City: Sewanee
BARTON, Samuel Marx, educator; born near Winchester, Va., May 9, 1859; son of Joseph M. and Mary (Neill) BARTON; father was a farmer; paternal grandparents Richard Walker and Caroline (Marx) BARTON, maternal grandparents Lewis and Anne (Stribling) NEILL; paternal great-great-grandparents Rev. Thomas BARTON and Ethel (Rittenhouse) BARTON, sister of David RITTENHOUSE; educated at Shenandoah Valley Academy University of Va., and Johns Hopkins University; graduated from University of Va., B. A., 1883, Ph. D., 1885; entered educational work in early life; taught Ellerslie School (private) Va., 1881-1882, professor of mathematics, Emory & Henry College, Va., 1885-1893; fellow by courtesy Johns Hopkins University, 1893-1894, prof. of mathematics Va. A. & M. College, 1894-1895, prof. of mathematics and civil engineering University of the South, 1895-1908; at present he is prof. of mathematics University of the South; married Mary Millicent TIDBALL, Dec. 28, 1897; member of E. Q. B. Club, Sewanee, Tenn.; member of the American Mathematical Society, American Assn. for the Advancement of Science, the Circulo Matematico di Palermo, and the National Geographic Society; author of “A Treatise on Theory of Equations,” “The Elements of Plane Surveying,” member of Episcopal church; Democrat.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
