EARLY RICHFIELD SETTLER- MINNESOTA TERRITORIAL PIONEER
Youngest daughter of Riley Bartholomew and Fannie (Watkins) Bartholomew; both parents with long family lines of early American settlers in Connecticut, New York, and Ohio.
Virginia was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio. She made the long journey with her family overland in 1851 across Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin before arriving on the new frontier of Minnesota. She stayed with her mother and siblings at Fort Snelling the first months after arrival, before areas West of the Mississippi were open to settlement claim. Her father, Riley Bartholomew and extended family helped build their Richfield home on preempted land located just outside the borders of the federal claims of Fort Snelling. This house is still standing as the Riley Bartholomew Farm at 6901 Lyndale Ave So. and is recognized as both a State and National Heritage property -one of earliest territorial structures,
The Bartholomew farm was continuosly farmed until mid-20th century when suburban Richfield developed. Today it is the site of the Richfield Historical Society. This structure is a tribute to the determination of the early settlers who came and built a new life on the Minnesota frontier.
Virginia attended Richfield's first school, and attended the many "firsts" of the new settlement. She was always characterized as a quiet and reflective person, a foil to her more colorful siblings and parents. She was an avid reader and known to compose short "writings". She apparently always regretted not having more formal education and worked with her husband, Edgar Nash. to provide broad educational opportunities for her own son and three daughters.
Married young, on 18 June 1855, she and dashing young Edgar Nash set up house in developing new areas of urban Minneapolis, eventually building a large Queen Anne style home and joining in the late 19th century fashions for dinner parties and ladies" socials. A woman of her age, Virginia died in 1907 at age 71.
Youngest daughter of Riley Bartholomew and Fannie (Watkins) Bartholomew; both parents with long family lines of early American settlers in Connecticut, New York, and Ohio.
Virginia was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio. She made the long journey with her family overland in 1851 across Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin before arriving on the new frontier of Minnesota. She stayed with her mother and siblings at Fort Snelling the first months after arrival, before areas West of the Mississippi were open to settlement claim. Her father, Riley Bartholomew and extended family helped build their Richfield home on preempted land located just outside the borders of the federal claims of Fort Snelling. This house is still standing as the Riley Bartholomew Farm at 6901 Lyndale Ave So. and is recognized as both a State and National Heritage property -one of earliest territorial structures,
The Bartholomew farm was continuosly farmed until mid-20th century when suburban Richfield developed. Today it is the site of the Richfield Historical Society. This structure is a tribute to the determination of the early settlers who came and built a new life on the Minnesota frontier.
Virginia attended Richfield's first school, and attended the many "firsts" of the new settlement. She was always characterized as a quiet and reflective person, a foil to her more colorful siblings and parents. She was an avid reader and known to compose short "writings". She apparently always regretted not having more formal education and worked with her husband, Edgar Nash. to provide broad educational opportunities for her own son and three daughters.
Married young, on 18 June 1855, she and dashing young Edgar Nash set up house in developing new areas of urban Minneapolis, eventually building a large Queen Anne style home and joining in the late 19th century fashions for dinner parties and ladies" socials. A woman of her age, Virginia died in 1907 at age 71.
EARLY RICHFIELD SETTLER- MINNESOTA TERRITORIAL PIONEER
Youngest daughter of Riley Bartholomew and Fannie (Watkins) Bartholomew; both parents with long family lines of early American settlers in Connecticut, New York, and Ohio.
Virginia was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio. She made the long journey with her family overland in 1851 across Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin before arriving on the new frontier of Minnesota. She stayed with her mother and siblings at Fort Snelling the first months after arrival, before areas West of the Mississippi were open to settlement claim. Her father, Riley Bartholomew and extended family helped build their Richfield home on preempted land located just outside the borders of the federal claims of Fort Snelling. This house is still standing as the Riley Bartholomew Farm at 6901 Lyndale Ave So. and is recognized as both a State and National Heritage property -one of earliest territorial structures,
The Bartholomew farm was continuosly farmed until mid-20th century when suburban Richfield developed. Today it is the site of the Richfield Historical Society. This structure is a tribute to the determination of the early settlers who came and built a new life on the Minnesota frontier.
Virginia attended Richfield's first school, and attended the many "firsts" of the new settlement. She was always characterized as a quiet and reflective person, a foil to her more colorful siblings and parents. She was an avid reader and known to compose short "writings". She apparently always regretted not having more formal education and worked with her husband, Edgar Nash. to provide broad educational opportunities for her own son and three daughters.
Married young, on 18 June 1855, she and dashing young Edgar Nash set up house in developing new areas of urban Minneapolis, eventually building a large Queen Anne style home and joining in the late 19th century fashions for dinner parties and ladies" socials. A woman of her age, Virginia died in 1907 at age 71.
Youngest daughter of Riley Bartholomew and Fannie (Watkins) Bartholomew; both parents with long family lines of early American settlers in Connecticut, New York, and Ohio.
Virginia was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio. She made the long journey with her family overland in 1851 across Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin before arriving on the new frontier of Minnesota. She stayed with her mother and siblings at Fort Snelling the first months after arrival, before areas West of the Mississippi were open to settlement claim. Her father, Riley Bartholomew and extended family helped build their Richfield home on preempted land located just outside the borders of the federal claims of Fort Snelling. This house is still standing as the Riley Bartholomew Farm at 6901 Lyndale Ave So. and is recognized as both a State and National Heritage property -one of earliest territorial structures,
The Bartholomew farm was continuosly farmed until mid-20th century when suburban Richfield developed. Today it is the site of the Richfield Historical Society. This structure is a tribute to the determination of the early settlers who came and built a new life on the Minnesota frontier.
Virginia attended Richfield's first school, and attended the many "firsts" of the new settlement. She was always characterized as a quiet and reflective person, a foil to her more colorful siblings and parents. She was an avid reader and known to compose short "writings". She apparently always regretted not having more formal education and worked with her husband, Edgar Nash. to provide broad educational opportunities for her own son and three daughters.
Married young, on 18 June 1855, she and dashing young Edgar Nash set up house in developing new areas of urban Minneapolis, eventually building a large Queen Anne style home and joining in the late 19th century fashions for dinner parties and ladies" socials. A woman of her age, Virginia died in 1907 at age 71.
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