Background
Lela Barton was born in Farmington, Washington County, Arkansas, on 14 November 1901, the third of five children born to Gaston Reuben and Mary Fannie (née Miller) Barton.
Lela Barton was born in Farmington, Washington County, Arkansas, on 14 November 1901, the third of five children born to Gaston Reuben and Mary Fannie (née Miller) Barton.
Barton worked at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research at Yonkers, in New York City, specializing in seeds. Barton died aged 66 at Tucson, Arizona, on 31 July 1967. She was buried at Fairview Memorial Gardens, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
