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Sons of Utah Pioneers Memorial Gallery Index Cards
Name: Sarah Esther West Spouse: William Barton Birth Date: 9 Nov 1829 Birth Place: Nashville, Tennessee Death Date: 28 Mar 1906 Death Place: Greenville, Utah Pioneer: before 1869
Donor: William Barton Family Organization
1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Sarah E Barton Age: 30 Birth Year: abt 1830 Birth Place: Tennessee Home in 1860: Beaver, Beaver, Utah Territory Post Office: Beaver Dwelling Number: 1153 Family Number: 1030
Household Members Age
Wm Barton 40
Sarah E Barton 30
Mary Barton 21
Joseph A Barton 12
Danl K Barton 6
Esther I Barton 4
Jno H Barton 2
Stepn Barton 2/12
1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Sarah E Barton Age in 1870: 40 Birth Date: abt 1830 Birthplace: Tennessee Dwelling Number: 35 Home in 1870: Greenville, Beaver, Utah Territory Post Office: Greenville Occupation: Keeping House
Household Members Age
William Barton 48
Sarah E Barton 40
Alma J Barton 22
Daniel F Barton 16
Esther J Barton 14
John H Barton 12
Stephen R Barton 10
Estella Barton 8
Jackson Barton 6
Hugh Barton 2
Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964
Name Sarah Esther Barton Event Date 28 Mar 1906 Event Place Greenville Precinct, Beaver, Utah, United States Age 76 Birth Year (Estimated) 1830
Father's Name Samuel West Mother's Name Margaret Cooper Source Reference Barton, Sarah Esther, 1906
Utah, U.S., Cemetery Inventory, 1847-2021
Name: Sarah Esther Barton Birth Date: 11 Sep 1829 Birth Place: Tennessee Death Date: 28 Mar 1906 Death Place: Greenville, Beaver, Utah
Cemetery: Greenville Cemetery
From pub. Samuel Walker West : families and genealogies by James Edwin West - Washington, UT 2007
BIRTH
Sarah Esther West was bom 8 November 1829, al Chalk Level, Benton County,
MARRIAGE
Esther married William Barton 25 February 1847,in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, i William also took Mary Williamson as his second wife. They were married 23 August 1857, in the Salt Lake Endowment house.i
WILLIAM BARTON
William was bom 50 January 1821, in Lebanon, Saint Clair County, Illinois.: He was a miller.) He installed and operated the first flour mill in Iron and Beaver Counties. He helped install the first lead smelter in Utah too.i William was a leader in the community, and also a Bishop's counselor, i
CHILDREN
Esther and William had ten children: Joseph Alma, bom 1 February 1848; Willliam Perm, 1 January 1853; Daniel King, 11 March 1854; Esther Jane, 25 June 1856; John Hunter, 17 June 1858; Stephen Rollins, 11 July I860; Sarah Estetla, 6 June 1862; twins Phillip Jackson, and Stonewall Jackson. 18 January 1864; and Hugh Jones, 23 July 1868.:--all raised in Parowan and Beaver, Utah.j
William and Mary, his second wife, raised six children in Beaver, Utah.) By 1900, the two were living in Paragons, Utah.i
DEATHS
William Barton died 11 October 1902.? Sarah Esther West Barton died 28 March I906.u They were preceded in death by two infant sons: William Penn and Stonewall Jackson.:
Posted 18 Jun 2012 by leeallred HISTORY OF SARAH ESTHER WEST Great, Great, Great Grandmother of Halley David Allred
Birth: 8 Nov 1829 Place: Chalk Level (near Nashville), Tennessee
Married: 26 Feb 1845 to William Barton
Death: 28 Mar 1906
Parents: Samuel Walker West and Margaret Cooper
Sarah was the first child of Samuel and Margaret West. They lived on a 1,000-acre plantation inherited from her maternal Grandmother, Esther Fletcher. Esther spent about 9 ½ years on this beautiful estate. Her mother and father joined the L.D.S. church at Chalk Level in 1833. Persecution began immediately. Their Methodist Minister arrested the missionaries - David Patton, Warren Parrish and Wilford Woodruff. When the family finally decided to leave Tennessee, it was very difficult. Margaret not only owned the estate, but also successfully practiced herbal medicine in the area. Many were sad to see them go. They were never as prosperous again.
The West’s moved to Kentucky for three years, then to Nauvoo in June of 1842. On arrival, Samuel and Margaret were still well to do, but because everyone was poor in Nauvoo and they were very generous, they were soon poor as well. It was in Nauvoo that Esther met, became infatuated with, and married William Barton, 8 years her senior.
After the trek West, William and Esther settled in Parowan. Six years later, William married his second wife, Mary Williamson. The two families lived together for about 5 years. In 1862, when Esther had her 6th child and Mary her first, it was decided that each wife needed her own home. They had recently moved to Beaver from Minersville (where Stephen Rollins was born). William built a cabin by the flourmill east of Beaver and moved Mary and her baby there. William provided support for both families, but eventually Esther’s older boys began to take over and ran a dairy in Greenville. In 1877 Esther moved her whole family of eight children to Greenville, where she remained until her death in 1906. William and Mary also lived in Greenville until 1891.
From years of experience raising a large family of mostly boys “she developed a tremendous power of understanding, resourcefulness, love, pity, and toleration. Her senses were keen. Most remember her with her glasses pushed back, a book or newspaper on her lap, and an interested expression on her face, while she conversed or listened to interesting conversation or laughed at a good story.” Culture, abundance and freedom in her early years made a lasting impression upon Esther. She was always considered “somewhat of an aristocrat.” All of her children were talented and played instruments. She and Esther sang soprano, and all the boys were good singers. She made salt rising bread and always had biscuits for breakfast - usually soda biscuits. In Greenville she was “Ma Barton” to all, highly respected and often called upon for advice.
