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Clara Barton Articles From History Net Magazines. Picture of the Day: December 26Clara Barton The founder of the American Red Cross, Clara Barton was born in North Oxford, Massachusetts, on December 25, 1821.
As a child, Clara Barton did farm and household chores on the familyâs North Oxford, Massachusetts farm. Caring for her bedridden brother David and sick neighbors prepared Barton for nursing during the Civil War. She also did bookkeeping in the family mill, operated looms, and tutored the workersâ children.