Chat
|
Daily Search
|
My GenForum
|
Community Standards
|
Terms of Service
|
|
|
Hi,
Is this familiar to anyone???
CAPTAIN GEORGE BARTLEY
( from "Memorial Record of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan"
Captain George Bartley, General Superintendent of the Escanaba Towing and Wrecking Company, is a native of the Old Bay State, his birth having occurred in Chelsea, MA on the 25th of August, 1835. His parents were Casper and Clara Brown Bartley, the former born in Schenectady, New York of Mohawk-Dutch parentage, while the latter was a native of Massachusetts and of French lineage. The family moved from Chelsea, MA to New York and when the Captain was a young man of 20 years emigrated to Wisconsin where both parents died. The father was a hotel keeper. Captain Bartley was the only son and second child in a family of 6 children. Elizabeth, the eldest daughter is a widow of D. N. Robinson, formerly of Lockport, New York and makes her home in San Francisco, CA. Sara, now Mrs. Judd, resides in Milwaukee, Mrs. Susanna Damon, also makes her home in Milwaukee, and Delphind died at the age of 5 years.
In taking up the personal history of Captain Bartley, we present to our readers the life record of him who is both widely and favorably known in this locality, a man highly esteemed for his sterling worth and many excellencies of character. His life has been an eventful one, and has been spent mostly upon the water. He first failed on the Great Lakes, there spending four years, when he shipped before the mast on a whaler, which left the harbor of New Bedford, Massachusetts, on a three years cruise in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic Oceans, and the Japan, Yellow and Okhotsk Seas, for the capture of sperm whales. During that voyage he visited at the principal islands in the Pacific and some on the Atlantic, was (next two line are unreadable).
on the coast of California. That cruise was the source of pleasure to the Captain, and many interesting incidents does he relate of it.
They went as far north as 73 degrees and 30 minutes, something unusual on ordinary whaling expeditions. For 6 weeks they were frozen in the ice of the northern seas, during which time the crew captured many seals. They also killed a monstrous polar bear, weighing 15300 pounds, and the captain tells how he cut off the animals paw, skinned it and made of the hide a cap, which just fitted his head without a change. They also traded quite extensively with the Eskimos the articles of traffic being tobacco, needles, pins and thread, in exchange for which they received furs, walrus teeth and other such commodities. In capturing whales, their boats were frequently capsized and crushed to pieces in the vigorous fight which was made by the monster of the deep for his life. At the Sandwich Islands Mr. Bartley shipped on a boat for a winter voyage around the equator to capture the white whale.
At length Captain Bartley returned to his home, in the fall of 1859, and has since been continually employed upon the Great Lakes. He has served as formast hand, mate, and master, and for the past 22 years he has been master of a towing and wrecking tug (Monarch). He has been upon the waters since 1852 and has met with some narrow escapes though his boats have had few accidents. On one occasion he was wrecked off Twin River Point, WI, the tug having gone down in quicksand, but she was raised and restored to service.
The Captain was married in Manitowas, WI in 1861 to Miss Maria Brannigan, a native of that city, born of Irish parentage. They had 9 children, all yet living. Mrs Bartley died in Chicago whither she had gone for treatment. For his second wife, Captain Bartley chose Miss Nina H. Leighton, a native of Maine, and a daughter of Arthur and Lois (Donavan) Leighton. They have 3 children, Gertrude, Clifton, and Warren. The lady's parents removed from Indian River, Maine, to Bay de Noquet, Delta County, Michigan when she was a maiden of 6 years. Her mother died there, and her father, who has married again is still living at that place. Mrs Bartley is the elder of 2 daughter, the other being Mrs. Adelaide Dady, a resident of Escanaba.
Captain Bartley is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and in his political connections is a Republican, but his busy life has precluded the possibility of seeking office even though he should have desired to do so. He has traveled much and seen many countries, but to the Captain there is "no place like home". He has a beautiful and commodious residence, which was erected under his personal supervision. It is large, well built, finely finished, and handsomely furnished, and is supplied with all modern conveniences, including hot and cold water all over the house. It was erected at a cost of $5,000, exclusive of furnishings, and is located at 624 So. Ninth Street (Georgia Street) Escanaba, Michigan. There in the midst of his family Captain Bartley delights to spend his leisure hours, and to his many friends he extends a heart-felt hospitality.
******************************************************************************
Casper and Clara Brown Bartley:
(Bartlie, Bartlet) Mohawk-Dutch parentage
The family moved from Chelsea, MA to Schenectady, NY, then to Manitowac, WI in 1855. They were hotel keepers.
EVERGREEN CEMETERY CITY OF MANITOWOC
[ B ]
B:
BARTLEY:
[E2-79-3]-Caspar Bartley/Died Feb. 19, 1865/aged 59 years, ossw:
[E2-79-3]-Clarissa B. [Clarrisa]/His wife/died Febr. 6, 1881/Aged 77 years,
[bur. 02-09-1884/age 77 yrs.], next to:
otstones: C.B./C.B.B.
H. Carl/1915-1977, ossw:
Pauline J./1909-__
Followups:
|
| http://genforum.genealogy.com/bartley/messages/209.html | ||
 |
Agreement of Use Link to GenForum Add Forum |
|