A Union Army Civil War veteran.
CO. F, 37th MASS. INF.
Reuben Emerson Bartlett was born at Shutesbury, Mass. on May 25, 1843 to Lemuel Bartlett, Jr. and Sophia Drury and was educated at Madison University. He lived in Shutesbury until he was fifteen, when he moved to Leverett and then Amherst.
According to records, the family farmed land in Shutesbury, Mass.:
Lemuel Bartlett, Jr. born August 24, 1812 in Stowe, Lamoille, Vermont and died January 16, 1888
Sophia Drury born October 1, 1814 in Wendell, Franklin, Massachusetts and died July 2, 1895
1. Reuben E. Bartlett born May 25, 1843
2. Francis A. Bartlett born Dec. 12, 1844
3. Needham L. Bartlett born March 11, 1848
4. Emma S. Bartlett born February 2, 1851
5. Asa Edward Bartlett born Sep. 27, 1855
During the war he served as a member of the Thirty-seventh Massachusetts Infantry Regiment of Volunteers, belonging to Company F of that command, from his enlistment on July 18, 1862 at Pittsfield as private at the age of 19, until the conclusion of hostilities in June 1865. He was obliged to be in the hospital for some of the time due to sickness and was accidentally wounded by a blow from an axe at Brandy Station, but was nevertheless in several of the notable engagements with the enemy and did efficient service. His courage and heroism exhibited on the battlefield entitled him to membership in the Grand Army of the Republic, in which he was an honored representative. He was distinguished for gallantry at the battle of Winchester, Sept. 19, 1864. He suffered seriously from injuries received in the army and received a pension from the government. In politics he was a republican.
After his service was over, he prepared himself for the ministry. Reuben E. Bartlett married his first wife, Josephine Moore on August 26, 1869. She was the daughter of Charles Moore and Emily Dudley, born August 24, 1845 in Erving, Franklin, Massachusetts.
The Elm Street Baptist Church in Wilmington, Delaware was organized on July 30, 1873. Rev. N. C. Naylor, who had labored with them when a mission, became their first pastor. This interest grew out of the Baptist City Mission. Rev. Bartlett was called to the ministry and ordained there. He served for one year, but his failing health obliged him to resign and return to Massachusetts. The church disbanded in December 1876.
According to the 1880 U.S. Census the family resided in Sunderland, Franklin, Massachusetts. There were eight children by his first wife, seven of whom were living as of 1891:
1. Reuel Earnest Bartlett born Sep. 14, 1870
2. Winthrop V. Bartlett born July 2, 1872
3. Charles Frederick Bartlett born February 16, 1874
4. Nettie Josephine Sophia Bartlett born October 16, 1875
5. William Quimby Bartlett (Twin) born March 10, 1878
6. Henry Wicks Bartlett (Twin) born March 10, 1878 – died before 1880
7. Samuel E. Bartlett born October 24, 1879
8. Nina Elizabeth Bartlett born Dec. 25, 1881
Josephine died on January 24, 1882 at the age of 36.
Rev. Bartlett married his second wife, Lydia Marie Dyer, on April 4, 1884. She was the daughter of Caleb Horton Dyer and Martha Chessman born on April 15, 1852 in Randolph, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Lydia was a missionary in Boston, associated with the Tremont Temple Church for twenty years. Together they were engaged as missionaries under the Baptist Home Missionary Society of New York. They served in Kansas, North Dakota and northern Montana. He became the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Lebanon, Connecticut in October 1890. Rev. Bartlett also held pastorates at Deerfield, New Hampshire and Norwich, Connecticut.
While residing in East Hampstead, New Hampshire, they were instrumental in founding the East Hampstead Union Evangelical Church, which was dedicated on April 28, 1897, after fifteen months of planning. Rev. Bartlett was the first pastor of the church, but he left the church in 1899 for reasons unknown. The church continues to this day as an active inter-denominational Christian fellowship serving the local community.
The 1900 U.S. Census shows the couple residing in Plaistow, New Hampshire with Lydia's mother, Mrs. Martha Dyer. Lydia died on April 1, 1904 in Randolph, Franklin, Massachusetts at the age of 51. Her mother died in 1905 and was buried with her husband in the Central Cemetery on North Street in Randolph, Massachusetts at the age of 81.
