Background
Bartol was born in Havre de Grace, Maryland to George Bartol.
Bartol was born in Havre de Grace, Maryland to George Bartol.
Washington & Jefferson College.
After graduating from Jefferson College in 1832, he studied law under the tutelage of Otho Scott, and was admitted to the bar in 1836. From 1836 to 1843, Bartol engaged in law practice in Denton, Maryland, where he helped to establish an Academy. He also practiced law in Baltimore, Maryland, sometime after 1845.
Bartol married a woman by the last name of Charbounier, with whom he had at least one daughter.