AUTHORS FOREWORD. I have gathered this material for my own family record, collecting what I deemed of probable interest to my immediate relatives and of future value to my children. Meager as it is, it has not been obtained without much effort, and I print it to secure at once its preservation and its enlargement. In presenting copies to a limited number of correspondents and more distant relatives, I offer no apology for its lack either of completeness or proportion. Such as I have I give, hoping that it may be of service to some outside the circle of those for whom it is primarily intended. The record is much more full in the family of Eleazar than in that of the other sons of William Barton, and I am able to present an excellent portrait of him by my friend Mr. A. M. Willard, as well as a portrait of each of his children who married. I have included such portraits as I could obtain of other descendents, together with brief biographical notes of collateral lines. I shall be glad if those receiving this book will send me further information on any subjects relating to the Barton or allied families. WILLIAM ELEAZAR BARTON. The Study First Congregational Church Oak Park, Illinois, September 1, 1900. |