New Hampshire, where he was one of the pioneers, and where he passed most of his active life. He was married, January 18, 1763, to Hephzi- bah Stevens. The records of Deering show four children : Solomon, John. Daniel and Lydia.
(VII) Solomon, eldest child of John and Hepzibah Bartlett, was born November 27, 1764, in Deering, New Hampshire, where he passed his life. He married Anna Stevens, and was the father of twelve children: Hepzibah, married Putney :
Abigail, married Putney; Sarah, married Ebenezer Lock; Mary, married Jesse Brown; John. married Sarah Sanborn: Solomon, married (first) Hannah Hadlock, and (second) Lucy Lock; Esther, married Benjamin Loverin : Rebecca, married Jesse Collins ; George, married Polly Simons; Irena, mar- ried Stephen Rowell; and Greeley, married Sarah Ann Gove.
(VIII) John (4), sixth child and eldest son of Solomon Bartlett, was born in Deering, and re- moved thence to Sunapee, New Hampshire. where he was a pioneer resident, and where he died at the age of eighty-two years. He married Sarah Sanborn, and following is a brief account of their children : Ann, the eldest, died at the age of twenty-two years. in Claremont. Solomon died in Sunapee. John Z. is the subject of the succeeding paragraph. His twin sister, Sarah J., is the wife of John Felch, now living in Sunapee. Abbie mar- ried Thomas P. Smith, and now resides in New- port. Charles H., a distinguished citizen. long clerk of the United States district court; and George H., present state senator from his district, are men- tioned at length below.
(IX) John Zeron, second son and third child of John (2) and Sarah (Sanborn) Bartlett, was born May 26, 1830, in Sunapee, where most of his life was passed. His education was supplied by the common schools of Sunapee and Newport. He engaged in teaching early in life, and continued for several terms in the home vicinity. During a large share of his life he was a foreman in the ham fac- tory at Sunapee, and resided in the village. At the same time he tilled a small farm, and in later years that was his chief occupation. This was located near the village of Sunapee. Mr. Bartlett was a student. and by private study and extensive reading through his life became very well informed, and his opinions were respected in the community where he lived. He was a steadfast Republican in political principle, and for many years a leading worker for the party in his town, which he ably represented in the legislature in 1809, and at various times filled the principal offices of the town. He was a member of the Masonic order, and a working member of Lake Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, of Sunapee. He died January 28, 1006, at the home of his son, in Lafayette, Indiana. He was married November 23. 1858, to Sophronia A. Sargent, of Sunapee, daughter of Hiram and Sarah (Elliott) Sargent, of that town (see Sargent, VII). She was born May 13, 1830, in Sunapee, and still resides there. Fol- lowing is a brief mention of their children: Sarah Ann is the wife of Charles B. Aiken. of St. Johns- bury, Vermont; Fred L. resides at George's Mills,.
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Sunapee; John H. is the subject of the succeeding paragraph; J. Delmar resides in Lafayette, Indiana; and Mont L. in Concord, New Hampshire.
(X) John Henry, second son and third child of John Z. and Sophronia (Sargent) Bartlett, was born March 15. 1869, in Sunapee, where his youth was passed. After the usual attendance at the pub- lic school of his native town he was a student at Colby Academy, and entered Dartmouth College in 1890, graduating in 1894. After leaving college he engaged in teaching, and was thus employed four years, during two years of which time he was prin- cipal of the high school at Portsmouth, New Hamp- shire. In the meantime he pursued the study of law with Judge Calvin Page, of Portsmouth, and was admitted to the bar in 1898. Since that time he has been actively engaged in the practice of his profession, and is an associate of Judge Page. He has taken an active part in political movements, be- ing allied with the Republican party, and was ap- pointed postmaster of Portsmouth on December 13, 1899. At the expiration of his term he was re- appointed, and is now serving his second term. He is a member of Governor McLane's staff. with the rank of colonel. He retains his interest in educa- tional matters, and this has received recognition by his election as a trustee of Colby Academy. He is a trustee and director of the Portsmouth Trust and Guarantee Bank, a savings institution. Colonel Bartlett affiliates with the Unitarian Church, and is a Knight Templar Mason of DeWitt Clinton Com- mandery, of Portsmouth. He is a member of the Warwick Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, of Ports- month, of the Knights of Pythias, and of the Ath- letic and Portsmouth Clubs. He was married June 4. 1900, to Agnes Page, who was born August 21, 18,1, in Portsmouth. a daughter of Judge Calvin and Arabella J. (Moran) Page (see Page, VIII). Colonel and Mrs. Bartlett have one son, Calvin Page, born October 8, 1901.
