1842 - 1917

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• Birth	24 Nov 1842	Winchester, VA
  Gender	Male
  Died	17 Jan 1917
  Buried	Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, VA
  Person ID	I097266	Herring
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2010 08:49:32
  Father	David Walker Barton, b. 1801, Frederick Co., VA
  Mother	Frances Lewis Ambler Marshall Jones, b. 15 Oct 1808, Frederick Co., VA
  Family ID	F020656	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Catherine Knight
  Married	19 Feb 1868
  Family ID	F046612	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Gertrude Williamson Baker, b. 1 May 1871, Frederick Co., VA
  Married	10 Jun 1890
  Children	> 1. Robert Thomas Barton, b. 15 Oct 1891, Frederick Co., VA   2. Gertrude Williamson Barton
  Family ID	F046613	Group Sheet

• Notes

  He prepared for the study of law and after the required examination was admitted to the Virginia bar in 1865, after a service of several years in the Confederate army, one of six brothers to offer themselves for military service at the beginning of the war, two of these giving up their lives on the field of battle. Robert T. Barton enlisted in the First Virginia Brigade, commanded until his death by General Thomas J. Jackson ("Stonewall"). After the war he was admitted to the bar, began practice in Winchester, where he yet continues. He was senior member of the highly rated legal firm, Barton & Boyd, established in 1869 and continuing until 1910. Mr. Barton is a member of the State Bar Association, of which he is an ex-president. He has been admitted to all state and Federal courts of the district, and for more than two-score years has been a familiar and prominent figure in the legal world, not only as a learned and successful practitioner but as the author of standard law works. In 1878 he published "Barton's Law Practice," and in 1909 "Virginia--Colonial Decisions." His practice, always a large one, has always been conducted on the highest plane of legal ethics, while his research and literary ability has enriched the legal literature of his profession. While the law has ever been to him a jealous mistress, he has given considerable of his time and a great deal of his interest to the public service and to public affairs. He served his district in the Virginia legislature from 1883 to 1885. and from 1899 to 1903 he was mayor of Winchester. In 1902 he was elected president of the Farmers' and Merchants' National Bank of Winchester, and still continues the honored head of this solid and conservative financial institution. He is a Democrat in politics, but during the "free silver" heresy remained true to the Cleveland wing of his party. He is an attendant of the Protestant Episcopal church, and of various professional, social and fraternal organizations of high standing. Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume V _________________________________________________________ Name: Barton, Robert T., Barton, Robert T., lawyer and banker of Winchester, Va., was born Nov. 24, 1842, in Winchester, Va. He served as a confederate soldier, became a successful lawyer; and was president of the Virginia State Bar Association. He has been mayor of his city; and a member of the Virginia State Legislature. He edited the Virginia Colonial Decisions; and is the author of Barton's Law Practice and of Barton's Chancery Practice. He is also president of the Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Winchester, Va. Builders of Our Nation: Men of 1913. Chicago, IL: Men of Nineteen-Thirteen, 1914. _________________________ American Civil War Soldiers Name: Robert Barton RESIDENCE: Winchester, Virginia Occupation: Lawyer Side Served: Confederacy State Served: Virginia Birth Date: 24 Nov 1842 Death Date: 18 Jan 1917 Death Place: Dublin Depot, Virginia Service Record: Enlisted as a Private. Enlisted in Company C, 1st Cavalry Regiment Virginia. Transferred into Company H, 14th Cavalry Regiment Virginia. Transferred out of Company C, 1st Cavalry Regiment Virginia. Sources: 21