John L. Bartley and Elizabeth McQuistion

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Husband John L. Bartley ^{1 2}

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           Born: 28 Oct 1807 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 2
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           Died: 20 Jan 1892 - Oakland Twp, Butler Co, PA 3
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         Father: Thomas Bartley, Sr. (Abt 1774-1859) 1 4
         Mother: Margaret Logan (Abt 1773-1857) 2

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       Marriage: 17 Nov 1835 3

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Wife Elizabeth McQuistion ³

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           Born: 
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           Died: 17 Jun 1876 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 3
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         Father: John McQuistion (1767-1841) 5 6
         Mother: Barbara Arters (      -1837) 6

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Children

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1 M J. Walter Bartley ³

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           Born: 13 Mar 1843 - Oakland Twp, Butler Co, PA 3
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         Spouse: Nancy Sechler (      -      ) 7
           Marr: 17 Mar 1870 3

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General Notes: Husband - John L. Bartley

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He was born in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and came with his parents to Penn township, Butler County, the following year. There he grew to manhood, receiving a limited education in the pioneer schools of his neighborhood. At the age of eighteen he started out in the world with thirty-seven and a half cents, and going to Pittsburgh, found employment as a gardener for two years, near Manchester. He afterwards engaged in hauling coal from Coal Hill, also worked on the Pennsylvania canal for several years during its construction. On November 17, 1829, he purchased a farm in Oakland township, Butler County, where he kept bachelor's hall until his marriage. The young couple took up their residence in a log house, built for a tavern, which then stood upon the place, December 17, 1835. They lived in this structure until the erection of a brick residence in 1844. A part of the farm had been laid out in town lots about 1807-10, under the name of Somerset, and its original proprietor had hopes that the county seat would be removed to this point, which soon contained three houses, a blacksmith shop, etc. They resided on the homestead until June 17, 1874, when they removed to Butler, where Mrs. Bartley died. He returned to the old homestead, where he later died. They were members of the United Presbyterian church, formerly the Associate Reformed, in which he filled the office of ruling elder for more than half a century. He was an ardent Democrat until the Fremont campaign, when he became a Republican, and remained so the balance of his life. He was a very successful farmer, and had one of the first and best grafted orchards in the county.

He and his wife had six children; only one child survived infancy.

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 266.

2 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1025.

3 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1026.

4 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 454, 1025.

5 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 71.

6 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 832.

7 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 389.