(VIII) Hon. Charles H. Bartlett, fourth son- and sixth child of John (4) and Sarah J. (San- born) Bartlett, was born in Sunapee, October 15, 1833, and died in Manchester, January 25, 1900, aged sixty-seven years. Being a farmer's son, his lot in youth was much like that of most sons of well-to-do farmers who have grown up in a similar environment. He attended the district school while the winter session lasted, and the remainder of the year he assisted in doing the farm work. From childhood he devoted a liberal share of his leisure moments to the perusal of such books as were ac- cessible to him. As he grew older his love of books and desire for education increased, and after leaving the town school he attended the academies at Washington and New London. Here he made the best use of his time, and obtained a good practi- cal education and developed a precocious mind, showing a remarkable facility in both prose and poetic composition, and contributing to the current literature of the day. After completing his studies in the schools he turned his attention to the study of law, which he pursued first in the office of Met- calf & Barton, at Newport, and subsequently with George & Foster, in Concord, and with Morrison & Stanley, in Manchester. In 1858 he was admitted to the Hillsborough county bar, and began the prac- tice of his profession at Wentworth. In 1863 he re- moved to Manchester, where he formed a partner- ship in the law with James N. Parker. Esq., which continued until the retirement of Mr. Parker from active business, a period of about two years.
Mr. Bartlett's mild and equable temper and sauvity of manner, combined with his ability to dis- i-II
charge the duties of public office, early made him a favorite with the public inen of the state, the ma- jority of whom at an early age he knew personally. In 1861 he was a clerk of the New Hampshire sen- ate, and there began life in the service of the public which in various capacities extended over a period of more than thirty years. His incumbency of this clerkship continued until 1804. The two years next following he was private secretary to Governor Frederick Smyth. In 1866 and 1867 he was treas- urer of the State Industrial School. In the latter ycar he was appointed to the clerkship of the United States district court, a position he filled with felicity and ability until 1883. In the year 1867 he was also elected city solicitor of Manchester, but declined to become a candidate for re-election the following year. He was elected mayor of Manchester in 1872, but resigned the office February 18, 1873, thus com- plying with the Federal law forbidding United States officials to hold state or municipal office. His last official act as mayor was to turn over his salary to the Fireman's Relief Association. He was appointed United States commissioner in 1872, and held that office until his death. In 1882 he was elected to the state senate, his popularity as a citizen and an officer being attested by an unprecedented majority over his opponent in this race. This elec- tion to the senate required in 1883 his resignation as clerk of the district court, a position he held for sixteen years. Upon the assembling of the senate he was the unanimous choice of his party for presi- dent of that body, over which he presided during his term of service. In 1890 and 1891 he was major of the Amoskeag Veterans. He was a member of the constitutional conventions of 1876 and 1889. In 1881 Dartmouth College. in recognition of his scholarship and distinguished services to the state, conferred upon him the degree of Master of Arts.
Mr. Bartlett's career during the major part of his life was that of a public official whose acts were known to the general public from day to day; and during all that long period at no time did he lose ground; on the contrary, continued service gave him greater experience and his popularity increased. It has been said of him: "As an official he was tactful, faithful, and honorable. Fertile in resource, remarkably equipped for positions of distinction, he won and held fame in many walks of life. Possessing oratorical gifts of rare power, his voice was often heard from the platform in political cam- paigns and on numerous public occasions." His orations were not only listened to with great at- tention. but when printed they were read with avidity by a large number of his fellow citizens who were charmed with the sense and sentiment of his discourses, as well as by the charms of his ora- tory. As a Republican and a member of the domi- nant party for the greater part of his official life in the state and nation, his abilities justified any am- bition he might have entertained for official posi- tion, but he persistently declined all overtures for advancement to the highest honors within the gift of his party in the state.
Mr. Bartlett married, December 8, 1858, Hannah M. Eastman, who was born in Croydon. New Hamp- shire, 1840, daughter of Moses and Lois (Ryder) Eastman, of Croydon. She died July 25, 1890, aged fifty years. They had one son. Charles Leslie, who died at the age of four years, and one daughter, Carrie Bell, who married Charles H. Anderson, of Manchester (sec Anderson, V).
(VIII) George II .. Bartlett, of Sunapee, New Hampshire, treasurer of the United States Hame Company, state senator from the seventh senatorial
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district of New Hampshire, and one of the foremost business men of Sullivan county for many years, was born in the town of Sunapee, September 28, IS41. fifth son of John (4) and Sarah (Sanborn) Bartlett. His young life was spent at home, where he received his early education in the district schools, and afterward was a student at Colby Acad- emy, New London, New Hampshire, completing his literary education in that institution.
