Elam Bartholomew was a resident of Rooks County and Hays, Kansas. He was a horticulturalist, internationally known for his work with fungi. Bartholomew was born in Pennsylvania, and his family moved first to Ohio and then Illinois. In 1873, he became engaged to Rachel Montgomery. Bartholomew settled in Rooks County, Kansas, in 1874, and returned to Illinois to marry Montgomery in June 1877. The Bartholomews returned to Kansas in September 1877, and lived on their farm on Bow Creek in Rooks County until 1929. They then moved south to Hays, in Ellis County, Kansas, where he served as curator of the mycological museum at Fort Hays Kansas State College until his death in 1934.
From the description of David M. Bartholomew manuscript, 1998. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 694183023
