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Andrew Bartow is the sixth of eleven children, two living: our subject and James, while the names of the deceased are Issac, Levi H., Aaron L., Charles R., Jane, John R., Ruth, David C., and Ellen.
Our subject was educated in the district schools of New Jersey and has added greatly to his meager early training by extensive reading. He started for himself at twenty years of age and lived with his mother's uncle on a farm for three years and then went with the brother, Charles, to learn the carpenter and joiner's trade. In the winter time he worked on a farm. In 1849 our subject came to Michigan with his wife and landed in Detroit the last day of September, from there went to Clarkson, Oakland county and bought two acres of land upon which he built a house and worked his trade until 1858, when he came to Williamston township, Ingham county, and bought eighty acres of wild land on section 15, lived in a log shanty, and built another log house before he built his present place. He worked at his trade and cleared the entire eighty acres, evenings and during spare times. He now owns one hundred and forty acres and in 1902 gave his sons twenty acres. In politics, the man whom our subject thinks best fitted to fill the office, gets his support. In the 1880 our subject gave his oldest son forty acres and in 1882 his Frank, forty acres.
Andrew Bartow was married April 24, 1847, to Ellen Dates, who was born August 14, 1829. She is the daughter of William and Ann (Smith) Dates, who were married in 1811 and to whom twelve children were born, five living: Huldah Rounsifer, Mrs. Bartow, Matilda Davis, William and Nicholas, while the deceased are Elizabeth, Sally, Ann, Jane, Levinah, Mary and Henry. William Dates was a farmer, born in 1793 and died in 1836. Mrs. Dates died in Oakland county, Michigan, in 1854. William Dates and his family were members of the Methodist Epsicopal church. Mrs. Bartow kept a basket until recently, which was made by the Indians and given her mother by her father before they were engaged to be married.
Andrew Bartow and wife are the parents of five children: Seron, born August 11, 1848, married Ida Miller and resides in Williamston. They have five children: Lulu B., February 3, 1883; Jack, September 17, 1884; Ellen, February 25, 1889, died August 22, 1901; Hazel, July 21, 1891, and Irene, January 5, 1902; Frank E., born March 9, 1853, married Clara Cushman and resides on a farm in Williamston township and has one child, Jay, September 7, 1881; Delia A., born April 29, 1856, married Lorenzo Harmon and resides on a farm in Williamston township, and they have one child, Byron, Decemger 27, 1886; John W., born June 11, 1861, married Florence Dunn, resides on a farm in Williamston township and has two children, Earl, November 24, 1890, and Ina, April 8, 1896; Dr. Joseph G., born October 23, 1863, married Emily Murray and is practicing medicine in Williamston and they have three children: Ethel, June 17, 1888; Clarence, October 29, 1891, and Zarepha, October 18, 1894.
Andrew Bartow served his township as Treasurer for two terms. He is highly respected in the community in which he lives and is interested in all movements that tend to the improvement of his community.
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