See also
1 Ada BARTON1,2 (1847- ) [12125]. Born 18 Jan 1847.1
2 David BARTON1,2 (1808-1888) [12123]. Born 15 Aug 1808.1 Marr Julia Ann Maria PORTER 30 Sep 1829.1 Died 12 Mar 1888.1
4 Stephen BARTON , Jr1,3 (1774- ) [4379]. Born 18 Aug 1774.1,3,4 Marr Sarah STONE 22 Apr 1804, Oxford, MA.5
From the Life of Clara Barton, 1922, by William E. Barton.
"Captain Stephen Barton won his military title by that system of post-bellum promotion familiar in all American communities. He was a non-commissioned officer in the wars against the Indians. He was nineteen when he enlisted, and marched on foot with his troop from Boston to Philadelphia, which at that time was the Nations's capital. The main army was then at Detroit under command of General Wayne, whom the soldiers lovingly knew as "Mad Anthony." William Henry Harrison and Richard M. Johnson, later president and Vice-President of the United States, were then lieutenants, and Stephen Barton fought side by side with them. He was present when Tecumseh was slain, and at the signing of the treaty of peace which followed. His military service extended over three years. At the close of the war he marched home on foot through northern Ohio and central New York. He and the other officers were greatly charmed by the Genesee and Mohawk valleys, and he purchased land somewhere in the vicinity of Rochester. He had some thoughts of establishing a home in that remote region, but it was so far distant from civilization that he sold his New York land and made his home in Oxford.
In 1796, Stephen Barton returned from the Indian War. He was then twenty-two years of age. Eight years later he married Sarah Stone, who was only seventeen. They established their home west of Oxford, near Charlton, and later removed to the farm where Clara Barton was born.".
8 Stephen BARTON , Sr1 (1750-1805) [4378]. Born 1750. Marr Dorothy MOORE 28 May 1765, Oxford, MA.1,6 Died 1805.4
From the Life of Clara Barton by Percy H. Epler, 1917.
"Stephen Barton was a Physician. His generosity forbade him to present his bills to patients, and though a good practitioner, he was unable to make a living from the profession. In 1764 he settled at Oxford Center, and engaged in trading, becoming in time the landlord of the old Tavern. IN 1776 he removed to Windson, Maine, with his sons, but returned to Oxford in 1790 and established a mechanical shop. He died in Main in 1805.
One of his sons was Stephen Barton, born August 18, 1774. This was the father of Clara Barton.".
9 Dorothy MOORE1,3,7 (1747- ) [4377]. Born 12 Apr 1747.1,3,7
5 Sarah STONE1,3 (1783-1851) [4380]. Born 13 Nov 1783.1,3 Died 10 Jul 1851.1
Curiously, while nearly every source indicates that Stephen Barton and Sarah Stone had only the four listed children (plus Clara), there is one source that identifies another. Clara Barton and the Red Cross in the United States by Isabella B. Hinton, lists a "Captain G. M. Barton." This may well be an error but it is an odd one.
From The Life of Clara Barton by William E. Barton, 1922.
"Clara Barton's mother, Sarah or Sally Stone, born November 13, 1783, died July 10, 1851, aged sixty-eight. Her death occurred while Clara was studying at Clinton, and the expressions of solitude in Clara's diary at the time of her perplexities over her love affairs, were induced in part, though perhaps unconsciously, by her loneliness after her mother's death.".
3 Julia Ann Maria PORTER1,2 (c. 1815- ) [12124]. Born c. 1815, MA.2
| 1 | "The Life of Clara Barton by William E. Barton, 1922". |
| 2 | "1850 MA, Worchester, Oxford census". |
| 3 | "Information provided by Jeffery H. Lloyd". |
| 4 | "The Life of Clara Barton by Percy H. Epler, 1917". |
| 5 | "Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850". |
| 6 | "Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800". |
| 7 | "The New-England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1903". |