Bios: Bartlebaugh, Alexander L., Indiana Co, PA SUBJECT: Bartlebaugh, Alexander L. SUBMITTER: Vernon Cook EMAIL: Vernon9323@aol.com DATE: Oct 19, 1999 PASSWORD> SURNAMES: Bartlebaugh, Fowler, Goff This data was passed along to me and others by Tony Ryan in Thialand Oct. 1999 From: A Biographical History of Central Kansas, Vol II.A The Lewis Publishing Company, New York and Chicago 1902 p1014, 1015 ALEXANDER L. BARTLEBAUGH The farming interests of Newton township, Harvey county, are well represented by Alexander L. Bartlebaugh, who resides on section 2, where he is extensively engaged in the raising of stock. He was born in Indiana county, Pennsylvania, June 27, 1841, and his father, Mathias Bartlebaugh, was a native of the same county. There he spent his entire life, his death occurring about 1871. His wife bore the maiden name of Ann Fowler and was also born, reared and lived in Indiana county. This worthy couple became the parents of nine children, five daughters and four sons, all of whom reached mature years with the exception of two. One son, Archie, served as a soldier in the Civil war, responding to the first call for troops to aid in crushing out the rebellion in its incipiency. He joined the Eleventh Pennsylvania Reserves and was killed in the battle of the Peninsula under General McClellan. There he fills an unknown grave, his remains having never been recovered. He was in the twenty-third year of his age when he laid down his life a willing sacrifice on the altar of his country. Another brother of the family, John D., died from an injury when a youth. The other members of the family have all departed this life with the exception of our subject and his sister, Mrs. Cameron of Clearfield county, Pennsylvania. The mother died in 1871 and was laid to rest by the side of her husband. The grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Bartlebaugh, died at the home of our subject’s parents about 1850 when seventy-five years of age. She had two sons and one daughter. Mathias Bartlebaugh was a most patriotic Republican,and although from military service by age, he entered the Civil war and wore the country’s uniform for a year, when failing health necessitated his discharge. Alexander L. Bartlebaugh, of this review, received but limited educational privileges. He attended a log school-house in which were only five little windows, and it stood in the midst of tall pine trees, and the anthem of the wind as heard through their boughs has never been forgotten by him. He remained upon the home farm until sixteen years of age when he began earning his own living by working in a lumber camp on the headwaters of the Susquehanna river. He was thus employed during the winter months and he in the summer season he engaged in agricultural labors. At the time of the Civil war he made three attempts to enlist and finally, in July, 1864, he was accepted and assigned to Company I, Two Hundred and Sixth Pennsylvania Infantry. He was never in any battle, however, and was mustered out at Richmond. A slight lameness in his right leg was the cause of his non-acceptance when twice he attempted to enter the service. Mr. Bartlebaugh was married February 11, 1873, to Miss Eliza A. Goff, who was born in Indiana, in 1846, and was of English parentage. In May, 1872, Mr. Bartlebaugh had come to Kansas and secured one hundred and sixty acres of his present homestead farm in Newton township, Harvey county. He then returned to Missouri, when had been his place of residence from the time he left Pennsylvania in 1869. In 1870 he went to Blackhawk, Colorado. where for a time he was employed in a quartz mill and upon his return he was married and began life anew with a wife, who to him has been a moth faithful companion on life’s journey. He had a little shanty sixteen by twenty feet and in that they lived for one summer. It had been built by a man from Pennsylvania to whom Mr. Bartlebaugh paid two hundred and fifty dollars in order to get possession of this primitive dwelling. His present residence is a story and a half house which he erected in 1874. In the fall of 1891 he built a large and substantial bank barn, forty by sixty feet, utilizing nearly five carloads of rock in the basement and walls. This is one of the best barns in central Kansas, its cost being over eleven hundred dollars. Mr. Bartlebaugh raises full-blooded short-horn cattle, his herd averaging from sixty to one hundred head. For the last twenty years he has cultivated a half section of land in addition to his home farm, growing wheat, on seventy acres, corn on forty acres, and oats and hay on broad fields. He, however, feeds all the long products which he raises and likewise buys some. His orchards comprises between four and five acres of land and he also has a good grove upon his place, including a variety of trees. He has raised black walnut and hickory trees from seed and all of this growth stands as a monument to his enterprise and skill. There is running water near his house and his attractive grounds render his place a favorite resort for picnic purposes. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Bartlebaugh has been blessed with five children, but the eldest, a son, died in infancy, and Mabel died at the age of six months. The others are Marlin, who was born in 1876; Edna, who is engaged in dressmaking in Newton, and Lester, a youth of sixteen. Mr. Bartlebaugh is a stalwart Republican who does all in his power to promote the growth and insure the success of his party. He has served as township treasurer for the past fifteen years and has also been school treasurer, discharging the duties of both positions with promptness and fidelity. He belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic, and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church in Newton. The government now grants him a pension in recognition of his services in the Civil war, and it is well deserved, for few men so physically disabled would have given their services to the country. He has always been a most loyal and patriotic citizen, devoted to the welfare of every community with which he has been connected and throughout hi s life he has commanded the esteem and confidence of his fellow men by reason of his strong purpose and honorable career. ----------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. 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