S. B. Barron, of Rusk, was born in Gurlay, in the eastern portion of Madison county, Alabama, Nov. 9, 1834. His father, Samuel B. Barron, a native of South Carolina, was a teacher of note. His grandfather, James Barron, was of Scotch descent, and like all of his ancestors was a staunch Presbyterian. The maternal grandparents of the subject of this sketch, Captain James Cotton and Nancy (Johnson) Cotton were natives of North Carolina, the former being in the battle of Guilford Court House of the American Revolution, and in 1812 was a captain under Gen. Andrew Jackson in the second war against England. S. B. Barron lost his parents early in life and lived in Huntsville, Ala., until 1859 when he removed to Texas and located in Rusk, Cherokee county. Having studied law he was, in the summer of 1860, admitted to the bar by Judge Reuben A. Reeves and entered upon the active practice. In 1861 he enlisted in Co. C., Third Texas Cavalry, and was made third sergeant. He was in the battle of Elkhorn Tavern, Corinth, Iuka, Hatchie Bridge, Oakland, Holly Springs and Davis' Mill, where he was wounded. For courage and gallantry he was now promoted second lieutenant, and fought at Jackson, Liverpool and Yazoo City. He was in the hundred days fighting in the Georgia campaign of 1864, and was captured at Lovejoy Station, but made his escape by "playing dead." He was with Gen. Hood's army in Tennessee in 1864-65, under Gen. N. B. Forrest in the battle near Pulaski and at Sugar Creek, the last battle of the campaign. He was detailed by Gen. L. S. Ross to be Judge Advocate of the permanent brigade court martial, and served as such with credit. S. B. Barron was a member of one of the best regiments that was mustered in the service of the Confederate States; a regiment which, with one exception now remembered, was given the post of honor and of danger in every advance and retreat by the army in which it served, and the subject of this sketch endured all the hardships and faced all the dangers to which the command was exposed. When ordered to perform a duty however arduous or dangerous, it was performed without hesitation or murmur. When the war ended Mr. Barron returned home and again took up the practice of law. He has been county judge of Cherokee county, county clerk for many years, and has held other posts of honor and responsibility at the hands of the people. On Sept. 5, 1865, he was married to Eugenia, daughter of Col. Jas. M. Wiggins, who died October 23, 1882. Their only child, Dr. Wm. P. Barron, resides in Rusk. Two years later he was married to Mrs. Olympia Miller (nee Scott) who died in 1893, leaving one child, Anna. In Nov, 1894, he married Mrs. Agatha Leftwich (nee Scott) formerly of Huntsville, Ala. Judge Barron is greatly esteemed by the people of Cherokee and especially so by his old comrades. [Source: Texans Who Wore the Gray, Volume I; by Sid S. Johnson; transcribed by Bobby Dobbins Title]