Enos M. Barton

2494. Enos Melancthon⁹ BARTON (Sidney William⁸, Ozias⁷, Jonathan⁶, Timothy⁵, Joshua⁴, Samuel³, Matthew², Edward¹)⁽¹⁹⁵⁴⁾ was born in Lorraine, Jefferson, NY 2 December 1842. Enos died 3 May 1916 in Biloxi, MS, at 73 years of age.

He married twice. He married Katherine S. RICHARDSON 28 October 1869 in Rochester, Monroe, NY. Katherine was born 12 April 1845 in Hamilton, Madison, NY. Katherine was the daughter of John Fram RICHARDSON and Katherine WIFE OF JOHN RICHARDSON. Katherine died 18 August 1898 at 53 years of age. He married Mary Converse RUST. Mary was born 17 October 1870 in Chicago, Cook, IL. Mary was the daughter of Henry A. RUST and Sarah DEFOREST. Mary was listed as the head of a household on the 1930 census in Evanston, Cook, IL. The following individuals are also linked to this event: Gilbert Rust BARTON (son); Wilfred C. BARTON (son).

Enos was listed as the head of a family on the 1870 Census in Chicago, Cook, IL. The following individual is also linked to this event: Katherine S. RICHARDSON (household member). Enos was listed as the head of a family on the 1880 Census in Hyde Park, Cook, IL. The following individuals are also linked to this event: George Preston BARTON (brother); Katherine BARTON (daughter); Katherine WIFE OF JOHN RICHARDSON (lodger); Stanley BARTON (son); Alvin Lester BARTON (son); Katherine S. RICHARDSON (wife). Enos was listed as the head of a family on the 1900 Census in Hyde Park, Cook, IL. The following individuals are also linked to this event: Clara BARTON (daughter); Katherine BARTON (daughter); Alvin Lester BARTON (son). Enos was listed as the head of a family on the 1910 Census in Lyons, Cook, IL. The following individuals are also linked to this event: Clara BARTON (daughter); Henry A. RUST (father-in-law); Gilbert Rust BARTON (son); Alvin Lester BARTON (son); Malcom Sterling BARTON (son); Evan M. BARTON MD (son); Mary Converse RUST (wife). Telegraph operator and entrepreneur, Enos borrowed $400 from his mother in 1869 to go in to business with Elisha Gray, an inventor. Together they founded Gray & Barton in Cleveland and it later became Western Electric supplier of telephone components to Western Union Telegraph and later the exclusive manufacturer of components for the Bell system. By the early 1900's it was one of the largest manufacturing concerns in the world.

One of those moments proving that "timing is everything" came on February 14th 1876 when Elisha Gray who had sold is interest in Western Electric a year earlier, arrived at the Patent office with papers for a new invention - the telephone. His application was stamped two hours after Boston Lawyer Gardiner Hubbard had filed a patent for his client, Alexander Grham Bell.

A Few years after Enos' death Graybar electric was spun off from Western Electric and today is one of the largest distributors of electrical equipment in the world.

Enos Melancthon BARTON and Katherine S. RICHARDSON had the following children:

3886 i. Stanley¹⁰ BARTON was born in IL about 1875.

+ 3887 ii. Alvin Lester BARTON was born 2 October 1876.

3888 iii. Katherine BARTON was born in IL 19 July 1878.

3889 iv. Enos Bliss BARTON was born in Chicago, Cook, IL 14 January 1883.

3890 v. Clara BARTON was born in Chicago, Cook, IL 13 May 1886.

Enos Melancthon BARTON and Mary Converse RUST had the following children:

+ 3891 vi. Malcom Sterling BARTON was born 7 November 1903.

+ 3892 vii. Evan M. BARTON MD was born 7 November 1903.

3893 viii. Gilbert Rust BARTON was born in Lyons, Cook, IL 22 April 1908. Gilbert died 8 April 1997 in Eldorado, Saline, IL, at 88 years of age.

3894 ix. Wilfred C. BARTON (living status unknown).

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