THE JOSEPH RUSLING BARTLETT OF MAYS LANDING & ATLANTIC CO NJ 
(GENEALOGY)
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TRANSCRIBED BY JANICE BROWN, County Coordinator in 2006 
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SOURCE: Genealogical and memorial history of the state of New Jersey : a book of the
 achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a 
nation; New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1910

page 675
BARTLETT

Joseph Rusling Bartlett is a member of one of the old Atlantic county, New Jersey, 
families. His grandfather, William Bartlett, was appointed keeper of the "Absecon 
Light House" at Atlantic City in 1862 by President Abraham Lincoln. He continued in that 
office until his death in 1866.  (1) Joseph Rusling Bartlett was born at Mays Landing, 
Atlantic County, New Jersey, April 13, 1836. In early life he was a worker in iron--a 
core maker. He became an ironmaster, his father having built the iron foundry at Mays 
Landing and at Gloucester, New Jersey. He died at Mays Landing, New Jersey during the 
year 1876.  Joseph R. Bartlett married Mary Turner, born March 14, 1838, daughter of John Turner, of Mays Landing. She survives her husband, and is a resident of Tuckahoe, New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Bartlett were the parents of two sons, Joseph Rusling, see forward, and Harrison T. who died in the year 1895, unmarried.  (II)Joseph Rusling(2), first son of Joseph Rusing(1) and Mary (Turner) Bartlett, was born at Mays Landing, New Jersey, April 28, 1857. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and of Atlantic City, after which he took a course of study and was 
graduated from a business college of Philadelphia in 1873. After leaving school he entered the employ of the Camden and Atlantic railroad, and from 1876 to 1895 was a conductor on that road, now the West Jersey and Seashore railroad, part of the Pennsylvania railroad system. In 1882 Mr. Bartlett removed to Atlantic CIty and has since been closely identified with the public affairs of the city council.  He later became health inspector, being appointed by the board of health.  October 1, 1908, he was chosen clerk of the district court of Atlantic City, which office he now holds (1909).  Mr. Bartlett is an attendant of the Baptist church, and is secretary of the Brotherhood of the First Baptist Church of Atlantic City. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and is past master of Unity Lodge, No. 96, of Atlantic City. He is a Royal Arch Mason of Trinity Chapter, No. 38, of the same city. He is a member of the Young Men's Republican League, and trustee of the Second War Republican organization, both of Atlantic City.  Mr. Bartlett's activity as is shown touches all lines of public interest, political, religious and fraternal.  Joseph Rusling Barlett married, June 26, 1878, Ida May Williams, born March 14, 1857, daughter of Robert L. Williams of Frenchtown, New Jersey.  Their children are: 1.  Theresa Williams, born September 16, 1879, graudate of the New Jersey State Normal school, married Frank Hollingsworth, an architect of Cranford, NJ.   2. Katherine Turner, January 7, 1881, graudate of the New Jersey State Normal and a teacher in the Atlantic City public schools.  3. Robert William, April 7, 1884, receiving teller of the Atlantic City Second National Bank, married ELizabeth T. Bew, born in Germantown PA February 5, 1886, dau of T.J. Bew. 
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