BIOGRAPHIES - BARTON, Joshua, Bourbon County, Kentucky From: Bob Francis http://www.shawhan.com Date: 07 Feb 2000 The biographies are taken primarily from William Perrin's "The History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky" and E. Polk Johnson's "The History of Kentucky and Kentuckians," Vol. III. Many Bourbon County, Kentucky, researchers have pointed out mistakes and they are notated. Name: Joshua BARTON _________________________________________ Birth: March 4, 1835 Father: Abraham BARTON Mother: Catharine CUMBERS Spouses _________________________________________ 1: Jessie V. PAUL Birth: Bourbon County, Kentucky Father: Daniel PAUL Mother: Adeline MORGAN Marriage: November 4, 1862 Children: William F. (1863-); Albert S. (1865-); Ora F. (1867-); Ida B. (1872-); Virgil L. (1873-) JOSHUA BARTON,1 farmer and distiller; P. O. Millersburg; was born at Black's Cross Roads, March 4, 1835, to Abraham and Catharine, (Cumbers) Barton, both of whom are still living, and were born in 1804. Abraham is a son of Joshua; a Marylander; Abraham's family consisted of nine children, four of whom died in infancy. Nancy C. (deceased) was the wife of William P. Knight, by whom she left one child, Mollie H., who resides with the subject of this sketch. Those living are: Mary, the eldest, widow of John W. Bowen, a resident of Nicholas County; Joshua; Emerine, wife of Thomas Fisher, of Bourbon County, and Sue, the wife of Esquire Amos Jameson, near Millersburg. Mr. Barton assisted his father in farming and the manufacture of whisky until his twenty-ninth year, having in the meantime received a common school education. In 1862, Nov. 4, he was married to Miss Jessie V. Paul, of Bourbon County, and daughter of Daniel and Adeline (Morgan) Paul, of Mason County; the ancestry of the former from Virginia; the latter from Maryland. By this marriage there are five children: William F., born Aug. 23, 1863; Albert S., Sept. 5, 1865; Ora F., Dec. 22, 1867; Ida B., Jan. 12, 1872, and Virgil L., Sept. 1, 1873. Mr. Barton is now extensively engaged in agriculture, distilling and thoroughbred stock-raising. His horses of the Bambletonian family, principally colts, having been engaged in that branch of stock culture but a short time. He has a short-horn herd of about sixty head, at the present time, having sold in the year 1881, about forty head of the most popular strains, among them the 5th Lord of Oxford. The principal families making up his present herd, are of the Barringtons, Wattertons, Hilpas, Knightlys, Peris, Princesses, and many others of the most popular blooded stock. Mr. Barton has long been one of the foremost short-horn breeders of the Blue Grass region. He is a member of the Masonic order, and a prominent business man. Sources 1. Perrin, p. 507 ------------------------------ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.