The 1910 U.S. Census shows Rev. Bartlett residing with his one of his sons in Ephratah, Fulton, New York:
William Bartlett age 32, born in Mass., Clergyman - Baptist Church
Frances, age 29, born in New Hampshire
William, Jr., age 3, born in New York
Reuben, age 66, Father, Widower, born in Mass., Clergyman -Baptist Church
On March 20, 1911, Rev. Bartlett married his third wife, Selinda Garvin, born July 01, 1850 in New York. She was the widow of Rev. Thomas H. Garvin born in Wisconsin in March 1856 and died on February 11, 1901 in Pacific Grove, California at the age of 44.
Rev. Bartlett died on August 06, 1912 at the age of 69 and is buried in El Carmelo Cemetery, Pacific Grove, California next to his third wife and her first husband. Selinda Garvin Bartlett died on May 21, 1927 at the age of 76.
CO. F, 37th MASS. INF.
Reuben Emerson Bartlett was born at Shutesbury, Mass. on May 25, 1843 to Lemuel Bartlett, Jr. and Sophia Drury and was educated at Madison University. He lived in Shutesbury until he was fifteen, when he moved to Leverett and then Amherst.
According to records, the family farmed land in Shutesbury, Mass.:
Lemuel Bartlett, Jr. born August 24, 1812 in Stowe, Lamoille, Vermont and died January 16, 1888
Sophia Drury born October 1, 1814 in Wendell, Franklin, Massachusetts and died July 2, 1895
1. Reuben E. Bartlett born May 25, 1843
2. Francis A. Bartlett born Dec. 12, 1844
3. Needham L. Bartlett born March 11, 1848
4. Emma S. Bartlett born February 2, 1851
5. Asa Edward Bartlett born Sep. 27, 1855
During the war he served as a member of the Thirty-seventh Massachusetts Infantry Regiment of Volunteers, belonging to Company F of that command, from his enlistment on July 18, 1862 at Pittsfield as private at the age of 19, until the conclusion of hostilities in June 1865. He was obliged to be in the hospital for some of the time due to sickness and was accidentally wounded by a blow from an axe at Brandy Station, but was nevertheless in several of the notable engagements with the enemy and did efficient service. His courage and heroism exhibited on the battlefield entitled him to membership in the Grand Army of the Republic, in which he was an honored representative. He was distinguished for gallantry at the battle of Winchester, Sept. 19, 1864. He suffered seriously from injuries received in the army and received a pension from the government. In politics he was a republican.
After his service was over, he prepared himself for the ministry. Reuben E. Bartlett married his first wife, Josephine Moore on August 26, 1869. She was the daughter of Charles Moore and Emily Dudley, born August 24, 1845 in Erving, Franklin, Massachusetts.
The Elm Street Baptist Church in Wilmington, Delaware was organized on July 30, 1873. Rev. N. C. Naylor, who had labored with them when a mission, became their first pastor. This interest grew out of the Baptist City Mission. Rev. Bartlett was called to the ministry and ordained there. He served for one year, but his failing health obliged him to resign and return to Massachusetts. The church disbanded in December 1876.
According to the 1880 U.S. Census the family resided in Sunderland, Franklin, Massachusetts. There were eight children by his first wife, seven of whom were living as of 1891:
1. Reuel Earnest Bartlett born Sep. 14, 1870
2. Winthrop V. Bartlett born July 2, 1872
3. Charles Frederick Bartlett born February 16, 1874
4. Nettie Josephine Sophia Bartlett born October 16, 1875
5. William Quimby Bartlett (Twin) born March 10, 1878
6. Henry Wicks Bartlett (Twin) born March 10, 1878 – died before 1880
7. Samuel E. Bartlett born October 24, 1879
8. Nina Elizabeth Bartlett born Dec. 25, 1881
Josephine died on January 24, 1882 at the age of 36.
