Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-12-25
OBITUARY OF MRS.
S. H. BARTLETT

'0liiS IlOll HCeli aisioyt OSosioAAJ
when nineteen years old, to his
parents who had preceded him to
Holland, Vermont. He married
Emily Holt Of Derby and located in
Holland, went from there to Morgan
and for about ten years owned and
lived on the farm by the lakeshore
at Island Pond now the property Of
Hazen Blodgett and aext beyond his
residence. Here both he and his
wife passed away in 1880. OF their
children, those deceased were Mrs.
Bartlett; Ann, Mrs. A. I. walker.
Willimantic, Conn; Emma, Mrs.
William Cobb, Barton, VT; Jane,
deceased at Morgan when eighteen
years of age; those who survive are
Kate, widow of lothian Cummings,
Charleston, VT; Jessie, MIS-. l.. F.
Jones, Island Pond, VT; Archibald
w. Buchanan, Mansfield, Conn.
Mrs. Bartlett was born in Holland,
October "A, 1889 and was married to
Alvin Bartlett, June 20, 1858 by Rev.
Jacob Clarke. Their first home was
the farm cleared by Jarvis Bartlett
and the birthplace of his son Alvin,
on the east shore near the head Of
Seymour Lake. From this location
on the abrupt hillside, the lake, the
hills beyond ana Mount Bluff in the
distance, are visible; so that from
the beginning of their married life,
they could look into the town in
which they were to pass many OF
their later years. In the pasture
were great boulders and one weigh
ing several tons was near the house.
About this rock centsred Incidents
of the childhood Of Alvin Bartlett
and on it played when children. Jane
Edna, Amy Katherine and Rlvin
Malcolm who were born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Bartlett while they lived there.
$50 closely allied we're the experiences
of the family with this boulder. that
following wish expressed by Alvin
Bartlett it was conveyed during the
Summer after his decease to the
family lot in Lakeside Co nctery
Among the finely chiseled .monu-
ments which time has rapidly as
sembled, it standslas neither hammer
nor any tool of irsn but the Invisible
holdings of the elements and the
light touches of children who have
gone made it ready before it was
brought thither.
Mr.. Bartlett came to Island Pond
IN the Spring of 1866 and having
purchased the house ON the lakeshors
last but one before going out to
Birch Point, or Brown Basin as it
was then called, he brought his
family there year later. For four
teen years they lived in this house
and it was the birthplace Of their
daughter Elizabeth Rebecca. Dur
ing the time of their residence there
and for some years before. Mrs.
Bartlett was compelled to meet con-
ditions that demanded patience and
fortitude. For years she was an
invalid, the duties of her husband
kept him all day and evening
at the store, and his income was such
that it required of her the strictsst
economy. The long hours during
which she could not labor, but must
think and plan for the young family,
no doubt developed and dsepened
some conspicuous traits Of her char
acter. She must perfopce worry
abeut the family affairs, but she
meyer made it an aggravation to
others. She realized that her husband
labored to provide a comfortable
and cheerful home and to him and
her children she was at all times and
under all cir curnstances loyalty de-
voted.
In May 1881, Mr.. Bartlett pur-
chased the P0rtar H inman homestead
on Mountain street, chiefly because
he thought the locality would be
more healthf ul for his wife and that
she might live msar enough to attend
the Services her church. This is
the birthplace of their youngest
daughter, Eiith Emily For a period
of nearly twelnty years the conditions