Ninth Generation


5623. Lee Guerdon Barton was born on 12 November 1888 in Spring Creek, Turner Hill, Warren, PA. He died on 3 January 1978 at the age of 89 in Corry, Erie, PA. Lee Guerdon Barton b. November 12, 1888 on Spring Creek Hill, Warren Co., PA
d.  January 3,1978 in Corry, Erie Co., PA.  
Married 19 Oct 1916 by Rev. Albert J. Patterson
1)  Hazel Bessie Porter (1st wife) born 1884 and died September 1917 shortly after childbirth from T.B.   They had one daughter:
 
   1)  Barbara Jane Barton born Sept. 1917 died Sept. 1917         
 
Married 1 Oct 1926 Niagara Falls, NY
   2)  Florence Vashti Mason (2nd wife) b. August 29, 1900  Corry,  PA 
   d.  Feb. 17, 1988 Jamestown, NY
Both buried in Beaverdam Cemetery (now the Lawn Cemetery) outside of Corry, PA.  
 
Florence Mason graduated and studied music under Professor Wilson, who
was a friend of Paderewski a famous concert Pianist.  She canned meats and vegetables and made the greatest tomato preserves, candied pears with cinnamon sticks and bread and butter pickles.  She never used a cook book but never-the-less was a wonderful cook.
 
Lee Barton owned and operated a dairy farm on Turner Hill and was later the
owner and operator of three saw mills in Spring Creek Township.  He retired
from Aero Corp. During WWII he volunteered as a Civil Defense Air Raid
Warden in Corry, PA.  He was a very gentle, quiet and kind personwho believed in the Golden Rule.
 
Florence and Lee would spend Sunday afternoons with her at the piano and him singing.   He had a beautiful baritone voice.   While working in the garden and around the house, he would sing folk songs from the eastern U.S. as they would tell cute little stories.
 
Florence was raised a Methodist and Lee was raised a Presbyterian.

Lee Guerdon Barton and Hazel Bessie Porter were married on 19 October 1916. Hazel Bessie Porter was born in 1884 in Pennsylvania. She died She died shortlly after childbirth from tuberculosis in September 1917 at the age of 33. She was buried at Beaverdam Cemetery (now Lawn Cem.) in Corry, Erie, PA.

Lee Guerdon Barton-115544 and Hazel Bessie Porter-115545 had the following children:

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Barbara Jane Barton was born in September 1917. She died in September 1917 at the age of 0.

Lee Guerdon Barton and Florence Vasti Mason were married on 1 October 1926 in Niagara Falls, NY. Florence Vasti Mason, daughter of Fred Darling Mason and Nora Georgiana Pattison, was born on 29 August 1900 in Corry, Erie, PA. She died on 17 February 1988 at the age of 87 in Jamestown, NY. She was buried at Beaverdam Cemetery (now Lawn Cem.) in Corry, Erie, PA.

Lee Guerdon Barton-115544 and Florence Vasti Mason-115546 had the following children:

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Valeda Juanita Barton-115547.

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Leona Mason Barton-115548.

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Nora Coletta Barton-115549.