CIVIL WAR VETERAN (Private )in COMPANY E, 1st MINNESOTA INFANTRY,
MINNESOTA TERRITORIAL PIONEER
ROLLIN BARTHOLOMEW was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, the youngest son of Riley Lucas and Frances (Fannie) Watkins BARTHOLOMEW. He became an early settler of territorial Minnesota when he accompanied his parents and siblings overland from Ohio to Wisconsin then to the Minnesota by coach,then by barge and paddlewheeler, and finally by ox cart to Fort Snelling . See biography of his parents for details of the long journey.
Rollin helped his father and elder brother, Winfield, in clearing the original Richfield, MN farm claim. That preempted claim was on the shores of Wood Lake--the same land staked out by his father's later homestead claim. The family built a small cabin and eventually a frame house, barn and outbuildings there. Rollin grew up on this mixed crop farm, adding his labor to efforts of building a new little community- with a church, school, post office and roads. The family had a working farm at this location within three years of their arrival. This remained one of Richfield's last working farms through the mid-twentieth century.
Barely 20 years old when the Civil War broke out, Rollin volunteered for service and joined Company E of the 1st Minnesota Infantry. He saw action with his unit throughout its illustrious war service and after the war remained active in veteran activities when the local GAR (Grand Army of the Republic, predecessor of American Legion) was established in Minnesota.
Rollin married in 1863, while home on furlough from the battlefield--to his Richfield sweetheart, Mary Springstead. This couple eventually had four children: Theron, Birdsell ("Birdsey"), Riley Leroy {"Roy") and Mattie Belle.
When the Civil War ended, Rollin returned home to continue farming on is own land in today's Edina, MN. As his elder boys married and moved away from Minnesota, his youngest son LeRoy ("Roy") took over the farm and extensive real estate operations. Little Mattie, the only daughter, lived at home. She was very musical and played several instruments and was a vocalist. She trained at the Minneapolis School of Music. She even sang at the then new Minneapolis Opera House. Unfortunately, both his daughter and wife died of typhoid in 1902, leaving Rollin alone in Minneapolis. He moved into the then new "Soldiers Home" near Minnehaha Falls, by Fort Snelling. He lived out his life there with many of his old soldiering friends.
See SOLDIERS HOME BURIAL RECORD, 1888-1987-- Loc 106.E.11.5B-2ov
Minnesota State Archives in the Minnesota History Center Library
MINNESOTA TERRITORIAL PIONEER
ROLLIN BARTHOLOMEW was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, the youngest son of Riley Lucas and Frances (Fannie) Watkins BARTHOLOMEW. He became an early settler of territorial Minnesota when he accompanied his parents and siblings overland from Ohio to Wisconsin then to the Minnesota by coach,then by barge and paddlewheeler, and finally by ox cart to Fort Snelling . See biography of his parents for details of the long journey.
Rollin helped his father and elder brother, Winfield, in clearing the original Richfield, MN farm claim. That preempted claim was on the shores of Wood Lake--the same land staked out by his father's later homestead claim. The family built a small cabin and eventually a frame house, barn and outbuildings there. Rollin grew up on this mixed crop farm, adding his labor to efforts of building a new little community- with a church, school, post office and roads. The family had a working farm at this location within three years of their arrival. This remained one of Richfield's last working farms through the mid-twentieth century.
Barely 20 years old when the Civil War broke out, Rollin volunteered for service and joined Company E of the 1st Minnesota Infantry. He saw action with his unit throughout its illustrious war service and after the war remained active in veteran activities when the local GAR (Grand Army of the Republic, predecessor of American Legion) was established in Minnesota.
Rollin married in 1863, while home on furlough from the battlefield--to his Richfield sweetheart, Mary Springstead. This couple eventually had four children: Theron, Birdsell ("Birdsey"), Riley Leroy {"Roy") and Mattie Belle.
When the Civil War ended, Rollin returned home to continue farming on is own land in today's Edina, MN. As his elder boys married and moved away from Minnesota, his youngest son LeRoy ("Roy") took over the farm and extensive real estate operations. Little Mattie, the only daughter, lived at home. She was very musical and played several instruments and was a vocalist. She trained at the Minneapolis School of Music. She even sang at the then new Minneapolis Opera House. Unfortunately, both his daughter and wife died of typhoid in 1902, leaving Rollin alone in Minneapolis. He moved into the then new "Soldiers Home" near Minnehaha Falls, by Fort Snelling. He lived out his life there with many of his old soldiering friends.
