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HENRY WILLIAM BARTELL

 

 

      HENRY WILLIAM BARTELL.--An enterprising orchardist and vineyardist, whose valuable experience has been a means of his rendering a real service to the cause of California agriculture, thus helping others beside himself, is Henry William Bartell, of Perkins, a native of the state of Kansas, from which have come so many men prominent in the nation. He was born on a farm, on May 4, 1888, and his parents were Augustus and Julian (Loux) Bartell, who came out to Oregon in 1889, and settled at Portland. Mr. Bartell has already closed his earthly career, leaving an excellent record; but Mrs. Bartell is still living, the center of a group of appreciative friends.

      Henry William Bartell made his way with credit through both the grammar and the high schools, from which he was graduated in 1907, and then he went to the University of Oregon, was alive to his advantages there, and in due time received from that representative institution of higher learning the coveted E. E. degree, representing also postgraduate work. In 1912, he joined the California Highway Commission, and was with it until 1920. Now, Mr. Bartell has 230 acres of the old R. D. Stephens ranch to take care of, and he employs fifty people in the busy season. He does his own packing, and ships in his own cars. He belongs to the American Association of Engineers, and his professional experience assists him in his ranchwork, to which he is devoted. In 1918 Mr. Bartell enlisted in the World War ranks and was assigned to the officers’ training camp, at Camp A. A. Humphreys in Virginia, and he spent three months with the engineering corps before the armistice was signed.

      On April 28, 1917, Mr. Bartell and Miss Estill Stephens were married, the lady being a daughter of R. D. Stephens; and they have two children, Stephen Day and Marian Kathryn. In fraternal affairs, Mr. Bartell is a Mason of the third degree; in the matter of recreation, he is a devotee of athletics.

 

 

 

Transcribed by Vicky Walker, 6/20/07.

Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With Biographical Sketches, Page 907.  Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.


© 2007 Vicky Walker.

 

 

 



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