While not related to Henry Bartell, our families did cross in a way. Back in 1905 Henry Bartell helped my great great uncle look for his daugher, Katie DeWitt James.

Katie was murdered in 1905; the offical story is she was murdered by a woman named Fannie Norton, though there is some belief she was actually murdered either by her husband Martin Luther James, or by someone he had hired.

Anyway ... good luck with finding your ancestors and if you should ever come across anything in his effects that mentions Katie DeWitt James please let me know.