Carroll Barton, Assumption Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller




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 Carroll Barton 
        Assumption Parish, Louisiana 
    Carroll Barton is one of the foremost planters of Assumption parish,
La., and Magnolia plantation, of which he is the owner, is one of the
most magnificent pieces of land to be found in this section of the
country.  This plantation is located nine miles below Donaldsonville on
the right bank of the Lafourche bayou and comprises 3,000 acres of land,
deriving its name from the many fine magnolia trees on the place.  A
large portion of the land is in an excellent state of cultivation, and
the entire place is managed and looked after by Mr. Barton, who is the
thorough master of his calling.  The firm name of the plantation is
Aldrich & Barton.  The former gentleman resides in Natchez, Miss.  In
1876 Mr. Barton married Miss Carrie Kittredge, a daughter of Dr. E. E.
Kittredge, at one time the most extensive sugar planter in the state and
very wealthy.  To Mr. and Mrs. Barton two sons and two daughters have
been born, but these children were left motherless in 1890.  In 1891 he
married Miss Blanche Kemper of St. Mary parish.  Mr. Barton is of that
stuff of which noble and useful citizens are made and would be an
acquisition to any locality in which he might choose to locate.  He is a
member of the Knights of Honor, in which order he is a useful and
honored member.
 
 From Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, volume 2, p.
267. 
Submitted by Mike Miller