Barton, Ira Moore, 1796-1867

Ira Moore Barton (1796-1867) graduated from Brown in 1819 and Harvard Law School in 1822. In 1823, he married Maria Waters Bullard (1800-1883), the daughter of Artemas and Lucy White Bullard. Barton studied law with Sumner Barstow in Oxford and later with Levi Lincoln in Worcester. He served as a state representative and senator from Oxford in the period 1830 to 1834, before moving to Worcester in 1834. He was appointed Judge of Probate for Worcester County in 1836, and served until 1844 when he resigned to resume his law partnership with Peter C. Bacon. Later, his son, William Sumner Barton (1824-1899), joined the partnership.

Ira Moore Barton retired from active legal practice in 1849 and turned his energies to other interests, including the American Antiquarian Society, to which he was elected in 1841, and in which he remained active until his death.