| Name |
Thomas Anthony BARTLETT |
| Born |
6 Aug 1876 |
Rice, Navarro, Texas, United States  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Residence |
1 Jun 1880 |
Enumeration District 129, Navarro County, Texas [2] |
| Misc |
1904 |
Malakoff, Henderson, Texas, United States |
| Discovered a way to color brick |
- In 1904 Mr. Thomas Anthony Bartlett of Malakoff devised a way of coloring brick, touching off a new age of architectural elegance. He took his discovery to the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair and won a Blue Ribbon for his white brick.
from: http://www.texasescapes.com/TOWNS/Malakoff/Malakoff.htm
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| Misc |
8 Feb 1921 |
Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States [3] |
| Bartlett reported that "Malakoff Has Clay." |
- MALAKOFF HAS CLAY
"Clay from the pits of Malakoff, in Henderson County, won the bronze metal at the St. Louis Exposition, and in addition we are quite a lignite center." said T.A. Bartlett, merchant and brick and tile manufacturer of that place, who was in Dallas Saturday. "For the last few months the demand for tile and brick has been rather low, but of late we have had inquiries which indicate that business should soon pick up. There has also been an improvement from the mercantile standpoint. So far we have made brick and tile from our clay, but in time everything in the clay line will be manufactured there, I am certain. As the demand in the South grows for clay products our plants can be equipped to manufacture all products. We already have three lignite mines there and a fourth is being opened now. The production heretofore has been about thirty cars a day, but when the fourth mine is completed, the daily shipments will be about fifty cars. There are several hundred acres of the lignite in that district, and the industry should prove to be a very important one wiht the fine quality of lignite that is in the reserve." Mr. Bartlett said he believed there will be a magical change in conditions as soon as the people decide to take their losses as they should and forget about it in going ahead and working for the future. He said that East Texas, in his opinion, exceeds any other part of the State in getting back to normal conditions after a depressing period.
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Lignite, often referred to as brown coal, or Rosebud coal by Northern Pacific Railroad, is a soft brown fuel with characteristics that put it somewhere between coal and peat. It is considered the lowest rank of coal, and is found in the United States, Canada, Greece, and Germany where it is used almost exclusively as a fuel for steam-electric power generation. Up to 50% of Greece's electricity comes from lignite power plants, and 25% of Germany's electricity.
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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| Died |
28 May 1951 |
Navarro Clinic, Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas [4] |
| Cause: Coronary occlusion |
- His residence was listed as Malakoff, Texas.
|
| Buried |
Athens City Cemetery, Athens, Henderson, Texas, United States [4] |
| Notes |
- Thomas Anthony Bartlett
Thomas Anthony Bartlett, a native of Navarro County, was born in the town of Chatfield, Texas, on August 6, 1876. He was the son of Thomas Smith Bartlett and Sally Edmundson. At the age of 21, he was united in marriage to Miss Willie Broyles, daughter of Erasmus R. Broyles and Artimissa Ingram, in Rural Shade community in his home county and moved with his new bride to the city of Corsicana where he worked for the ice company.
At the turn of the century, Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett moved to Henderson County and settled for one year on a farm in what is known as Beck’s Chapel community, near Malakoff, where Mr. Bartlett was the first and only postmaster of the community. In 1901, the Bartletts moved to Athens where Mr. Bartlett operated an ice business and meat market. In 1903, they moved to Malakoff where both were destined to finish their days.
After moving to Malakoff and establishing Malakoff’s first brick company – the Malakoff Pressed Brick Company in 1904, Mr. Bartlett’s interests and enterprises were wide and varied. He was prominent as a retail merchant, ginner, industrialist, farmer-stockman, and it was he who pioneered the town’s first water system, back in 1913, when he put down a shallow well to serve the needs of his own house and a few rent houses, which he had acquired. He continued to enlarge that small plant through the years, adding other residential and business customers to his lines. In 1927, he drilled a deep well to better serve the needs of the community and continued to operate the water works on a larger scale.
Mr. Bartlett owned a grocery store until the late 1930s, and he also had interests in cotton gins in Cross Roads, Trinidad, and Malakoff.
But it is the Malakoff Pressed Brick Company for which Mr. Bartlett is best known. In 1904, Bartlett devised a way of coloring brick, touching off a new age of architectural elegance. He took his discovery to the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair and won a Blue Ribbon for his white brick.
The brick company operated under several different names during the years. During the first period of operation, each brick had the word MALAKOFF pressed into it. From 1926 – 1929, the name of the plant changed to Evans and Howard. The bricks had EVANS-HOWARD pressed into them on one side and ST. LOUIS pressed into the other side. The plant had to close down for about six months during the Great Depression but soon reopened. Mr. Bartlett, was the superintendent of the plant from its founding until his retirement in 1942, when he sold his share of the business.
