A PIONEER. Mrs. Phoebe A. Bartles, widow of the late Joseph A. Bartles, died at the home of her daughter-in-law. Mrs. Melissa Bartles, 513 Oakland avenue, at the advanced age of 82 years. She was buried at the cemetery at Quindaro this afternoon. Mrs. Bartles was one of the pioneers of Wyandotte county, and had lived here for the past forty years. She came to Kansas with her husband from New Jersey. They came up the Missouri River and landed at Quindaro in June, 1857. During the war her husband took an active part in suppressing the border of ruffians that invaded this section of the country at that time. He died in this city about seventeen years ago. Her two sons – Theodore and Jacob – enlisted and fought in the Federal army. Theodore died about nine years ago at the home where his mother died. Jacob is now located in Bartlesville, I. T. He arrived in the city from there several days ago
A PIONEER. Mrs. Phoebe A. Bartles, widow of the late Joseph A. Bartles, died at the home of her daughter-in-law. Mrs. Melissa Bartles, 513 Oakland avenue, at the advanced age of 82 years. She was buried at the cemetery at Quindaro this afternoon. Mrs. Bartles was one of the pioneers of Wyandotte county, and had lived here for the past forty years. She came to Kansas with her husband from New Jersey. They came up the Missouri River and landed at Quindaro in June, 1857. During the war her husband took an active part in suppressing the border of ruffians that invaded this section of the country at that time. He died in this city about seventeen years ago. Her two sons – Theodore and Jacob – enlisted and fought in the Federal army. Theodore died about nine years ago at the home where his mother died. Jacob is now located in Bartlesville, I. T. He arrived in the city from there several days ago
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