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ANDREW JACKSON BARTLETT, who resides in the town of Romulus, is a well known citizen of Seneca County, and is one of its most enterprising men. For many years he has been identified with the Grange movement, and is at present County Deputy of that organization, taking an active part in all its proceedings. Several of the best Granges in the county were organized by him in 1874. He was also one of the organizers of the insurance company in 1876, at which time he was elected Secretary, and has discharged the duties of the office until the present time, a period of nineteen years. Much of the success of the company is due to his untiring energy and the persistency with which he has pushed the enterprise. In addition to farming and the management of the insurance business, since 1883 he has been engaged in selling agricultural implements, keeping good stock of all kinds upon his farm and selling at prices that cannot be met by competitors.

Mr. Bartlett is a native of Seneca County, born October 30, 1832. His early life was spent upon the home farm, and his education was received in the common schools of Geneva and Ovid Academy. When eighteen years of age he began life for himself, working at anything that his hand could find to do, but soon he engaged in the wagon-maker’s trade, which he followed for several years in connection with farming. From 1857 to 1860 he was engaged in the photograph business in Waterloo and Romulus, in which line he was fairly successful. In 1862 he removed to his present place of residence, which has now been his home for a third of a century. In 1865 he was engaged at work as a carpenter, a trade which he followed more or less for several years. In connection with farming he has been engaged for some years in the breeding of Hambletonian horses.

On the 30th of October, 1861, Mr. Bartlett was united in marriage with Miss Nancy A. Coryell, by whom he had six children, namely: Abigail A., at home; Emma L., who died in infancy; Mary J., the wife of Frank Osborne; John C., who died in infancy; Ebenezer S., who died when thirteen years of age; and Rosalie, at home. In politics Mr. Bartlett is a Democrat; since 1865 he has been a Justice of the Peace continuously, and twice was elected to the office of Justice of Sessions. He is a member of the Board of Health, and is Inspector of Elections. Fraternally he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. As a citizen he is universally esteemed and has the confidence of the community in which he resides, as is attested by his long continuance in the office of Justice of the Peace.