Bartlett


A. Lafayette Bartlett




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A. LAFAYETTE BARTLETT

Citizen, Lawyer, Statesman, Historian
Born on a Paulding Co. Farm
February 15, 1851
Died in Dallas, Georgia 5/17/1926

His life was largely given to the service of the people of his home county as Justice
of the Peace, Deputy Sheriff, Rep. Of his county in the State Legislature for 4 years.
Judge of the Tallapoosa Circuit for 8 years, Postmaster of Brownsville, GA.
Also chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Dallas for 12 years.

Judge Bartlett was an active Mason at the Grand Lodge of GA., in Oct. 1902.
Made Mason in 1874 at Douglasville, GA. And created a Noble of the
Mystic Shrine in 1897, being a member of Yaarab Temple, Atlanta, Georgia.

"He is not dead, he is still living,
someday I will see him again to live with him forever more."

Note: The Bio above is on the Memorial Stone at the Paulding County
location where the memorial is placed (across from the Courthouse in Dallas, GA.)
Transcribed by:  Brenda Pierce




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