Elisha Bartlett (1804 - 1855)

Born 6 Oct 1804 in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Slater — married 11 May 1829 in Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Died 19 Jul 1855 at age 50 in Slatersville, North Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

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Biography

Elisha Bartlett is Notable.

This profile is part of the Bartlett Name Study.

Elisha Bartlett was born in October of 1804 in Smithfield, Rhode Island, the son of Otis Bartlett and Waite Buffum.

He married Elizabeth Slater in May of 1829, also in Smithfield.^[1]

He passed away on 19 Jul 1855 and was buried at the Slatersville Cemetery in Priovidence, Rhode Island.^[2]

Elisha Bartlett earned his medical degree from Brown University in 1826. He was also appointed as Professor of Pathological Anatomy and Materia Medica at the Berkshire Medical Institute in Pittsfield, Massachusetts in 1832,Bartlett taught at a number of medical schools including Transylvania University, the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Vermont Medical College, Woodstock, Vermont, the University of Louisville, where he was Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine, the University of the City of New York, and the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City, where he was Chair of Materia Medica and Medical Jurisprudence. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1845.^[3]

In addition to writng poetry, Elisha also published multiple essays in the medical literature thoughout his career, including perhaps his most classic, "An Essay on the Philosophy of Medicine," in 1844.

In October of 1836 he was elected as the first Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts. Following his tenure, he served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1841.

Seal of the City of Lowell, Massachusetts

Siblings

Caroline Bartlett Brown 1806–1894

Rebecca Bartlett Brown 1810–1893

Ruth Arnold Bartlett 1812–1813

Adelia Bartlett 1814–1826

Oliver Bartlett 1816–1819

George Bartlett 1817–1868

Sarah Earle Bartlett 1822–1853 Half Siblings

Walter Otis Bartlett 1836–1883

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage Record - Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850. With some noted exceptions all marriage records in this collection can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, and may be available through Family History Centers throughout the United States.
2. ↑ Death Record - Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74292263/elisha-bartlett: accessed March 1, 2024), memorial page for Dr Elisha Bartlett (6 Oct 1804–19 Jul 1855), Find A Grave: Memorial #74292263, citing Slatersville Cemetery, North Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA.
3. ↑ American Medical Biographies, edited by Howard A. Kelly & Walter L. Burrage, 1920. Link

See also:

• Wikipedia: Elisha Bartlett

• Wikidata: Item Q5361730, en:Wikipedia