Barton was married to Ann Fries Frazer (1807–1837). Ann was the daughter of Robert Frazer, the District Attorney for
Delaware County, and granddaughter of Gen.
Persifor Frazer. In Philadelphia, the Bartons resided at 512
South Broad Street. the daughter of merchant
Jacob Ridgway. Barton died on January 1, 1871, in
Philadelphia. He was buried at
Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.
Descendants Through his daughter Alice, he was the grandfather of
John Rhea Barton Willing, who did not marry;
Susan Ridgway Willing, who married Francis Cooper Lawrance Jr.; and
Ava Lowle Willing, who was married to
John Jacob Astor IV (son of
William B. Astor, Jr. and
Caroline Schermerhorn Astor) until 1910, and, thereafter, to
Thomas Lister, 4th Baron Ribblesdale.
Legacy In 1877, his widow Susan Ridgley Barton endowed "The John Rhea Barton Professorship of Surgery," at the
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, the first endowed chair in surgery in the U.S. == References ==