William H. Bartran

William Henry Bartran, Sr., (August 21, 1838 – November 23, 1905) was an American physician and Republican politician. He was the 10th mayor of Fort Howard, Wisconsin, and served two terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing northwest Brown County (1873, 1874).

Early life

William H. Bartran was born in the town of Barton, in Tioga County, New York, on August 21, 1838. He was raised there and received his primary education in the public schools. He attended the Wyoming Seminary in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, but left the school after the outbreak of the American Civil War. but received an honorary brevet to first lieutenant.

After returning from the war, he entered the Michigan Medical College and graduated with his medical doctorate in 1865. He was subsequently re-elected in 1873.

William Bartran married Margaret Smith and had three children. Their two daughters died young, but their son, , went on to graduate from the Northwestern University Medical School and practiced medicine in Green Bay, Wisconsin, for the rest of his life.

William H. Bartran, Sr., suffered from paralysis, caused by stroke, and was forced to retire from his medical practice in 1901. He died at his home in Green Bay on November 23, 1905—the city of Fort Howard having been absorbed into the city of Green Bay in 1895.