Walter B. Barton
Walter B. Barton was born around 1844 in Ohio to William Barton and Philena Wilson. His father was a miller who owned $200 of personal property by 1860. The family lived in Portage, Ohio, until the 1850s, when they moved to Wadsworth, Ohio. By 1860, he was working as a farmhand. They moved to Norton, Ohio, in the 1860s, and by 1870, he was working as a book agent. By the early 1880s, he was living in an “Insane Asylum” in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. He died there of “exhaustion” on March 6, 1883.
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(4556)Barton, Walter B.18441883-03-06
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 3

  • (12644) [recipient] ~ John C. Barton to Walter B. Barton, 30 September 1860
  • (12646) [writer] ~ John C. Barton to Family, 22 March 1862
  • (12649) [recipient] ~ John C. Barton to Walter B. Barton, 24 June 1862

People - Records: 3

  • (4556) Barton, Walter B. is the [sibling of] (4554) Barton, John C.
  • (4556) Barton, Walter B. is the [child of] (4555) Barton, Philena
  • (4558) Barton, William is the [parent of] (4556) Barton, Walter B.

Places - Records: 2

  • (274) [birth] ~ Ohio
  • (548) [death] ~ Cuyahoga County, Ohio

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SOURCES

1850, 1860, and 1870 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Ohio Select County Death Records, 1840-1908, available from Ancestry.com