Notes:
Married Alice Frances Moomaw on Sep 8, 1931; two children.
Elyria, Ohio, Chronicle-Telegram, Monday, March 12, 1984:
Robert Barton was editor of The C-T from 1964-72
Robert Cheever Barton, 77, of Lima, former editor of The Chronicle-Telegram from 1964-72, died early Sunday morning at home, following a lengthy illness.
He was born in Bellefontaine, Ohio, April 18, 1906. He graduated from Indiana University in 1928 with a degree in journalism. Mr. Barton started his journalism careet as editor of a tiny paper in Rushville, Ind., and moved to the newspaper in Springfield, Ohio, after a year. He joined the Lima News in 1936 and was editor there from 1940-56. He also was an edtor at The Plain Dealer from 1956-57. He was editor of the newly-formed Lima Citizen from 1957 until it folded in 1964. In 1964, Mr. Barton became editor of The C-T, retiring in 1972. Within a month after he joined The C-T, Mr. Barton had endeared himself to Elyrians with a series of stories which started with the words, "Elyria's a nice town!" and ended by citing Elyria's major blessing to be "civic pride."
In Elyria, he was chairman of the Lorain County Chapter of the American Red Cross and a member of the Elyria Country Club and First United Methodist Church.
He also was a past president of the Associated Press Society of Ohio, past president of the Blue Pencil Club of Ohio and a member of the American Society of Newspaper Editors and Sigma Delta Chi.
Upon his retirement from The C-T, Mr. Barton said his main goal as an editor, and as a person, was to "live as an honest-to-God Christian" with the Golden Rule as a guide. "You never know if a story will cause serious damage, if you're making a really serious mistake, but you try to live the Golden Rule and do the best you can," he said.
He is survived by a son, Robert J. and a daughter, Mrs. E. S. (Elizabeth) Evans, both of Lima.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Alice Moomaw, in 1974.
Friends may call Tuesday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the Chiles & Sons Laman Chapel of Memories, Lima. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at the funeral chapel.
Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, Lima.