Ancestors of Ella Marie Bartlett
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Generation No. 1

1. Ella Marie Bartlett, born November 16, 1858 in Redwing, MN¹; died May 15, 1912 in Chicago, IL¹. She was the daughter of 2. Charles Elon Bartlett and 3. Sally Maria Virgil. She married (1) Milton Eben Blanchard November 7, 1874 in Remington, IN^2,3. He was the son of Psalter Sylvester Blanchard and Phoebe Thorpe.

Notes for Ella Marie Bartlett:

According to father Milton's biography, Ella was born in Naperville, Illinois. According to the census of 1900 and 1880, she was born in Minnesota. Birthdates agree however. DAR record has Redwing, Minnesota.

Notes for Milton Eben Blanchard:

Dr. Milton Eben Blanchard

Census of 1860 lists "Eben"

FROM the Biographical and Genealogical Record of LaSalle County, Illinois, page 585

Through two decades Dr. Blanchard has engaged in the practice of Medicine in Marseilles and has won distinctive preferment as a representative of the profession.

His entire life has been passed in Illinois, his birth having occurred in Brookfield Township, LaSalle County, on the 30th of September 1852. His parents were Psalter S. and Phoebe Thorp Blanchard. His father was born near Rochester, New York, October 18, 1800 and was married in that city to Miss Thorp, whose birth occurred June 14, 1861, and who was a daughter of James Thorp, a native of Genesee, Michigan and a farmer by occupation. Throughout his life Psalter S. Blanchard carried on agriculture pursuits. He arrived in LaSalle County, Illinois, in 1847 and purchased a farm on section 16, Brookfield Township, devoting his energies to its cultivation and improvement until his death, which occurred on the 14th of March, 1868. In his family were the following children: Adelaide L.; Elizabeth; Emily; James S; Alba G.; Achsah M.; Milton E.; Eunice L. ; and David E, and all are living with the exception of Elizabeth and James.

Dr. Blanchard spent his boyhood days on his father's farm and early became familiar with the work of the fields, following the plow and performing other services incumbent upon those who engage in the tilling of the soil. In 1869, however, he left home and went to Remington, Indiana, where he was employed in a grain office. He was ambitious and energetic, and, desiring to acquire a better education than had hitherto been vouchsafed to him. He spent all his leisure time in study. In the winter of 1873-4 he engaged in teaching, and in 1875 joined his brother Alba in conducting a drug store, which they purchased, in Cornell, Illinois. In September of the same year Dr. Blanchard went to Cincinnati, Ohio and entered the Medical College where he pursued his study for two terms, after which he began the practice of medicine in Norway, LaSalle county. There he remained until September, 1877 when he re-entered college, and was graduated January 22, 1878. Immediately thereafter he went again to Norway and remained there until June, 1880 when he came to Marseilles. He has further perfected himself in his chosen calling by a postgraduate course in the Rush Medical College at Chicago, where he pursued his studies in 1893-4, and while there he was promoted as assistant to Professor Adolphus in the clinical chair of gynecology. His professional connection with Marseilles covers a period of twenty years, during which time he has demonstrated his ability to cope successfully with all sorts of disease. His superior skill and his elevation to the profession have won him a creditable place in its ranks and he enjoys the regard of those who, like himself, are giving their energies to the heating art. His genial manner in the sick room, as well as his skill and ability, makes his visits very desirable. He is a member of the LaSalle County Medical Society and of the Illinois State Medical Society, and is a surgeon of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company, which position he has held ever since 1890.

All his life he has manifested a deep interest in all that pertains to the welfare of the community., withholding his support from no movement which gives a net result in favor of human welfare. Accordingly he has been an active politician. A staunch Jeffersonian Democrat, in 1892 his party awarded his zeal and fidelity by electing him the coroner of this great county which office he filled with credit to the county and honor to himself. He has also distinguished himself in the Masonic fraternity, having held an office in the Marseilles Lodge, No. 417, with the exception of one year, for the past eighteen years. He has been elected worshipful master five times, and now occupies the chair, for the fourth time, of excellent high priest of Shabbona Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, at Ottawa. He is also thrice illustrious master of Oriental Council, Royal and Select Masters at Ottawa, a member of Oriental Consistory, Sublime Princes of the Royal Secret, Chicago, and of the Ottawa Commandery, No. 10, Knights Templar. In further social connection with the fraternity he is al so a member of the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine at Chicago. In active philanthropic connection with the order he is also a life member and a director of the Illinois, Masonic Home for the Aged.

