Brief Life History of Henry Sampson
When Henry Sampson Barton was born on 12 September 1860, in Shannon, Missouri, United States, his father, James Oliver Edward Barton, was 37 and his mother, Mary Jane Reese, was 28. He married Martha Gemima Turner on 12 June 1877, in Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Dent Township, Iron, Missouri, United States in 1880 and Blair Creek Township, Shannon, Missouri, United States for about 30 years. He died on 15 August 1930, in Shannon, Missouri, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Turner Cemetery, Moore Township, Shannon, Missouri, United States.
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- Henry S Barton, "United States Census, 1930"
- Sampson Barton, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- Henry Sampson Barton, "Find A Grave Index"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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