Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Barthelme, F A 
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Author: Past and Present of Will County, IL; 1907

F. A. Barthelme, wholesale and retail dealer in coal at Joliet. began business 
when nineteen years of age, embarking in the coal trade on a small scale, 
driving his own wagon. From the beginning, however, his trade has constantly 
grown until it is today one of the most extensive in his line in Joliet and 
Mr. Barthelme is recognized as one of the more successful among the younger 
business men. A native of this city, he was born March 21, 1882, and is a son 
of Frank and Elizabeth (Frederich) Barthelme, who were likewise natives of 
Joliet. The father has been in business in this city for a half century. The 
family settled here at a very early day and were among those who aided in the 
pioneer development and upbuilding of Will county. P. A. Barthelme was 
educated in the parochial schools of Joliet and was graduated when thirteen 
years of age. He then worked for his father for some time and subsequently 
became bookkeeper for the Eagle department store, in which capacity he served 
for three years, but ambitious to engage in business on his own account, when 
a young man of nineteen years he began dealing in coal and, as stated, drove 
his own wagon. The business has gradually developed until it has reached 
mammoth proportions and he now has five wagons constantly in use and employs 
six men. He handles all kinds of coal and wood and gives entire satisfaction 
in his business by his earnest desire to please his customers and his 
honorable methods. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus and of the 
Western Catholic Union. He is one of the youngest among the successful men of 
Joliet, being now only in his twenty-fourth year. 

Additional Comments:
PAST AND PRESENT OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS By W. W. Stevens President of the 
Will County Pioneers Association; Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing 
Company, 1907

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