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Bartle Family
First Known American Ancestors
William Toy Bartle was born of Prussian parents in Mullica Hill, New Jersey, in 1822. He became a teacher and a minister. He held strong anti-slavery views, which so irritated the board of the Carrolton School, who had hired him as their first instructor, to fire him. (I guess Cancel Culture goes back a long way.) While I know quite a bit about his life, I have been unable to identify William Toy Bartle's parents. For details, see our Roadblock.
Line of Descent
name = Direct ancestor. Due to the large number of descendants, the line of descent below is abbreviated.
- William[?] Bartel[?] (1800 Prussia, ____ Pennsylvania), m. Elizabeth[?] ______ (c1800 Prussia-1839 Pennsylvania)
- William Toy (17 Feb 1822, Mullica
Hill, New Jersey-19 Jun 1912, Claremont, California); m.
(1) Mary Helen Wilcox (25 Feb 1833-11 Jun 1853) on 31 Mar 1851. Issue: - Blanche (3 May 1852-29 Sep 1942) in Carrollton, Illinois, m. John Christiansen
- James Sanborne Bartle, b. 22 February 1855 in Knoxville, Illinois. James was a general freight agent for the Burlington Railroad with headquarters at Saint Joseph, Missouri for a number of years. In 1895 he become eastern agent of the Santa Fe Railroad in New York. In 1912 he was then transferred homeward to Chicago. James was an assistant general freight agent for the Santa Fe Railroad under Mr. F. B. Houghton at his death in 1917.
- William Howard Bartle, was born 15 Jan 1856, Knoxville, Illinois. William was employed as the commercial agent for the New York Central Railroad in Saint Joseph, Missouri in 1917.
- Henry Hart Bartle, b. 27 Aug 1858 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. See below.
- Jane "Jennie" Myrtle Bartle, b. 14 June 1861 in Knoxville, Illinois. See below.
- Helen Lindsay Bartle, b. 6 July 1862 Decatur, Michigan; m. Thadeus Merrill Phelps. See below.
- Mary "Beth" Elizabeth Bartle, b. 28 Feb 1865 in Decatur, Michigan. Mary married Thomas C. Shaw and had two daughters.
- George Jennings Bartle, b. 23 Jul 1868 in Clinton, Michigan. See below.
- George (Aug 1824, Philadelphia, PA- Aug 1890, Delaware County, PA) m. Elizabeth Rhodes (1811 Pennsylvania-1 May 1887 Middletown, Delaware, PA). Children unknown.
(2) Elizabeth Granger Sanburn (11 Mar 1829-1 Sep 1892).
Issue:
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| Great-grandmother Helen Lindsay Bartle, circa 1895. She married Thaddeus Phelps |
Henry Hart Bartle
Henry met his wife, Kate Scudder, in In Creston. She had moved with her father Marvin Scudder from Galesburg, Illinois, where Henry's father had studied for the ministry. Before Henry and Kate were married, they both moved out to the prairies of Nebraska, where she taught a year previous to their marriage. Rev. William was a trustee of Tabor college in Iowa, and hoped his sons would study there. Henry and Kate however moved to Kansas City, where he went into the offices of the freight department of the Burlington railroad, two of his brothers being railroad men at the time.
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| Henry Hart Bartle |
In 1900, Henry and Kate moved to Mentone, California, near Redlands, on account of the poor health of their daughter, Helen S. Bartle. Their first daughter, Elizabeth, died there in 1901. In 1911, the family relocated 30 miles west to Claremont. In his obituary, the Courier stated, "It seemed impossible at the time for him to go into the city where he was to have been engaged in railroad work, so once again he turned to the trade of his young manhood, and in it he continued, doing less and less of manual work and depending more and more on the selling of implements and garden tools." So Henry took up blacksmithing again, turning out tools and implements which he sold, establishing a successful business. In 1915, Kate passed away. Helen continued to live with her father until his death, so her infirmity followed her all her life.
Jane Myrick Bartle
In 1886, Jane "Jennie" Myrick Bartle married Mefford W. Kiddoo. A "Wm. Kiddoo" had served as a Deacon in the Cromwell Congregational Church, and it is likely that the two are related. The family remained in Creston until Jennie's death.
George Jennings Bartle
George, the youngest son, was educated at Cromwell High School in Creston and graduated in 1886. The following two years were spent as a circuit teacher in the rural schools in Union county. He moved to Saint Joseph, Missouri in 1888 where he worked for the Steele and Walker Wholesale Grocery until 1896. On June 20, 1893 he married Elizabeth Haver Munch at Saint Joseph. Elizabeth was a daughter of David and Margaret (Failor) Munch of Allen county, Ohio. After their marriage George and Elizabeth remained in Saint Joseph where for two years he was employed as a clerk in the C.D. Drug Co. In 1898 he was employed for one year at the Chicago-Burlington & Quincy Railroad and one year for Swift & Company Meat Packers.
In 1900 George and Elizabeth moved to Creston, Iowa where he established the Bartle Packet Store, a small general store, he also managed three farms, a total of 305 acres in Union and Adams counties. In 1925 he became the president and Director of the First National Bank of Prescott, Iowa and remained President until his death. From 1933-39 he was elected Union County Supervisor where he served as Chairman of the board. He was also a member of the board of trustees of the Greater Community Hospital where he served as Chairman of the Board. He was also a member of the Rotary, Crestmoor Golf Club, First Congregational Church and a Republican.