MINNESOTA TERRITORIAL PIONEER, RICHFIELD FOUNDER, FARMER
Eldest son of Riley Lucas Bartholomew and his wife Fannie Watkins, Winfield made the long overland trek from Northeastern Ohio, across Indiana, Illinois to Wisconsin and then to Minnesota. His parents had decided to "move West" for newer land and new opportunities in the lands west of the Mississippi. After selling all their property in Ohio including a large farm, Riley's tavern and livery business, this family with extended cousins and friends moved west. Arriving in Minnesota the men staked preemptive claims, built shacks and set about clearing lands and building family homes. Their families boarded at nearby Fort Snelling and later St. Anthony village.
Winfield had only the basic education afforded in his frontier setting. As the eldest son, he was expected to inherit his father's farm and therefore, had motivation to learn all the trades needed to prepare him for this. Farms were self-sufficient in the territorial period. Farmers learned to make themselves what was needed. As the Bartholomew farm prospered and the town of Richfield evolved into a growing agricultural community, in 1867 Winfield married daughter of a neighbor, the winsome Mary McCabe. This couple had no children, and Mary died in 1882. Winfield then remarried his young cousin, Clara Bartholomew; this couple also had no children. Clara survived Winfield by 34 years. A Bartholomew cousin, Clara's sister's family inherited the extensive Bartholomew farm holdings.
As successor to Riley Bartholomew, Winfield had become active in local politics and in the Richfield Methodist Church, the agricultural stock breeding societies as well as the local Masons. Though lacking the charisma of his father, Winfield grew to become a well-respected community leader. He was an ardent temperance advocate and abolitionist. He died at the family home in 1911.
Eldest son of Riley Lucas Bartholomew and his wife Fannie Watkins, Winfield made the long overland trek from Northeastern Ohio, across Indiana, Illinois to Wisconsin and then to Minnesota. His parents had decided to "move West" for newer land and new opportunities in the lands west of the Mississippi. After selling all their property in Ohio including a large farm, Riley's tavern and livery business, this family with extended cousins and friends moved west. Arriving in Minnesota the men staked preemptive claims, built shacks and set about clearing lands and building family homes. Their families boarded at nearby Fort Snelling and later St. Anthony village.
Winfield had only the basic education afforded in his frontier setting. As the eldest son, he was expected to inherit his father's farm and therefore, had motivation to learn all the trades needed to prepare him for this. Farms were self-sufficient in the territorial period. Farmers learned to make themselves what was needed. As the Bartholomew farm prospered and the town of Richfield evolved into a growing agricultural community, in 1867 Winfield married daughter of a neighbor, the winsome Mary McCabe. This couple had no children, and Mary died in 1882. Winfield then remarried his young cousin, Clara Bartholomew; this couple also had no children. Clara survived Winfield by 34 years. A Bartholomew cousin, Clara's sister's family inherited the extensive Bartholomew farm holdings.
As successor to Riley Bartholomew, Winfield had become active in local politics and in the Richfield Methodist Church, the agricultural stock breeding societies as well as the local Masons. Though lacking the charisma of his father, Winfield grew to become a well-respected community leader. He was an ardent temperance advocate and abolitionist. He died at the family home in 1911.
MINNESOTA TERRITORIAL PIONEER, RICHFIELD FOUNDER, FARMER
Eldest son of Riley Lucas Bartholomew and his wife Fannie Watkins, Winfield made the long overland trek from Northeastern Ohio, across Indiana, Illinois to Wisconsin and then to Minnesota. His parents had decided to "move West" for newer land and new opportunities in the lands west of the Mississippi. After selling all their property in Ohio including a large farm, Riley's tavern and livery business, this family with extended cousins and friends moved west. Arriving in Minnesota the men staked preemptive claims, built shacks and set about clearing lands and building family homes. Their families boarded at nearby Fort Snelling and later St. Anthony village.
Winfield had only the basic education afforded in his frontier setting. As the eldest son, he was expected to inherit his father's farm and therefore, had motivation to learn all the trades needed to prepare him for this. Farms were self-sufficient in the territorial period. Farmers learned to make themselves what was needed. As the Bartholomew farm prospered and the town of Richfield evolved into a growing agricultural community, in 1867 Winfield married daughter of a neighbor, the winsome Mary McCabe. This couple had no children, and Mary died in 1882. Winfield then remarried his young cousin, Clara Bartholomew; this couple also had no children. Clara survived Winfield by 34 years. A Bartholomew cousin, Clara's sister's family inherited the extensive Bartholomew farm holdings.
As successor to Riley Bartholomew, Winfield had become active in local politics and in the Richfield Methodist Church, the agricultural stock breeding societies as well as the local Masons. Though lacking the charisma of his father, Winfield grew to become a well-respected community leader. He was an ardent temperance advocate and abolitionist. He died at the family home in 1911.
Eldest son of Riley Lucas Bartholomew and his wife Fannie Watkins, Winfield made the long overland trek from Northeastern Ohio, across Indiana, Illinois to Wisconsin and then to Minnesota. His parents had decided to "move West" for newer land and new opportunities in the lands west of the Mississippi. After selling all their property in Ohio including a large farm, Riley's tavern and livery business, this family with extended cousins and friends moved west. Arriving in Minnesota the men staked preemptive claims, built shacks and set about clearing lands and building family homes. Their families boarded at nearby Fort Snelling and later St. Anthony village.
Winfield had only the basic education afforded in his frontier setting. As the eldest son, he was expected to inherit his father's farm and therefore, had motivation to learn all the trades needed to prepare him for this. Farms were self-sufficient in the territorial period. Farmers learned to make themselves what was needed. As the Bartholomew farm prospered and the town of Richfield evolved into a growing agricultural community, in 1867 Winfield married daughter of a neighbor, the winsome Mary McCabe. This couple had no children, and Mary died in 1882. Winfield then remarried his young cousin, Clara Bartholomew; this couple also had no children. Clara survived Winfield by 34 years. A Bartholomew cousin, Clara's sister's family inherited the extensive Bartholomew farm holdings.
As successor to Riley Bartholomew, Winfield had become active in local politics and in the Richfield Methodist Church, the agricultural stock breeding societies as well as the local Masons. Though lacking the charisma of his father, Winfield grew to become a well-respected community leader. He was an ardent temperance advocate and abolitionist. He died at the family home in 1911.
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