Albert E. Bartlett of Brentwood, N.H. Biography from A History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire (1915)

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   ALBERT E. BARTLETT, who is carrying on a prosperous busi-
ness as horticulturist in the town of Brentwood, Rockingham County,
N. H., was born in Kingston, N. H., May 12, 1869. His parents were
Francis C. and Mary A. (Rowe) Bartlett, the father being a native of
Kingston and the mother of Raymond, N. H. Both are now deceased.
They had five children, of whom Albert was the eldest. The first Bart-
lett ancestors in America were from England and settled at an early
day in Exeter.
   Albert E. Bartlett was educated in the public schools and in the
Academy at Exeter. He began industrial life at the age of fourteen
years, hauling boxes from the factory to Haverhill, Mass., and other
places, and was thus occupied until reaching the age of twenty. Hav-
ing resolved to become a horticulturist, he spent a season on a seed farm,
and for sixteen years subsequently was with Joseph T. Smith, proprie-
tor of the largest greenhouse in this part of the state, with whom he
thoroughly learned the business. In June, 1908, he started in the busi-
ness for himself in Brentwood, and has since achieved a gratifying suc-
cess, his trade extending to all the surrounding towns.
   On December 23d, 1896, he was married to Grace M. Smith, a daugh-
ter of Leroy S. Smith 0f Brentwood, and of this union have been born
two daughters and a son, namely: Mary E., born July 9, 1900, who is
now in her junior year at Kingston Seminary; Dorothy F., born Febru-
ary 1, 1904; and William S. born November 9, 1907, the two latter
being students in the public school at Brentwood. Mrs. Smith's an-
cestors, like her husband's, came from England and settled first in Exe-
ter, N. H. The old Smith homestead, known as "Old Pine Croft," was
built in 1781, and is still owned in the family. Mr. Bartlett is a Demo-
crat in politics, and is connected fraternally with the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows. He and his wife and family attend the Universalist
church.