Sanford "Hamilton" Barton

1854 - 1884  (~ 30 years)

• Name	Sanford "Hamilton" Barton
  Birth	ABT. 1854	GA
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Dec 1884	Wabash Twp., Cass Co., IN
  Person ID	I0087	forneyclark
  Last Modified	6 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	John Wesley Barton,   b. 4 Dec 1830, SC d. Jul 1863, see notes: Battle of Gettysburg, Gettysburg, Adams Co., PA (Age 32 years)
  Mother	Martha Ann Goss,   b. 1832, Habersham Co., GA d. Apr 1895, Tippecanoe Co., IN; burial: Pierce Cem., Battle Ground, Tippecanoe Co., IN (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	1848	Cass Co., GA
  Family ID	F0019	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Matilda Isabelle Zentmyre\Zentmeyer,   b. 28 Dec 1854, Cass Co., IN d. 23 Feb 1934, Lafayette, IN (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	20 Nov 1873
  Children	1. John Wesley Barton,   b. 29 Aug 1875, Tippecanoe Co., IN d. 10 Feb 1936, Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., IN; burial: Rest Haven Cem., Lafayette, IN (Age 60 years)   2. William Guy "Guy Will" Barton,   b. 24 Jan 1878, Tippecanoe Co., IN d. 18 Jun 1962, Franklin,JohnsonCo.,IN;bur:WashingtonParkEastCem.,Indianapolis,MarionCo,IN (Age 84 years)   3. Ida May Barton,   b. 1880   4. Charles Homer Barton,   b. 30 Nov 1882, Tippecanoe Co., IN d. 28 Feb 1933, Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., IN; bur Springdale Cem., Lafayette,Tippecanoe Co., IN (Age 50 years)   5. Lenora Barton,   b. AFT. 1880
  Family ID	F0024	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jul 2025

  
  

• Documents

  Graves, Johnson: Estate Statement concerning Johnson Graves (b. 1802-1804 & d. 1879) **SOME INDIVIDUALS APPEAR MORE THAN ONCE IN OUR TREE AND HAVE BEEN LINKED ACCORDINGLY. Estate Statement concerning Johnson Graves regarding state residency of plaintiffs Elza? Graves (perhaps this could have been Elizabeth Graves, Martha Goss Barton Graves' step-grandniece) and Martha Graves, signed by Hamilton Barton, dated December 13, 1879, came from Melissa Hennigar Parrish. Melissa Parrish scanned the original document from the John Zentmyre probate/estate file which came from the Alameda McCullough Library at the Genealogy and Research Center of the Tippecanoe County Historical Association in Lafayette, Indiana. TCHA is online at http://www.tcha.mus.in.us/ and is a non-profit organization dedicated to collecting and preserving information and artifacts relating to the history and culture of Tippecanoe, Indiana, and its citizens. It currently maintains the Moses Fowler House, the Tippecanoe Battlefield Museum, Fort Ouiatenon Blockhouse at Fort Ouiatenon Historic Park, and the Genealogy and Research Center. Memberships and requested research are available for a fee. Donna Clark: I would be happy to e-mail the original scan of this document if requested.

  
  

• Notes

  Source: 1880 US Census of Tippecanoe, Tippecanoe, Indiana: Household: Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace Hamilton BARTON Self M Male W 26 GA Farmer NC GA Matilda BARTON Wife M Female W 25 IN Keeping House OH OH John W. BARTON Son S Male W 4 IN GA IN Guy BARTON Son S Male W 2 IN GA IN Ida May BARTON Dau S Female W 5M IN GA IN Source: Donna Forney Clark: In Wabash Township on October 17, 1876, a Hester A. Barton married William Zentmyer. This couple was brother and sister of Hamilton Barton and Matilda Zentmyer as researched by Melissa Hennigar Parrish. Source: Melissa Hennigar Parrish: Hester Barton and Sanford Hamilton Barton were brother and sister. "Hester's death certificate names her parents as John Barton and Marta Goss. Census records (after her marriage to William) show her as born in Georgia and the 1880 census gives her parents' birthplace as Georgia also. Working from this I found Hester and her parents in the 1860 Georgia census in Gordon County, Oothcalooga township (P.O. Calhoun, p. 6). The make up of the family was this: John W. Barton, age 30, born in South Carolina. Occupation - farm laborer. Martha A. Barton, age 30, born in Georgia. Occupation - domestic. [This is probably an census error for Martha A. Barton's age.) Sarah E. Barton, age 10, born Georgia Malinda C. Barton, age 7, born Georgia Sanford H. Barton, age 6, born Georgia Mary A. Barton, age 3, born Georgia Martha M. Barton, age 2, born Georgia Hester A. Barton, age 1/12, born Georgia." Source: Melissa Hennigar Parrish: Marriage date Source: Melissa Hennigar Parrish: "....[concerning] the family of Johnson and Martha Graves.... Martha [Graves] was born in Georgia as were 2 of the "Graves" children, named Hamilton (age 16) and Martha (age 12). .... this was actually Martha Goss Barton ... her husband [John Wesley Barton, b. 1830] had died and she had gone to Indiana ... and remarried. [Sentence omitted] She had married Johnson Graves in Tippecanoe Co., Indiana on October 27, 1865. [Sentence omitted] The children, Hamilton and Martha Graves listed in the 1870 census are actually Bartons. Incidentally by this time Martha Goss Barton and her husband Johnson Graves had 1 child of their own; Lucinda Graves, age 3 in 1870. Also in the household was Johnson Graves (Jr.), age 15, a son of Johnson Sr.'s by a previous marriage." Source: SEE JAMES A. PARKER'S SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES: http://www.gencircles.com/users/parkerj/2/data/17704 Jim Parker's Kin by James A. Parker: Matilda Zentmyre 1 Birth: 28 Dec 1854 in Cass Co., IN Death: 23 Feb 1934 in Lafayette, IN Sex: F Father: John Wesley Zentmyre Mother: Sarah Alt Changed: 20 Dec 2001 Spouses & Children Hamilton Barton (Husband) Children: William Guy Barton John W. Barton Charles Barton Barton Barton James Minnick (Husband) Children: Minnick Jacob Stewart (Husband) James A. Parker's sources: Type: Newspaper Title: Obituary Page: Daisy Zentmyre's scrapbook Source: https://www.tippecanoehistory.org/finding-aids/the-mail-order-bride/ SEE QUENTIN ROBINSON'S (TIPPECANOE CO., INDIANA'S HISTORIAN) WEBSITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES, INCLUDING QUENTIN ROBINSON'S ARTICLE "THE MAIL ORDER BRIDE." " John Barton is believed to have died during the second day of fighting at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1863. His name appeared in an Atlanta paper as a casualty soon after."