published in the McLoud Monitor (McLoud, Oklahoma), 20 Dec 1951, pg 1
David O Barton, 71, former Pottawatomie county sheriff and longtime peace officer, died about 6:30 pm Monday of a heart attack. He was working east of Tecumseh when stricken, and died about an hour later.
Barton has been a resident of the county for 50 years. He lived on a farm a mile north of Gaddy until 1919, when he moved to Shawnee.
For the next 24 years he was a peace officer, serving as deputy under five sheriffs.
In 1941 and 1942 Barton was sheriff of Pottawaomie county. Until about a month ago, when he resigned, he had been serving as marshal at McLoud.
He was a member of the Baptist church.
Survivors are his wife, Eula of the home, 515 West Ford; two sons, David, Los Angeles, and Donald, Wichita, Kan.; six daughters, Mrs Gilbert Neddeau, Norman, Mrs R W Pflibsen, Long Beach, Calif.; Mrs Chubby Breedlove, Sacramento, Calif.; Mrs Eugene Howard, Findley Lake, N. M.; Mrs J M Mathews, Hays, Kan., and Mrs D G Corbin, Wolf Point, Mont.
Twelve grandchildren, a brother, C. T., 215 North McKinley; two half-brothers, John and Will Earls, both of Shawnee; a half-sister, Mrs Mary Partridge, Denver Colo., and his stepfather, Charles Earls, Shawnee.
Roesch Brothers will announce funeral arrangements which are pending the arrival of Barton's children.
David O Barton, 71, former Pottawatomie county sheriff and longtime peace officer, died about 6:30 pm Monday of a heart attack. He was working east of Tecumseh when stricken, and died about an hour later.
Barton has been a resident of the county for 50 years. He lived on a farm a mile north of Gaddy until 1919, when he moved to Shawnee.
For the next 24 years he was a peace officer, serving as deputy under five sheriffs.
In 1941 and 1942 Barton was sheriff of Pottawaomie county. Until about a month ago, when he resigned, he had been serving as marshal at McLoud.
He was a member of the Baptist church.
Survivors are his wife, Eula of the home, 515 West Ford; two sons, David, Los Angeles, and Donald, Wichita, Kan.; six daughters, Mrs Gilbert Neddeau, Norman, Mrs R W Pflibsen, Long Beach, Calif.; Mrs Chubby Breedlove, Sacramento, Calif.; Mrs Eugene Howard, Findley Lake, N. M.; Mrs J M Mathews, Hays, Kan., and Mrs D G Corbin, Wolf Point, Mont.
Twelve grandchildren, a brother, C. T., 215 North McKinley; two half-brothers, John and Will Earls, both of Shawnee; a half-sister, Mrs Mary Partridge, Denver Colo., and his stepfather, Charles Earls, Shawnee.
Roesch Brothers will announce funeral arrangements which are pending the arrival of Barton's children.
published in the McLoud Monitor (McLoud, Oklahoma), 20 Dec 1951, pg 1
David O Barton, 71, former Pottawatomie county sheriff and longtime peace officer, died about 6:30 pm Monday of a heart attack. He was working east of Tecumseh when stricken, and died about an hour later.
Barton has been a resident of the county for 50 years. He lived on a farm a mile north of Gaddy until 1919, when he moved to Shawnee.
For the next 24 years he was a peace officer, serving as deputy under five sheriffs.
In 1941 and 1942 Barton was sheriff of Pottawaomie county. Until about a month ago, when he resigned, he had been serving as marshal at McLoud.
He was a member of the Baptist church.
Survivors are his wife, Eula of the home, 515 West Ford; two sons, David, Los Angeles, and Donald, Wichita, Kan.; six daughters, Mrs Gilbert Neddeau, Norman, Mrs R W Pflibsen, Long Beach, Calif.; Mrs Chubby Breedlove, Sacramento, Calif.; Mrs Eugene Howard, Findley Lake, N. M.; Mrs J M Mathews, Hays, Kan., and Mrs D G Corbin, Wolf Point, Mont.
Twelve grandchildren, a brother, C. T., 215 North McKinley; two half-brothers, John and Will Earls, both of Shawnee; a half-sister, Mrs Mary Partridge, Denver Colo., and his stepfather, Charles Earls, Shawnee.
Roesch Brothers will announce funeral arrangements which are pending the arrival of Barton's children.
David O Barton, 71, former Pottawatomie county sheriff and longtime peace officer, died about 6:30 pm Monday of a heart attack. He was working east of Tecumseh when stricken, and died about an hour later.
Barton has been a resident of the county for 50 years. He lived on a farm a mile north of Gaddy until 1919, when he moved to Shawnee.
For the next 24 years he was a peace officer, serving as deputy under five sheriffs.
In 1941 and 1942 Barton was sheriff of Pottawaomie county. Until about a month ago, when he resigned, he had been serving as marshal at McLoud.
He was a member of the Baptist church.
Survivors are his wife, Eula of the home, 515 West Ford; two sons, David, Los Angeles, and Donald, Wichita, Kan.; six daughters, Mrs Gilbert Neddeau, Norman, Mrs R W Pflibsen, Long Beach, Calif.; Mrs Chubby Breedlove, Sacramento, Calif.; Mrs Eugene Howard, Findley Lake, N. M.; Mrs J M Mathews, Hays, Kan., and Mrs D G Corbin, Wolf Point, Mont.
Twelve grandchildren, a brother, C. T., 215 North McKinley; two half-brothers, John and Will Earls, both of Shawnee; a half-sister, Mrs Mary Partridge, Denver Colo., and his stepfather, Charles Earls, Shawnee.
Roesch Brothers will announce funeral arrangements which are pending the arrival of Barton's children.
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