Florence Stallings Barton

Here are some words that describe Florence Barton: a woman of dignity, a perfect lady, virtuous, faithful and gentile. an angel, a patient woman during afflictions, a patient woman during her husbands afflictions, an excellent dressmaker, neat and organized, a beautiful seamstress, wonderful housekeeper, devoted to her home and family, a good cook, hospitable, faithful, sincere, quiet, unassuming, beautiful, accurate and a woman that devoted her labors especially to the sick among whom she has performed a great work.

Taken from A Compilation of Pioneers II by A Jenson

This wonderful woman was born in 1851. Florence was raised at the mouth of Mill Creek Canyon. As a girl she worked at her fathers saw mill and often stacked shingles into bunches of five hundred, her pay was $3 a week. One day a dashing young man named William Barton was brought home to work on her father's mill. He was from Iowa and had served in the Civil War. The two fell in love, married and in 1871 they homesteaded a quarter section of land in Granger and built a brick home there which was one of the first homes west of the Jordan River. This was at about 3800 South 3800 West. During the winters they resided in Granger and during warm months they lived in Barton's Flat near Millcreek Canyon.

In 1889 they bought the 1st steam saw mill and moved it to Skull Valley and then to their Granger Property. There were few trees in the Granger/Hunter area and so logs were hauled from the canyon and brought to the Barton Mill.

Florence was a wonderful cook and left this recipe with the Granger DUP

Florence boarded many of the District 59 and Monroe School teachers. There were up to 6 boarders in their home at one time.

Here is a list of some of the teachers that stayed at the Barton home: John Bradford, Lois Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Marks, Marie Lambert, Marie Thomas, Mrs. Olsen, Miss Larson, Caroline and Mary Leigh, Mr. and Mrs. Aldredge, Gladys Peck, Miss Neff and Clara Snedicker..