Eugenia Erixene Barringer

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Eugenia Erixene Barringer (Morrison)

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Birthplace: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 27, 1858 (25)
Cabarrus County, North Carolina, United States (Typhoid fever)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Rev. Dr. Robert Hall Morrison and Mary Morrison (Graham)
Wife of Brig. Gen. Rufus C. Barringer (CSA)
Mother of Ann Morrison Barringer and Paul Brandon Barringer
Sister of Isabella Sophia Morrison; William Wilberforce Morrison; Harriet Morrison Irwin; Mary Anna Morrison; Susan Washington Avery and 3 others

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About Eugenia Erixene Barringer

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--Daughter of Dr. Robert Hall Morrison and his wife Mary Graham. Eugenia was born in the family home on Derita Rd. Eugenia's father was a Presbyterian minister.

--She attended Salem College from 1847 to 1849.

--She married Rufus Barringer on May 23, 1854. They had 2 children: Anna Morrison Barringer and Paul Brandon Barringer.

--Eugenia died of typhoid fever at the age of 28.

--Although she died before the start of the Civil War, she is considered notable because not only did her husband become a general in the Confederate Army, two of her sisters also married men who became generals in the CSA. Most notable was Eugenia's sister Mary Ann Morrison, who was the wife of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.

Eugenia's husband remarried twice more after her death.

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Eugenia Erixene Barringer's Timeline

1833
February 5, 1833
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States
1855
May 2, 1855
Cabarrus County, North Carolina, United States
1857
February 13, 1857
Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, United States
1858
June 27, 1858
Age 25
Cabarrus County, North Carolina, United States