Brief Life History of James Bell
When James Bell Barton was born on 11 January 1865, in Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States, his father, James Barton, was 28 and his mother, Eliza Ann Barton, was 20. He married Cecily Coulam on 21 October 1885, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 20 years and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 2 years. He died on 12 November 1932, in Bingham Canyon, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- James Barton, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: James Bell Barton - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: James Bell Barton
- James Bell Barton, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
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1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
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 The Amendment was later repealed.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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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THE BARTONS AND THEIR NAME Genealogical and Historical Sketch Compiled by the Media Research Bureau – 1110 F. Street, Wash., D.C. Retrieved by Charlene Crapo Gilbert Judd The name of Barton is said …
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