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BARTLETT, BEN. J. - Architect, was born in New Hampshire, on the 17th day of July, 1834, and removed from this place to Newburyport, Massachusetts. He received his architectural education in Boston, Mass., and had the advantages of the best instruction in the State, combined with practical experience. In 1855 he went to Illinois. During the late war he enlisted in the Forty-fifth Massachusetts infantry, afterward merged in the Fourth heavy artillery. After he was mustered out of the U. S. service he returned to Illinois, settled in Chicago, and had a wide experience in his profession. He came to this city in 1876, and has made a specialty of school-houses and churches, and his designs may be seen from Wellington, Ohio, to Colorado, west, and Texas, south. He was married to Miss Ruth B. Fitch, of Plainfield, N. H., in 1854. By this union they have two children: Anna B. and Ben. W. A.