Edwards, Rev. Jonathan. "An Illustrated History of Spokane County, State of Washington." San Francisco: W. H. Lever, 1900. p. 596. JOHN BARTELT deceased, a pioneer of 1878, is a native of Germany, born in 1813. He followed the brewing business in his fatherland, but when thirty-one years old emigrated to the United States, located in Wisconsin and farmed there till 1862, then kept store until 1871. In that year he sold out and moved to Nebraska, where he resided for the ensuing six years. He then crossed the plains to Walla Walla and shortly afterward came to Spokane county and pre-empted one hundred and sixty acres of land, two miles south of Mount Hope postoffice. He also purchased one hundred and sixty acres of railroad land, engaged in raising wheat and was so employed until 1886, when he died. He was married, in Wisconsin, in 1850, to Matilda Lust, a native of Germany, born in 1833, and they have been parents of eleven children: Annie, Matilda, William, Charles, Tenie, John, Herman, Alice, Mary, Lena and one that died in infancy. Mrs. Bartelt enjoys the distinction of having been the first white woman to see the Republican river in Nebraska. Herman, son of John Bartelt, a pioneer of 1877, was born in Wisconsin in 1868. When three years old he was taken by his parents to Nebraska and he lived there until 1877, then came by team to Walla Walla and from that town, in 1878, to Spokane county, where he has since resided. He has a farm two miles south of Mount Hope postoffice and is engaged principally in wheat raising, though he has also run a threshing machine in harvest time for the past ten or twelve years. He is a progressive and industrious young man and enjoys the respect and good will of the community in which he resides. On the 29th of July, 1896, he was united in marriage, in this county, to Miss Annie Bacon, a native of Kansas, and they have one son, Bernard. Transcriber's additional notes: Census 1860, July 13; Marathon Co, WI; Wausau, p 978 John Bartelt, 47, Prussia, farmer, $900 / $145 Mathilde, 28, Prussia Anne, 8, WI Mathilde, 6, WI William, 4, WI Charles, 2, WI 1870, August 5; Marathon Co, WI; Wausau, p 510 John Bartell, 55, Prussia, dealer in dry goods Matilda, 38, Prussia Anna, 18, WI Matilda, 16, WI William, 14, WI, att. school Charles, 12, WI, att. school Albertina, 10, WI, att. school John, 5, WI Herman, 2, WI (and 12 lumbermen, b Prussia/Scotland) 1880, June 19; Spokane Co, WA; Spokane, p 66 John Bartell, 64, PRU, PRU, PRU, farmer Matilda, wife, 48, PRU, PRU, PRU Wm, son, 25, WI, PRU, PRU, farmer Charles, son, 22, WI, PRU, PRU, farmer Albertine, dau, 19, WI, PRU, PRU John, son, 15, WI, PRU, PRU, farm laborer Herman, son, 12, WI, PRU, PRU, farm laborer Mary W, dau, 7, WI, PRU, PRU Palina?, dau, 5, NE, PRU, PRU 1887, June 4; Spokane Co, WA; Spokane, p 64 Matilda Bartledt, 55, Prussia John, 21, WI Herman, 19, WI Mary, 14, NE Lena, 12, NE * * * * Submitted to the WA. Bios Project in September 2006 by Diana Smith. Notice: These biographies were transcribed for the Washington Biographies Project. Unless otherwise stated, no further information is available on the individual featured in the biographies.