Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Barton, John 1844 - 
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Author: History of Grundy County IL 1914

Barton, John, now a justice of the peace at Gardner, Ill., and one of the most 
able men holding this office in Grundy County, has discharged its duties 
continuously for the past nineteen years, but otherwise is living retired 
after years of earnest and steadfast endeavor. Mr. Barton was born November 
26, 1844, in England, as were his parents Samuel and Ann (Bagley) Barton, both 
of whom passed away in their native land, the father dying in the early 
seventies, at Newcastle, where he was buried. The mother removed to 
Lincolnshire where she died and is buried. These parents had the following 
children: Sarah; Francis, who married Elizabeth Briggs, resides at Wheaton, 
Ill.; John; Elizabeth, who died at the age of seventeen years in England; Mary 
Ann, who died in England; Henry, who died when sixty years old, in England; 
Susan, who is married and resides in England; Lizzie, who is Mrs. T. Buchanan, 
lives in England, and Thomas, who died in military service in England. 

In 1871 John Barton came to the United States, first living at Keithsburg, 
Mercer County, Ill., where for five years he rented a farm, but in 1878 he 
moved to Grundy County and continued to rent land in the vicinity of Gardner.  
Later he disposed of his agricultural interests and moving to Gardner was 
employed to operate the machinery in the elevator at that place. At the 
expiration of some six years Mr. Barton found himself impoverished in health 
and pocket, so decided to rest until he recovered his strength. In 1891 he was 
elected assessor of Greenfield Township, and in 1893 he was elected a justice 
of the peace which office he has since held.

Mr. Barton was married in Mercer County, June 18, 1872, to Emma Ball, a native 
of England, born in 1842, and was brought to America by her parents. Mr. and 
Mrs. Barton have had five children: George, who is living at Braceville, is 
cashier of the People's Bank there; Mary Ann is the wife of Adam Nutt, and 
they are living on a farm near Braceville; Lizzie and Lottie, both of whom are 
living at home; and Lulu, who married Don H. Rogers and live in Webster 
County, Iowa. These children were all graduated from the Gardner High school, 
and all, except Mrs. Rogers have taught in the county schools. Mr. Barton owns 
his comfortable home in Gardner. Politically he is a Republican, but has 
always given a strong support to the temperance cause, being a total abstainer 
himself. For many years he was clerk of the old township, being its last in 
fact, and the first the new township was given. His religious affiliations are 
with the Methodist church. He and his wife are highly regarded throughout the 
neighborhood.

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Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914

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