Andrew Jackson Bartholomew (1829 - 1902)

Born 1 Jan 1829 in Brown, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Louisa (Watrous) Bartholomew — married 1 Jul 1866 in Grant County, Wisconsin, United States

Descendants

Died 2 Jul 1902 at age 73 in Boscobel, Grant, Wisconsin, United States

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Biography

Andrew Jackson Bartholomew was the son of John Bartholomew (1802, PA-1884, WI) and Sarah Tumbleson (1802, OH-1834, OH). After the death of his mother, his father married Andrew's maternal aunt Priscilla Tumbleson (1816, OH-1898, WI). Soon after his father and step-mother moved to Grant County, Wisconsin, Andrew headed west to California's gold fields. Andrew was living in Placer County in 1860 (1860 US Census). After the coming of the Civil War, Andrew enlisted as a private at Forest Hill, Placer County, September 12, 1861, and was mustered into Company B, 4th California Infantry. Private Bartholomew was mustered out at Drum Barracks, Los Angeles County, California, October 4, 1864 (Orton, 611). After the war, he returned to Grant County, Wisconsin, where he married Mary Louise Waltrus (Watrous) July 1, 1866 (Wisconsin Marriages, Pre-1907). Andrew filed for a Civil War veteran's disability pension in Grant County May 5, 1879, and received application No. 282,183 and certificate No. 595,071. Andrew was a farmer living in Grant County with his wife Mary and five children in 1880 (1880 US Census). Andrew was a farmer living at Boscobel, Grant County, Wisconsin, June 8, 1900 (1900 US Census). After Andrew's death at Boscobel in 1902, Mary filed for a Civil War widow's pension in Grant County July 18, 1902, and received application No. 766,782 and certificate No. 653,606.

• Fact: Residence (1850) Eastern District, Grant, Wisconsin
• Fact: Residence (1860) Wingville, Grant, Wisconsin, United States
• Fact: Civil War (Union) (1861 - 1865)
• Fact: Marriage to Mary Watrus on 01 Jul 1866
• Fact: Residence (1870) Marion, Grant, Wisconsin, United States
• Fact: Residence (1880) Marion, Grant, Wisconsin, United States
• Fact: Residence (1880) Marion, Grant, Wisconsin, United States
• Fact: Residence (1890) Grant County, WI
• Fact: Residence (1900) Marion & Woodman Townships, Grant, Wisconsin

Sources

• "Public Member Trees", database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/8104772/person/1443226903/facts : accessed 24 December 2017), profile for Andrew Jackson Bartholomew.

• "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSLF-TTB : 4 December 2014), Andrew J. Bartholomew, Private, Company B, 4th Regiment, California Infantry, Union; citing NARA microfilm publication M533 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1; FHL microfilm 881,609.

Company: 4th Cal. Inf,

Start Date: 25 Sep 1861,

End Date: 4 Oct 1864,

Rank: Private E-1

• "Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR86-BRY : 11 February 2018), A. J. Bartholomew and Mary Watrus, 01 Jul 1866; citing reference 154; FHL microfilm 1,266,985.

Name: A. J. Bartholomew

Spouse's Name: Mary Watrus

Event Date: 01 Jul 1866

Father's Name: John Bartholomew

Mother's Name: Sarah Bartholomew

Spouse's Father's Name: Hiram Watrus

Spouse's Mother's Name: Watrus

• Andrew Jackson Bartholomew's Obituary

09 Jul 1902 Boscobel, Wisconsin

Obituary, Boscobel Dial paper, July 9, 1902

"A GOOD MAN GONE

A.J. Bartholemew dies at his home in this city, Wednesday evening, July 2, 1902, of general complications, aged 74 years and 6 months. Funeral services were held from the Cong'l church Friday afternoon, Rev. Bond officiating. The members of the John McDermott post acted as an escort for their fallen comrade to the cemetery.

Deceased was a native of Ohio and early in life moved with his parents to Indiana, then to Illinois and finally to Wisconsin, where they settle in Iowa County. barely reaching his majority, the deceased determined to seek his fortune in the gold fields of California where he labored for fifteen years with considerable success. In years after it afforded him genuine pleasure to recall the exciting events that made the history of that Eldorado famous the world over. When the war broke out, he at once enlisted in the cause of his country serving well and honorable for three years or more with Co. B, 4th Cal. Inf. Upon being mustered out he came to this city and in 1866 he purchased the old homestead in Marion. Tho same year he was united in marriage with Miss Mary L. Watrous who, with five sons and two daughters are left to mourn the loss of a kind and affectionate husband and an indulgent father. Late last fall the worthy couple moved to this city to reside, purchasing a comfortable home in the second ward, and this untimely, though not unexpected demise cuts short the hope and expectations of the loved ones left behind.

In Mr. Bartholemew's death this vicinity loses one of its most upright and honorable residents and we extend to the bereaved family the heartfelt sympathy of the entire community."

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129840075/andrew-jackson-bartholomew : accessed 21 November 2021), memorial page for Andrew Jackson Bartholomew (1 Jan 1829–2 Jul 1902), Find a Grave Memorial ID 129840075, citing Boscobel Cemetery, Boscobel, Grant County, Wisconsin, USA ; Maintained by Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (contributor 48353502) .