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| Biography
of John Plum Bartles |
| Township
Histories |
| New
Philadelphia and Goshen Township |
| Chapter I |
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| J. P. BARTLES, of
J. P. Bartles & Son, manufacturers of carriages and
wagons, New Philadelphia, was born in Hunterdon County,
N. J., September 19, 1818. His father, Frederick
Bartles, was a native of New Germantown, N. J., and by
trade a carpenter, He came to Ohio about 1835, and was
among the pioneers of Licking County, locating near
Newark. He subsequently removed to St. Louis. Mo., where
he died about twenty years ago. He married Elizabeth
Williams. also a native of Hunterdon County, N. J. They
had six children, five of whom are living. Mrs. Bartles
died about the year 1832. Our subject was reared in his
native State, and there learned the carriage-maker's
trade. He came to New Philadelphia in 1846, and was the
first carriage-maker in the village (there being at that
period only three or four buggies in this vicinity), and
has since continued in the business. He has met with
some misfortunes, but. taking everything into
consideration, his success has been good. His son
Charles became a partner about six years ago. Mr.
Bartles is a member of the English Lutheran Church, and
one of its officers. He was married, in 1844. to
Caroline, daughter of Abraham and Mary Sharp, of German
Valley, N. J. Of their five children, only one survives
- Charles ; he was born in this city May 30, 1853, and
has been engaged in his present business since boyhood.
He married Martha R. Blickensderfer, daughter of Simon
Blickensderfer (deceased). They have three living
children-Edna M.. Helen and Charles LeRoy ; one
daughter; Josie, is dead. |
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