Brief Life History of Stephen Smith
When Stephen Smith Barton was born on 3 January 1839, in Lebanon, St. Clair, Illinois, United States, his father, John Barton, was 42 and his mother, Sarah Sally Penn, was 38. He married Jane Evans on 5 February 1857, in Paragonah, Iron, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Saint Clair Township, St. Clair, Illinois, United States in 1850. He registered for military service in 1866. He died on 18 November 1914, in Paragonah, Iron, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Paragonah Cemetery, Paragonah, Iron, Utah, United States.
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- Elisha Bates, "United States Census, 1870"
- Mr. Steven S Barton, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1848
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States
1860
Historical Boundaries: 1860: Millard, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Millard, Utah, United States
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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This is a story about Stephen's pardon from the president. http://artandalice.blogspot.com/2012/06/very-special-christmas.html
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