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Capt. Stephen Barton (1774-1862) Capt. Stephen Barton Clara’s father was a prosperous businessman, captain of the local militia and a selectman in Oxford, Massachusetts.
Father: Stephen Barton (1774-1862) Son of Dr. Stephen Barton and Dorothy Moore Barton. Mother: Sarah Stone Barton (1783-1851) Daughter of David Haven Stone and Sarah Treadwell Stone Married Stephen Barton in 1804. Siblings: Dorothy "Dolly" Barton (1804-1846) Stephen Barton (1806-1865) m. Elizabeth "Betsy" Rich (-1875) in 1833; children:
1806–10 Mar. 1865. Stephen Barton, Jr., manufacturer and brother of Clara Barton, was born at Oxford, Mass., the son of Stephen and Sarah Stone Barton. As a young man, he joined with a brother in the lumber business and founded a mill town—North Oxford—around the sawmill and other facilities connected with their business.
- Clara's Father - Captain Stephen Barton
- Clara's Mother - Sarah Stone Barton
- Sarah Barton Vassall
- Capt. David Barton
- Stephen Barton
- Dorothea
Clara's father was a prosperous businessman, captain of the local army and a government official in Oxford, Massachusetts. The captain taught Clara geography, military tactics, and the importance of keeping an army equipped with arms, food, clothing and medical supplies through his stories of the Indian War in Ohio and Michigan.
Clara's mother was an independent woman known for her thriftiness, her volatile temper, and her eccentricity.
Clara stayed close to her older sister as she grew up. In 1861 Sarah lived near Clara in Washington DC and helped collect food, clothing, and medical supplies for the soldiers. Sally and Dolly (Dorothea) helped Clara learn how to read.
Captain David Barton served as an Assistant Quartermaster for the Union army during the Civil War. Clara learned to ride horses from her brother David. He became Clara's first patient after suffering a serious injury in a farm accident. In 1833 Clara's brother David fell from the rafters during a barn raising. A shy child by nature, 11 year-old Cla...
Stephen Barton was a prominent businessman in Oxford and Bartonsville, North Carolina. He taught Clara math as she grew up. Her fondest memory of Clara was when he defended her right of working at the Satinet Mill after two years of taking care of her brother David.
Although there is no known picture of Dolly, she is remembered as a kind young woman who wished to further her education, but had no opportunity to. She assisted Sarah in teaching Clara how to read.
Her father was Captain Stephen Barton, a member of the local militia and a selectman who influenced his daughter's patriotism and humanitarianism. He was a soldier under the command of General Anthony Wayne in his violent removal of Indigenous peoples in the northwest.
Her father was a prosperous farmer. As a teenager, Barton helped care for her seriously ill brother David — her first experience as a nurse. Barton’s family directed their painfully shy daughter to become a teacher upon the recommendation of renowned phrenologist L.N. Fowler, who examined her as a girl.
Clara Barton’s father, Stephen Barton, died in North Oxford, Massachusetts. On his deathbed, he encouraged Clara Barton to continue her patriotic support for the Union. August 3, 1862. Miss Barton gained official permission to transport supplies to battlefields. August 9, 1862.
