Gary Barton wrote: > > Edwin H. BARTON, Thomas J. LAWTON, and Martin Luther BARNETT all arrived > in Piqua, Ohio in the early 1840s. They all came from New York. All > three were business men who worked the Canal trade. BARTON open a > grocery store of imports while LAWTON & BARNETT formed a partnership of > exports of farm products. They owned and operated Canal boats. Of the > three, I have only found records of BARTON operating a Canal business in > Canastota, Madison County, New York in the 1830s. BARNETT was born in > Brookport, Monroe County, New York, another Erie Canal town. LAWTON was > born in Canada just across from Jefferson County, New York where he was > raised. I have no birth place except New York for BARTON. There common > connection is that all married women in the CROCKER family from > Cazenovia, Madison County, New York. These three women are probably > sisters. Angenett CROCKER married Edwin H. BARTON, Angeline E. CROCKER > married Thomas J. LAWTON, and Sarah Elizabeth CROCKER married Martin > Luther BARNETT. > > Im looking for the CROCKER father of these three woman; > and > any BARTON family business that could be connected to the Erie Canal > 1825 to 1870. > > Any clues or connections are appreciated > > thanks, > > gary > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Gary Barton gbarton@pacbell.net > > "Its never too late to have a happy childhood." > Tom Robbins > > ==== BARTON Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please send email to: > barton-l-request@rootsweb.com (for list mail) or barton-d-request@rootsweb (for digest mail) > with the body message of > UNSUBSCRIBE Dear Gary, I was interested in your canal/Barton connections. I have been told that my Michael Barton may have come to Knox Co., OH to work on the canals. Any suggestions as to where to get more info on this? Betty Snyder Bettysnyder@prodigy.net