He was alive in 1913 according to the obituary of his half sister, Hulda Barton Rooker.They had three children . W.R.Barton Jr. lived in Laclede in 1934 ----------------------------------------------------------------- He received all his education in Linn Co. graduating from the graded schools in Linneus. At the age of 20 he began clerking in a store in Brookfield for one year. On 1874 he went to Cunningham in Charliton Co and engaged in the grocery business.He next spent 5 years farming.He came to Leclede in 1880 and bought an interest in a drug house from Edward O. Mitchell where he was still engaged at the time of the printing. ---------------------------------------------------------------- He was Mayor of Laclede in 1928 and 1929 and an alderman 1910,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925-
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Aug 12 1885 Wharton R. Barton Jr. was appointed postmaster. Served until May 1, 1889
1893 The dry goods firm of Love and Barton as dissolved and the business continued by E.M. Tracy W.R.Barton,manager
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People who knew him tell me that he had a drugstore in Lacleded.
HISTORY OF NORTHERN MO. - BROOKFIELD pg 51
Love and Barton- Dry Goods, Clothing, Carpets, gents’ Furnishing, Boots and Shoes. This house occupied a pleasant store room 25 x 100 ft filled with elegant stock values at $10,000. The firm began business here in 1889, and its trade has grown to a most flattering extent. W,R. Barton is a native of Mo. has been in trade here for many years and was postmaster of Laclede. He is a member of the I.O.O.F.
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MARCELINE newspaper mentioned that Wharton R Barton Jr. was Co. assessor in 1906 From Mary E Carothers- I remember Mr and Mrs W.R.Barton Jr. He was called Jack. He had a drugstore in Lacleded. I remember reading in THE BLADE ( a Laclede newspaper ) printed in the early 1900's that he had a son who was in business in Brookield and apparently worked for him in a store but returned to Lacleded after a few years. They also had a daughter who married a Hatcher who, I think , was a Baptist preacher
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I have a copy of his will in my Barton materials. He left all his worth to his wife and assumed that she would take care of their daughter, Lena Hatcher, if and when necessary.