Author: Unknown

Wm. F. Bartlett who lives on section 27, Des Moines township, is a native of
the county. He was born October 17, 1865. His farther Richard F. Bartlett
was also born in the county from early pioneer stock. Mr. Bartlett was reared
on the home place, receiving a common school education. He was married in
1886 to Miss Ella Murphy. He is a man of great energy and we predict for him
a long life of usefulness and prosperity. The home he occupies is a part of
the ancestral homestead and his farm is one of the most fertile and best
improved in the east section of the county.