Locally he has just completed one of the finest business blocks in the city of Marseilles and now occupies it with a drug store and his offices.

On the 7th of November, 1874, the Doctor was married to Miss Ella M. Bartlett, a daughter of Charles E. and Maria S. Virgil Bartlett. She was born November 16, 1858 in Naperville, Illinois, and is now the mother of four children, namely: - Florence, who was born August 15, 1875; Vivian M. born October 18, 1877; Alfa Mary born December 10, 1888; and John, born May 23, 1897.

In all his professional, political and domestic relations the Doctor has manifested a trustworthy devotion and responsible skill, and so has won for himself a name and fame envied by all.

More About Milton Eben Blanchard:

Chart Caption: a surgeon and gynecologist, honored Mason, Democrat and philanthropist

Name (Facts Page): "Eben" in 1860 census

Occupation: a surgeon and gynecologist, honored Mason, Democrat and philanthropist

Children of Ella Bartlett and Milton Blanchard are:

i. Florence Emily Blanchard, born August 15, 1875; married Charles Harrison Connard.

ii. Vivian Minnith Blanchard, born October 18, 1877 in Norway, Illinois; married Frederick Andrew Brown June 21, 1898 in Marseilles, Illinois.

iii. Alfa Mary Blanchard⁴, born December 10, 1888 in Marseilles, IL⁵; died November 11, 1968 in Monterey, CA⁶; married (1) Robert Groh Light March 17, 1912 in Illinois⁷; married (2) Ernest Henry Brown March 7, 1942 in Santa Cruz, CA⁸.

Notes for Alfa Mary Blanchard:

Talked of French and English ancestry

More About Alfa Mary Blanchard:

Father's occupation: Surgeon-gynecologist

Mother: Descendant of Francis Cooke of the Mayflower (GSMD #64212)

More About Robert Groh Light:

Date born 2: March 17, 1888, (on gravestone and death certificate in error: likely confused with wife Alfa's birthyear)¹⁰

Cause of Death: sudden - "probably cerebral hemmorage"¹⁰

Occupation: worked for a time in Panama for P G & E related to the canal; later for US Postal Service until death¹¹

iv. John Blanchard, born May 23, 1897; married Mildred.

Generation No. 2

2. Charles Elon Bartlett, born May 5, 1836 in Rising Sun, IN^12,13; died March 5, 1871 in Remington, IN^14,15,16. He was the son of 4. Charles Lurvey Bartlett and 5. Emeline Duville Lanphear. He married 3. Sally Maria Virgil November 14, 1854 in Joliet, IL¹⁷.

3. Sally Maria Virgil, born August 12, 1836 in South Wales, Erie Co, NY¹⁸; died January 11, 1910 in Elwood, IN. She was the daughter of 6. Elon Virgil and 7. Polly Dimon.

Notes for Charles Elon Bartlett:

From Vivian's archives:

"Charles and his wife Sally went to Rising Sun, IN driving across the plains with an oxen train in 1857 but were forced to return a year later on account of the uprising of the Indians who killed many of their neighbors. They then settled on a farm near Remmington, IN."

From Emma's letter of 1943:

Lived at the old Virgil (Grandfather Virgil's) home Will County, IL

Abt 1857 left for Minnesota

Bet 1858 - 1874 returned to Will Co., IL

Then moved to Benton Co, (IN - ? says Ill) with border Milton Blanchard.

Note from Florence in Vivian;s book says that Charles is buried near Naperville, Will County, Ill.

More About Charles Elon Bartlett:

Chart Caption: 1857, Drove oxen train across plains, encountering Indians, settling as farmer

Fact 1: 1857, Drove oxen train across plains, encountering Indians, settling as farmer

Fact 4: Buried near Naperville, Will Co, Illinois

Fact 5: Elon, as middle name?

