MORGAN PHILLIP BARTON
Date: February 06, 2003
From: Sharon
Family Group Report - 6 Feb 2003
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Husband: Morgan Phillip
Barton
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Birth: 23 Feb 1823 ®518 Place: Marion Co., MO
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Death: 14 Jan 1863 ®518 Place: Alton Federal Prison,
IL
Father: Squire Phillip Barton
(1801-1868)
Mother: Rachel Thrasher
(1793-1885)
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Marriage: 27 Jan 1847 Place: Monroe Co., MO
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Wife: Elizabeth Ann (Betsey)
McBroom
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Birth: 6 Jun 1825 ®178 Place: Maybe born Henrico Co.,
VA ®107 or Smythe Co., VA ®399
Death: 15 Jul 1916 ®185 Place: Marion Co., MO
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Father: Andrew (Andy) McBroom (1785-1870)
Mother: Margaret Heninger/Heniger
(1795-1865)
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Children...
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1. M Child: George W. Barton
Birth: About 1848 ®422 Place: Virginia
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2. M Child: John S. Barton
Birth: 1849 ®218 Place: Monroe Co., MO
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Religion: Missionary Baptist ®218
Spouse: Sophronia Kidwell
Marriage: 1872 ®218
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3. F Child: Sarah G. Barton
Birth: About 1851 ®422 Place: MO
®422
Spouse: Charles
Clay
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4. F Child: Mary Susan Barton
Birth: Mar 1852 ®259 Place: Monroe County, MO
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Spouse: John McKee Brison
Marriage: 2 May 1872 Place: Shelby County, MO
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5. F Child: Nancy J. Barton
Birth: About 1854 ®422 Place: MO
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Spouse: Christopher Gustavus Bowers
Marriage: 5 Mar 1879 Place: Shelby County, MO
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6. M Child: Squire P. Barton
Birth: About 1855 ®422 Place: MO
®422
Spouse: Anna Virginia Maupin
Marriage: ®185
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7. M Child: Stephen Fee Barton
Birth: 13 Feb 1858 ®400 Place: Barton Homestead south
of Lentner, MO ®400
Death: 17 Feb 1939 ®400 Place: Clarence, MO
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Burial: 19 Feb 1939 ®400 Place: Bacon Chapel
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Spouse: Emma Sue Smith
Marriage: 28 Oct 1891
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8. M Child: William W. Barton
Birth: About 1859 ®422 Place: MO
®422
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9. M Child: Morgan Harvey/Henry Barton
Birth: About 1861 ®422 Place: MO
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Husband’s Notes:
Mi. Confederate Army - CW ®178
Morgan was killed in the Civil War at the age of 38 years.
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Morgan Phillip Barton was a private in Porters Missouri Regiment (1 Northeast
Missouri Cavalry). As recorded in the Alton Prison records, he was captured
on Sept. 1, 1862 at Shelby Co., MO. He died in Alton Prison on Jan. 15, 1863
from Variola and is buried on the premises of Alton Prison. His name is found
on the monument there listing 1,534 names of Confederate soldiers that are
known to have died at Alton. Morgan was the son of Squire Phillip Barton
and was born 26 Feb 1824 in Marion Co., MO.
According to Jim Moule Morgan Barton's birth is: 2 Feb 1824, Marion Co., MO ®178
Morgan P. Barton (my great grandfather) was his son and he was born in Marion County in 1824, married in 1847 to a McBroom. From this marriage, John S. Barton was born in Monroe County, Missouri in 1849 and he married Sophronia Kidwell in 1872. Stephen Fee Barton (my grandfather) would have been a brother to John S. Barton. ®218
SHELBY COUNTY HISTORY BOOK, FIRST EDITION 1972, Shelby County Historical Society, Walsworth Publishing Co., Marceline, MO.
From Nancy <NCats27@aol.com>
Page 318
The Barton family has long been a well-known family in several counties of the northern half of Missouri. Dating as far back as 1819, Squire Philip Barton, one of the pioneer settlers of Missouri, settled in Marion County. These early settlers were from Kentucky and Virginia. One Morgan P. Barton, a fairly successful farmer, sympathized with the South in the latter part of the Civil War and was driven from home and sought safety in the Southern Army as a volunteer in the ranks of the South. After the fight at Kirksville, however, he returned home in the hope that if he took the iron-clad oath of loyalty and remained quietly at home, raising corn and other produce, he would be let alone. On the contrary, he was hurried off to prison at Alton, Illinois, where he was incarcerated in the loathsome prison and kept for four months until death, in the form of smallpox, came and relieved him of his suffering. From his letters which were written in prison, it is known that his father was also held in this prison and later transferred. Today there is a monument near Alton to those who died and those killed in battle; all of them being buried in the same cemetery. Across the monument are written these words: "Erected by the United States to mark the burial place of 1,354 Confederate Soldiers who here and at the smallpox hospital died while prisoners of war, and whose graves cannot now be identified.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Rivers Project Office
301 Riverlands Way
West Alton, Mo. 63386-1704
(888) 899-2602 x232
Dear Family,
We cordially invite you and your family to the Rivers Project in West Alton, Missouri for a ceremony to dedicate the monument remembering those buried on Smallpox Island during the Civil War. The ceremony will be held at 10 am on April 27, 2002 at the Lincoln Shields Recreation Area.
