The Barton Family

Clara Barton corresponded throughout her life with members of her immediate and extended family. Below are the names of her siblings and their children, as well as some of the extended family members represented in the Clara Barton Papers at the Library of Congress.

Clarissa "Clara" Harlowe Barton (Dec. 25, 1821-Apr. 12, 1912)

Never married; no children

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:

1. Dorothy "Dolly" Barton (1804-1846)
2. Stephen Barton (1806-1865)
   • m. Elizabeth "Betsy" Rich (-1875) in 1833
   • children:
     • John Rich Barton (1837-1837)
     • Samuel Rich Barton (1839-1897)
       • m. Amelia L. Parks (1842-1877) in 1863
       • children:
         • Stephen Ira Barton (1864-1882)
         • Bessie Anna Barton (1865-1865)
         • Herbert Parks Barton (1866-)
         • Myrtis Amelia Barton (1868-1869)
         • Loren Chandler Barton (1870-1947)
         • Walter Samuel Barton (1872-1872)
         • Clarence Walter Barton (1875-)
         • Marion Amelia Barton (1877-1877)
     • David Stephen Barton (1845-1847)
3. David Barton (1808-1888)
   • m. Julia Ann Maria Porter in 1839 (she was a Barton cousin on mother's side)
   • children:
     • Ada Idelia Barton (1847-1930)
       • m. Charles M. Clark in 1869
       • children:
         • Charles Barton Clark
         • David Barton Clark (1871-1947)
           • m. Lizzette Powell
           • children:
             • Muriel Clark
             • Dorothy Clark
         • Mary Josephine Clark (1873-)
         • Harry LeRoy Clark (1875-)
         • Lyman Eddy Clark
     • Ida Adelia Barton (1847-1911)
       • m. Adolph Gustav Julius Riccius (1841-1891) in 1879
       • children:
         • Edith Julia Riccius (b. 1881)
           • m. George E. King
         • Hermann Porter Riccius (1883-1965)
         • Saidee Frances Riccius (1885-1959)
         • Walter Harold Riccius (1889-)
           • m. Wilhemena
     • Stephen Emory Barton (1849-1929)
       • m. Joyce Wilmot (d. 1881) in 1870
       • children:
         • Irving Wilmot Barton (1872-1872)
         • Ida Myrtis Wilmot Barton (1873-)
           • m. Stephen L. Butler
           • children:
             • Joyce Butler (1903-)
               • m. Dwight Hughes (1891-) in 1926
               • two children
         • Edith Joyce Barton (1874-1875)
         • Lauretta Gertrude Barton (1876-)
       • m. Harriet Elizabeth Tracy
     • Mary Anna "Mamie" Barton (1851-1929)
       • m. John H. Stafford in 1879
       • children:
         • Stephen Barton Stafford (1880-1953)
           • m. Helen Richardson (1887-1969)
           • children:
             • John Kenneth Stafford (1910-1929)
             • Donald Barton Stafford (1911-1993)
             • Stephen Philip Stafford (1914-2001)
         • Anna Gertrude Stafford (1883-)
           • m. Guy W. Olney in 1903
           • children:
             • Helen Gertrude Olney (1904-)
             • May Barton Olney (1908-)
               • m. Raymond White in 1937
               • two children
4. Sarah "Sally" Barton (1811-1874)
   • m. Vester Vassall (1809-1880) in 1834
   • children:
     • Bernard Barton Vassall (1835-1894)
       • m. Frances Maria "Fannie" Childs (1834-1926) in 1863
     • Irving Stetson Vassall (1840-1865)

[Clara Barton, born in 1821 was the fifth and last child of Stephen and Sarah Barton]

Other extended family members represented in the Clara Barton Papers

• Barton, Charles H. (cousin)
• Barton, Edmund M.
• Barton, Edward
• Barton, Ira M. (cousin)
• Barton, Lizzie Tracy
• Barton, Lucy (cousin)
• Barton, Mary (cousin)
• Barton, Mary L.
• Barton, Robert W. (cousin)
• Barton, William E. (cousin and biographer)
• Bigelow, Anna Barton (cousin)
• Crowell, Hattie Barton
• Dillinger, G. Arthur (nephew)
• Hale, Harry (cousin)
• Hale, Marcia E. (cousin)
• Hale, Mary E. (cousin)
• Hale, Robert S. (cousin)
• Poor, Leander A. (cousin)
• Porter, P. C.
• Robbins, Delia R. (cousin)
• Sessions, Fitzroy (cousin)
• Stone, Martha Elvira "Vira" (cousin)

For more information on the extended Barton family genealogy, see the "Genealogy" section in the Family Correspondence series of the Clara Barton Papers at the Library of Congress.

Sources:

• "Clara Barton's Family (An Outline)," in American National Red Cross, Clara Barton Chapter No. 1, comp., Clara Barton and Dansville; Together with Supplementary Materials (Dansville, N.Y.: F. A. Owen Publishing Co., 1966), p. 561.
• Bernard B. Vassall genealogy of the Barton Family, Clara Barton Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.
• Finding aid to the Clara Barton Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.
• Finding aid External to the Riccius Family Papers, 1856-1937, American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass.
• Find A Grave External