Joseph F.Barton & Harriet Ann Richards Barton
Joseph F. Barton
Harriet Ann Richards Barton
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 Harriet Ann Richards and Joseph F. Barton |
Joseph F. Barton of Paragoonah was married to Harriet Ann Richards,
May 15, 1876, in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City. Early in 1879,
he, with his wife, answered the call by President Erastus Snow to help
establish a colony in the southeastern part of the state. The couple,
with their two children, came through the Hole-in-the-Rock into Bluff
on April 6, 1880. Both were active in the community. Joseph took a
leadership part in education, civil, religious, and financial affairs.
He was an exemplary neighbor, and a good veterinarian. He had all the
attributes to make him the fine colonizer he was. He later settled in
Verdure, where he passed away.
Harriet Ann Richards Barton was born at Parowan, Utah, September 14,
1855. She was a school teacher. She possessed an exceptionally fine
voice and sang in Alfred Durham's choir. When she and her husband
settled in Bluff, she became very active in church activities,
especially the Relief Society and the Ward Choir.
The couple had eight children: Harriet, Mary, Joseph Franklin,
Morgan, Josephine, Isabel, Karl, and Wesley. She passed away
on March 29, 1896 (Perkins et al).
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