Absalom A. Barton
b. circa 1818
- Father: Thomas Barton b. 15 May 1768, d. 10 July 1826
- Mother: Sarah Kees b. 19 December 1770
- Absalom A. Barton was born circa 1818 in Georgia.
- He married Clara J. Ross, daughter of Isaac Ross and Narcissa Whitfield Sledge, on 30 May 1849 in Chambers County, Alabama.
- Absalom A. Barton and Clara J. Ross appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Montgomery County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Sarah M. Barton.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1850 census.
- On Thursday, 1 January 1856, Green Wood recorded in his plantation daily account book: "Colonel A. J. Pickett and Mr. Absalom Barton came today from Alabama."
- Absalom A. Barton and Clara J. Ross appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Macon County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Sarah M. Barton, Isaac R. Barton, Narcissa Barton, Mary E. Barton and Helen G. Barton.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
- Absalom A. Barton and Clara J. Ross appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Sarah M. Barton, Isaac R. Barton, Narcissa Barton, Mary E. Barton, Helen G. Barton, Absolom A. Barton, Leonora Barton and C. O. Barton.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1870 census.
- Absalom A. Barton and Clara J. Ross appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Cotton Valley, Macon County, Georgia. Other members of the household included Mary E. Barton, Absolom A. Barton, Leonora Barton and Estelle Barton.
- He was farming, according to the 1880 census.
- Last Edited: 27 Feb 2012
Family: Clara J. Ross b. 1831
- Sarah M. Barton b. 14 May 1850
- Isaac R. Barton b. circa 1853
- Narcissa Barton b. 29 January 1855
- Mary E. Barton b. circa 1857
- Helen G. Barton b. circa January 1860
- Absolom A. Barton b. circa 1862
- Leonora Barton b. circa 1865
- C. O. Barton b. circa 1869
- Estelle Barton b. circa 1872