When John Samuel Barton was born on 29 July 1841, in St. Clair, Illinois, United States, his father, John Barton, was 45 and his mother, Sally Penn, was 41. He married Eliza Jane Gingell on 6 November 1861, in Paragonah, Iron, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Red Creek, Iron, Utah, United States in 1860 and Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 6 December 1913, in Paragonah, Iron, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Paragonah Cemetery, Paragonah, Iron, Utah, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States
Illinois contributed 250,000 soldiers to the Union Army, ranking it fourth in terms of the total men fighting for a single state. Troops mainly fought in the Western side of the Appalachian Mountains, but a few regiments played important roles in the East side. Several thousand Illinoisians died during the war. No major battles were fought in the state, although several towns became sites for important supply depots and navy yards. Not everyone in the state supported the war and there were calls for secession in Southern Illinois several residents. However, the movement for secession soon died after the proposal was blocked.
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.
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Possible Related NamesOriginally posted at ************************************ . HISTORY OF JOHN SAMUEL BARTON . Copied from text by Arta Barton Smith, Lehi, Utah, April 1962 . Information from sons William H. and Da …
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