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HERBERT PARKS BARTON
BARTON, HERBERT PARKS, Surgeon, President
and General Manager, Clara Barton Hospital, Los Angeles, Cal., was born in
Worcester, Mass., Dec. 25, 1866. His father was Samuel R. Barton and his mother
Amelia L. (Parks) Barton. Dr. Barton is a nephew of Clara Barton of Red Cross
fame. He married on October 18, 1890, Miss Frances Johnstone
Vasseur, in Brooklyn, N.Y. They have one son,
Chandler Parks Barton.
Dr.
Barton was educated in the public schools of Oxford, Mass., graduating from
high school in 1882. He then attended Worcester Academy and Hinman’s
Business College. Leaving them he conducted a fire insurance agency in Webster,
Mass., until 1889, when he entered the Jefferson Medical College in
Philadelphia, from which he graduated in 1890. Did post-graduate work in the
Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital and the N. Y. Polytechnic in 1892.
In
1892 and 1892 Dr. Barton practiced his profession in New York City, during
which time he was a member of the Board of Health.
He
moved to Denver, Colo., in 1892, where he practiced, but had to return to
Worcester, Mass., because of poor health. He practiced there four years.
In
1897 Dr. Barton went to Ontario, Cal., assisting in organizing the Board of
Health. He was also one of the Board of Library Trustees of that city. After
staying two and one-half years, he went to Los Angeles, where he practiced, and
in 1904 organized the Clara Barton Hospital. He belongs to the Los Angeles
County Medical Society, California State Medical Society, American Medical
Association and Los Angeles Academy of Medicine. He is a member Jonathan Club,
Gamut Club, Los Angeles Country Club, Los Angeles Lodge No. 99, B.P.O.E.,
thirty-second degree member Los Angeles Scottish Rite
and belongs to Al Malaikah Shrine.
Transcribed
11-13-09 Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: Press
Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 350, International News
Service, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta. 1913.
© 2009 Marilyn R. Pankey.
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