Background
Barton, Charles William was born on November 24, 1887 in Oberlin, Ohio, United States. Son of Review William E. (Doctor of Divinity) and Esther Treat (Bushnell) B.
Barton, Charles William was born on November 24, 1887 in Oberlin, Ohio, United States. Son of Review William E. (Doctor of Divinity) and Esther Treat (Bushnell) B.
Matriculated Amherst College. Bachelor of Science, Berea (Kentucky) College, 1909. Bachelor of Philosophy Chicago, 1910.
Married second, Virginia Lee Nelson, March 10, 1928. In mail-order business, Sears, Roebuck Company. Later business manager The Advance (religious weekly), Chicago, assistant public New York Telegraph, 1919-1921.
Owner Casper (Wyoming) Tribune, 1922-1923.
Purchased Sheridan Post and Sheridan Enterprise, 1923, and consolidated them into the Sheridan Post Enterprise of which was editor public until sold. Founded Northwestern Farmer and Rancher (magazine), 1929.
Purchased Casper (Wyoming) Independent, weekly, 1930. Changed name to Casper Times, public daily.
Owner Charles West. Barton, publications representative organization, New York City.
Resigned as partner Worthman-Barton & Company, Incorporated., advertising agency, 1937. Joined national advertising staff The Knoxville News-Sentinel, a Scripps-Howard newspaper, Knoxville, Tennessee.
Served as naval aviator, World War. Member Alpha Delta Phi. Mason (32°), Rotarian, Elk, Moose.
Married Violet Hullinger, of Huntington, Indiana, November 27, 1912. Married second, Virginia Lee Nelson, March 10, 1928.