More About Sally Maria Virgil:

Fact 4: Buried at Remington, Indiana

Children of Charles Bartlett and Sally Virgil are:

1 i. Ella Marie Bartlett, born November 16, 1858 in Redwing, MN; died May 15, 1912 in Chicago, IL; married Milton Eben Blanchard November 7, 1874 in Remington, IN.

ii. Emma Florence Bartlett, born June 23, 1856 in Hill Co, Indiana; married Warner J. Elmore October 1, 1874.

iii. Willie Bartlett, born 1860.

iv. Estelle Mae Bartlett, born October 22, 1868; married Fred Love September 1, 1877.

v. Charles Elon Bartlett, married Della Foster 1901 in Remington, Indiana.

Generation No. 3

4. Charles Lurvey Bartlett^19,20,21, born April 28, 1804 in Whitefield, NH^22,23; died September 16, 1867 in Osceola, MO²³. He was the son of 8. James Harbert Bartlett and 9. Nancy Farwell. He married 5. Emeline Duville Lanphear 1830 in Springfield, Mssachusetts²⁴.

5. Emeline Duville Lanphear, born February 5, 1809 in Boston, MA²⁵; died April 16, 1861 in Lake Forest, IL²⁶. She was the daughter of 10. Benjamin Lanphear and 11. Lucinda Ames.

Notes for Charles Lurvey Bartlett:

Charles was a Presbyterian Minister according to Vivian's Lineage book. See source, "The Native Ministry of New Hampshire":

From Vivian's Lineage:

"They moved west locating in Rising Sun, ID, then to Newark, IL and Lake Forest, IL. He died at Osceola, MO Sept 16, 1867. Buried with Emeline at Lake Forest."

From Census 1850

Page 287

Free Inhabitants in the Town of Big Grove in the Conty of Kendall State of Illinois

3rd day of September 1850. Dan G. Johnson Ass't Marshall.

1 2

House Family

57 77

3 Names 4 Age 5 Sex 6 Occupation 7 Estate 8 Birthplace

Charles L. Bartlett 46 M Clergy $700 N.H.

Emeline 44 F Mah

Charles 15 M Ohio or Phil(?)

Frances 10 F Indiana

James 8 M "

Mary 6 F "

Susan 2 F Ills

Emma 9 m F "

History of Littleton, Vol III, has some mixed information:

"b. Unity, April 28, 1804. m. Emeline D. Lamphear. Clergyman. He d. September 18, 1861. She d. Lake Faust, Ill.,April 16, 1861."

More About Charles Lurvey Bartlett:

Died 2: September 16, 1867²⁷

Died 3: September 16, 1867, Taberville, MA²⁸

: Presbyterian Minister, ordained evangelist from Princeton Theological Seminar

Burial: Lake Forest, Illinois²⁹

Chart Caption: June 24, 1835, Ordained as Evangelist

Ordination: June 24, 1835, Evangelist ³⁰

Notes for Emeline Duville Lanphear:

Spelled Lanphear (twice) in a statement by son Edward P. Bartlett. Spelled Lanfair and Lamphear elsewhere.

More About Emeline Duville Lanphear:

Chart Caption: "Active in the Sabbath School, the maternal association and sewing society"

Fact 1: "Active in the Sabbath School, the maternal association and sewing society"

Fact 4: Buried in Lake Forest, Illinois

Children of Charles Bartlett and Emeline Lanphear are:

2 i. Charles Elon Bartlett, born May 5, 1836 in Rising Sun, IN; died March 5, 1871 in Remington, IN; married Sally Maria Virgil November 14, 1854 in Joliet, IL.

ii. David Ames Bartlett, born 1834³¹; died in Died in Infancy.

iii. Frances Augusta Bartlett, born February 27, 1840 in Rising Sun, Indiana; died July 27, 1908 in Springfield, Illinois; married Edwin Wright July 27, 1864.

iv. Edward Pyncheon Bartlett, born April 24, 1842 in Rising Sun, Indiana³¹; died 1923 in Springfield, illinois; married Ann Augusta Clayton May 14, 1867 in Macon, Missouri³¹.

Notes for Edward Pyncheon Bartlett:

Member of Stephenson Post No. 30 G. A. R. Dr. Bartlett was a commander of the G. A. R. He was also a member of the Sons of the American Revolution.

Listed as James in 1850 census.

