Stephen Bartlett (1819 - 1892)

Born 11 Jan 1819 in Bethel, Oxford, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Cyrene (Howe) Bartlett — married 23 Jan 1842 in Dracut, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Died 31 Mar 1892 at age 73 in Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Stephen was born on January 11, 1819, in Bethel, Maine. He was the son of Ebenezer Bartlett and Lois Powers.^[1]

On January 23, 1842, in Dracut, Massachsetts, he was united in marriage with Cyrene Howe.^[2] They lived in Lowell, and had four children:^[3]

1. Melissa Jane, born 1842
2. Daniel Boody Howe, born October 31, 1843
3. Edwin W., born April 11, 1845
4. Stephen Ebenezer, born September 23, 1847

Stephen died on March 31, 1892, in Lowell, of apoplexy.^[4] His obituary was published in a Lowell newspaper:^[5]

Stephen Bartlett, a well known old resident, died at his home, 263 Fletcher Street last evening, aged 73 years. He was for many years an employ on the Lawrence Corporation as an overseer and in other capacities. Quite a number of years since he suffered a stroke of partial paralysis, from which he has been partially crippled, although able to be out a large portion of the time. At one time he took considerable interest in politics, as a Democrat, and he was in the common council in 1855. After leaving the employ of the Lawrence Company he started in business at his trade as a carpenter. Deceased was unusually well informed, and as a member of different societies in the city thirty or forty years, showed himself to be a debater of much ability. He was a frequent speaker at political meetings in his younger days. Mr Bartlett leaves three sons and a daughter, his sons being Edwin W Bartlett, foreman of Hook and Ladder No 2, Stephen E., foreman of Hose No. 9, and Daniel Boody Howe Bartlett.

He is buried in Edson Cemetery in Lowell, along with his wife.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F43N-5BD : 14 January 2020), Stephen Bartlett, 1819.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHNJ-QZQ : 28 July 2021), Stephen Bartlet, 1842.
3. ↑ Caverly, Robert Boodey. Annals of the Boodeys in New England, together with lessons of law and life, from John Eliot, the apostle of the Indians. Lowell, Mass., The author, 1880. p. 259
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWQG-QZ6 : 2 March 2021), Stephen Bartlett, 31 Mar 1892; citing Lowell, Massachusetts, v 428 p 228, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 961,507.
5. ↑ Lowell Daily Courier (Lowell, Mass.), 1 Apr 1892, p. 5
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28265017/stephen-ebenezer-bartlett : accessed 04 February 2022), memorial page for Stephen Ebenezer Bartlett (11 Jan 1819–31 Mar 1892), Find a Grave Memorial ID 28265017, citing Edson Cemetery, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Maureen (contributor 46983420) .

• Lapham, William Berry. History of Bethel, formerly Sudbury, Canada, Oxford County, Maine, 1768-1890. Augusta, Me., Press of the Maine farmer, 1891. p. 471
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDSQ-1YC : 22 December 2020), Stephen Bartlett, Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "Massachusetts State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQW1-S5V : 11 March 2018), Stephen Bartlett, Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 953,950.
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZCH-HKG : 18 February 2021), Stephen Bartlett, 1860.
• "Massachusetts State Census, 1865", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQCV-S56 : 22 February 2021), Stephen Bartlett, 1865.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD3X-YCX : 2 January 2021), Stephen Bartlett in entry for B D H Bartlett, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHXQ-YZL : 19 February 2021), Stephen Bartlett, Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district ED 466, sheet 492A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,545.