BIOGRAPHIES:   Milton D. BARTLETT, Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, WI

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MILTON D. BARTLETT, Eau Claire.  Was born in the town of Victory, Cayuga Co.,
N. Y., Nov. 3, 1833, and lived in Auburn, N. Y., after he was twelve years 
old until the Spring of 1852, when he came to Wisconsin, locating in East
Troy, Walworth Co.  In October, 1852, he returned East, and in the Spring of
1854, came to Delavan, remaining there one year.  Was then for a year in 
East Troy, and in the Spring of 1856, moved to Dunn County (now the town of
Waterville, Pepin Co.), where he lived until the Spring of 1860, when he
went to Durand, remaining there until the Winter of 1865 and 1866; he then
went to Minneapolis, and in 1870, came from there to Eau Claire.  He studied
law in Auburn and Syracuse, N. Y., and practiced it in Delavan; discontinuing
it for a time while engaged in farming.  In 1859, he resumed practice, which 
he has since continued.  He was County Judge of Pepin County, and resigned 
that position to go to the State Senate in 1862 and '63, having been elected
in the Fall of 1861.  He was married in Ellisburgh, Jefferson Co., N. Y., 
in August, 1854, to Mary F. Brewster, who was a native of that place.  They
have eight children -- Jay Carl, Earl B., Mary Belle, Edward L., Maude E., 
John W., Guy Paul and Ethel Claire.  Mr. Bartlett is a member of the A. F.
& A. M., of the Temple of Honor, and is one of the oldest Good Templars in
the state, having joined that order in Auburn before coming West.


--Taken from "The History of Northern Wisconsin containing an Account of its
Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources; An extensive Sketch of its 
Counties, Cities, Towns and Villages, Their Improvements, Industries, 
Manufacturies; Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Prominent Men and Early
Settlers; Views of County Seats, Etc."  Chicago:  The Western Historical
Company.  A. T. Andreas, Proprietor.  1881.  Page # 315