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Joel Poinsett Barton

Male 1839 - 1918  (78 years)


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  • Name Joel Poinsett Barton 
    Birth 29 Sep 1839  Greenville Co., South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Census 1880  Burnet Co., Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    head-of-household, farmer 
    Military Information Civil War Confederate Veteran 
    Death 2 Feb 1918  San Angelo, Tom Green Co., Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial San Angelo (Fairmont Cem.), Tom Green Co., Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I7963  Barton Database | Lineage Thomas Barton b. c1732, md Sarah Wilson - DNA Lineage I
    Last Modified 31 May 2016 

    Father Col. Wilson Barton,   b. 17 Mar 1786, Greenville Co., South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Oct 1878, Bertram, Burnet Co., Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years) 
    Mother Mildah McKinney,   b. 6 Aug 1802, Greenville Co., South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Sep 1848, Greenville Co., South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years) 
    Marriage 24 Jan 1819  Greenville Co., South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2748  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Naomi Bryson,   b. 6 Dec 1845, Greenville Co., South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 May 1928, San Angelo, Tom Green Co., Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 31 Dec 1868 
    Children 
    +1. Wilson Robert Barton,   b. 19 Oct 1869, Bertram, Burnet Co., Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Feb 1941, Sweetwater, Nolan Co., Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     2. Amelia Barton,   b. 9 Nov 1871, Bertram, Burnet Co., Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Apr 1910, Georgetown, Williamson Co., Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years)
     3. Milda Barton,   b. 17 Feb 1874, Bertram, Burnet Co., Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1954, San Angelo, Tom Green Co., Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    +4. John T. Barton,   b. 25 Mar 1876, Bertram, Burnet Co., Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Sep 1961, San Angelo, Tom Green Co., Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    +5. Thomas Snyder Barton,   b. 9 Oct 1878, Bertram, Burnet Co., Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Oct 1935, San Angelo, Tom Green Co., Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
    +6. Joel Robert Poinsett Barton,   b. 2 Feb 1881, Bertram, Burnet Co., Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1975 (Age 93 years)
    Family ID F2937  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 May 2016 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 29 Sep 1839 - Greenville Co., South Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - head-of-household, farmer - 1880 - Burnet Co., Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 2 Feb 1918 - San Angelo, Tom Green Co., Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - San Angelo (Fairmont Cem.), Tom Green Co., Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Histories
    Legends of the Poinsettia
    An essay about the traditional Christmas flower and its discoverer Dr. Joel Robert Poinsett and the Barton family.

  • Notes 
    • !CITED in "The Barton Book revised edition" compiled by Robert Dacus Nally for The Barton Historical Society, Genealogy Pub. Service, 1994 (BART287)

      !CITED in "Franklin and Malinda Barton Family, The" by Caroline Latham Bode, Nortex Press, Burnet TX Gc 929.2 B28509b at Allen Co. Pub. Lib., Ft. Wayne IN (BART338)

      !MILITARY Civil War 1861-1865 Cited in Barton Roll of Honor, compiled by Carl James Barton, first ed. 2001 "CSA. Served as a Private in the Burnet Guards. This unit was organized in Burnet County, Texas on 8 June 1861 under Captain William H. Magill. These units were organized to protect the "backdoor" of Texas lest Mexico or Indians decided to take advantage of the war situation. Most of these men served a few days a month and provided their own horse, guns and were paid $2.00 per day. (REF: Book "The Burnet Guards History A Pioneer History 1847-1979, Vol. One, pgs 14-17) (pg.330)" (BART385)

  • Sources 
    1. [S4234] 1880 US Census [HeritageQuest], Year: 1880; Census Place: Precinct 3, Burnet, Texas; Roll: 1293; Family History Film: 1255293; Page: 145A; Enumeration District: 036.