Home › B › Bartlett, John Russell – Barton, David

Bartlett, John Russell – Barton, David

Bartlett, John Russell

public official, author, was born Oct. 23, 1805, in Providence, R. I. He was at one time secretary of state in Rhode Island; and was the author of Records of the Colony of Rhode Island; Memoir of Rhode Island Officers in the War of the Rebellion; Primeval Man; Genealogy of the Russell Family; Dictionary of Americanisms; and Progress of Ethnology. He edited the Letters of Roger Williams.

He died May 28, 1886, in Providence, R. I.

Bartlett, Joseph

poet, was born June 10, 1762, in Plymouth, Mass. He was a satirical poet whose New Vicar of Bray once attracted considerable attention. He died Oct. 20, 1827, in Boston, Mass.

Bartlett, Joseph J

diplomat, was born about 1820, in New York. In 1867 he was appointed minister resident to Sweden and Norway, where he remained until 1869.

Bartlett, Josiah

physician, congressman, was born in 1768, in New Hampshire. He was a physician of extensive practice; a representative in congress from New Hampshire from 1811 to 1813; and a presidential elector in 1792 and 1825. His father, bearing the same name, was a man of note, and the first governor of New Hampshire, after the adoption of the federal constitution.

He died April 14, 1838, in Stratham, N.

H.

Bartlett, Mary Russell

author.

She is a graduate of Wellesley college; and her poems constantly appear in current publications.

Bartlett, Napier

soldier, journalist, author, was born in 1836, in Georgia. He was the author of Clarimonde, a novelette; Stories of the Crescent City; and A Soldier's Story of the War. died in 1877.

He

Bartlett, Thomas

JR., lawyer, legislator, congressman, was born in Vermont. He adopted the profession of the law; and was a representative in congress from Vermont from 1851 to 1853. He served three years in the state legislature, in both houses.

Bartlett, Washington

governor, was born Feb. 29, 1824, in Savannah, Ga.

He published the first book printed in California, entitled California as It Is and as It May Be. In 1886 he was chosen governor of California, and held that office until the time of his death. He died Sept. 2, 1887.

Bartley, Mordecai

soldier, agriculturalist, governor, was born Dec. 16, 1783, in Fayette county, Pa. He was captain and adjutant, under Harrison, in the war of 1812; and was a state senator in 1817 and 1818. He was a representative in congress from Ohio from 1823 to 1831; and governor of Ohio from 1844 to 1846.

He died Oct. 12, 1870, in Mansfield, Ohio.

Barton, Mrs. Anna

pastor, poet, was born Oct. 26, 1842, in Western New York. After engaging in active church service for many years, in 1886 she assumed the position of pastor of the Free Baptist church, of Paw Paw, Mich. In 1882 she published a volume of poems, entitled For Friendship's Sake.

Barton, Benjamin Smith

physician, author, was born Feb. 10, 1766, in Lancaster, Pa. He was a noted physician of Philadelphia; and the author of Observations on Some Parts of Natural History; New Views on the Origin of the Tribes of North America; and Elements of Botany. He died Dec. 19, 1815, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Barton, David

congressman, was born in 1785, in Boonville, Mo. He was one of the first emigrants to the territory of Missouri; president of the convention which met to form a state constitution in 1820; and was a senator in congress from Missouri from 1821 to 1831. He died Sept. 28, 1837, near Boonville, Mo.