Barton, John J. (1856-1949)

BARTON

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Date: 9/15/2019 at 15:38:25

John J. Barton
Aug 8, 1856 - May 26, 1949

(From the 1891 Biographical History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, p.633)
J. J. BARTON, proprietor of the St. Joe Livery, Feed and Sale Stable, 706 South Main street, Council Bluffs, carries a stock of some $8,000 or $9,000, and also buys and sells horses on commission. He took charge of the barn in July, 1888, and is doing a good business. He was born in Lincolnshire, England, in 1856, the son of Frederick and Mary (TOMLINSON) BARTON of English parentage. He was reared to farm life in his native country, and in 1872 his parents emigrated to America, locating at Council Bluffs, where they have since resided, except that the father died in 1876. In 1878 our present subject commenced to take care of himself by operating his farm south of Council Bluffs for one year. Afterward he engaged in various pursuits until 1887-'88, when he engaged in buying and selling hay and in threshing, which he followed until he took his present place. He has a good farm in South Dakota, and also owns an interest in a farm of eighty acres in Lewis Township. Politically Mr. BARTON is a Democrat, taking an active interest in the public welfare.
He was married September 8, 1889, to Miss Lillie PARDAN, a native of Council Bluffs, who was born in 1870, and they have an infant daughter.