C. A. Bartholomew
C. A. Bartholomew, farmer, P. O. Aurora Station, was born August 31, 1828, in Auburn, Geauga Co., Ohio; son of Jonathan F. and Mary (Wilson) Bartholomew, natives of Onondaga County, N. Y., and Montpelier, Vt, respectively, and who came to Ohio in 1814, passing en route through Buffalo at the time that city was in flames, it having been fired by the British, settling permanently in Auburn Township, Geauga County. They had a family of twelve, nine of whom grew to manhood and womanhood, eight now living: Perleyett (Mrs. Frazee) in Burton, Geauga County; Julyann (Mrs. Redfield) in Fayette County, Iowa; C. A.; N. S.; Betsey (Mrs. L. Reed) in Burton; Mary (Mrs. Canfield) in Auburn; Alonzo D. in La Fayette County, Iowa; T. C. P. in Auburn. Jonathan P. Bartholomew died February 5, 1863; his widow survived until February 22, 1884. Our subject was married, in 1852, to Emily, daughter of Chauncey Winchell, a native of Suffield, Mass., and whose history will be found elsewhere. Mr. Bartholomew is a prosperous farmer; he is prominently identified with the Masonic fraternity, being a member of Lodge 213, Twinsburg.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885