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| | Handbook of Texas Online: |
 | | BARTON, D. Wilborn (Doc) Barton, rancher, son of Decator and Catherine (Hightower) Barton, was born in Bertram, Texas, in 1850. |
 | | On one trip Barton took his wife, Belle (Vandover), whom he had married at Mason, with him; he received his nickname Doc after helping her deliver their second child on the range. |
 | | Wilborn Barton died in Dodge City, Kansas, on January 12, 1946, at the age of ninety-five. |
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