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JOSEPH A. BARTLES
Vol. 3, p. 1077-1078

The many interests and activities so firmly established and long
sustained by the late Col. J. H. BARTLES, the founder of the two
flourishing cities of Bartlesville and Dewey, are now being capably
continued through his son Joseph A. Bartles, of Dewey.

Joseph A. Bartles was born on Turkey Creek in Cherokee Nation
December 15, 1874, a son of Col. J. H. and Nannie M. Bartles, and a
grandson of Chief JOURNEY-CAKE, prominent as one of the leaders of
the Delaware Tribe and a Baptist preacher and missionary. This is
sufficient reference to Mr. Bartles' family, since space is given to
his father on other pages.

Joseph A. Bartles now lives within about four miles of his
birthplace, and his home has been in Washington County practically
all his life. He gained his first lessons at the knees of his mother,
and then attended private school at Bacone, near the City of
Muskogee, and after three or four years there entered the Kirkwood
Military Academy in Missouri. His ambition at that time was to enter
West Point Military Academy, and it was in preparation for this that
he attended the Kirkwood institution. However, after three years he
left school and abandoned his intention of becoming a military
officer. Returning home, he found employment in looking after his
father's interests and in business for himself. He first took charge
of a cattle outfit for his father until about six years ago. From
1900 to 1908, he was in the general merchandise business at Dewey.
For a number of years, he has been an active factor in the
development of the oil and gas resources of Northern Oklahoma. He is
president of the Delaware-Cherokee Oil Company, is treasurer of the
Bartles Oil Company and president of the Dewey Gas Company. Most of
his time is now given to the oil and gas industry, and also to
farming and the handling of real estate, both city and farm property.
He is a stockholder in the First National Bank of Dewey, and was one
of the original stockholders of the Interurban Railroad built between
Bartlesville and Dewey.

As a substantial business man and public spirited citizen, Mr.
Bartles has come into useful relations with many prominent
enterprises in his section of the state. Throughout his active career
he has voted and worked with the republican party, and was defeated
by seventy-seven votes as republican candidate for delegate to the
State Constitutional Convention. In Masonry he has attained thirty-
two degrees in Scottish Rite, is a member of the Mystic Shrine, and
also affiliates with the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks. He was a subscriber to the bonds issued for
the building of the Elks' Home at Bartlesville. In religious matters
he was reared in the Baptist Church, of which his grandfather was a
prominent member and preacher. On June 18, 1913, Mr. Bartles married
Miss Edith ROSS of Oklahoma City. They lost their two children, Nancy
Jane and Mary Jean.

Typed for OKGenWeb by: Vickie Neill Taylor December 6, 1998.