Fifth Generation

9. Johann Wilhelm Christian "John" BARTELS was born on 3 September 1875 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^{12,22,25,39,58} He was baptized on 19 October 1875 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²² at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He appeared in the census in 1880 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹² John was confirmed on 30 March 1890 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵⁸ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He appeared in the census in 1910 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²¹ His occupation was listed as "Farmer, General Farm." He appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁶ His occupation was listed as "Farmer, Dairy." John died in March 1962 at the age of 86 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^25,39 (His obituary is not dated.) He was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.³³ in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Johann Wilhelm Christian "John" BARTELS and Anna Henrietta "Annie" SCHMIDT were married on 17 April 1900 in Monroe County, WI.^25,29,39 Anna Henrietta "Annie" SCHMIDT was born in 1881 in Wisconsin.^26,28,35 (Her middle name may have been spelled "Henryetta.") She appeared in the census in 1910 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²¹ She appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁶ Anna died in October 1948 at the age of 67 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁵ She was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.³³ in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Johann Wilhelm Christian "John" BARTELS and Anna Henrietta "Annie" SCHMIDT had the following children: