Thomas Anthony BARTLETT

1876 - 1951  (74 years)

• Name	Thomas Anthony BARTLETT
  Born	6 Aug 1876	Rice, Navarro, Texas, United States   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1 Jun 1880	Enumeration District 129, Navarro, Texas, United States   [2]
  Misc	1904	Malakoff, Henderson, Texas, United States
  	Discovered a way to color brick
  	In 1904 Mr. Thomas Anthony Bartlett of Malakoff devised a way of coloring brick, touching off a new age of architectural elegance. He took his discovery to the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair and won a Blue Ribbon for his white brick. from: http://www.texasescapes.com/TOWNS/Malakoff/Malakoff.htm
  Misc	8 Feb 1921	Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States   [3]
  	Bartlett reported that "Malakoff Has Clay."
  	MALAKOFF HAS CLAY "Clay from the pits of Malakoff, in Henderson County, won the bronze metal at the St. Louis Exposition, and in addition we are quite a lignite center." said T.A. Bartlett, merchant and brick and tile manufacturer of that place, who was in Dallas Saturday. "For the last few months the demand for tile and brick has been rather low, but of late we have had inquiries which indicate that business should soon pick up. There has also been an improvement from the mercantile standpoint. So far we have made brick and tile from our clay, but in time everything in the clay line will be manufactured there, I am certain. As the demand in the South grows for clay products our plants can be equipped to manufacture all products. We already have three lignite mines there and a fourth is being opened now. The production heretofore has been about thirty cars a day, but when the fourth mine is completed, the daily shipments will be about fifty cars. There are several hundred acres of the lignite in that district, and the industry should prove to be a very important one wiht the fine quality of lignite that is in the reserve." Mr. Bartlett said he believed there will be a magical change in conditions as soon as the people decide to take their losses as they should and forget about it in going ahead and working for the future. He said that East Texas, in his opinion, exceeds any other part of the State in getting back to normal conditions after a depressing period. ------------------------------------- Lignite, often referred to as brown coal, or Rosebud coal by Northern Pacific Railroad, is a soft brown fuel with characteristics that put it somewhere between coal and peat. It is considered the lowest rank of coal, and is found in the United States, Canada, Greece, and Germany where it is used almost exclusively as a fuel for steam-electric power generation. Up to 50% of Greece's electricity comes from lignite power plants, and 25% of Germany's electricity. Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Died	28 May 1951	Navarro Clinic, Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas   [4]
  	Cause: Coronary occlusion
  	His residence was listed as Malakoff, Texas.
  Buried	Athens Cemetery, Athens, Henderson, Texas, United States   [4, 5]
  Person ID	I18	Pickel_Bartlett
