Biography: Winnebago County, Wisconsin: Albert H. BARTLETT

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Transcribed from 
Lawson, Publius V.  History, Winnebago County, Wisconsin: its cities, towns, resources people. Chicago: C.F. Cooper and Company, 1908. v.2 p.871-873

Albert H. Bartlett, a substantial citizen and retired business man of
Oshkosh, Wis., was a native of Massachusetts.  He was born in 1844 and was
a son of Sumner and Lucy (Bullard) Bartlett, both native of Worcester
County, Massachusetts.  Sumner Bartlett was born in North Brookfield,
Mass., on March 28, 1814.  His mother was a White, a direct descendant of
Peregrine White, of Mayflower history.  July 7, 1836, he married Lucy
Bullard, and in September, 1856, they came west and settled in Oshkosh.
His first business experience was as a member of the firm of Lowe, Smith &
Bartlett, successors of the old firm of Weed & Gumaer.  During the panic of
1857, the firm met with the financial embarrassment and virtually failed-
the other members leaving the burden of settlement upon Mr. Bartlett's
shoulders.  In this matter Mr. Bartlett acted as few men would have during
that tremendous financial stress.  He assumed the obligations of the firm
and during the years following paid up every cent of indebtedness.  He
received letters from the eastern creditors of the highest commendation,
stating the cases of this kind were of rare occurrence.  In 1860 he engaged
in the merchant tailoring business with Joseph Boles, with whom he
continued in business about ten years.  Mr. Bartlett was one of the
directors of the First National Bank for many years; he was a devoted
member of the First Congregational Church, was a deacon and also one of the
trustees and an earnest worker in the church.  Personally he was one of the
most highly esteemed citizens of Oshkosh, particularly on account of his
strict business integrity, his Christian worth and the purity of his life. 
He died January 1, 1881.  His wife died April 21, 1891.

Albert H. acquired a good English education in the public schools of
Oshkosh, and at the age of 18, in 1862, entered the employ of the
Northwestern Railroad Company, filling a subordinate position in the
freight department at Oshkosh.  Diligence, industry and faithfulness gained
for him promotions from time to time, and a few years later he was placed
in charge of the freight office and telegraph service of Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul Railroad Company, at Oshkosh, positions which he ably filled
till 1875.  After that time Mr. Bartlett engaged in other business
enterprises, and during the three years ending with 1906 he served as vice-
president of the Wisconsin Pulp Plaster Company, since which time, until
his decease, he lived in retirement from active business.

Mr. Bartlett was man of the fine personal qualities and social standing,
courteous in manner, dignified in his bearing, of pleasant demeanor and
withal of generous impulses and a lover of good cheer, a high-minded,
Christian gentleman.  He was a man of strong religious convictions, a
devoted member of the Plymouth Congregational Church of Oshkosh, and one of
its faithful workers, and for twenty-one years served as treasurer of the
Young Men's Christian Association.

In 1884 Mr. Bartlett married Miss Ida C., daughter of the late Dr. J.M.
Cline, of Clayton, Jefferson County, New York, a woman greatly beloved and
esteemed for her womanly graces and domestic virtues, and who varied
accomplishments and attainments made her a most worthy helpmeet and
companion of her husband.

In the death of Mr. Bartlett on the 31st of March, 1908, Oshkosh lost one
of her most respected and loyal citizens.