James Barber

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GENEALOGY

NINTH BRANCH.

(1275) II. 9. JAMES BARBER, fifth son of Robert and Hannah Tidmarsh Barber, was born in Lancaster Co., Pa. He married ELIZABETH WRIGHT, dr. of William Wright, of Manor township, who m. a dr. of John Cartlidge, the old Indian trader, who settled near the mouth of the Conestoga about the year 1710. James Barber built a grist mill near the mouth of " Barber's Run " during the Revolutionary period, having received from his mother 40 acres of land, on April 19th, 1770, according to an arrangement made by his father before he died. He was Captain of the first company of Hempfield township in 1775. He became a Captain in Colonel Bartram Galbraith's Battalion in 1776, and Sub-lieutenant of Lancaster County. On Aug. 8th, 1777, he took the oath of allegiance to the State of Pennsylvania in Hempfield township. In a letter to Col. Samuel John AtLee, in 1780, President Joseph Reed wrote : " In Consequence of your Recommendation Commissions have issued to Messrs. Carpenter, Barber and Clark, which vou will receive herewith."The Barber mentioned was undoubtedly James, the subject of this sketch. He commanded a company in the battle of Long Island, Aug. 27th, 1776, being the Captain Barber referred to by his nephew, John Barber in his letter which appears elsewhere (Appendix E) in this book. He d. near Columbia, Pa., about the year 1786. She d. at same place in March, 1782.

Issue (Barber) :

(1277) III. 1. WILLIAM, b. Nov. 8th, 1769 in Columbia, Pa., m. March 27th 1809, ELIZABETH LAUB. He d. Aug 8th, 1830 without issue. P. 105

(1279) III. 2. ROBERT, b. March 8th, 1771, in Columbia, Pa., m. May 4th, 1807, CATHARINE MATHIOT, He d. Feb. 13th, 1854, at Columbia, Pa. pp. 105-108

(1312) III. 3. HANNAH, b. Sep. 28th, 1772, in Columbia, Pa., m. ZIBA WEBB. She d. at York, Pa. Mar. 15th, 1843. p-108

(1323) III. 4. MARY, b. Mar. 14th, 1774 in Columbia, Pa., m.(1st), CAPT JACOB STAKE. m.(2d), JOHN DICKS. She d. Nov. 4th, 1846, near Dayton, OH. pp108-118

(1478) III. 5. ELEANORE, b. Oct. 28th, 1776, in Columbia, Pa., m. ELISHA MOORE. She d. Bellefonte, Pa. Mar. 16th, 1827 p. 118

(1486) III. 6. JAMES, b. Oct. 19th, 1778 in Columbia, Pa., d. Petersburg, Va. Dec. 25th, 1814, unm. p. 118

(1487) III. 7. JOHN, b. Feb. 22d, 1782, in Columbia, Pa., m. Feb. 22, 1821, SARAH ELIZABETH WHITEHILL He d. Jan. 13th, 1858, at West Chester, Pa. pp 118-125

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James was the son of Robert Barber and Hannah Tidmarsh. He was born and raised in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. In 1768 at the age of 32 James married Elizabeth Wright, possibly the second marriage for both of them. They had seven children: William, Robert, Hannah, Mary, Eleanor, James, and John. Elizabeth died in 1782, and James died four years later at the age of 50.

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Genealogy

Issue (Barber) :

(1277) III. 1. WILLIAM, b. Nov. 8th, 1769; m., March 27th, 1803, ELIZABETH LAUB, of York, Pa. Being the oldest son, he seems to have inherited the mansion farm from his father, and in the spring of 1790 he sold the mill and fifty-seven acres of land to Hon. William Augustus AtLee,[36] Judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. This property is situated in the southeastern limits of Columbia, and is now owned in part by Mr. E. K. Smith, whose residence is built with brick taken from the old Barber house, and stands on the same spot. William Barber moved to York soon afterwards and was admitted to the York Co. bar on March 2d, 1793, where he practiced his profession until his death. He was Prothonotary of York Co. from May, 1806, until January, 1824. He accumulated a considerable estate, but d., without issue, Aug. 19th, 1830, at York, of which place he was for many years a prominent citizen, and universally esteemed. She d. at York, Aug. 29th, 1858.
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• [36] In a letter written by a daughter of Judge AtLee, dated April 1st, 1790,

the writer says, " Papa has made a purchase of young Billy Barber, house
and land, and is beginning to have it put in handsome order." The date of
the deed is May 7th, 1791.

