Barton, William
soldier, was born May 26, 1748, in Warren, R. I. He was a soldier in the revolutionary war; and received the rank of colonel and a sword for his services. He died Oct. 22, 1831, in Providence, R. I.
BARTON, WILLIAM PAUL CRILLON, physician, surgeon, botanist, author, was born Nov. 17, 1786, in Philadelphia, Pa.
He organized the United States naval bureau of medicine and surgery, and was known both as botanist and surgeon. He was the author of Vegetable Materia Medica of the United States; Flora of North America; Medical Botany; and Compendium Floræ Philadelphiæ. He died Feb. 9, 1856, in Philadelphia, Pa.
BARTOW, A. A., educator, journalist, poet, was born Sept. 3, 1851, in Huron, Ohio. Until 1889 he was engaged in educational work; and then became editor of the Cincinnati Public School Journal.
At the age of twelve he was a drummer boy in the union army.