Brief Life History of Karl Stephen
When Karl Stephen Barton was born on 17 November 1891, in Bluff, San Juan, Utah, United States, his father, Joseph Franklin Barton, was 36 and his mother, Harriet Ann Richards, was 36. He married Ella Christina Mackelprang Jones on 12 November 1914, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Election Precinct 2 Monticello, San Juan, Utah, United States in 1940 and Monticello, San Juan, Utah, United States in 1950. He died on 8 January 1983, in Blanding, San Juan, Utah, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Monticello City Cemetery, Monticello, San Juan, Utah, United States.
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- Karl S Barton, "United States Census, 1900"
- Mr. Karl Stephen Barton, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Karl Stephen Barton, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1909 · Pioneer Park Opens
A monument honoring the Provo pioneers and Indian war veterans was dedicated on July 24, 1909, as Pioneer Park opened to the public.
1915 · Dinosaur National Monument
Dinosaur National Monument is a park that contains over 800 paleontological sites and fossils. It was declared a National Monument on October 4, 1915.
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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