Mollie Bett Barton

Brief Life History of Mollie Bett

When Mollie Bett Barton was born in 1867, in Rutherford, Tennessee, United States, her father, Thomas Green Barton, was 39 and her mother, Samantha Bradford Jordan, was 37. She lived in Civil District 19, Gibson, Tennessee, United States in 1870. She died in 1870, at the age of 3.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Green Barton
1828–1914
Samantha Bradford Jordan
1830–1913
Talmus Selkirk Barton
1852–1870
Lou Emma Barton
1854–1891
Haseltine Elizabeth Barton
1857–1938
Modena Ann Barton
1859–1870
Asa Justus Barton
1861–1942
Elnora Jane Barton
1863–1876
Mattie Lee Barton
1865–1955
Mollie Bett Barton
1867–1870
William Thomas Barton
1868–1943
Sidney Barton
1869–1870
Henry Alexander Barton
1871–1937
Harmon Jordan Barton
1875–1958

Sources (2)

  • Mollie Barton in household of Tom Barton, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Mollie Bett Barton, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (4)

1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.

This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.

1868 · Impeach the President!

Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

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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