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Surnames: Barton, Murphy,
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Gaylord G. Barton, attorney at law, of Washington, Ind.,and native of the county, was born
April 11, 1844, son of Gaylord G. and Ann(Murphy)Barton, natives respectively of NewYork
and Ireland. The father came to this city in May 1834, where he married and began
practicing medicine. His death occured February 12, 1884. He was an active politician in
his day, and was at one time State Senator for this district. He was a Democrat in
politics,and took an active interest in all public and private enterprises to promote the
welfare of the county. He was trustee of the Wabash and Erie Canal a number of years, and
was prominently identified with the county medical societies, and was a member of the city
school board a number of years. He died in the Catholic faith, after having spent a life
of usefulness in the county. the mother died when our subject was a small lad,and the
father afterward married Ellen M. Murphy, a sister of his first wife, who still survives
him. Our subje!
ct was raised in this city, and secured a good literary education. At the age of
nineteen he began teaching school, and continued this occupation irregularly until 1867,
when he accepted as deputy in the clerk's office of this county, serving until the
fall of 1875, when he entered the law department of the state university, at Bloomington,
Ind., from which he graduated in 1877. After a trip to Europe he returned to this city
the same year and entered upon his professional carreer, in which he has met with good
success. He is a Democrat and was raised in the Catholic faith. He is a reliable
practitioner and an upright citizen of the county.
History of Knox and Daviess County Indiana
Goodspeed Publishin; Chicago ;1886
Pages 747-748