Marcellus Bartlett Marcellus Bartlett, Odebolt, Iowa, residing on a farm of 240 acres, in Clinton township, Sac county, has been a citizen of this township since 1875. As one of its prosperous farmers and representative citizens, it is appropriate that more than a passing mention should be made of him on these pages. Mr. Bartlett was born in Essex county, New York, August 3, 1851, son of Ichabod and Lucinda (Handy) Bartlett, his father being a native New England. They moved West when Marcellus was quite young and settled in Scott county, Iowa, and at LeClaire, that county, the mother died when he was four years old, leaving a family of three children, as follows: James, now a resident near Wiser, Whatcom county, Washington; Marcellus; and Albert, deceased. After living in Scott county three years and a half, the father moved to Rock Island county, Illinois, and two years later came back to Iowa, settling in Clinton county, near DeWitt. The subject of our sketch grew up on a farm, receiving his education in the district schools. From Clinton county he went to Linn county, locating six miles west of Cedar Rapids, thence to Boonesborough, Boone county, where he resided two years, thence to Sac county. His first purchase in this county was eighty acres and to this he has since added until now he is the owner of 240 acres, all under a high state of cultivation and well improved, with good buildings. His residence is a story and a half, 14 x 22 feet, with an L, 14 x 14; barn, which was erected in 1892, is 52 x 60 feet. He has a modern wind-pump and a grove and orchard of six acres. Mr. Bartlett was married at the age of twenty, near De Witt, Iowa, to Maria Dawson, a native of Lincolnshire, England, daughter of Thomas and Maria Dawson, natives of that country. Her father died in Clinton county, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett have had five children, namely: Hattie May and Carrie Maria, twins, both having been successful teachers in Sac county and now are students in the Sioux City University; Mary Lucinda, who died at the age of nine years and ten months; Nettie B., and Elta. Politically, Mr. Bartlett is a Prohibitionist. He has filled several of the township offices, and has served as member of the School Board a number of years. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and is a Class-leader of the same. He has affiliated with the A.O.U.W. since 1887. A man in the prime of life, frank and cordial in manner, active in everything tending to benefit the community in which he lives, he is popular with all who know him. Transcribed by B. Horak, November 2002

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