The monument was erected to commemorate the burial place of over 260 civilians and soldiers who perished near this spot between August 1, 1863 and March 31, 1865 while patients at a smallpox quarantine hospital. The hospital was erected by the United States Army, to house prisoners of the Alton Military Prison that developed smallpox and other contagious diseases. The victims included civilians, and officers, enlisted men and conscripts of the armies of the Confederate States.
The Alton Military Prison opened in February 1862 on the site of the former Illinois State Penitentiary. Smallpox cases became evident in the prison as early as November of 1862 and efforts were begun immediately to find a location for a quarantine hospital. Citizens of Alton were reluctant to cooperate in locating the hospital in or near Alton so a site was chosen on an island near the Mississippi shore. The hospital opened in August of 1863 and operated until the island was flooded in March of 1865. Prisoners found to have smallpox were rowed to the island or walked across the ice in the winter. During that time over 260 men and women succumbed to the disease. The prisoners that died in the Quarantine hospital where buried in a makeshift cemetery located on the southern tip of the island.
The cermony will consist of several speeches as well as formal military rites. There will be time allotted during the ceremony, for any families who wish to participate to place flowers, wreaths or memorials at the monument. There will also be a tree planting after the ceremony.
Please contact the Rivers Project Office if you and your family plan to attend. We look forward to hearing from you. For more information feel free to contact Philip Manhart or Jennifer Gibson toll free at 1-888-899-2602 x232.
Sincerely,
Stanley F. Ebersohl
Project Manager
[Received April 6, 2002]
Census:
1850 Monroe Co., MO, census: ®392
59th District, Sept. 11, 1850
350/350 Morgan P. Barton, age 26, female, b. MO
Betsy A. Barton, age 24, female, b. VA
George W. Barton, age 3, male, born MO
John L. Barton, age 1, male, born MO
[Indexed as Margaret P. as ink on original is smeared making it look a bit
like Margaret.]
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Wife’s Notes:
Jim Moule cites Betsey's birth place as Smythe Co., VA.
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Born Smythe Co., VA ®185
Census:
1870 Missouri Census
PO Shelbina, Salt River Township, Shelby Co.
Index pages 92-93, Pages 10-11
June 21, 1870
114/114 Betsy Barton, 45, white female, keeping house, born KY
George Barton, 22, white male, farmer, VA
John Barton, 21, white male, farm hand, MO
Sarah Barton, 19, white female, MO
Susan Barton, 17, white female, MO
Nancy Barton, 16, white female, MO
Squire Barton, 15, white male, MO
Stephen Barton, 13, white male, MO
William Barton, 11, white male, at school, MO, attends school
Henry Barton, 9, white male, MO, attends school
1880 Census Place: Salt River, Shelby, Missouri
Source: FHL Film 1254737 National Archives Film T9-0737 Page 435B
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Elizabeth BARTON Self F W W 54 VA
Occ: Keeping House Fa: VA Mo: VA
Geo. W. BARTON Son M S W 33 MO
Occ: Farmer Fa: MO Mo: VA
Stephen K. BARTON Son M S W 22 MO
Occ: Works On Farm Fa: MO Mo: VA
William W. BARTON Son M S W 19 MO
Occ: Works On Farm Fa: MO Mo: VA
Morgan H. BARTON Son M S W 17 MO
Occ: Works On Farm Fa: MO Mo: VA
Gustavus BOWERS SonL M W W 30 VA
Occ: Farmer Fa: VA Mo: VA
Nancy M. BOWERLS GChild F S W 2M MO
Fa: VA Mo
Reference Note 107
Barton family outline from Beth Daniels Reddell
Reference Note 121
Missouri Marriages to 1850 online at Ancestry.com
Reference Note 178
Jim Moule at
http://home.earthlink.net/~jmoule/ball/
Reference Note 185
Bart Wise
<bartwise@computerhut.net>
Reference Note 218
Betty
<bjha@missvalley.com>
Morgan Barton's Great Granddaughter
Reference Note 259
Meredyth <mldevin@aol.com>
Reference Note 392
Monroe Co., MO
1850 Census
Transcribed by Kathleen Wilham
Reference Note 399
Andrew McBroom Family Group Sheet
Compiled by Ray Staley
Sent to me by Bart Wise.
Reference Note 400
The Independent Courier
Volume 59, Number 7
Clarence Missouri
Wed., Feb. 22, 1939
Front page, column 2
Stephen Fee Barton Obituary
Reference Note 422
1870 Census
Reference Note 478
www.familysearch.org
Reference Note 518
Tombstone