(1279) III. 2. ROBERT, b. March 8th, 1771, in Columbia, Pa.; m., May 4th, 1807, CATHARINE MATHIOT, who was b., Oct. 24th, 1786, in Columbia. She was the daughter of John Mathiot, a Huguenot, who came from Alsace to Lancaster County during the Revolution. Robert Barber was a stone mason, and built many houses in Columbia about seventy years ago. He d., Feb. 13th, 1854, at Columbia. She d. at the same place, Feb. 16th, 1865.

Issue (Barber) :

(1281) IV. 1. SUSAN MATHIOT , b. in Columbia, April 24th, 1808; ra., in Sept., 1836, OWEN BRUNER GOODMAN, b. in Lancaster Co., Pa., Jan 19th, 1812, son of Peter and Ann Mary Goodman. He d. at Wellsborough, Pa., Feb. 1st, 1849. She d. at Columbia, June 7th, 1855.

Issue (Goodman) :

• (1283) V. 1. CATHARINE BARBER , b. at Columbia, May 24th, 1837 ; d. Mar. 16th, 1839.
• (1284) V. 2. JAMES BRUNER , b. at Pike Mills, Potter Co., Pa., Sept. 14th, 1841. Now of Chicago, Ill.; unm.
• (1285) V. 3. MARY ANA , b. at Pike Mills, Jan. 30th, 1843; d. Dec. 4th, 1847.
• (1286) V. 4. ROBERT FRANKLIN , b. at Pike Mills, Pa., Oct. 13th, 1844; now of Buffalo, N. Y. He m., June 20th, 1866, at Auburn, N. Y., Margaret Davidson Allen, dr. of Josiah B. Allen, of Zanesville, O.

Issue (Goodman) :

• (1288) VI. 1. Charles Allen, b. at Athens, Pa., Jan. 17th, 1868.
• (1289) VI. 2. Robert Barber, b. at Towanda, Pa., Nov. 16th, 1871.
• (1290) VI. 3. James, b. at Towanda, Jan. 14th, 1877.
• (1291) V. 5. MARGARET ADA, b. at Pike Mills, May 10th, 1846; d. Dec. 25th, 1847.
• (1292) V. 6. WILLIAM OWEN, b, at AVellsborough, Pa., Sept. 24th, 1848; m., Oct. 31st, 1868, at Oshkosh, Wis., Erna Melvina Sawyer, dr. of Senator Philetus Sawyer. Now of Chicago, Ill.

Issue (Goodman) :

• (1294) VI. 1. Kenneth Sawyer, b. at Chicago, Sept. 19th, 1883.

(Barber)

(1295) IV. 2. JAMES , b. Sept. 19th, 1809, in Columbia, Pa. He was a merchant in that place for many years, and at one time in partnership with his uncle, John Barber. He d. Nov. 20th, 1885, unm.

(1296) IV. 3. MARY E. , b. Mar. 5th, 1816, in Columbia ; m., June 20th, 1848, CHESTER ROBINSON. She d. in Wellsborough, Pa., May 14th, 1878.

Issue (Robinson) :

• (1298) V. 1. MARY BARBER, b. Dec. 12th, 1854; grad. Vassar College in 1876.

(Barber)

(1299) IV. 4. CATHARINE R. , b. Sept. 27th, 1820, in Columbia; m., Nov. 22d, 1849, HORACE WILLISTON. She d. in Candor, N. Y, June 19th, 1888.

Issue (Williston) :

• (1301) V. 1. ANNA BARBER, b. Oct. 7th, 1852 ; m., Sept. 2d, 1878, LUCIUS A. SHERMAN, Ph.D. ; now a professor in Lincoln University, Neb.

