| Marker Number |
13331 |
| Atlas Number |
5507013331 |
| Marker Title |
Dr. Welborn and Louisa Adeline Barton |
| Index Entry |
Barton, Dr. Welborn and Louisa Adeline |
| Address |
|
| City |
Salado |
| County |
Bell |
| UTM Zone |
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| UTM Easting |
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| UTM Northing |
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| Subject Codes |
pioneers; medical topics and health professionals; women |
| Marker Year |
2003 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
Old Salado Grave Yard, Baines Street |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
A graduate of the medical department of Kentucky's Transylvania University, South Carolina native Dr. Welborn Barton (1821-1883) came to Texas in the late 1840s. After two years of practicing medicine in Bastrop County, he returned to South Carolina to wed Louisa Adeline Cox (1835-1920). They came with other South Carolinians to Burnet County in 1854 and moved to Salado in 1865 after he served in the Confederate army. He was a doctor, a trustee of Salado College and a Mason. Louisa served as his nurse and was involved in the Amasavourian Literary Society. The parents of ten children, the Bartons were also active in the First Baptist Church. (2003) |
