Professional Baseball Player. He played in the Negro Leagues during the 1900s and 1910s. He was born one of ten children as Blaine Eugene Barton to Milton Barton (1838-1885), and his wife Lucinda Robinson Barton (1838-1929), in Normal, Illinois, on April 26, 1880. He was educated locally, worked as a day laborer in Normal, Illinois, and was drafted during World War I, but he never served. During this time, he also pursued an interest in playing professional baseball. He played the position of both a leftfielder and a centerfielder with the Leland Giants making his professional debut with them in 1906. He also played with the Minneapolis Keystones for three seasons from 1908 to 1910. His 162 Game Average consisted of 709 Plate Appearances, 689 At Bats, 101 Runs Scored, 182 Hits, 0 Doubles, 0 Triples, 20 Homeruns, 101 Runs Batted In, 32 Stolen Bases, 0 Caught Stealing, 0 Walks, 0 Strikeouts, 0 Intentional Walks, 0 Hit By Pitch, 20 Sacrifice Hits, 0 Sacrifice Flies, 0 Grounded Into Double Plays, .265 Batting Average, .265 On Base Percentage, .353 Slugging Percentage, .618 On Base Percentage Plus Slugging Percentage, and 108 Adjusted On Base Percentage Plus Slugging Percentage. After his professional baseball career, he worked as a sleeping car porter for the Burlington and Northern Pacific Railroad of the Pullman Car Company in Chicago, Illinois, until his death. He passed away from complications of a stroke and an illness of two weeks at his home at 4438 Champaign Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, on July 3, 1922, at the age of 42. Following his untimely death, his funeral service was held at the Mount Pisgah Baptist Church in Bloomington, Illinois, with the Reverend P.W. Fields officiating, and with family, friends, colleagues, and many others including sports figures in attendance paying their last respects. Following the funeral services, he was buried in Evergreen Memorial Cemetery in Bloomington, Illinois. He was married to Neita Litscom Moon Barton (1883-), in Chicago, Illinois, on May 25, 1903. The couple remained married until his untimely death on July 3, 1922, and they had no children. His older brother was the professional baseball player Sherman "Bucky" Barton (1875-1947), who played in the Negro Leagues in the positions of an outfielder, centerfielder, rightfielder, and leftfielder, with the Page Fence Giants in 1898, the Chicago Columbia Giants from 1899 to 1901, the Algona Brownies from 1902 to 1903, the Chicago Union Giants from 1904 to 1906, the Leland Giants in 1906, the St. Paul Colored Gophers from 1907 to 1910, and the Chicago Giants in 1911. His older brother Sherman "Bucky" Barton passed away in Chicago, Illinois, on June 11, 1947, at the age of 72, and he was buried in Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens South in Glenwood, Illinois.