CHARLES BARTELS
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History of Menard and Mason Counties, Illinois, 1879, by Miller & Ruggles
Quiver Township
Page 820

CHARLES BARTELS, farmer and stock -dealer; P. O. Topeka; son of Henry Bartels, a native of Germany, who came to America some thirty years ago, was a farmer and coal miner, and now makes a home with Mr. Bartels, whose mother's name was Long, daughter of a noted farmer of Germany ; she came to America about thirty-three years ago. The subject of this sketch was born Sept. 15, 1849, in Pottsville, Penn., where he remained until 21, at which time he came, with his parents, to Illinois, settling on the present farm of 160 acres, eighty of which now belong to him, the rest to a brother; this is the old homestead of his father. Mr. Bartels has made good improvements and possesses a fine little home. His marriage with Anna Wills was celebrated Aug. 11, 1872; she is a daughter of William Wills, of Topeka, one of the noted men and early pioneers of the township, and one of the first settlers of Mason Co.; she was born in 1854, in Mason Co., III.; two children were the fruit of their marriage:  George H., born May 30, 1873; Lillie A., Aug. 7, 1876. Mr. Bartels has followed threshing and carpentering; he has been no office seeker, and has spent his past years in rural life.





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