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	Thomas Smith BARTLETT,   b. 1 Oct 1843, Hempstead, Waller, Texas, United States ,   d. 3 Nov 1922, Malakoff, Henderson, Texas, United States  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Sallie EDMUNDSON,   b. 12 Apr 1847, Huntsville, Walker, Texas, United States ,   d. 15 Apr 1895, Corsicana, Navarro, Texas, United States  (Age 48 years)
  Married	1 Sep 1870	Corsicana, Navarro, Texas, United States   [6]
  Residence	1 Jun 1880	Enumeration District 130, Navarro, Texas, United States   [2]
  	Farmer
  Family ID	F10	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Willie Erasmus BROYLES,   b. 12 Dec 1877, Rural Shade, Navarro, Texas, United States ,   d. 1 Apr 1950, Malakoff, Henderson, Texas, United States  (Age 72 years)
  Married	9 Oct 1897	Rural Shade, Navarro, Texas, United States
  Residence	17 Jun 1900	Becks Chapel, Henderson County, Texas   [7]
  	Farmer
  Residence	23 Apr 1910	Malakoff, Henderson, Texas, United States   [8]
  	Superintendent of brick plant
  Residence	3 Jan 1920	Belton, Bell, Texas, United States   [9]
  	General merchandise
  	Address: 900 Main Street
  	Listed as T.A. and W. E. Bartlett
  Residence	26 Jan 1920	Malakoff, Henderson, Texas, United States   [10]
  	Merchant, general merchandise store
  Residence	11 Apr 1930	Malakoff, Henderson, Texas, United States   [11]
  	Brickyard manager
  Residence	1 Apr 1940	Malakoff, Henderson, Texas, United States   [12]
  	Brick manufacturer
  	Listed as T.A. and Willie E. Bartlett
  Children	1. Tharell Anthony BARTLETT,   b. 21 Jan 1899, Corsicana, Navarro, Texas, United States ,   d. 23 Feb 1978, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States  (Age 79 years)   2. (infant son) BARTLETT,   b. 17 Apr 1900, Rural Shade, Navarro, Texas, United States ,   d. 17 Apr 1900, Rural Shade, Navarro, Texas, United States  (Age 0 years)   3. Theora Willie BARTLETT,   b. 20 Aug 1901, Athens, Henderson, Texas, United States ,   d. 7 Mar 1996, De Leon, Comanche, Texas, United States  (Age 94 years)   4. Thelma Artie BARTLETT,   b. 27 Jul 1903, Henderson County, Texas, United States ,   d. 3 Aug 1903, Henderson County, Texas, United States  (Age 0 years)   5. Theressa Artie BARTLETT,   b. 30 Oct 1904, Malakoff, Henderson, Texas, United States ,   d. 18 Dec 1989, Belton, Bell, Texas, United States  (Age 85 years)   6. Theretta Lena BARTLETT,   b. 5 Apr 1909, Malakoff, Henderson, Texas, United States ,   d. 1 Jul 1995, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States  (Age 86 years)   7. Therma Missie BARTLETT,   b. 1 May 1913, Malakoff, Henderson, Texas, United States ,   d. 4 May 1987, Athens, Henderson, Texas, United States  (Age 74 years)
  Last Modified	16 May 2022
  Family ID	F9	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Thomas Anthony of Malakoff, around 1910, age 30 -
  		Thomas Anthony Bartlett, c 1900
  		T.A. Bartlett of Malakoff, Texas, c. 1930 Local merchant, brick plant manager, cotton grower and civic leader. Founding member of the Malakoff Lions Club, a Mason and member of Kora Shrine Temple.
  		Thomas and Willie Bartlett Standing in front of their house in Malakoff, Texas in 1947
  		Bartletts in Palestine Willie and Thomas Bartlett with daughters, Therma Parnell and Theretta Pickel on the back porch of Theretta's home in Palestine, c. 1945.
  		Papa, c 1915