Rev. Bartlett married his second wife, Lydia Marie Dyer, on April 4, 1884. She was the daughter of Caleb Horton Dyer and Martha Chessman born on April 15, 1852 in Randolph, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Lydia was a missionary in Boston, associated with the Tremont Temple Church for twenty years. Together they were engaged as missionaries under the Baptist Home Missionary Society of New York. They served in Kansas, North Dakota and northern Montana. He became the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Lebanon, Connecticut in October 1890. Rev. Bartlett also held pastorates at Deerfield, New Hampshire and Norwich, Connecticut.
While residing in East Hampstead, New Hampshire, they were instrumental in founding the East Hampstead Union Evangelical Church, which was dedicated on April 28, 1897, after fifteen months of planning. Rev. Bartlett was the first pastor of the church, but he left the church in 1899 for reasons unknown. The church continues to this day as an active inter-denominational Christian fellowship serving the local community.
The 1900 U.S. Census shows the couple residing in Plaistow, New Hampshire with Lydia's mother, Mrs. Martha Dyer. Lydia died on April 1, 1904 in Randolph, Franklin, Massachusetts at the age of 51. Her mother died in 1905 and was buried with her husband in the Central Cemetery on North Street in Randolph, Massachusetts at the age of 81.
The 1910 U.S. Census shows Rev. Bartlett residing with his one of his sons in Ephratah, Fulton, New York:
William Bartlett age 32, born in Mass., Clergyman - Baptist Church
Frances, age 29, born in New Hampshire
William, Jr., age 3, born in New York
Reuben, age 66, Father, Widower, born in Mass., Clergyman -Baptist Church
On March 20, 1911, Rev. Bartlett married his third wife, Selinda Garvin, born July 01, 1850 in New York. She was the widow of Rev. Thomas H. Garvin born in Wisconsin in March 1856 and died on February 11, 1901 in Pacific Grove, California at the age of 44.
Rev. Bartlett died on August 06, 1912 at the age of 69 and is buried in El Carmelo Cemetery, Pacific Grove, California next to his third wife and her first husband. Selinda Garvin Bartlett died on May 21, 1927 at the age of 76.
A Union Army Civil War veteran.
CO. F, 37th MASS. INF.
Reuben Emerson Bartlett was born at Shutesbury, Mass. on May 25, 1843 to Lemuel Bartlett, Jr. and Sophia Drury and was educated at Madison University. He lived in Shutesbury until he was fifteen, when he moved to Leverett and then Amherst.
According to records, the family farmed land in Shutesbury, Mass.:
Lemuel Bartlett, Jr. born August 24, 1812 in Stowe, Lamoille, Vermont and died January 16, 1888
Sophia Drury born October 1, 1814 in Wendell, Franklin, Massachusetts and died July 2, 1895
1. Reuben E. Bartlett born May 25, 1843
2. Francis A. Bartlett born Dec. 12, 1844
3. Needham L. Bartlett born March 11, 1848
4. Emma S. Bartlett born February 2, 1851
5. Asa Edward Bartlett born Sep. 27, 1855
During the war he served as a member of the Thirty-seventh Massachusetts Infantry Regiment of Volunteers, belonging to Company F of that command, from his enlistment on July 18, 1862 at Pittsfield as private at the age of 19, until the conclusion of hostilities in June 1865. He was obliged to be in the hospital for some of the time due to sickness and was accidentally wounded by a blow from an axe at Brandy Station, but was nevertheless in several of the notable engagements with the enemy and did efficient service. His courage and heroism exhibited on the battlefield entitled him to membership in the Grand Army of the Republic, in which he was an honored representative. He was distinguished for gallantry at the battle of Winchester, Sept. 19, 1864. He suffered seriously from injuries received in the army and received a pension from the government. In politics he was a republican.
After his service was over, he prepared himself for the ministry. Reuben E. Bartlett married his first wife, Josephine Moore on August 26, 1869. She was the daughter of Charles Moore and Emily Dudley, born August 24, 1845 in Erving, Franklin, Massachusetts.
The Elm Street Baptist Church in Wilmington, Delaware was organized on July 30, 1873. Rev. N. C. Naylor, who had labored with them when a mission, became their first pastor. This interest grew out of the Baptist City Mission. Rev. Bartlett was called to the ministry and ordained there. He served for one year, but his failing health obliged him to resign and return to Massachusetts. The church disbanded in December 1876.
