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William S Barton is Dead in Veale
Aged Resident of Veale Township died Sunday from Hardening of the Artieries.
William S barton died Sunday afternoon at his home in Veale township at 4:15 o'clock.
Funeral services will be held at Mt Gilead tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, burial in
the nearby cemetery. Mr Barton's death resulted from a several weeks illness of
hardening of the arteries, his condition having been critical for some time. Mr Barton was
widely known in the southern part of the county. Although born in Ohio he had been a
resident of Veale township for many years. For a number of years preceding his death he
operated the Barton store in "Posum Holler." He was the owner of one of the
first. If not the first automobile that was brought into Daviess Co.
Mr Barton was born in Aug. 1842 and during his early life married Neomi Jane Johnson. He
is survived by his widow and the following children: Mrs George M Jones, Mrs Andrew
Downey, James F. Oral Grover, E.M. T. B. and W. L. Barton.
*note his wife was Neomi Jane Johson daughter of Wilford Johnson and Mary Ann Hunter..and
she is buried in Bethel Cem. Veale Twp Daviess Co. Ind..no obit found for her.
William S Barton died 15 Apr 1917 and is buried in Mt. Gilead Cem., Veale Twp., Daviess
co., Indiana.
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