Henry F. Bartelt Biography


	This biography appears on pages 319-320 in "History of Dakota 
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				HENRY F. BARTELT. 

	Henry F. Bartelt, a prominent lawyer of Kimball, Brule county, 
was born on the 22d of May, 1882, near Washta, Iowa, of the marriage of 
Henry and Elizabeth Bartelt. The father, who devoted his active years 
to agricultural pursuits, is now living retired, but the mother has 
passed to the Great Beyond. 

	Henry F. Bartelt attended the public schools of Cedar Rapids and 
Holstein, Iowa, graduating from the Holstein High School in due time. 
After a clerkship of several years in one of the leading law offices of 
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, he matriculated in the State University of 
Iowa, at Iowa City, from which he was graduated in 1911, with the LL. 
B. degree, at the head of his class. 

	While in law school Mr. Bartelt enjoyed the unique distinction of 
being the only man in the history of the university who had been 
admitted to the bar of another state and all the federal courts prior 
to graduation. Shortly after his graduation he arrived at Kimball and 
opened an office for the practice of his profession. He has succeeded 
beyond his expectations and is today recognized as one of the leaders 
of the bar, although he is yet but a young man. The wide experience 
which he has gained both before and after beginning practice, in 
addition to his thorough training in the principles of the law, has 
helped him forge rapidly to the front, and he is building up a 
reputation as one of the best lawyers of his section of the state. 

	On the 19th of July, 1911, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. 
Bartelt and Miss Margaret E. Brandt, a daughter of Ludwig and Caroline 
Brandt, of Sioux Falls. Mr. Bartelt believes in the wisdom of the 
policies of the republican party, and is an ardent supporter of its 
principles. Although a Lutheran from birth, the local Presbyterian 
church finds him a constant attendant and he takes a commendable 
interest in its work. Fraternally he is identified with the Odd 
Fellows, belonging both to the subordinate lodge and to the encampment, 
and of the latter is a past chief patriarch. He is also secretary of 
the local German-American Alliance, a branch of the state body of that 
name. As he is public-spirited to a marked degree, it is but natural 
that he is a member of the Commercial Club, and all of the projects of 
that body for the business and civic growth of Kimball find him an 
enthusiastic supporter. In the four years in which he has resided in 
Kimball he has gained the unqualified respect of his fellow citizens 
and he has also made many warm personal friends, who value his good 
opinion most highly.