| Born in Bohemia
on 22 Aug 1835, Bartholomew Vujtech was one of
the pioneer residents of Collinsville, and
associated with the early building of the city.
Employed in various trades, such as merchant,
tailor, laborer, fitter & handy man, he came
to own considerable property in the business
portion of town, including a general merchandise
store on East Main street in Collinsville.. He served with distinction
during the Civil War, enlisting in Co. K of the
144th regiment of Illinois which was organized at
Alton, Illlinois, and mustered in for one year
October 21, 1864. They regiment was ordered to
St. Louis, and duty in that District until July,
1865 and then mustered out July 14, 1865, having
lost sixty-nine men by disease.
Bartholomew died
on 30 Dec 1908. His funeral was attended by the
Sammuel T. Hughes Post GAR, of which he had been
a member. He was survived by his wife Dora and
six children.
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