See SOLDIERS HOME BURIAL RECORD, 1888-1987-- Loc 106.E.11.5B-2ov
Minnesota State Archives in the Minnesota History Center Library
CIVIL WAR VETERAN (Private )in COMPANY E, 1st MINNESOTA INFANTRY,
MINNESOTA TERRITORIAL PIONEER
ROLLIN BARTHOLOMEW was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, the youngest son of Riley Lucas and Frances (Fannie) Watkins BARTHOLOMEW. He became an early settler of territorial Minnesota when he accompanied his parents and siblings overland from Ohio to Wisconsin then to the Minnesota by coach,then by barge and paddlewheeler, and finally by ox cart to Fort Snelling . See biography of his parents for details of the long journey.
Rollin helped his father and elder brother, Winfield, in clearing the original Richfield, MN farm claim. That preempted claim was on the shores of Wood Lake--the same land staked out by his father's later homestead claim. The family built a small cabin and eventually a frame house, barn and outbuildings there. Rollin grew up on this mixed crop farm, adding his labor to efforts of building a new little community- with a church, school, post office and roads. The family had a working farm at this location within three years of their arrival. This remained one of Richfield's last working farms through the mid-twentieth century.
Barely 20 years old when the Civil War broke out, Rollin volunteered for service and joined Company E of the 1st Minnesota Infantry. He saw action with his unit throughout its illustrious war service and after the war remained active in veteran activities when the local GAR (Grand Army of the Republic, predecessor of American Legion) was established in Minnesota.
Rollin married in 1863, while home on furlough from the battlefield--to his Richfield sweetheart, Mary Springstead. This couple eventually had four children: Theron, Birdsell ("Birdsey"), Riley Leroy {"Roy") and Mattie Belle.
When the Civil War ended, Rollin returned home to continue farming on is own land in today's Edina, MN. As his elder boys married and moved away from Minnesota, his youngest son LeRoy ("Roy") took over the farm and extensive real estate operations. Little Mattie, the only daughter, lived at home. She was very musical and played several instruments and was a vocalist. She trained at the Minneapolis School of Music. She even sang at the then new Minneapolis Opera House. Unfortunately, both his daughter and wife died of typhoid in 1902, leaving Rollin alone in Minneapolis. He moved into the then new "Soldiers Home" near Minnehaha Falls, by Fort Snelling. He lived out his life there with many of his old soldiering friends.
See SOLDIERS HOME BURIAL RECORD, 1888-1987-- Loc 106.E.11.5B-2ov
Minnesota State Archives in the Minnesota History Center Library
MINNESOTA TERRITORIAL PIONEER
ROLLIN BARTHOLOMEW was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, the youngest son of Riley Lucas and Frances (Fannie) Watkins BARTHOLOMEW. He became an early settler of territorial Minnesota when he accompanied his parents and siblings overland from Ohio to Wisconsin then to the Minnesota by coach,then by barge and paddlewheeler, and finally by ox cart to Fort Snelling . See biography of his parents for details of the long journey.
Rollin helped his father and elder brother, Winfield, in clearing the original Richfield, MN farm claim. That preempted claim was on the shores of Wood Lake--the same land staked out by his father's later homestead claim. The family built a small cabin and eventually a frame house, barn and outbuildings there. Rollin grew up on this mixed crop farm, adding his labor to efforts of building a new little community- with a church, school, post office and roads. The family had a working farm at this location within three years of their arrival. This remained one of Richfield's last working farms through the mid-twentieth century.
Barely 20 years old when the Civil War broke out, Rollin volunteered for service and joined Company E of the 1st Minnesota Infantry. He saw action with his unit throughout its illustrious war service and after the war remained active in veteran activities when the local GAR (Grand Army of the Republic, predecessor of American Legion) was established in Minnesota.
Rollin married in 1863, while home on furlough from the battlefield--to his Richfield sweetheart, Mary Springstead. This couple eventually had four children: Theron, Birdsell ("Birdsey"), Riley Leroy {"Roy") and Mattie Belle.
When the Civil War ended, Rollin returned home to continue farming on is own land in today's Edina, MN. As his elder boys married and moved away from Minnesota, his youngest son LeRoy ("Roy") took over the farm and extensive real estate operations. Little Mattie, the only daughter, lived at home. She was very musical and played several instruments and was a vocalist. She trained at the Minneapolis School of Music. She even sang at the then new Minneapolis Opera House. Unfortunately, both his daughter and wife died of typhoid in 1902, leaving Rollin alone in Minneapolis. He moved into the then new "Soldiers Home" near Minnehaha Falls, by Fort Snelling. He lived out his life there with many of his old soldiering friends.
See SOLDIERS HOME BURIAL RECORD, 1888-1987-- Loc 106.E.11.5B-2ov
Minnesota State Archives in the Minnesota History Center Library
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