Helen, this is probably just a shot in the dark, but the names and dates that you listed in your BARTEL family from KS are similar to mine, so I decided to answer your query and hope.

My Adam BARTEL was b cir 1820, in either Prussia or Germany. It could have been any place as the census records state different countries of birth for Adam.

Adam and wife, Catherine LNU, had a son named Henry, b cir 1859, in Meigs co, OH. Catherine lived until 1903. She was listed in census as having arrived in the U. S. A. in 1846.

Son Henry's wife was possibly an Emma.

I lose track of all of the BARTEL children except my direct line: Catherine BARTEL, b May 1849, Meigs co, OH, who mar Peter REINHART.

My family line remained in OH. However, what happened to the other siblings, I have not been able to find out. They were: Adam, Jr., b abt 1853, OH, mar Magdalina BIDECHERE; Mary, b abt 1856, OH; Henry; Edward Andrew, b abt 1862; and, Elizabeth, who was 8 yrs in 1850C OH, but does not appear in the 1860C. There had been 9 children born to this couple, but only 5 survived.

I have not had any luck with this line. But, the names Adam and son Henry caught my attention. Sadly, they were not in KS.

Supposedly, one BARTEL child did leave the area, but I don't know which child it was. I do not know where Adam, b abt 1820, died, but it was believed that he died before 1903.

Good luck with your Adam and Henry. lnsfmly