Pioneer of Binghamton Dies in Arizona
Robert Bartlett, Born on Farm on Kirkwood Road, Passes Away in West
Old Erie Engineer Spent Many Years as Ranchman in Nebraska, Kansas, and Texas
Robert Bartlett, who was born on the old Bartlett farm on the Kirkwood side of the Susquehanna river, about two miles east of the city's eastern limits 86 years ago, died last night at his home in Tucson, Ariz., according to a telegram received today by his daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Burton of 35 Haendel street. It Is expected that the body will be brought East for burial.
Mr. Bartlett was one of the first Erie engineers, beginning service when the locomotives burned wood instead of coal for fuel and later went West, being at various times a resident of Nebraska, Kansas and Texas, while the vigilantes were trying to bring the western country under the law and Indians were still taking to the warpath. He married Miss Laodicea Carle of this city, and they made them home on the wild prairie, and lived the ranchman's life, spending many years at Midland, Texas. Here several of their sons and daughters were reared. About 20 years ago the Bartlett's came back to Binghamton and lived at 101 Boulevard Avenue, until about five years ago when they moved to Tucson, Ariz. Robert Bartlett's father was Robert Bartlett, Sr., and the family lived in the big farmhouse on the Bartlett farm on the Kirkwood road, The family came to this section from Salisbury. Conn., in 1813.
He was a cousin of Isaac Bartlett and of the late Arthur S. Bartlett, for years proprietor of the mills at Collier and Hawley streets operated by A. S. Bartlett & Co. He also was a first cousin of Mrs. Oliver W. Sears. Ho is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Helen Jacobs and Mrs. Anna Seivert Tucson, and Mrs. Burton; four sons, Fred, Robert, Eugene and William Alvin; -two brothers, Frank of Williamsport, Pa., and Edward of Malta. O., and a sister. Mrs. Julia Wilmarth, of Los Angeles.
Transcribed as printed in Press and Sun-Bulletin, Binghamton, New York, 20 Feb 1924, noting that there are mistakes, such as Robert's father, who was Joseph.
Robert Bartlett, Born on Farm on Kirkwood Road, Passes Away in West
Old Erie Engineer Spent Many Years as Ranchman in Nebraska, Kansas, and Texas
Robert Bartlett, who was born on the old Bartlett farm on the Kirkwood side of the Susquehanna river, about two miles east of the city's eastern limits 86 years ago, died last night at his home in Tucson, Ariz., according to a telegram received today by his daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Burton of 35 Haendel street. It Is expected that the body will be brought East for burial.
Mr. Bartlett was one of the first Erie engineers, beginning service when the locomotives burned wood instead of coal for fuel and later went West, being at various times a resident of Nebraska, Kansas and Texas, while the vigilantes were trying to bring the western country under the law and Indians were still taking to the warpath. He married Miss Laodicea Carle of this city, and they made them home on the wild prairie, and lived the ranchman's life, spending many years at Midland, Texas. Here several of their sons and daughters were reared. About 20 years ago the Bartlett's came back to Binghamton and lived at 101 Boulevard Avenue, until about five years ago when they moved to Tucson, Ariz. Robert Bartlett's father was Robert Bartlett, Sr., and the family lived in the big farmhouse on the Bartlett farm on the Kirkwood road, The family came to this section from Salisbury. Conn., in 1813.
He was a cousin of Isaac Bartlett and of the late Arthur S. Bartlett, for years proprietor of the mills at Collier and Hawley streets operated by A. S. Bartlett & Co. He also was a first cousin of Mrs. Oliver W. Sears. Ho is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Helen Jacobs and Mrs. Anna Seivert Tucson, and Mrs. Burton; four sons, Fred, Robert, Eugene and William Alvin; -two brothers, Frank of Williamsport, Pa., and Edward of Malta. O., and a sister. Mrs. Julia Wilmarth, of Los Angeles.
Transcribed as printed in Press and Sun-Bulletin, Binghamton, New York, 20 Feb 1924, noting that there are mistakes, such as Robert's father, who was Joseph.