Thomas Anthony Bartlett was a Freemason for over 45 years, having been raised a Master Mason in Athens Lodge No. 65 in 1901. He later became a member of Hella Shrine of Dallas and was a charter member of Karem Shrine in Waco. He was also a Knight Templar in the York Rite Order of Freemasonry.
Mr. Bartlett was the first president of the Malakoff Rotary Club and held the position of vice president of the Citizens State Bank. Mrs. Bartlett was very active in the Order of the Eastern Star, the Methodist Church, and the civic work of the community.
The Bartletts had the following children:
Therral Anthony Bartlett
Theora Willie Bartlett
Theressa Artie "Tess" Bartlett
Theretta Lena Bartlett
Therma Missie Bartlett
Thelma Artie Bartlett (born and died in 1903)
an infant son who died in 1900
Thomas Anthony Bartlett died on May 28, 1951 in Corsicana. He is buried in Athens City Cemetery.
From The Malakoff News, Friday, June 1, 1951 and from The History of Malakoff by Edna Hanson Evans
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| Person ID |
I18 |
Pickel_Bartlett |
| Last Modified |
8 Apr 2012 |
| Father |
Thomas Smith BARTLETT, b. 1 Oct 1843, Hempstead, Waller, Texas , d. 3 Nov 1922, Malakoff, Henderson, Texas, United States (Age 79 years) |
| Mother |
Sallie EDMUNDSON, b. 12 Apr 1847, Huntsville, Walker, Texas, United States , d. 15 Apr 1895, Corsicana, Navarro, Texas, United States (Age 48 years) |
| Married |
1 Sep 1870 |
Corsicana, Navarro, Texas, United States [5] |
| Residence |
1 Jun 1880 |
Enumeration District 129, Navarro County, Texas [2] |
| Farmer |
| Family ID |
F10 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Willie Erasmus BROYLES, b. 12 Dec 1877, Rural Shade, Navarro, Texas, United States , d. 1 Apr 1950, Malakoff, Henderson, Texas, United States (Age 72 years) |
| Married |
9 Oct 1897 |
Rural Shade, Navarro, Texas, United States |
| Residence |
17 Jun 1900 |
Becks Chapel, Henderson County, Texas [6] |
| Farmer |
| Residence |
23 Apr 1910 |
Malakoff, Henderson, Texas, United States [7] |
| Superintendent of brick plant |
| Residence |
3 Jan 1920 |
Belton, Bell, Texas, United States [8] |
| General merchandise |
Address:
900 Main Street |
- Listed as T.A. and W. E. Bartlett
|
| Residence |
26 Jan 1920 |
Malakoff, Henderson, Texas, United States [9] |
| Merchant, general merchandise store |
| Residence |
11 Apr 1930 |
Malakoff, Henderson, Texas, United States [10] |
| Brickyard manager |
| Residence |
1 Apr 1940 |
Malakoff, Henderson, Texas, United States [11] |
| Brick manufacturer |
- Listed as T.A. and Willie E. Bartlett
|
| Children |
| | 1. Therell Anthony BARTLETT, b. 21 Jan 1899, Corsicana, Navarro, Texas, United States , d. 28 Feb 1978, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States (Age 79 years) |
| | 2. (infant son) BARTLETT, b. 17 Apr 1900, Rural Shade, Navarro, Texas, United States , d. 17 Apr 1900, Rural Shade, Navarro, Texas, United States (Age 0 years) |
| | 3. Theora Willie BARTLETT, b. 20 Aug 1901, Athens, Henderson, Texas, United States , d. 7 Mar 1996, De Leon, Comanche, Texas, United States (Age 94 years) |
| | 4. Thelma Artie BARTLETT, b. 27 Jul 1903, unknown , d. 3 Aug 1903, unknown (Age 0 years) |
| | 5. Theressa Artie BARTLETT, b. 30 Oct 1904, Malakoff, Henderson, Texas, United States , d. 18 Dec 1989, Belton, Bell, Texas, United States (Age 85 years) |
| | 6. Theretta Lena BARTLETT, b. 5 Apr 1909, Malakoff, Henderson, Texas, United States , d. 1 Jul 1995, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States (Age 86 years) |
| | 7. Therma Missie BARTLETT, b. 1 May 1913, Malakoff, Henderson, Texas, United States , d. 4 May 1987, Athens, Henderson, Texas, United States (Age 74 years) |
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| Last Modified |
8 Nov 2018 |
| Family ID |
F9 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
1876 - 1951 (74 years)
