William Oscar Barton was born in Mt. Pleasant,
Utah, on January 25, 1870. His wife, Letitia Jane
Proctor was born in South Cottonwood, Salt Lake
City, March 25, 1872. They had seven children, two
died in infancy.

The L.D.S. church called them to go to Canada
as there was more land in which to make a living, and
they could help to build it up. In April, 1903, they left
Mt. Pleasant, Utah, boarded a mixed freight and
passenger train and landed in Stirling just before the
big May snow storm. Here they pitched a tent in
which to live. The house they were to buy was still
occupied by the Butlers. It was only a small four-
roomed house, but when the snow storm hit, it soon
wrecked the tent so they had to move in with the other
family.

Mr. Barton was a farmer, used horses, raised milk
cows, pigs, chickens, raised a garden and several
kinds of fruit trees. He took out his naturalization
papers in 1912. His cow brand was on the right rib-
His horse brand was on the right thigh.

There were six more children born to their union;
two more died in infancy. There were thirteen chil-
dren in all. Nine grew up in Stirling and were edu-
cated there. Most were married and lived there
afterwards. Mr. Barton built a new home in 1917 on
the same lot as before; it was the most modern one in
town.

Mr. and Mrs. Barton lived to celebrate their
Golden Wedding Anniversary. Seven out of their
nine children have also celebrated theirs.

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