Pioneer of Binghamton Dies in Arizona
Robert Bartlett, Born on Farm on Kirkwood Road, Passes Away in West
Old Erie Engineer Spent Many Years as Ranchman in Nebraska, Kansas, and Texas
Robert Bartlett, who was born on the old Bartlett farm on the Kirkwood side of the Susquehanna river, about two miles east of the city's eastern limits 86 years ago, died last night at his home in Tucson, Ariz., according to a telegram received today by his daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Burton of 35 Haendel street. It Is expected that the body will be brought East for burial.
Mr. Bartlett was one of the first Erie engineers, beginning service when the locomotives burned wood instead of coal for fuel and later went West, being at various times a resident of Nebraska, Kansas and Texas, while the vigilantes were trying to bring the western country under the law and Indians were still taking to the warpath. He married Miss Laodicea Carle of this city, and they made them home on the wild prairie, and lived the ranchman's life, spending many years at Midland, Texas. Here several of their sons and daughters were reared. About 20 years ago the Bartlett's came back to Binghamton and lived at 101 Boulevard Avenue, until about five years ago when they moved to Tucson, Ariz. Robert Bartlett's father was Robert Bartlett, Sr., and the family lived in the big farmhouse on the Bartlett farm on the Kirkwood road, The family came to this section from Salisbury. Conn., in 1813.
He was a cousin of Isaac Bartlett and of the late Arthur S. Bartlett, for years proprietor of the mills at Collier and Hawley streets operated by A. S. Bartlett & Co. He also was a first cousin of Mrs. Oliver W. Sears. Ho is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Helen Jacobs and Mrs. Anna Seivert Tucson, and Mrs. Burton; four sons, Fred, Robert, Eugene and William Alvin; -two brothers, Frank of Williamsport, Pa., and Edward of Malta. O., and a sister. Mrs. Julia Wilmarth, of Los Angeles.
Transcribed as printed in Press and Sun-Bulletin, Binghamton, New York, 20 Feb 1924, noting that there are mistakes, such as Robert's father, who was Joseph.
Robert Bartlett, Born on Farm on Kirkwood Road, Passes Away in West
Old Erie Engineer Spent Many Years as Ranchman in Nebraska, Kansas, and Texas
Robert Bartlett, who was born on the old Bartlett farm on the Kirkwood side of the Susquehanna river, about two miles east of the city's eastern limits 86 years ago, died last night at his home in Tucson, Ariz., according to a telegram received today by his daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Burton of 35 Haendel street. It Is expected that the body will be brought East for burial.
Mr. Bartlett was one of the first Erie engineers, beginning service when the locomotives burned wood instead of coal for fuel and later went West, being at various times a resident of Nebraska, Kansas and Texas, while the vigilantes were trying to bring the western country under the law and Indians were still taking to the warpath. He married Miss Laodicea Carle of this city, and they made them home on the wild prairie, and lived the ranchman's life, spending many years at Midland, Texas. Here several of their sons and daughters were reared. About 20 years ago the Bartlett's came back to Binghamton and lived at 101 Boulevard Avenue, until about five years ago when they moved to Tucson, Ariz. Robert Bartlett's father was Robert Bartlett, Sr., and the family lived in the big farmhouse on the Bartlett farm on the Kirkwood road, The family came to this section from Salisbury. Conn., in 1813.
He was a cousin of Isaac Bartlett and of the late Arthur S. Bartlett, for years proprietor of the mills at Collier and Hawley streets operated by A. S. Bartlett & Co. He also was a first cousin of Mrs. Oliver W. Sears. Ho is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Helen Jacobs and Mrs. Anna Seivert Tucson, and Mrs. Burton; four sons, Fred, Robert, Eugene and William Alvin; -two brothers, Frank of Williamsport, Pa., and Edward of Malta. O., and a sister. Mrs. Julia Wilmarth, of Los Angeles.
Transcribed as printed in Press and Sun-Bulletin, Binghamton, New York, 20 Feb 1924, noting that there are mistakes, such as Robert's father, who was Joseph.
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