4480. George Steel¹⁰ BARTON (George Mead⁹, Samuel T.⁸, David⁷, Caleb⁶, John⁵, Caleb⁴, Samuel³, Matthew², Edward¹) was born in Cambridge, MIddlesex, MA 31 October 1885.⁽²⁴²⁹⁾ George died June 2, 1949 in Boston, Suffolk, MA, at 63 years of age.⁽²⁴³⁰⁾ His body was interred 4 June 1949 in Cambridge, MIddlesex, MA.

He married Florence Mae WILLARD April 24, 1902 in Cambridge, MIddlesex, MA.⁽²⁴³¹⁾ The following individual is also linked to this event: Oliver W. HUTCHINSON (minister). Florence was born January 24, 1884 in Andover, MA.⁽²⁴³²⁾ Florence was the daughter of Albert Edward WILLARD and Florence Lucinda SALMOND. Florence died August 7, 1943 in Winchester, Middlesex, MA, at 59 years of age. Florence was listed as George Steel BARTON's wife on the 1920 Census in Billerica, Middlesex, MA. The following individuals are also linked to this event: Lewis Franklin WILLARD (brother-in-law); Sarah Ruth MANNING (sister-in-law); Evelyn Willard BARTON (daughter); Florence BARTON (daughter); Albert Edward WILLARD (father-in-law); Florence Lucinda SALMOND (mother-in-law); Lewis Willard BARTON MD (son). The marriage of George and Florence is listed in the MA VR index twice in 1902 in either Cambridge or Somerville on page 313 or 589 of Volume 525. Neither image is available in the online VR's through the NEHGS. The narriage is in the Cambridge records as by the Rev. Oliver W. Hutchinson of 77 Magazine St in Cambridge. George was living at 189 Western Avenue in Cambridge and Florence at 31 Rush Street in Somerville.

George was listed as a son in George Mead BARTON's household on the 1900 Census in Cambridge, MIddlesex, MA. The following individuals are also linked to this event: Sybil P MILES (mother); Caroline STEEL (wife). George was listed as the head of a family on the 1910 Census in Somerville, Middlesex, MA. The following individuals are also linked to this event: Evelyn Willard BARTON (daughter); Florence BARTON (daughter); Caroline STEEL (mother); Florence Mae WILLARD (wife). George was listed as the head of a family on the 1920 Census in Billerica, Middlesex, MA. The following individuals are also linked to this event: Lewis Franklin WILLARD (brother-in-law); Sarah Ruth MANNING (sister-in-law); Evelyn Willard BARTON (daughter); Florence BARTON (daughter); Albert Edward WILLARD (father-in-law); Florence Lucinda SALMOND (mother-in-law); Lewis Willard BARTON MD (son); Florence Mae WILLARD (wife). George was listed as the head of a household on the 1930 census in Lexington, Middlesex, MA. The following individuals are also linked to this event: Florence BARTON (daughter); Lewis Willard BARTON MD (son); Edward B. HAMLIN (grandson); Florence Mae WILLARD (wife). Was enumerated as the head of household in the 1940 census on 26 April 1940) at in Lexington, Middlesex, MA. The following individuals are also linked to this event: Florence Mae WILLARD (Wife); Florence BARTON (Daughter); Stanley Linnell HAMLIN (son in law); Edward B. HAMLIN (grandson); Cynthia HAMLIN (grand daughter). In 1904 George was living at 189 Western Avenue in Cambridge. At his marriage the Somerville record calls him a student. In 1908 at the birth of daughter Evelyn, the family was living at 18 Dana street in Somerville, MA and George was called an engraver. George was a commercial artist and the founder of Boys Life magazine. The first issue was published 1 January 1911 with a run of 5,000 copies of 8 pages. The more accepted 1st edition was published 1 March 1911 with an expansion to 48 pages of reduced size and a 2 color cover. From the outset, his publishing efforts were opposed by the major publishers who threatened to cut off dealers who sold the new magazine. After four issues George was forced to sell out to Boy Scouts of America on 12 June 1912 for $6,000. He also founded the Lexington, Massachusetts chapter of the DeMolay and was a deacon of the Lexington Episcopal church. In the 1910 census George is a bookkeeper for a publishing firm. The 1920 census found Florence's father and mother and brother and his wife in the household. The crash of '29 apparently devastated the family fortunes and George never fully recovered. Son Lewis was sent to live with his uncle Louis Willard to conserve the meager family resources. His will divided his estate among his three children excepting his books which were to go to (and were refused by) the University of Vermont and his brushes which he left to Florence. At the time of his mother's death in 1916 he was living High Street in Winchester and on Cummings St in Billerica for the 1920 census.

George Steel BARTON and Florence Mae WILLARD had the following children:

+ 5426 i. Florence¹¹ BARTON was born August 3, 1904.

+ 5427 ii. Evelyn Willard BARTON was born June 30, 1907.

Lewis W. Barton, MD

+ 5428 iii. Lewis Willard BARTON MD was born November 5, 1913.

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