Blair County PA Archives Biographies.....Bartley, H. S. March 20, 1869 - 
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Source: History of Blair County, PA, Vol. II, 1931
Author: Tarring Davis

  H. S. BARTLEY, owner and manager of the Bartley Lumber Company, of Altoona, 
heads one of the leading concerns of its kind in this section of the State.  
Calvin Bartley, his father, was born in Juniata County, Pa., but spent most of 
his life at Altoona, where he established the Bartley Lumber Company, in 1880.  
Harry S. Bartley was born in Juniata County, Pa., March 20, 1869, and obtained 
his education in the public schools of Altoona.  His entire business career has 
been with the Bartley Lumber Company, for he entered the employ of his father 
when he had finished school.  In 1920, he took over the business, and has since 
been owner and manager.  Handling lumber and building supplies of all kinds, the 
concern is regarded as one of the most substantial in its field in this section 
of Pennsylvania.  Mr. Bartley is a member of the Knights of Pythias, Odd 
Fellows, and Junior Order of United American Mechanics.  He attends the Third 
Presbyterian Church.  Mr. Bartley was united in marriage to Mary R. Ferguson, 
daughter of Theodore and Jennie Ferguson, of Altoona, and they maintain their 
home at 1401 Tenth Street.
  A few of the buildings Harry S. Bartley built in Altoona, Blair County, are 
the Hile Apartment, on Hoeard [Howard ?] Avenue and Fourth Street; Delena 
Apartment, Chestnut Avenue and Tenth Street; Weir Apartment, Sixth Avenue and Fourth

Street; Moose Lodge, Eighth Avenue and Twelfth Street; and the Third 
Presbyterian Church, Fifth Avenue and Second Street.
  Cornelius and Margaret Bartley were pioneer settlers of East Waterford, 
Juniata County.  They were married in 1800, and reared a large family on a farm.  
There were John, Elizabeth, Aneline, Calvin, Margaret and Cornelius.  Elizabeth 
became the wife of Benjamin Kepner, who for years had a stationery and book 
store on Main Street, Mifflintown, Pa.
  Cornelius also married and lived on Cherry Street in Mifflintown, Pa.  Calvin 
learned the carpenter trade and served four years' apprenticeship.  He was 
married in 1852 to Sarah A. Duffield, of Ickesburg, Perry County.  They went to 
housekeeping in Port Royal then Perryville, Juniata County.  They resided there 
two years then moved to Mifflintown where Mr. Bartley was engaged in contract 
work.  He built many of the largest and best buildings in the town and the 
surrounding country.  Many of the large bank barns of the country show his 
handiwork.  The Billy Banks' barn is one of the fine barns built by Mr. Calvin 
Bartley.
  Sometime in the seventies a fire destroyed all the business buildings on Main 
Street, Altoona.  Mr. Bartley rebuilt some of them.  Attorney Altison and 
Attorney Lyons' homes were built by Mr. Bartley.  Mr. Bartley and wife lived for 
some years at Cuba Mills, where they reared a large family: Anna, Mary, Laura, 
William, Amos, Grant, Jennie May, Harry, Thomas, Charlotte and Charles.  In 
1879, Mr. Bartley moved to Altoona, Pa., where he worked for several years at 
the building trade.  He was an architect and builder of wide experience in 1902.
  Mr. and Mrs. Bartley celebrated their fiftieth or golden wedding anniversary 
surrounded by their children and grandchildren and 150 invited guests.  Two 
years later, Mrs. Sarah A. Bartley died and in 1915, Mr. Calvin B. Bartley died, 
and both were buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Altoona, Pa.
  Calvin B. Bartley at the age of twenty-one built the Billy Banks' barn, the 
largest and best bank barn in Juniata County.  He cut and hewed the timbers in 
the woods piece by piece, wherever they could be found.  When this was completed 
they had a barn-raising which was attended by about 500 people, among whom were 
three of the oldest barn builders in the county.  They came to see young Calvin 
Bartley have trouble putting the frame together, but they were disappointed as 
there was not a sharp edge tool used on the job to alter or to change mortices 
or tennents.  The only tool that was used was a wooden maul to drive the timbers 
together.

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