Mrs. Josephine B. Barton died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Alice J. Rowlands, No. 320 North Washington Street, Friday night, aged 87 years.
The deceased was born in Sutton. Caledonia County, VT and was a daughter of Benjamin Campbell, a son of James Campbell, a revolutionary soldier, who was among those who marched to Lexington on the morning of April 19, 1775. Her ancestors, the Campbells, were of Scottish descent and were among the early settlers of Rehoboth, Mass.
The deceased was married June 2, 1834, to Norman H. Barton of Cambridge, N. Y. They took up their residence shortly after in Rome, in the house where Mrs. Barton died.
Mrs. Barton was the mother of three children, the oldest, Elisabeth, dying in youth. The youngest Amelia, who became the wife of J. S. Haselton of Rome, died in 1887; Alice J., who married Samuel S. Rowland, with whom her mother lived after Mr. Barton's death in 1872, survives, together with five grandchildren.
The deceased was a woman of literary taste and of considerable poetic ability. She was a member of the Baptist church and was greatly esteemed. Utica Morning Herald, Monday, May 18, 1896

ROME - Mrs. Josephine B. Barton died at her home, corner of Washington and Embargo Streets, at 8 p. m. Friday. Death was caused by a general wearing out of the system, incident to old age.
Mrs. Barton was born at Sutton Calandria County, Vermont, Dec. 25, 1809. Her grandfather, James Campbell was soldier in the war of 1776, and remained in the service of the United States about two years, being present and under arms at the battle of Bunker Hill. He was also in the service of the war of 1812, then being 59 years old, stationed during part of the service at Sackett's Harbor this state.
Deceased was the fifth of a family of 16 children, of whom 14 lived to marry. A sister, Mrs. Sylvia D. Cowles of New York City, and a brother, Abram W. Campbell of Lowell, VT, are the only surviving members of her fathers' family.
Her, parents moved, from Rehoboth, Mass., to Billymead, in Vermont, in the latter years of the last century, being guided mostly by marked trees, and there they erected log houses. The town was soon after named Sutton, and was bounded on the north by the township of Barton, then owned by Gen. William Barton, of revolutionary fame, who, after expending his large fortune in our struggle for liberty, became involved, and as imprisonment was then the penalty for debt, he was confined in Danville jail, which was about 20 miles from Sutton, until the return of the Marquis LaFayette to this country, who kindly canceled the debt, which gave him his freedom. The old general, however, feeling a little sensitive, after freely giving his all for his country, refused to come out of jail.
In 1830 Mrs. Barton, then Miss Campbell, returned with some relatives named Butler from Rome, who were then visiting her parents, to their home in what was called the Huntington neighborhood, near Wright Settlement. The residents were mostly from Bennington, Shaftsbury and Arlington, VT and Cambridge, Washington County, this state. For a few winters she taught school at the little schoolhouse near the present residence of
Dr. S. F. Tremain, about two miles from Rome.
June 2, 1834, she married Norman H. Barton of Cambridge, N. Y., who soon after bought the lot on the southeast corner of Embargo and Washington Streets and built the home in which deceased continued to live till her death, and for a period of 57 years, and here were born children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. In 1869 the house was purchased by her son-in-law, the late Samuel S. Rowland, whose family has continued to own and occupy this property. At the time the house was built the opposite side of Washington Street was quite a farming place, with fields of grain and gardens with vegetables of all kinds.
Mrs. Barton was the mother of three daughters, the oldest, Elizabeth, dying in youth, the youngest Amelia, who became the wife of J. S. Haselton of this city, dying in Rome in 1887, and Alice J., who married Samuel S. Rowland, with whom her mother lived after Mr. Barton's death June 17, 1872, and who survives her. Of her descendants, five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren survive. Since her arrival in Rome she had been a faithful and consistent member of the First Baptist Church of Rome. Her ancestors, the Campbells, were of Scottish descent and were among the early settlers of Rehoboth, Bristol County, Mass., the town records of which, as set forth in the town history, published about 1830, mentioned their names as landowners in 1689, and speak of a contribution by one of them, then a soldier in King Phillips' war against the Indians in 1676, who advanced money to sustain the war. Rome Semi-Weekly Citizen, Tuesday, May 19, 1896