Men of Vermont Men of Vermont: An Illustrated Biographical History of Vermonters and Sons of Vermont. [p.127] REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS. Bartlett, Thomas Jr.Was a native of Burke, the son of Thomas Bartlett, a man of ability and local prominence in his time. Young Bartlett studied law and settled in Lyndon in 1839; in '41 and '42 he was the state's attorney for the county, in 1840 and '41 was in the state Senate and in 1850 was elected to Congress for a single term. In the former year he was also chosen the town's representative and again filled that position in '54 and '55. He was also a member of the constitutional conventions of 1850 and '57 and presided over the former body. At that time he was one of the most influential men of his district and of the state. Men of Vermont: An Illustrated Biographical History of Vermonters and Sons of Vermont. [p.1] BIOGRAPHIES OF VERMONTERS A. D. 1892-93. August 17, 1881, Mr. Chase married Myra Bartlett, who died Nov. 17, 1891, leaving two children: Charles Bartlett, and Maud Electa. Men of Vermont: An Illustrated Biographical History of Vermonters and Sons of Vermont. [p.1] BIOGRAPHIES OF VERMONTERS A. D. 1892-93. Philbrick, Jonathan,of Guildhall, son of Thomas P. and Susan (Boston) Philbrick, was born at Bartlett, N. H., Oct. 26, 1836. His father was for many years a stage driver of the old school, an employment that has fallen into disuse under the aggressive and universal advance of the iron horse. He removed to Maidstone when Jonathan was six years old. Men of Vermont: An Illustrated Biographical History of Vermonters and Sons of Vermont. [p.1] BIOGRAPHIES OF VERMONTERS A. D. 1892-93. In 1849 he was married at Bloomfield, to Relief, daughter of Adin and Nancy (Clough) Bartlett. By her he has had issue eight children: George, Louisa (deceased), Elvira, William R., Henry, Fayette, Bernice, and Alice (Mrs. Edson Holden). Men of Vermont: An Illustrated Biographical History of Vermonters and Sons of Vermont. [p.1] BIOGRAPHIES OF VERMONTERS A. D. 1892-93. He was married, Nov. 12, 1870, to Lizzie L., daughter of Marvin and Sally Smith of Calais. They have had six children: Mary D. (Mrs. W. S. Bunker of Hardwick), Alice B., Iona R., Vena E., Florence S. (died in infancy), and Earl Bartlett. Men of Vermont: An Illustrated Biographical History of Vermonters and Sons of Vermont. PART III BIOGRAPHIES OF SONS OF VERMONT In his boyhood he learned the trade of his father, a leading manufacturer of furniture and sleighs. His mechanical tastes led him into an adventure, when seventeen years old, which proved a serious episode in his life, and changed his future plans. For diversion he made a printing press, though he had never seen one, and printed a paper called the Autumn Leaf. After three issues he made a larger press, got more type, and launched the Enterprise, with the help of a few boys. The editors were the late Rev. G. V. Maxham and Prof. Truman H. Safford, then in their teens, the latter then a prodigy in mathematics. This was printed one year, about one thousand circulation. It was succeeded by The Nonpareil, but unable alone to carry the undertaking, he arranged its printing in Hartford, Conn., with an edition at both places. It was edited by D. W. Bartlett, since noted in journalism, and W. H. Burleigh. It was a beautiful monthly quarto, its writers eminent in literature, and had a large circulation, but lived only one year, ending 1850. This interesting period of his life is narrated to make a record of the press of Randolph. Men of Vermont: An Illustrated Biographical History of Vermonters and Sons of Vermont. PART III BIOGRAPHIES OF SONS OF VERMONT Pettee, Lyman F.,son of Anson L. and Lucy (Bartlett) Pettee, was born in Wilmington August 14, 1849. Both his grandfathers were for many years active officers in the old state militia, and his father, Dr. A. L. Pettee, was one of the most prominent physicians in Windham county.