When John Barton was born on 22 June 1808, in Sunbury, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Noah Barton, was 43 and his mother, Mary Cooley, was 34. He married Susannah Wilkinson on 29 December 1835, in Sunbury, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States for about 6 years and Florence, Douglas, Nebraska, United States in 1846. He registered for military service in 1832. He died on 16 May 1887, in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Mount Pleasant City Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
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.
Possible Related Nameshistory by June Barton Bartholomew, from "Family and Ancestors of Elisha Kembur Barton and Celestial Eliza McArthur", pg. 137 John Barton was born 22 June 1808, at West Sunbury, Northumberland, Pe …
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