BARTON, PAUL MELVIN
Dentist; b Fort Dodge, Iowa Nov 16, 1897; s of John J Barton-Ellen Melvin; ed Fort Dodge HS 1917; St Thomas Coll, St Paul 1919; U of Iowa, DDS 1924; Sigma Nu; Psi Omega; m Catherine Johns Sept 20, 1926 Fort Dodge; s Paul M, John James, James Thomas; 1924- dentist, Davenport; during World War enl 126th machine gun batt 34th div, AEF O/S Sept 1918-July 1919, duty sgt; Amer Legion post 26; ADA; Iowa St Dental Soc; Scott Co Dental Soc, pres 1932; C of C; Davenport Country Club, dir; Town Club; Cathedral Cath Ch; hobbies: golf, fishing & hunting; res 314 Ridgewood, Davenport.
This bio was extracted from the "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1086.