William Bartlit (1793 Conway, then in Hampshire Co., now in

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– February 19, 1871 Wellsville, Allegany County, New York) was an American politician from New York.

Life

In 1814, he removed to

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. He was a harness and saddle maker. He was a member of the New York State Senate (7th D.) from 1842 to 1845, sitting in the 65th, 66th, 67th and

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s. He was buried at the Cemetery in Cortland.

Sources

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 133ff and 138; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)

transcribed from the ''Cortland County Standard'' (issue of March 21, 1871), at

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1793 births 1871 deaths Democratic Party New York (state) state senators People from Conway, Massachusetts People from Cortland, New York People from Wellsville, New York 19th-century American legislators {{NewYork-NYSenate-stub