History
Edith Barton is wife to Harold Barton, and mother to Barney and Clint Barton.[1] Mrs Barton and her family ran a butcher's shop in Waverly, Iowa. Harold Barton was abusive to his wife and his boys especially when he drank.[1] His drinking eventually killed him and his wife, leaving the two boys orphans.[1] The boys were placed in an orphanage.[2]