Show DANIEL M BARTON daniel M barton general pur chasi agent of the general electric company di at his home in schenectady december 8 after an illness of only five days the Is mr barton was one of the oldest employ of the general electric company he w born in moriah new york in 1843 but 1 parents moved to ware Massac huset when he was still a child at the age nineteen he enlisted in the army wi with h I 1 brothers in the regiment massac massack volunteers and fought at frederic frederica cl burg and gettysburg in 1883 the thomson houston electric was formed by citizens of lynn massachusetts and a brother silas A barton was an active organizer of the new company three years later daniel barton became production manager of t the new company in 1893 mr barton became assistant purchasing agent of the newly organized general electric company A few years after the main office of the company was established at schenectady mr barton was made general purchasing agent which position he ably filled to the time of his death he was well and favorably known throughout the business world and his many friends and business associates will read of his death with regret mr barton is survived by his wife a daughter mrs robert E and three grandchildren he also leaves a brother silas A barton of waltham massachusetts and a sister vila barton of northampton massachusetts |