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-oAllen Ellwood Bartlett was born in
Jac~on, ·
Michigan, Februa ry 20, 1904, twin brother of
James Ellwood, Jr., and son of James Ellwood and
Nellie Allen Bartlett of English descent.
He has
three sisters: Lois, who married (1) Donald Leroy
Walker, father ot Donald Lockwood; ( 2 ) Harry H.
Tracy, father of Nathan Bartlett and resides in
Venice, Florida; Ruth Jane, who resides with her
father in Venice, Florida; Leah Jeanne, who married
Clyde Lasbury and resides in Hartford,
Conn~ctiout.
Allen Ellwood Bartlett attended the public
schools in Jackson, Michigan, and was graduated from
Rollins Academy,
~inter
Park, Florida, in 1923;
he then attended Rollins College for one year, after
which he took one year at Taylor University, Upland,
Indi ana, and then returned to Rollins
Colleg~
for
another year; he then spent one year in the
University of South Carolina, after which he spent
another year in Rollins College and was graduated in
1928 with the degree of Bachelor of Science.
Later
he spent one summer in the University of Michigan
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and another summer at the Michigan State Normal
at Y.pl11ant1; he also spent a short time in Asbury
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College; a part of 1929 he attended the University
· of Arkansas Medical College and in 1932 he did post
graduate work in education at the University of
Florida; he then went into the hotel and real estate
business in Venice, Florida, and in 1937, he studied
in Garrett Biblical Institute and in the summer of
1938 he took courses in real estate appraisal in
Columbia University, New York.
In 1930 and 1931,
he was field representative for Taylor University
and other schools.
January 3, 1926, he was married to Dorothy A.
Dickson and became the father of Allen Bartlett, Jr.,
who was born January 13, 1928. ·
married to ·Marguerite Johnso
Later he was
Decemb~r -
50, 1938, and
received his first appointment as pastor of the
Methodist Church in Augusta, Michigan,- and preached
his first sermon June 30, 1940.
In politics, Mr. Bartlett is an independent.
When in college he played basket ball and was a mem-.
ber of the boat crew in Rollins College, and was a
member of the Theta Kappa Nu fraternity; he also was
a member of the Rho Lambda Nu, an honorary science
club.
In Venice, Florida, he belonged to the Lion's
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club.
Marguerite Johnson Bartlett was born in
Florida,
~prey,
.ugust 7, 1921, daughter of Ernest and
abel Webb Johnson, attended the public schools and
was graduated from the Sarasota high school in 1938.
She has two brothers, Clifford and Alva, residing in
Osprey, Florida.
When Mr. Bartlett was about five years of age
he united with the Methodist Episcopal Church in
Jackson, Michigan, becoming a member of the First
Church.
His father and mother were active members
of that organization.
As he grew up he became
active in Sunday school, taught classes, also worked
in the Epworth League and took a leading part in
young people's work on the Eaton Rapids camp ground.
When he went to the University of Arkansas
Medical School he intended to become a medical
missionary, but the crash of 1929 put a stop to the
plan.
About 1935, he felt the call of the ministry
and began to work definitely toward that end.
foregoing was written in 1940.
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