BARTHEL, Edward G., b 1838; 1905 Bio: Garfield County, Colorado http://files.usgwarchives.org/co/garfiled/bios/barthele.txt --------------------------------------- Donated January 25, 2002 Transcribed by Judy Crook from the book: Progressive Men of Western Colorado Published 1905, A.W. Bowen & Co., Chicago, Ill. --------------------------------------- Edward G. Barthel Edward G. Barthel, now a prosperous and enterprising farmer and stock man of Garfield county, living in the neighborhood of the village of Parachute, has had a varied and interesting experience, in the course of which he has dwelt in a number of places and engaged in several different pursuits. He is a native of Ontario, Canada, where he was born in 1866, at the town of Stratford. His parents were Louis and Rachel (Kastner) Barthel, both natives of Ontario, where the father acquired and wrought at his trade as a machinist. In 1879 they moved to Colorado and settled in Gunnison county, and there the father died in 1889, aged fifty-three years. His widow survived him eleven years, dying in 1900, at the age of fifty-eight. They were the parents of ten children, and their son John, the second born, was obliged to begin making his own way in the world at an early age. At the age of twelve he became an office boy at Peoria, Illinois, and three years later came to Colorado, and locating in Gunnison county, passed several years in mining. In 1890 he moved to the Parachute creek country and followed farming in that fertile region. Several years afterward he went to Prescott, Arizona, and there clerked in the store of Aitkin & Robinson four years. At the end of that time he went into mercantile business for himself in the gents' furnishing and haberdashery line, and during the next three years carried on a flourishing trade throughout a large scope of country. Tiring of mercantile life, he returned to Parachute and again engaged in farming and raising stock, at which he has since been occupied with successful results. In 1887 he was united in marriage with Miss Jennie Wilson, a native of Chicago, Illinois. They have one child, their daughter Bessie. In the various places of his residence Mr. Barthel has won warm commendation for his advanced ideas, force of character and strong and upright citizenship. He stands high in his present community and has hosts of friends. =================================================== Contributed for use by the USGenWeb Archive Project (http://www.usgenweb.org) and by the COGenWeb Archive Project USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.