Edwin Bartholomew

Edwin Bartholomew

EDWIN BARTHOLOMEW

(Wife, Lelia Deseret Lyman)

Edwin Bartholomew, son of the first Bishop of Fillmore, was born Apr. 8, 1851 in Salt Lake City, Utah, his father was Noah Bartholomew and his mother Mary Altena Catlin (Catlin). Edwin had two brothers, Noah and Don Alonzo; also two sisters, Matilda (Mackey) and Laura Alvira (Summers). The father, Noah Willis married two sisters, therefore Edwin had five half brothers and two half sisters. George Willis, Lewis Leroy; Willis and Lyman; Emily Blackburn Holley, and Miranda McBride.

Edwin was just a baby when his father, with his two wives came to Fillmore. When Edwin was just a small boy he acted as an acrobat in his brother’s circus (George), which toured all over the country. The Bartholomew’s all had pure bred horses which they trained to perform in the circus.

When Edwin was twenty he married Lelia Deseret Lyman, daughter of Amasa and Marie Louisa Lyman, Dec. 25, 1871, in Fillmore, Utah. To them were born three daughters and two sons: Lillie Gay, Verne, Edda Clare; Tetta Lu, Mark Dantas.

This was a very closely knit family, some of Amosa Lyman’s families and married children lived in homes north of the bridge, while Edwin’s father with his two wives and the parents of his wives, George, Mary A. and Salley Catlin, lived just south of the bridge on the east side of the road. This big home of Noah’s called the “Bartholomew Inn,” was the gathering place for all of the children and grand children.

Edwin owned many acres of fertile fields on which he raised alfalfa, grains of many kinds, vegetables and fruits which were the envy of most of the town. He was an excellent gardener and superior craftsman. He built a substantial two story brick home for his family, which his wife Lelia took pleasure in making it into a real home.

Lelia contracted pneumonia and died June 14, 1904 and is buried in the Fillmore Cemetery. Edwin married Sarah Powell Warner Payne, Aug 14, 1909. He died Feb. 24, 1920 and is buried by the side of his wife Lelia Deseret Lyman Bartholomew.

Edwin Bartholomew History

By

Ruby Bartholomew Denson

As a baby, Edwin came with his parents to Fillmore. As a boy he performed as an acrobat in his half brother, George’s circus which toured Utah in the early days.

When Edwin was twenty he married Lelia Deseret Lyman, daughter of Amasa Mason Lymon and Maria Louisa Tanner. The marriage took place on 25 Dec 1871 in Fillmore, Millard County, Utah. They had five children: Lillie Gay, Verne, Edda Clare, Retta Lu, Mark Dantes.

Their first home was a log cabin on the west side of main street about one block north of the old Martindale home which was Edwin’s next home.

Edwin was a very fine looking man. He stood about five feet nine inches tall, weighed about 165 pounds. He had fair skin and hair and wore a mustache. He was greatly beloved by his children and grandchildren. He was a farmer. Died 24 Feb, 1920 in Fillmore, Utah.

Edwin’s mother – Mary Altina and Noah Willis were married while crossing the plains in 1848, by Heber C. Kimball. Mary Altena was born July 11, 1821 and died Feb. 20, 1908.

Edwin married Sarah Powell Warner Payne Aug. 14, 1909

My grandmother attended the Presbyterian School, but I believe she was also taught many valuable lessons by her parents for they were very desirous of having their children well educated. Lelia was nineteen when she married Edwin Bartholomew, son of Noah Willis Bartholomew and Mary Altana Catlin Bartholomew (25 Dec. 1871). This marriage of thirty-three years was blessed with five children and twenty-four grandchildren. Lelia was a very attractive matron of medium build and weight about one hundred and fifty pounds. She had light brown eyes and hair. My mother always described her as a very dignified person who was extremely neat and well groomed at all times. From several I have learned that my father, Verne, and Uncle Mark, her other son resembled their mother more than her three attractive daughters, Gay, Clare and Lu. As a homemaker and mother she excelled. She took great pride in her lovely home, which stands as the first house on the west side as one enters the northern part of Fillmore. They had a large farm. She loved her children very dearly and lived to see all but Mark marry. His marriage followed her death by several months. Lelia died of pneumonia on 14 June 1904 and was buried at Fillmore, Millard County, Utah.

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