Background

Barton, Olive Roberts was born on July 26, 1880 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Thomas Beveridge and Cornelia (Gilleland) Roberts.

Education

Sister of Mary Roberts Rinehart. Graduate high School, Allegheny, 1897, graduate studv.

Career

Colonel James Lowrie Barton, June 19, 1902. Children—Eleanor Aiins (deceased), Virginia-Anne, Mary Roberts (Mistress R. L. Brummage, Junior). Teacher public schools, Allegheny, 1898-1902, Butler, Pennsylvania, 1905-1906, 17-18.

Free lance writer, 1905-1919.

Feature writer Newspaper Enterprise Association (Scripps Howard Syndicate), 1919-1925. Daily serial for children, Adventures of the Twins.

Daily editorials, features, 1925-1928. Daily column on child training and family management, since 1928.

Achievements

• Olive Roberts Barton has been listed as a notable writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member National League American Penwomen. Clubs: Twentieth Century.

Connections

Married Lieutenant; children: Eleanor Aiins (deceased), Virginia-Anne, Mary Roberts (Mistress R. L. Brummage, Junior.