After leaving school he went to Manchester, New Hampshire, and spent two years at work mak- ing boxes in a sash and blind factory, then returned to Sunapee, and soon afterward became connected with the manufacture of what then was known as the "Concord hamne." This business was started in 1865 in a small way with limited capital and little experience by the firm of Cowles & Buzzell, and at the death of the junior partner, which took place soon afterward, Mr. Bartlett succeeded to his in- terest, and from that time has been identified with the operations of the concern through all its various changes. and has been a material factor in its sub- sequent growth and remarkable success. In the course of years it has become necessary at various times to enlarge the plant and increase its output to ineet the demands of the trade, until the firmn became the most extensive manufacturers in its line in the country. In 1882 Mr. Cowles was succeeded in the firm by Irving G. Rowell, upon which the style changed to Bartlett & Rowell, and so remained until January, 1896, when the concern was in- corporated as the Consolidated Hame Company. Still more recently, however, by a merger of inter- ests, the company has become a part of the United States Hame Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the state of New York, and hav- ing factories at Sunapee and Andover, New Hamp- shire, Buffalo, New York. and Tell City, Indiana. Of this company Mr. Bartlett is treasurer. The greater corporation is capitalized at one million six hundred thousand dollars, operates four exten- sive plants, and employs under normal conditions about eight hundred workmen. It has become one of the greatest industrial enterprises of the country, and had its inception largely in the little name works started something more than forty years ago by the partnership in which Senator Bartlett was one of the earliest factors.
It will be seen from what has been stated that Senator Bartlett has led an active life in carrying the business enterprise with which he has been so long connected, yet he has found opportunity for all demands on his time and resources adequate for every emergency; and he has found time, too, to take an earnest interest in public affairs in his home town and county, and also in the state. He is a Republican of unyielding loyalty to his party and the principles it upholds, and occupies a prominent place in party councils in the state. During the legislative session of ISSo-81 he was sergeant-at- arms of the senate, and from 1888 to 1892 was treasurer of Sullivan county. For several years also he was a member of the Sunapee school board. He represented the town of Sunapee in the lower house of the legislature in 1901-2 ; was a member of the state constitutional convention in 1902; and in 1905 was elected to a seat in the state senate. For many years he has been a member and a trustee of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Sunapee, and for more than twenty-five years has been superin- tendent of its Sunday school. He is a trustee of New London Academy (Baptist) and Tilton Semi- nar . Methodist).
Mr. Bartlett married, in 1865. Sarah A. Cowles,
of Claremont, New Hampshire, daughter of Levi and Polly Cowles. Two children have been born of this marriage: Ernest Prescott, and Mary Inez, who is the wife of Dr. E. C. Fisher, of Sunapee. Ernest P., married Beatrice S. Werry, of Palperro, Cornwall, England. Four daughters have been born of their marriage-Ellen, Esther, Elsie and Ethel.
(VII) John, second son of John (3) and Hep- sibah (Stevens) Bartlett, was born 1766. in Deering, New Hampshire, and settled in South Weare, where he passed his life. He married Mary Simons. Their children were: Betsy, Mehitabel, Eunice, Daniel, Phoebe, Enoch, Mary, John, Hannah, Lydia, Louisa and Lewis.
(VIII) Jolm (5). third son and fifth child of John (4) and Mary (Simons) Bartlett, was born January 22, ISO8, in Weare, and inherited the paternal homestead on which he resided. He died there March 12, 1872. He was married to Lurena, daughter of Ebenezer and Miriam (Barnard) Bailey (see Bailey, VI). She was born January 20, 1807, in Weare, and died July 1, ISSo. Their children were: Sarah Frances, deceased; Franklin, in Goffstown. with son; John P., and Eben B., of Goffstown, a farmer.