  
  

  Headstones

  Thomas Anthony Bartlett 1876 - 1951

  
  

  Histories » Slide Show		BARTLETT - The Malakoff Man Thomas Anthony Bartlett presented "The Malakoff Man" to the University of Texas.
  		BARTLETT - History of Henderson County, Texas
  		BARTLETT - T. A. Bartlett Home in Malakoff, Texas
  		Malakoff Brick Plant This article is about the plant supervisor during the 1930's.

  
  

  Albums

  Thomas and Willie Bartlett Family Photographs (13) This is a collection of photographs of Thomas and Willie Broyles Bartlett and their children.

  
  

• Notes

  Thomas Anthony Bartlett Thomas Anthony Bartlett, a native of Navarro County, was born in the town of Chatfield, Texas, on August 6, 1876. He was the son of Thomas Smith Bartlett and Sally Edmundson. At the age of 21, he was united in marriage to Miss Willie Broyles, daughter of Erasmus R. Broyles and Artimissa Ingram, in Rural Shade community in his home county and moved with his new bride to the city of Corsicana where he worked for the ice company. At the turn of the century, Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett moved to Henderson County and settled for one year on a farm in what is known as Beck’s Chapel community, near Malakoff, where Mr. Bartlett was the first and only postmaster of the community. In 1901, the Bartletts moved to Athens where Mr. Bartlett operated an ice business and meat market. In 1903, they moved to Malakoff where both were destined to finish their days. After moving to Malakoff and establishing Malakoff’s first brick company – the Malakoff Pressed Brick Company in 1904, Mr. Bartlett’s interests and enterprises were wide and varied. He was prominent as a retail merchant, ginner, industrialist, farmer-stockman, and it was he who pioneered the town’s first water system, back in 1913, when he put down a shallow well to serve the needs of his own house and a few rent houses, which he had acquired. He continued to enlarge that small plant through the years, adding other residential and business customers to his lines. In 1927, he drilled a deep well to better serve the needs of the community and continued to operate the water works on a larger scale. Mr. Bartlett owned a grocery store until the late 1930s, and he also had interests in cotton gins in Cross Roads, Trinidad, and Malakoff. But it is the Malakoff Pressed Brick Company for which Mr. Bartlett is best known. In 1904, Bartlett devised a way of coloring brick, touching off a new age of architectural elegance. He took his discovery to the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair and won a Blue Ribbon for his white brick. The brick company operated under several different names during the years. During the first period of operation, each brick had the word MALAKOFF pressed into it. From 1926 – 1929, the name of the plant changed to Evans and Howard. The bricks had EVANS-HOWARD pressed into them on one side and ST. LOUIS pressed into the other side. The plant had to close down for about six months during the Great Depression but soon reopened. Mr. Bartlett, was the superintendent of the plant from its founding until his retirement in 1942, when he sold his share of the business. Thomas Anthony Bartlett was a Freemason for over 45 years, having been raised a Master Mason in Athens Lodge No. 65 in 1901. He later became a member of Hella Shrine of Dallas and was a charter member of Karem Shrine in Waco. He was also a Knight Templar in the York Rite Order of Freemasonry. Mr. Bartlett was the first president of the Malakoff Rotary Club and held the position of vice president of the Citizens State Bank. Mrs. Bartlett was very active in the Order of the Eastern Star, the Methodist Church, and the civic work of the community. The Bartletts had the following children: Therral Anthony Bartlett Theora Willie Bartlett Theressa Artie "Tess" Bartlett Theretta Lena Bartlett Therma Missie Bartlett Thelma Artie Bartlett (born and died in 1903) an infant son who died in 1900 Thomas Anthony Bartlett died on May 28, 1951 in Corsicana. He is buried in Athens City Cemetery. From The Malakoff News, Friday, June 1, 1951 and from The History of Malakoff by Edna Hanson Evans

  
  

• Sources

  [S346] Birth Certificate, Dated 26 Aug 1942. This is a strange document in that it was created in 1942, and the affidavits were signed by Mrs. R. M. Langham and Dr. Hugh Sloan of Rice, Texas. Their signatures were notarized by H.C. Bartlett who was a cousin of T.A. Bartlett. [S70] 1880 Federal Census, ED 129, Navarro, TX ED 129 Page 1 Dwelling 6. [S49] Dallas Morning News, 2/8/1921, Page 8, "Roundabout Town and Hotel Lobbies". [S338] Death Record, State File 26047. [S109] Find-a-Grave website, MEMORIAL ID: 19840063. [S64] Bartlett, Loop, Fortson, Walker and other Families. [S73] 1920 Federal Census, Precinct 2, Henderson, TX ED 56 Page 3 Dwelling 48. [S74] Ancestry.com, Malakoff, Henderson, TX ED 21 Page 8A Dwelling 140. [S73] 1920 Federal Census, Belton, Bell County, Texas ED 4 Pg 2B Dwelling 38. [S73] 1920 Federal Census, Malakoff, Justice Precinct 8, Henderson, TX ED 162 Page 5B Dwelling 107. [S72] 1930 Federal Census, Justice Precinct No. 8, Henderson County, Texas ED 27 Page 8B Dwelling 144. [S427] 1940 Federal Census, 1940 United States Census., Justice Precinct No. 8, Henderson County, Texas ED 26 Page 1E Dwelling 17.