Barbara Barton

	Barbara Barton
	; Barton at the age of 109
Birth:	12 October 1908; Barrington, Rhode Island, USA
Age:	113 years, 9 days
Country:	USA
	Unvalidated

Barbara Barton (née Gibbs; born 12 October 1908) is an American supercentenarian who is the oldest known person living in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. Her age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group.

Female supercentenarians
American supercentenarians
1908 births
4 more
Unvalidated supercentenarians
Rhode Island births
Living people
United States births

Biography

Barbara Barton was born on 12 October 1908 in Barrington, Rhode Island, USA, the only child of Harold and Mabel (Collamore) Gibbs. She studied textile design at the Rhode Island School of Design, graduating in 1928. She went on to work as a fabric designer in Worcester, Massachusetts. She was married to Edwin Barton (1909-1992), with whom she had four children.

Barton currently lives in a care home in East Providence, Rhode Island. She celebrated her 112th birthday in October 2020.