More About Edward Pyncheon Bartlett:

Fact 1: Buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield

v. Mary Erminah Bartlett, born February 27, 1844 in Newark, Kendall Co, IL or Rising Sun, IN³¹; died April 22, 1903 in Greencastle, MO³¹; married William Webster Sherrar September 12, 1865.

vi. Susan Ames Bartlett, born September 9, 1846³¹; died in Kansas City, Missouri; married G. Whitelaw Shield.

vii. Emma E. H. Bartlett, born December 11, 1849³¹; died April 1910; married James Wallace Standley September 9, 1875³¹.

6. Elon Virgil, born Abt. 1810 in New York³²; died in Will County, Illinois ? Minnesota ?. He married 7. Polly Dimon.

7. Polly Dimon, born Abt. 1810 in New York³²; died in Minnesota ?.

Child of Elon Virgil and Polly Dimon is:

3 i. Sally Maria Virgil, born August 12, 1836 in South Wales, Erie Co, NY; died January 11, 1910 in Elwood, IN; married (1) Charles Elon Bartlett November 14, 1854 in Joliet, IL; married (2) James Mason Abt. 1872.

Generation No. 4

8. James Harbert Bartlett^{33,34,35,36,37}, born November 26, 1780 in Kingston, NH³⁸; died May 17, 1865 in Manchester, NH³⁹. He was the son of 16. Matthias Bartlett and 17. Tamesin Lurvey. He married 9. Nancy Farwell 1803 in Washington, New Hampshire⁴⁰.

9. Nancy Farwell, born May 6, 1784 in Groton, MA^41,42; died November 18, 1839 in Manchester, NH⁴³. She was the daughter of 18. Ephraim Farwell and 19. Anne Bartlett.

Notes for James Harbert Bartlett:

History of Littleton, Vol III, has some mixed information:

"b. Unity, 26 Nov 1783 m. Nancy dau of Ephraim Farwell, b. Unity, 06 May 1783

d. in Whitefield about 1848. He was one of the pioneer settlers of Whitefield, where he resided until 1849, when he moved to Littleton building a log house on the farm of his son Frederick. He worked on his son's farm summers, and winters hunted and trapped wild animals, being a noted hunter. He d. in Manchester while visiting his daughter Caroline May 17, 1865."

More About James Harbert Bartlett:

Fact 1: Buried w/ Nancy at Whitefield, New Hampshire

More About Nancy Farwell:

Fact 1: Buried in Whitefield, New Hampshire

Children of James Bartlett and Nancy Farwell are:

i. Caroline F. Bartlett⁴⁴, born August 9, 1802; married Charles Chapman.

4 ii. Charles Lurvey Bartlett, born April 28, 1804 in Whitefield, NH; died September 16, 1867 in Osceola, MO; married Emeline Duville Lanphear 1830 in Springfield, Mssachusetts.

iii. Alpheus Shaw Bartlett, born October 26, 1805; died in of Whitefield⁴⁵; married Zelinda Judd Cole.

Notes for Alpheus Shaw Bartlett:

A farmer.

iv. Frederick Augustus Bartlett⁴⁵, born December 18, 1809 in Unity, NH; died January 23, 1871 in Littleton, NH⁴⁶; married Clarissa Bacon February 11, 1830.

Notes for Frederick Augustus Bartlett:

Farmer. Free Baptist. Democrat.

v. Sally C. Bartlett⁴⁷, born May 1, 1812 in Unity, NH⁴⁷; died June 17, 1889 in Manchester; married Caleb Hutchins.

vi. Ephraim Farwell Bartlett, born February 22, 1815 in Unity, NH; died November 1, 1895 in Haverhill, MA; married Vienna Martin.

vii. Eliza Ann Bartlett, born August 13, 1817; married Charles Calvin Huntoon March 1837.

10. Benjamin Lanphear, born Abt. 1780 in Boston, MA; died August 18, 1830. He married 11. Lucinda Ames April 19, 1806 in Boston, Massachusetts.

11. Lucinda Ames, born February 15, 1782 in Bridgewater, MA; died March 27, 1841 in Cincinnati, OH. She was the daughter of 22. David Ames and 23. Rebecca Johnson.

Notes for Benjamin Lanphear:

Record as submitted to Mayflower Society has death place as New Haven Illinois crossed out.

