Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-12-18

der ordinary conditions is full of inter
est, and there are many reasons why
this one was of unusual consequence.
William Pinkney Bartlett is gra ndson
of one of the two first settlers in the
town of Morgan there he was born aud
has passed his life.
Christopher Bartlett, the ancestor OF
the Rartletts i'll this locality, was born
in Stafford, Conn, in 1867. He took
active part, when quite young, in the
later engagements of the Revoluti onary
War, having enlisted under. the name
and in the place of his brother Samuel,
who had been drafted into the service.
At the close of the war Christopher
travelled considerably through Vermont,
and at one time lost much of what he
had accumulated because Of defective
titles IN purchases he had made in the
western part of the state. After this he
! located at the head of the lake now
called Seymour, aud cleared the farm on
which he passed nearly forty years of
his life, and on the pleasant slope of
which his mortality sleeps. To this
farm he came with his wife and seven
children, and here his sons Jarvis and
Byrum were born.
The children of Byrum Bartlett were
George Bartlett and Mrs. Joseph Gray,
both deceased, and VIM. p. Bartlett,
who has just completed fifty years OF do.
nestle life with her whose interests have
always been concurrent with his. Mrs.
Bartlett was also born in Morgan. She
is a daughter of Simeon Albee, who
owned one of the finest farms, and was
for long time prominent i'll CONNER
cial and political otfairs in this section
of the state. They have but one descend
ant Herbert A. Bartlett, who resides,
with his family, near his parents, and is
associated with his father in the opera
tion of the farm, and conducts, himself,
quite a considerable general business.
This anniversary occasion, with its
addresses and the extensive discussion il
occasoned, was of great historical in,
terest, and of much value in the infiu-
ence that went out from this aged couple
whose early VOWS were publicly re-
called after half century of faithful
observance. The exercises were com
menced by reading from the family
Bible of Christopher Bartlett, aud as one
beleld the ancient spectaclss lying on
the open pages of The Book, he felt thai
here was most forcefully illustrated the
reason for the stability and integrity
not only of the Bartlett ancestry, but OF
many of the families who came first tC
the town of Morgan. The family altar
was usually established with the home.
A most impressive recollection to the
, writer of this sketch is that of a morn
ing at the home of Dea. Little. Imme
diately after breakfast the aged deacon
, read from the familiar volume and of
fered prayer. 1t was one of the las
days of his life; his hair was white as
snow he soon journeyed out to thost
who had preceded him, and who il
various ways had helped establish the
r early moral principle of the town.
1t is a fact to which reference has of
ten been made that the char acter of til,
, early inhabitants of the town of Morgan
!. was of superior quality. Some o
: them were not as orthodox in their be
liefs as others, and were perhaps more
? retisent in the expression of their faith
e but the theories and principles were al
e most universally of the highest standard
/, Among the names recalled by review
, ing the families are Wilcox, Albee
| Mansur, Cobb, Little, Taylor, Moore
: Leavens, Demick, Lord, Morse, Daggett
= Cargill, Whitehill and others; all repre-
e senting qualities that might well b
n taken as the ideals of the generation
l. that follow them. The study of the al
I. tributes of these old families is full o
II inspiration and every detail of the rec
d ord is valuable.
Col. II. NJ. Mansur of Newport re
" viewed the events reaching back in som
e instances to the first generation in tn
town, and years when his parents live
IS on the place now occupied by Mr. Bart
lett. He spoke of the family OF Christie
pher Bartlett, consisting of seven son
and two daughters as being remarkabl
for reputable conduct, and paid tn
u highest tribute to the generous solici
tude and benevoence OF Byrum al
Clarissa Bartlett, father and mother O
him in whose honor the gathering wa
q held, and whose kindness to the speake
when he was a boy was appreciated no,
beyond his power to express.
= Col. Mansur was followed by othe
speakers and exercises of a varied nature
d Letters were read from John M. Bart
g lett of Minneapolis, Mimi, Ga son o.
d Jarvis and cousin of William,) an,
10 fron Orrin Ia ulnr for nearly all his Ii &