CRYSTAL SPRINGS MAN ENDS LIFE:
Despondency because of ill health is thought to have caused I.M. Barton, 64, Crystal Springs, to hang himself in his barn early Saturday morning.
The man's body was found by his grandson, Walter Barton and his brother-in-law, Edward Barton, hanging by chains from a peg in the wall of the barn, where they went after being summoned to search for Barton by his wife about 3:30 a.m. Barton had been dead only a few minutes when his body was found.
The chains suspending the body were so low that it had been necessary for Barton to lean forward to take his life.
I.M. Barton was born at Emmaville and was a son of James and Jane Evans Barton. He was united in marriage with Alice M. Hess, who survives with one daughter, Mrs. Olive Helsel, Wells Valley, Fulton county; a brother, W.F. Barton, McConnelsburg, and a sister, Mrs. Edward Barton, Crystal Springs.
Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Akersville Methodist church, of which the deceased was a member. Interment was made in the Akersville cemetery.
FROM: Bedford, PA: Bedford Gazette, issue of Friday, 20 July 1928, p. 1, col. 6
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Isaac Morgan Barton married Martha Alice Hess on May 21, 1890 in Fulton County, Penn. They had the following children:
Olive Pearl BARTON b: 21 JUL 1891
James Theodore BARTON b: 5 AUG 1893
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1910 PA Census: Fulton Co. Brush Creek Twp. ed 47, p. 2b, lines 74-78
Series T624, roll 1348, dwelling 29, family 29, 20 April 1910:
Isaac M. BARTON, Head, age 46, marr. (1st time) 19 yrs, b. Penna., parents b. Penna., Farmer: General Farm
Alice M., wife, age 39, marr. (1st time) 19 yrs, 2 children / 2 surviving, b. Penna., parents b. Penna.
Olive P., dau, age 18; James T., son, age 16, Laborer: Home Farm
Lydia HESS, mother-in-law, age 76, widowed, 3 children / 2 surviving, b. Penna., parents b. Penna.
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Cemetery Information: BARTON, Isaac M. AKRSVL METHO b-1864; d-1928
Despondency because of ill health is thought to have caused I.M. Barton, 64, Crystal Springs, to hang himself in his barn early Saturday morning.
The man's body was found by his grandson, Walter Barton and his brother-in-law, Edward Barton, hanging by chains from a peg in the wall of the barn, where they went after being summoned to search for Barton by his wife about 3:30 a.m. Barton had been dead only a few minutes when his body was found.
The chains suspending the body were so low that it had been necessary for Barton to lean forward to take his life.
I.M. Barton was born at Emmaville and was a son of James and Jane Evans Barton. He was united in marriage with Alice M. Hess, who survives with one daughter, Mrs. Olive Helsel, Wells Valley, Fulton county; a brother, W.F. Barton, McConnelsburg, and a sister, Mrs. Edward Barton, Crystal Springs.
Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Akersville Methodist church, of which the deceased was a member. Interment was made in the Akersville cemetery.
FROM: Bedford, PA: Bedford Gazette, issue of Friday, 20 July 1928, p. 1, col. 6
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Isaac Morgan Barton married Martha Alice Hess on May 21, 1890 in Fulton County, Penn. They had the following children:
Olive Pearl BARTON b: 21 JUL 1891
James Theodore BARTON b: 5 AUG 1893
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1910 PA Census: Fulton Co. Brush Creek Twp. ed 47, p. 2b, lines 74-78
Series T624, roll 1348, dwelling 29, family 29, 20 April 1910:
Isaac M. BARTON, Head, age 46, marr. (1st time) 19 yrs, b. Penna., parents b. Penna., Farmer: General Farm
Alice M., wife, age 39, marr. (1st time) 19 yrs, 2 children / 2 surviving, b. Penna., parents b. Penna.
Olive P., dau, age 18; James T., son, age 16, Laborer: Home Farm
Lydia HESS, mother-in-law, age 76, widowed, 3 children / 2 surviving, b. Penna., parents b. Penna.
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Cemetery Information: BARTON, Isaac M. AKRSVL METHO b-1864; d-1928
CRYSTAL SPRINGS MAN ENDS LIFE:
Despondency because of ill health is thought to have caused I.M. Barton, 64, Crystal Springs, to hang himself in his barn early Saturday morning.
