JOHN W. BARTHELL, 1861-??

BARTHELL, HODGSON

Posted By: Bahnson
Date: 4/24/2002 at 18:31:48

JOHN W. BARTHELL.
John W. Barthell, who has been associated from the beginning with the history and the making of Inwood, Lyon county, was born in Iowa in 1861. His earlier years were spent in a log cabin in Winneshiek county, where he received such educational advantages as the frontier could then afford. These advantages, slim as they were, were embraced by him with eagerness, and by the time he was called upon to care for himself he was well qualified for a serious position. For a time he was a clerk in a bank, but when he came to In wood he had an interest in a general store, which became very popular under his able management.
Mr. Barthell was married in 1891, to Miss Lucetta Hodgson, daughter of Robert Hodgson. He died at the age of sixty-seven. The Hodgson family is of English origin. Mr. and Mrs. Barthell are the parents of a family of five children: Merle, Margaret, Martha, Marie, and May. The children are all living, and constitute a family of whose parentage no one need be ashamed.
Mr. Barthell is a charter member of two local lodges, that of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and also of the Modern Woodmen of America. In politic he is a Democrat, and was appointed postmaster in July, 1893.

PG. 513, "COMPENDIUM OF HISTORY REMINISCENCE AND BIOGRAPHY OF LYON COUNTY, IOWA", Published under the Auspices of the Pioneer Association of Lyon County. GEO. MONLUN, Pres.; HON. E. C. ROACH, Sec’y; and COL. F. M. THOMPSON, Historian. GEO. A. OGLE & CO., Published, Engravers and Book Manufacturers. CHICAGO, 1904-1905.