Erastus Dudley Bartlett is occupying a residence in North Guilford which was erected one hundred and thirty-two years ago and which stands upon a farm that has been in possession of the family for two centuries.

  Mr. Bartlett was born in North Guilford, July 8, 1884, on the farm which is still his home, his parents being Edwin Williams and Annis (Dudley) Bartlett. The former was a son of Nathaniel and a grandson of Samuel Bartlett and all were descendants of Joseph Bartlett, a native of England, who became one of the first settlers of Guilford, where he passed his remaining days, his death occurring in 1669. The mother of Erastus D. Bartlett was a daughter of Nathan and Sophronia (Rossiter) Dudley, natives of Guilford. The Rossiter, the Dudley and the Bartlett families have all been represented in Guilford since its earliest settlement. Edwin W. Bartlett, like all of his ancestors, was a farmer and he also engaged in the native timber business. He was quite prominent in public affairs and served as selectman for seventeen years, while for many years he filled the office of justice of the peace. His decisions were strictly fair and impartial, being based upon the law and the equity in the case, and won for him “golden opinions from all sorts of people.” He died January 18, 1915, while his widow still survives.

  Erastus D. Bartlett pursued a district school education and in young manhood took up his father’s business, engaging actively in farming and in the conduct of a native timber business. At the time of his marriage he removed to his present home, the house having been built almost a century and a half ago, replacing one destroyed by fire on the same site on this farm, which has been in possession of the family for two hundred years. Mr. Bartlett is very extensively engaged in general agricultural pursuits in North Guilford township, having over two hundred acres of land in cultivation and owning besides several hundred acres of native timber. He does quite an extensive business in handling native timber, operating a sawmill and otherwise taking an active part in furthering the trade.

  On the 11th of May, 1911, in Guilford, Mr. Bartlett was united in marriage to Miss Mabel Parmelee, who was born in the Clapboard Hill district of Guilford, a daughter of Edgar and Helen (Hill) Parmelee, who were natives of Guilford and of North Guilford respectively and were representatives of old Connecticut families. Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett have two children: Edwin Dudley, who was born June 13, 1912; and Edgar Parmelee, born August 22, 1916.

  In politics Mr. Bartlett is a stalwart republican and in 1916 he was made selectman of the town of Guilford, in which position he is now serving. He is also a member of the North Guilford Congregational church and is a generous contributor to its support. At all times and in relation to everything that he undertakes he displays a most enterprising and progressive spirit. In his vocabulary there is no such word as fail and he is ever actuated by a determination to accomplish what he undertakes. He is widely  known throughout his section of the county as Ted Bartlett, a name which has been associated with him from early boyhood and which bespeaks the goodwill entertained for him by his fellow townsmen, who appreciate the cordiality and sincerity of his greeting and who have for him warm friendship and kindly regard.