The man's body was found by his grandson, Walter Barton and his brother-in-law, Edward Barton, hanging by chains from a peg in the wall of the barn, where they went after being summoned to search for Barton by his wife about 3:30 a.m. Barton had been dead only a few minutes when his body was found.
The chains suspending the body were so low that it had been necessary for Barton to lean forward to take his life.
I.M. Barton was born at Emmaville and was a son of James and Jane Evans Barton. He was united in marriage with Alice M. Hess, who survives with one daughter, Mrs. Olive Helsel, Wells Valley, Fulton county; a brother, W.F. Barton, McConnelsburg, and a sister, Mrs. Edward Barton, Crystal Springs.
Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Akersville Methodist church, of which the deceased was a member. Interment was made in the Akersville cemetery.
FROM: Bedford, PA: Bedford Gazette, issue of Friday, 20 July 1928, p. 1, col. 6
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Isaac Morgan Barton married Martha Alice Hess on May 21, 1890 in Fulton County, Penn. They had the following children:
Olive Pearl BARTON b: 21 JUL 1891
James Theodore BARTON b: 5 AUG 1893
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1910 PA Census: Fulton Co. Brush Creek Twp. ed 47, p. 2b, lines 74-78
Series T624, roll 1348, dwelling 29, family 29, 20 April 1910:
Isaac M. BARTON, Head, age 46, marr. (1st time) 19 yrs, b. Penna., parents b. Penna., Farmer: General Farm
Alice M., wife, age 39, marr. (1st time) 19 yrs, 2 children / 2 surviving, b. Penna., parents b. Penna.
Olive P., dau, age 18; James T., son, age 16, Laborer: Home Farm
Lydia HESS, mother-in-law, age 76, widowed, 3 children / 2 surviving, b. Penna., parents b. Penna.
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Cemetery Information: BARTON, Isaac M. AKRSVL METHO b-1864; d-1928
Despondency because of ill health is thought to have caused I.M. Barton, 64, Crystal Springs, to hang himself in his barn early Saturday morning.
The man's body was found by his grandson, Walter Barton and his brother-in-law, Edward Barton, hanging by chains from a peg in the wall of the barn, where they went after being summoned to search for Barton by his wife about 3:30 a.m. Barton had been dead only a few minutes when his body was found.
The chains suspending the body were so low that it had been necessary for Barton to lean forward to take his life.
I.M. Barton was born at Emmaville and was a son of James and Jane Evans Barton. He was united in marriage with Alice M. Hess, who survives with one daughter, Mrs. Olive Helsel, Wells Valley, Fulton county; a brother, W.F. Barton, McConnelsburg, and a sister, Mrs. Edward Barton, Crystal Springs.
Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Akersville Methodist church, of which the deceased was a member. Interment was made in the Akersville cemetery.
FROM: Bedford, PA: Bedford Gazette, issue of Friday, 20 July 1928, p. 1, col. 6
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Isaac Morgan Barton married Martha Alice Hess on May 21, 1890 in Fulton County, Penn. They had the following children:
Olive Pearl BARTON b: 21 JUL 1891
James Theodore BARTON b: 5 AUG 1893
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1910 PA Census: Fulton Co. Brush Creek Twp. ed 47, p. 2b, lines 74-78
Series T624, roll 1348, dwelling 29, family 29, 20 April 1910:
Isaac M. BARTON, Head, age 46, marr. (1st time) 19 yrs, b. Penna., parents b. Penna., Farmer: General Farm
Alice M., wife, age 39, marr. (1st time) 19 yrs, 2 children / 2 surviving, b. Penna., parents b. Penna.
Olive P., dau, age 18; James T., son, age 16, Laborer: Home Farm
Lydia HESS, mother-in-law, age 76, widowed, 3 children / 2 surviving, b. Penna., parents b. Penna.
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Cemetery Information: BARTON, Isaac M. AKRSVL METHO b-1864; d-1928
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BARTON
ISAAC M.
1864 - 1928
ALICE M.
1869 - 1940
Gravesite Details
Tombstone in Akersville Cemetery, Brush Creek Twp. Fulton Co. PA transcribed and photographed 24 December 2003 by Michael S. Caldwell
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