(IX) John Paige, second son and third child of John (5) and Lurena (Bailey) Bartlett, was born in Weare, February 4, 1841. He attended the academies of Francestown, Meriden, and Mont Vernon, and in 1860 entered Dartmouth College. from which he was graduated with the class of 1864 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Soon after leaving college he entered the office of Mor- rison, Stanley & Clark, of Manchester, where he read law until February, 1867, when he was ad- mitted to the bar, and in the March following, re- moved to Omaha, Nebraska, and opened an office. He was soon after appointed commissioner of the United States circuit court, and held that position during 1867 and 1868, then a part of Wyoming, office in Cheyenne. In the latter year he returned to Omaha, Nebraska, then the capital of the state, and terminus of the newly finished transcontinental Union Pacific railroad, and consequently one of the newest and most lively cities in America, teeming with a nondescript population, and offering unusual attractions and opportunities to a young, active and ambitious lawyer. There he proved his natural ability, skill, and knowledge of the law in successful competition with Judge Woolworth, Judge Savage, General Cowan, and John M. Thurston, later coun- sel for the Union Pacific railroad, and United States senator. His success was such as to attract the attention of the members of his party, and he was nominated and elected city solicitor, and filled that office from 1869 to 1871. He continued in practice there until 1874, when he returned to New Hamp- shire and opened an office in Manchester, where his qualifications soon placed him conspicuously before the public. In 1875 he was chosen city solicitor, and was soon after appointed judge of the police court, filling that position during the years 1875-76. Since that time he lias devoted his attention to the successful conduct of his private practice, which is of generous proportions. He is now one of the oldest members of the Manchester bar in point of years of service. He has been an active leader in politics, and was chairman of the Democratic state committee in 1890 and 1892. In 1895 he was a member of the state senate, and in 1899 of the lower house of the legislature, and was a member of the committees on judiciary and banking. At the close of the session he assisted in the investiga- tion of the accounts of the state treasurer. From 1904 to 1906 he was secretary of the Democratic
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State committee. For over thirty years he has taken the stump for the candidates of his party without missing a single campaign .. For twelve years he was president of the Manchester Opera House Company, and exerted himself to supply the theatre-going public with select and wholesome amusement. He was one of the promoters of the Bar Association at Cheyenne, Wyoming, in 1867, and was its first president, and also one of the or- ganizers of the Southern New Hampshire Bar As- sociation.
He is a member of Washington Lodge, No. 61. Free and Accepted Masons, of Manchester, of which lie is a past master. December 13, 1889, he became a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, then first introduced into the city, and was made exalted ruler of Manchester Lodge, No. 146, which was formed that night. He has since been prominently identified with the order, and has represented the grand lodge of New Hampshire in three national conventions: At Cleveland, Ohio, in 1890; at Buffalo, New York, in 1892; and at New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1898. He was district de- puty of the order for New Hampshire three years. He is a member of the Amoskeag Veterans, and was the first president of the Granite State Club. He married first. November 29, 1866, Fannie M. Harrington, who was born in Manchester,
New Hampshire, 1844. and died there in 1887, daughter of Edward
Hon. \V. and Fannie (Moore) Harrington, Manchester ; second, April, 1888, Mrs. Lucy (Knight) Crosby, widow of George F. Crosby, and daughter of James and Sarah (Mead) Knight, of Lyndonville, Vermont. She has a daughter by her first husband - S. Grace Crosby, a teacher in a grammar school in Rhode Island.
(IV) Stephen. eighth child and seventh son of Richard (3) and Hannah (Emery) Bartlett, was born in Newbury, Massachusetts, April 21, 1691 .. He was taught the trade of shoemaker, and worked at that occupation several years. Being very in- dustrious he accumulated property rapidly, built a large house a short distance above Amesbury Ferry, and reared a large family of children. After spend- ing his younger days in Ferry street, he bought a farın in the northwest part of Amesbury, called "the Lion's Mouth," on which he built and where he spent the remainder of his life ; leaving his house at the Ferry to his oldest son Stephen. He was elected deacon of the First Amesbury Church in 1731. He married, December 18, 1712, Hannah Webster, of Salisbury, whose father, John (3), son of John (2) Webster (q. v.), was "wealthy in landed property." Their children were: Hannah (died young), Stephen, Joseph, Hannah, Mary, Simcon, Josiah and Levi.
(V) Joseph, second son and third child of Deacon Stephen and Hannah (Webster) Bartlett, was born April 18, 1720, in Amesbury. in which town he resided through life. He is spoken of in the records as a cordwainer and yeoman. He died somne time time during the year 1753, administration upon his estate being granted to his widow June 18 of that year. He was married December 1, 1743, to Jane Colby, and they were the parents of four sons : Levi, Nicholas, Joseph and Ichabod.
(VI) Levi, eldest child of Joseph and Jane (Colby) Bartlett, was born April 25, 1745, in Ames- bury, in which town he passed his life. He was a cordwainer and also a shipwright, and the records show that he was still living in Amesbury in 1791. He was married June 23, 1768, in Salisbury, Mass- achusetts, to Apphia Osgood, and they were the
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