Hon. John Earle Barton, son of Arthur Oliver and Julia Alma (Hoxsey) Barton, was the first State Forester of Kentucky, appointed in 1912.
He was born in Warren, Macomb County, Michigan February 12, 1879. Educated in public schools, Detroit, Michigan, University of Michigan B.A. 1902, and Yale School of Forestry, M.F. 1905. Engaged in Forestry, various positions in Forest Service, United Sates Dept. of Agriculture. Member of the Presbyterian Church, Member of Kappa Sigma Univ. of Michigan, and a Mason.
He married Miss Mabel Leech Glenn of Kuttawa, Kentucky on January 22, 1908, the daughter of Thomas Glenn and Lillian Huggans Glenn. They had two sons: David Glenn Barton, born Nov 24, 1908 in Princeton, Caldwell County, Kentucky, and John Earle Barton, Jr., born Oct 19, 1910 in Sandpoint, Bonner County, Idaho.
Reference: Kentucky Directory for the Use of Courts, State and County Officials, and General Assembly 1918.
*"John Earle Barton recalled that he spent much time in trying to convince the people that forests should be protected. He believed that most of the people did not understand what he was trying to tell them and wondered why anyone should be concerned about the forests. He and others believed that the idea of protecting the forests for their own intrinsic values was a foreign concept to many people, especially to those in the forested country in the hills and up in the hollows."
*This quote comes from the booklet, "Forestry in Kentucky" published by the Kentucky Department of Natural Resources in 1966 and edited by Paul Camplin.
John Earle Barton's parents were of English descent, their ancestors having come to this country previous to the Revolutionary War. He had one sister, Helen Margaret Barton, and a brother, Louis Arthur Barton, who graduated from the University of Michigan in 1903.
He was born in Warren, Macomb County, Michigan February 12, 1879. Educated in public schools, Detroit, Michigan, University of Michigan B.A. 1902, and Yale School of Forestry, M.F. 1905. Engaged in Forestry, various positions in Forest Service, United Sates Dept. of Agriculture. Member of the Presbyterian Church, Member of Kappa Sigma Univ. of Michigan, and a Mason.
He married Miss Mabel Leech Glenn of Kuttawa, Kentucky on January 22, 1908, the daughter of Thomas Glenn and Lillian Huggans Glenn. They had two sons: David Glenn Barton, born Nov 24, 1908 in Princeton, Caldwell County, Kentucky, and John Earle Barton, Jr., born Oct 19, 1910 in Sandpoint, Bonner County, Idaho.
Reference: Kentucky Directory for the Use of Courts, State and County Officials, and General Assembly 1918.
*"John Earle Barton recalled that he spent much time in trying to convince the people that forests should be protected. He believed that most of the people did not understand what he was trying to tell them and wondered why anyone should be concerned about the forests. He and others believed that the idea of protecting the forests for their own intrinsic values was a foreign concept to many people, especially to those in the forested country in the hills and up in the hollows."
*This quote comes from the booklet, "Forestry in Kentucky" published by the Kentucky Department of Natural Resources in 1966 and edited by Paul Camplin.
John Earle Barton's parents were of English descent, their ancestors having come to this country previous to the Revolutionary War. He had one sister, Helen Margaret Barton, and a brother, Louis Arthur Barton, who graduated from the University of Michigan in 1903.
Hon. John Earle Barton, son of Arthur Oliver and Julia Alma (Hoxsey) Barton, was the first State Forester of Kentucky, appointed in 1912.
He was born in Warren, Macomb County, Michigan February 12, 1879. Educated in public schools, Detroit, Michigan, University of Michigan B.A. 1902, and Yale School of Forestry, M.F. 1905. Engaged in Forestry, various positions in Forest Service, United Sates Dept. of Agriculture. Member of the Presbyterian Church, Member of Kappa Sigma Univ. of Michigan, and a Mason.
He married Miss Mabel Leech Glenn of Kuttawa, Kentucky on January 22, 1908, the daughter of Thomas Glenn and Lillian Huggans Glenn. They had two sons: David Glenn Barton, born Nov 24, 1908 in Princeton, Caldwell County, Kentucky, and John Earle Barton, Jr., born Oct 19, 1910 in Sandpoint, Bonner County, Idaho.
Reference: Kentucky Directory for the Use of Courts, State and County Officials, and General Assembly 1918.
*"John Earle Barton recalled that he spent much time in trying to convince the people that forests should be protected. He believed that most of the people did not understand what he was trying to tell them and wondered why anyone should be concerned about the forests. He and others believed that the idea of protecting the forests for their own intrinsic values was a foreign concept to many people, especially to those in the forested country in the hills and up in the hollows."
*This quote comes from the booklet, "Forestry in Kentucky" published by the Kentucky Department of Natural Resources in 1966 and edited by Paul Camplin.
John Earle Barton's parents were of English descent, their ancestors having come to this country previous to the Revolutionary War. He had one sister, Helen Margaret Barton, and a brother, Louis Arthur Barton, who graduated from the University of Michigan in 1903.
He was born in Warren, Macomb County, Michigan February 12, 1879. Educated in public schools, Detroit, Michigan, University of Michigan B.A. 1902, and Yale School of Forestry, M.F. 1905. Engaged in Forestry, various positions in Forest Service, United Sates Dept. of Agriculture. Member of the Presbyterian Church, Member of Kappa Sigma Univ. of Michigan, and a Mason.
He married Miss Mabel Leech Glenn of Kuttawa, Kentucky on January 22, 1908, the daughter of Thomas Glenn and Lillian Huggans Glenn. They had two sons: David Glenn Barton, born Nov 24, 1908 in Princeton, Caldwell County, Kentucky, and John Earle Barton, Jr., born Oct 19, 1910 in Sandpoint, Bonner County, Idaho.
Reference: Kentucky Directory for the Use of Courts, State and County Officials, and General Assembly 1918.
*"John Earle Barton recalled that he spent much time in trying to convince the people that forests should be protected. He believed that most of the people did not understand what he was trying to tell them and wondered why anyone should be concerned about the forests. He and others believed that the idea of protecting the forests for their own intrinsic values was a foreign concept to many people, especially to those in the forested country in the hills and up in the hollows."
*This quote comes from the booklet, "Forestry in Kentucky" published by the Kentucky Department of Natural Resources in 1966 and edited by Paul Camplin.
John Earle Barton's parents were of English descent, their ancestors having come to this country previous to the Revolutionary War. He had one sister, Helen Margaret Barton, and a brother, Louis Arthur Barton, who graduated from the University of Michigan in 1903.
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