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Robert Foster Barton Veteran

Birth: 3 Nov 1847
Perry County, Alabama, USA
Death: 15 Jun 1940 (aged 92)
Chickasaw County, Mississippi, USA
Burial: Oak Springs Cemetery

Derma, Calhoun County, Mississippi, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 33.8840278, Longitude: -89.2936022
Memorial ID: 24883324 View Source

OBITUARY- Tupelo Daily Journal, June 18, 1940
93-YEAR-OLD VETERAN DIES AT HOUSTON,R. F. Barton Breaks Leg in Fall, Fatal Pneumonia Develops
HOUSTON, June 17- Funeral services were held yesterday at Oak Springs, in Calhoun County, for R. F. Barton, 93-year-old Calhoun County veteran who died Saturday morning at the Houston Hospital. Mr. Barton sustained a broken leg in a fall from his bed at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Tom Pyron, near Houston, ten days ago and pneumonia followed. At the time of his fall Mr. Barton was making his home with Mrs. Pyron. With Mr. Barton's death, Calhoun County now has only one surviving Confederate veteran, Reuben Morgan, 94, of Reid.
Mr. Barton is survived by two sisters and one brother; three sons, Leo Barton of Pittsboro, Smith and Edgar Barton of Derma; and three daughters, Mrs. Will Shelton of Bruce, Mrs. Clara Moseley of Derma and Mrs. Tom Pyron of Houston.

OBITUARY- Tupelo Daily Journal, June 18, 1940
93-YEAR-OLD VETERAN DIES AT HOUSTON,R. F. Barton Breaks Leg in Fall, Fatal Pneumonia Develops
HOUSTON, June 17- Funeral services were held yesterday at Oak Springs, in Calhoun County, for R. F. Barton, 93-year-old Calhoun County veteran who died Saturday morning at the Houston Hospital. Mr. Barton sustained a broken leg in a fall from his bed at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Tom Pyron, near Houston, ten days ago and pneumonia followed. At the time of his fall Mr. Barton was making his home with Mrs. Pyron. With Mr. Barton's death, Calhoun County now has only one surviving Confederate veteran, Reuben Morgan, 94, of Reid.
Mr. Barton is survived by two sisters and one brother; three sons, Leo Barton of Pittsboro, Smith and Edgar Barton of Derma; and three daughters, Mrs. Will Shelton of Bruce, Mrs. Clara Moseley of Derma and Mrs. Tom Pyron of Houston.

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Created by: Shirley Kimbrell Williford
Added: Feb 25, 2008
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24883324/robert_foster-barton: accessed ), memorial page for Robert Foster Barton (3 Nov 1847–15 Jun 1940), Find a Grave Memorial ID 24883324, citing Oak Springs Cemetery, Derma, Calhoun County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by Shirley Kimbrell Williford (contributor 46885395).

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