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Chester Bartlett 1887 - 1964

Chester Bartlett of Indiana was born on August 10, 1887, and was the father of Edith Mae Bartlett (Braden), Sara Bartlett (Richardson), and Betty Bartlett. Chester Bartlett died at age 77 years old in September 1964, and was buried on September 12, 1964 at Muncie, IN.

Chester Bartlett

Indiana

August 10, 1887

September 1964

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I loved my Grandfather Chester. My mother, Edith Mae Bartlett Braden was his daughter. We lived in Kansas but used to make the drive to Indiana to visit. Mothers sisters, Chester's other daughters, lived in Muncie, Indiana. There was Betty the eldest, Sara Bartlett Richardson, and Bus (always called her Aunt Bus but she had another name). Grandpa lived with Bus. He would walk me around the yard and point out wild plants that could be used for healing. Plantain is one of the first ones I learned. He welded up a bicycle built for 2 and my cousin and I would ride it. He died when I was 10 years old. I remember the trip back to Indiana like it was yesterday. He was buried on my 10th birthday which is why I remember it so well. No one remembered my birthday except my cousin Jimmy Richardson. In Chester's room, he had all the letters I had ever written him (I started writing when I was 5, and they were very simple). I also sent him pictures, and he had all of those. My grandfather Chester was very interested in herbal medicine and used to make all his own cures and exiliars. When he passed, his many books were given to my Aunt Sara who was a nurse, but I ended up being the one who shared his passion. He was kind and gentle. He was very smart. He could fix anything. His repair shop felt like a magical place. It was not a far walk from my Aunt Bus' home where he lived. Mom said Chester was married numerous times. His first wife died of blood poisoning 2 years before the invention of penicillian. He was very tall, wore glasses and had black hair. My own mother had black hair. All the Bartlett's I knew had a very prominent, high, thin nose.
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1887

Birthday

August 10, 1887

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Unknown

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Ethnicity & Family History

white, non hispanic
Professional Career

Herbalist, welder, had a repair shop and fixed all kinds of things
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1964

Death

September 1964

Death date

Unknown
Cause of death

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1964

Gravesite & Burial

September 12, 1964

Funeral date
Muncie, IN
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Chester Bartlett lived 3 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 77.

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In 1887, in the year that Chester Bartlett was born, on January 20th, the US Senate gave the US Navy the right to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base. Pearl Harbor is on the island of Oahu, a part of the Hawaiian Islands. The Navy was given direction to maintain "a coaling and repair station" at the harbor.

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In 1909, by the time he was 22 years old, the NAACP was founded by W. E. B. Du Bois. The organization focused on legal strategies designed to confront the critical civil rights issues of the day - which included lynching and segregation in schools. The goal was to secure for all people the rights guaranteed in the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the United States Constitution.

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