More About Benjamin Lanphear:

Chart Caption: Married and lived in Boston, Massachusetts

Fact 1: Married and lived in Boston, Massachusetts

Child of Benjamin Lanphear and Lucinda Ames is:

5 i. Emeline Duville Lanphear, born February 5, 1809 in Boston, MA; died April 16, 1861 in Lake Forest, IL; married Charles Lurvey Bartlett 1830 in Springfield, Mssachusetts.

Generation No. 5

16. Matthias Bartlett⁴⁸, born Bef. February 1743/44 in Wells, ME⁴⁹; died Aft. 1837 in possibly East Unity, NH or Whitefield where son James was living; no record yet found. He was the son of 32. Joshua Bartlett and 33. Priscilla Jacobs. He married 17. Tamesin Lurvey July 12, 1779 in Kingston, NH^50,51.

17. Tamesin Lurvey^52,53,54, born November 6, 1746 in Gloucester, MA⁵⁵; died Aft. 1790 in no record yet found. She was the daughter of 34. Peter Lurvey and 35. Reuel Harraden.

Notes for Matthias Bartlett:

From "Lineage Book of Blachard-Bartlett Family"

Several sources including the family tradition

Tamesin was Matthias' 2nd Wife.

Matthias was a private in Captain Whittier's Company of Colonel Jacob Gale's Regiment of Volunteers which marched from New Hampshire and joined the Continental Army in Rhode Island in August of 1778.

He was a surveyor and for many years a selectman in the town of Newton, New Hampshire in 1775-1776.

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James Habert Bartlett, son of Matthias and Tamesin (Habert) Bartlett was born in Kingston, New Hampshire Nov. 26, 1780 and died May 17, 1865 at Manchester, New Hampshire. Married at Washington, New Hampshire 1803, Nancy Farwell dughter of Ephraim and Annie Farwell. She was born in Groton, Mass. May 6, 1784 and died in Manchester, New Hampshire, Nov. 8, 1839. They are both buried at Whitefield, New Hampshire. Children:

1. Charles Levi b. 1804, m. 1830 Emeline Duville Lanphear

2. Alpha Shaw b. Oct 26 1805 m. Belinda Cole

3. Eliza Ann m. Charles Huntoon

4. Frederick m. Clarissa Bacon

5. Ephraim m. Vienna Martin

6. Sally m. Caleb Hutchins

From The Farwell Family and "History of Littleton, N. H.," Vol.111:

Daughter of Ephraim and Annie (Bartlett) Farwell:

Nancy Farwell, b. in Unity, N.H., May 6, 1783; d. in Whitefield, N. H. abt 1848; m. abt. 1801 James Herbert Bartlett, who was b. in Unity, N.H., Nov. 26, 1783, and d. in Manchester, N.H., May 17, 1865. He was one of the pioneer settlers of Whitefield, where he lived until 1849, when he removed to Littleton, N. H., and built a log house on the farm belonging to his son, Frederick. He worked on the farm during the summer and spent his winters in hunting and trapping.

Children, all b. in Unity, N.H.:

2814 I. Caroline Bartlett b. Aug. 9, 1802; m. Charles Chatman of Auburn.

2815 II. Charles L. Bartlett b. Apr.28, 1804; m. Emeline D. Lamphear. He was a clergyman; d. Sept. 16, 1861. His wife d. in Lake Forest, Ill., Apr.16, 1861.

2816 III. Alpha S. Bartlett b. Oct.24, 1806; m. Feb. 2, 1824, Zelinda Cole. He was a farmer and resided in Whitefield, N. H.

2817 IV. Frederick Augustus Bartlett b. Dec.18, 1809; m. Clarissa Bacon. (* more on them)

2818 V. Sally C. Bartlett b. May 1,1812; m. Caleb Hutchins, a farmer; lived in Manchester. He d. June 17,1889.

2819 VI. Ephraim Farwell Bartlett b. Feb.22, 1815; m. Vienna Martin. Last residence, Haverhill, Mass., where he d. Nov. 1, 1895, and his wife d. Jan.21, 1888.

2820 VII. Eliza Ann Bartlett b. Aug.13, 1817; m. Charles Huntoon of Manchester, N. H.

2821 VIII. Increase Sumner Bartlett b. Whitefield, Feb.19, 1827; d. young.