According to the 1880 U.S. Census the family resided in Sunderland, Franklin, Massachusetts. There were eight children by his first wife, seven of whom were living as of 1891:
1. Reuel Earnest Bartlett born Sep. 14, 1870
2. Winthrop V. Bartlett born July 2, 1872
3. Charles Frederick Bartlett born February 16, 1874
4. Nettie Josephine Sophia Bartlett born October 16, 1875
5. William Quimby Bartlett (Twin) born March 10, 1878
6. Henry Wicks Bartlett (Twin) born March 10, 1878 – died before 1880
7. Samuel E. Bartlett born October 24, 1879
8. Nina Elizabeth Bartlett born Dec. 25, 1881
Josephine died on January 24, 1882 at the age of 36.
Rev. Bartlett married his second wife, Lydia Marie Dyer, on April 4, 1884. She was the daughter of Caleb Horton Dyer and Martha Chessman born on April 15, 1852 in Randolph, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Lydia was a missionary in Boston, associated with the Tremont Temple Church for twenty years. Together they were engaged as missionaries under the Baptist Home Missionary Society of New York. They served in Kansas, North Dakota and northern Montana. He became the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Lebanon, Connecticut in October 1890. Rev. Bartlett also held pastorates at Deerfield, New Hampshire and Norwich, Connecticut.
While residing in East Hampstead, New Hampshire, they were instrumental in founding the East Hampstead Union Evangelical Church, which was dedicated on April 28, 1897, after fifteen months of planning. Rev. Bartlett was the first pastor of the church, but he left the church in 1899 for reasons unknown. The church continues to this day as an active inter-denominational Christian fellowship serving the local community.
The 1900 U.S. Census shows the couple residing in Plaistow, New Hampshire with Lydia's mother, Mrs. Martha Dyer. Lydia died on April 1, 1904 in Randolph, Franklin, Massachusetts at the age of 51. Her mother died in 1905 and was buried with her husband in the Central Cemetery on North Street in Randolph, Massachusetts at the age of 81.
The 1910 U.S. Census shows Rev. Bartlett residing with his one of his sons in Ephratah, Fulton, New York:
William Bartlett age 32, born in Mass., Clergyman - Baptist Church
Frances, age 29, born in New Hampshire
William, Jr., age 3, born in New York
Reuben, age 66, Father, Widower, born in Mass., Clergyman -Baptist Church
On March 20, 1911, Rev. Bartlett married his third wife, Selinda Garvin, born July 01, 1850 in New York. She was the widow of Rev. Thomas H. Garvin born in Wisconsin in March 1856 and died on February 11, 1901 in Pacific Grove, California at the age of 44.
Rev. Bartlett died on August 06, 1912 at the age of 69 and is buried in El Carmelo Cemetery, Pacific Grove, California next to his third wife and her first husband. Selinda Garvin Bartlett died on May 21, 1927 at the age of 76.
CO. F, 37th MASS. INF.
Reuben Emerson Bartlett was born at Shutesbury, Mass. on May 25, 1843 to Lemuel Bartlett, Jr. and Sophia Drury and was educated at Madison University. He lived in Shutesbury until he was fifteen, when he moved to Leverett and then Amherst.
According to records, the family farmed land in Shutesbury, Mass.:
Lemuel Bartlett, Jr. born August 24, 1812 in Stowe, Lamoille, Vermont and died January 16, 1888
Sophia Drury born October 1, 1814 in Wendell, Franklin, Massachusetts and died July 2, 1895
1. Reuben E. Bartlett born May 25, 1843
2. Francis A. Bartlett born Dec. 12, 1844
3. Needham L. Bartlett born March 11, 1848
4. Emma S. Bartlett born February 2, 1851
5. Asa Edward Bartlett born Sep. 27, 1855
During the war he served as a member of the Thirty-seventh Massachusetts Infantry Regiment of Volunteers, belonging to Company F of that command, from his enlistment on July 18, 1862 at Pittsfield as private at the age of 19, until the conclusion of hostilities in June 1865. He was obliged to be in the hospital for some of the time due to sickness and was accidentally wounded by a blow from an axe at Brandy Station, but was nevertheless in several of the notable engagements with the enemy and did efficient service. His courage and heroism exhibited on the battlefield entitled him to membership in the Grand Army of the Republic, in which he was an honored representative. He was distinguished for gallantry at the battle of Winchester, Sept. 19, 1864. He suffered seriously from injuries received in the army and received a pension from the government. In politics he was a republican.
