When Silas M Barton was born on 16 April 1839, in Washington, Ohio, United States, his father, John R Barton Jr, was 40 and his mother, Elizabeth Robb, was 28. He married Harriet Jane Smith on 6 June 1861, in Old Washington, Guernsey, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Iola Township, Allen, Kansas, United States in 1900 and Strike Axe Township, Osage, Oklahoma, United States in 1910. He registered for military service in 1863. He died on 19 August 1914, in Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Oakdale Memorial Gardens, Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Iowa is the 29th state.
Historical Boundaries: 1859: Allen, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Allen, Kansas, United States
English: habitational name from any of numerous places called with Old English bere or bær ‘barley’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’, i.e. an outlying grange. Compare Barwick . The name is also found in Ireland, where it has been Gaelicized as de Bartún.
Polish (Bartoń); Czech and Slovak (mainly Bartoň): from a pet form of the personal name Polish Bartłomiej, Czech Bartoloměj, Slovak Bartolomej, from Latin Bartholomaeus (see Bartholomew ). This surname is also found in Germany.
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