City: Memphis
BARTON, Robert McKinney, lawyer; born Greeneville, Tenn., Nov. 26, 1851; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Robert McFarland and Hannah (McFarland) BARTON; paternal grandparents Isaac and Jane (Barton) BARTON, maternal grandparents Robert and Mary (Scott) McFARLAND; educated in the private schools of Hamblen Co., Tenn., and at University of Va., 1871; reared on farm and taught school one session; read law under father, Judge Barton, and uncle, Judge Robert McFarland; married Virginia McFARLAND, Oct. 4, 1876; member K. of P., Business Men’s Club, and Memphis Literary Assn.; Democrat; U.S. Commissioner Eastern District of Tenn., eight years, alderman of city of Chattanooga, Tenn., 1879-1880, city attorney of Chattanooga, 1881-1882; State Senator from Hamilton Co., Tenn., 1893-1895; Judge of the Court of Chancery Appeals and Court of Civil Appeals, 1895-1910, first appointed, twice elected.