After his service was over, he prepared himself for the ministry. Reuben E. Bartlett married his first wife, Josephine Moore on August 26, 1869. She was the daughter of Charles Moore and Emily Dudley, born August 24, 1845 in Erving, Franklin, Massachusetts.
The Elm Street Baptist Church in Wilmington, Delaware was organized on July 30, 1873. Rev. N. C. Naylor, who had labored with them when a mission, became their first pastor. This interest grew out of the Baptist City Mission. Rev. Bartlett was called to the ministry and ordained there. He served for one year, but his failing health obliged him to resign and return to Massachusetts. The church disbanded in December 1876.
According to the 1880 U.S. Census the family resided in Sunderland, Franklin, Massachusetts. There were eight children by his first wife, seven of whom were living as of 1891:
1. Reuel Earnest Bartlett born Sep. 14, 1870
2. Winthrop V. Bartlett born July 2, 1872
3. Charles Frederick Bartlett born February 16, 1874
4. Nettie Josephine Sophia Bartlett born October 16, 1875
5. William Quimby Bartlett (Twin) born March 10, 1878
6. Henry Wicks Bartlett (Twin) born March 10, 1878 – died before 1880
7. Samuel E. Bartlett born October 24, 1879
8. Nina Elizabeth Bartlett born Dec. 25, 1881
Josephine died on January 24, 1882 at the age of 36.
Rev. Bartlett married his second wife, Lydia Marie Dyer, on April 4, 1884. She was the daughter of Caleb Horton Dyer and Martha Chessman born on April 15, 1852 in Randolph, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Lydia was a missionary in Boston, associated with the Tremont Temple Church for twenty years. Together they were engaged as missionaries under the Baptist Home Missionary Society of New York. They served in Kansas, North Dakota and northern Montana. He became the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Lebanon, Connecticut in October 1890. Rev. Bartlett also held pastorates at Deerfield, New Hampshire and Norwich, Connecticut.
While residing in East Hampstead, New Hampshire, they were instrumental in founding the East Hampstead Union Evangelical Church, which was dedicated on April 28, 1897, after fifteen months of planning. Rev. Bartlett was the first pastor of the church, but he left the church in 1899 for reasons unknown. The church continues to this day as an active inter-denominational Christian fellowship serving the local community.
The 1900 U.S. Census shows the couple residing in Plaistow, New Hampshire with Lydia's mother, Mrs. Martha Dyer. Lydia died on April 1, 1904 in Randolph, Franklin, Massachusetts at the age of 51. Her mother died in 1905 and was buried with her husband in the Central Cemetery on North Street in Randolph, Massachusetts at the age of 81.
The 1910 U.S. Census shows Rev. Bartlett residing with his one of his sons in Ephratah, Fulton, New York:
William Bartlett age 32, born in Mass., Clergyman - Baptist Church
Frances, age 29, born in New Hampshire
William, Jr., age 3, born in New York
Reuben, age 66, Father, Widower, born in Mass., Clergyman -Baptist Church
On March 20, 1911, Rev. Bartlett married his third wife, Selinda Garvin, born July 01, 1850 in New York. She was the widow of Rev. Thomas H. Garvin born in Wisconsin in March 1856 and died on February 11, 1901 in Pacific Grove, California at the age of 44.
Rev. Bartlett died on August 06, 1912 at the age of 69 and is buried in El Carmelo Cemetery, Pacific Grove, California next to his third wife and her first husband. Selinda Garvin Bartlett died on May 21, 1927 at the age of 76.
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R. E. Bartlett, 37 Mass. Inf. Co. F., "I will come and receive you unto myself". Welcomed Home Aug. 6, 1912.
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