BIOGRAPHIES:  William Pitt BARTLETT, Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, WI

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WILLIAM PITT BARTLETT, Eau Claire.  Came to Watertown, Wis., Oct. 1, 1855;
taught school there six months, and studied law in Enos and Skinner's law
office.  He was admitted to the Bar in 1856, and in May, 1857, came to 
Eau Claire, and has engaged in active practice since.  He was the first
lawyer and the only one in the county until July, 1857, when Alexander 
Megget came.  Mr. Bartlett has been a member of the School Board since 
the fourth week after his arrival; he was elected District Attorney in 
the Fall of 1857, and held that office until January, 1860.  In the Fall
of 1859, he was elected member of Assembly; appointed County Judge for two
years in 1860; from 1863 to 1867 he was District Attorney; in the Fall of
1872, was again elected member of Assembly; in 1875, he was appointed 
Register of U. S. Land Office, and held that office over four years; his 
name was sent in for re-appointment, but he had it withdrawn.  He is 
Alderman of the Third Ward, having been elected in the Spring of 1881, and
immediately chosen President of the Common Council.  He was born in Minot,
Cumberland Co., Me., Aug. 13, 1829, and was reared in Somerset County.  He
entered Waterville College in 1849, graduating in 1853.  He taught in the
Hollowell Academy, pursuing his law studies; commenced while he was in 
college; he was admitted to the Bar of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin in 
1860, and to the U. S. Supreme Court in 1874.  He was married in Baraboo,
Sauk Co., Aug. 15, 1861, to Hettie Hart, a daughter of Edward H. Hart, an
early settler and still a resident of Sauk County.  She was born in 
Middlebury, Summit Co., Ohio.  They have five children -- Livilla P., 
Edward W., Sumner P., Frank H. and Stanley.


--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