. Past and present of Mahaska County, Iowa : together with biographical sketches of many of its prominent and leading citizens and illustrious dead. that time and also the state of develop-ment and improvement to which the county hadattained at that early day. By the fathersfirst marriage there were seven children : MaryE, the deceased wife of Allen Godbey, wholived in Prairie township; Augusta, who diedat the age of six years; Andrew J., of this re-\ie\v; Amos, who is living in Poweshiek coun-ty; George, a resident of Adams county, thisstate; Marion, who,died in Mount Pleasant,Iowa; and Jaspe
. Past and present of Mahaska County, Iowa : together with biographical sketches of many of its prominent and leading citizens and illustrious dead. that time and also the state of develop-ment and improvement to which the county hadattained at that early day. By the fathersfirst marriage there were seven children : MaryE, the deceased wife of Allen Godbey, wholived in Prairie township; Augusta, who diedat the age of six years; Andrew J., of this re-\ie\v; Amos, who is living in Poweshiek coun-ty; George, a resident of Adams county, thisstate; Marion, who,died in Mount Pleasant,Iowa; and Jasper, who died at the age oftwenty years. By the second marriage therewere two children: William, who is now livingin Nebraska; and Jerry, deceased. Andrew J. Bartlett remained at home untiltwenty years of age. There were few schoolsin the county in those days and the methods ofinstruction were very primitive as comparedwith the excellent school facilities now offeredin the county. Mr. Bartlett had not more thanthree months schooling in all his life, but inthe school of experience has learned many valu-able lessons and by reading and observation. -MR. AXD MRS. A. J. BARTLETT. PAST AND PRESENT OF MAHASKA COUNTY. 501 lias oreativ broadened his knowledge. He hasiiianv vivid recollections of the early days be-fore modem civilization had wrought a trans-formation in pioneer conditions and environ-ments. I-or many }ears the family used , breaking the prairie, and \vere alsohitched to the wagon in which the family rodeto church. Mr. Bartlett has iiad many a racewith a team of oxen. Boards would be thrownacross the wagon to serve as seats and as theteam would bound along the children wouldbounce ofi the seat to the bottom of the Bartlett hauled goods from Keokuk toOskaloosa before any railroad had been mother used to card wool by hand and they<li(l all of their own weaving and spinning, J. Bartlett now having blankets in herhouse which she
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