Issue (Sherman) :

• (1303) VI. 1. Horace Williston, b. Oct. 21st, 1879.
• (1304) VI. 2. Winifred Speranza, b. April 26th, 1884.
• (1305) V. 2. KATHARINE MATHIOT, b. June 18th, 1854; now of Slaterville, N. Y.
• (1306) V. 3. HORACE, b. Nov. 6th, 1856. A Methodist minister at Slaterville, N. Y.

(Barber)

(1308) IV. 5. EMELTNE E. , b. Dec. 30th, 1824, in Columbia ; m., Nov. 22d, 1849, JAMES C. EVANS.

(1309) IV. 6. ANNA E ., b. Jan. 17th, 1828, in C; m., Aug. 2d, 1865, Col. Samuel Shoch. He was b. in Harrisburg, Pa., May 28th, 1797. He was at one time a prominent lawyer in H., and was for years an active politician. In 1848 he was appointed an aid to Governor Wm. F. Johnson. He was cashier of the Columbia Bank and Bridge Co. for thirty-nine years. In 1878 he was made president, and at the time of his death he en- joyed the distinction of being the oldest living bank president in the world. He was always one of Columbia's most public-spirited citizens. His death occurred in C. May 24th, 1889.

(1311) IV. 7. SARAH H., b. in C, Feb. 13th, 1831 ; d. Dec. 18th, 1844.

(1312) III. 3. HANNAH, b. Sept. 28th, 1772 ; m. Ziba Webb, who was b. Aug. 16th, 17 — . She d. at York, Pa., Mar. 15th, 1843.

Issue (Webb) :

(1314) IV. 1. JAMES B., b. Dec. 8th, 1798; m. Mary Beard.

Issue (Webb) :

• (1316) V. 1. AARON, who m. C. Barnet.
• (1318) V. 2. WILLIAM.
• (1319) V. 3. JOSEPH.

(1320) IV. 2. ZIBA, b. Nov. 24th, 1800.

(1321) IV. 3. JOSEPH, b. Nov. 4th, 1802; d -.

(xxxx) IV. 4._____ .

(Barber)

(1323) III. 4. MARY, b. Mar. 13th, 1774; m. (1st) CAPT. JACOB STAKE, an officer in the Revolutionary army (whose first wife was Margaret Lowdon, by whom he had three children, Charlotte, Catharine, John Lowdon. Charlotte ra. John Quest ; Catharine m. Arthur Chenoweth. All are now dead). He kept the ferry at Wrightsville, and died there. She m. (2d) JOHN DICKS, b. Dec, 1775. He was a house carpenter in Columbia, having learned his trade with Jacob Huhn, who m. a dr. of Nathaniel Barber. John Dicks was engaged at one time in several shad and herring fisheries below Columbia. He was a Colonel of the 75th Regt. Penna. Militia in the War of 1812; was commissioned by Gov. Snyder, in the year 1815, Brigadier-General 2d Brigade, 4th Div. Lancaster Co. Militia. He was the first Assistant Burgess of Columbia borough, under the first charter, in 1814, and became Chief Burgess in 1815. In 1817 or '18 he moved with his family to the vicinity of Dayton, Ohio, where he passed the remainder of his life. She d. Nov. 4th, 1846, near Dayton. He d. Nov. 1st, 1859.

Issue, by 1st m. (Stake) :

(1326) IV. 1. ELIZABETH ; d. .

(1327) IV. 2. MARY, m. Jacob Stehman, living near Dayton, 0. They had ten children, the oldest

• (1329) daughter being Eliza.

(1339) IV. 3. JOHN LOWDON, d. .

Issue, by 2d m. (Dicks) :

(1340) IV. 4. WILLLiAM B., b. July 9th, 1806, in Columbia ; m., May 30th, 1833, Christena Darst. He d. Jan. 14th, 1875, at Maumee, Ohio.

Issue (Dicks):

• (1342) V. 1. JULIA A., m. P. B. JOHNSON, of Logansport, Ind.

Issue (Johnson) :

• (1344) VI. 1. Kate.
• (1345) VI. 2. Carrie.
• (1346) VI. 3. William.
• (1347) VI. 4. Bertrand.

(Dicks)

• (1348) V. 2. MARY ELVINA, d. .
• (1349) V. 3. WILLIAM B., d.
• (1350) V. 4. PHEBE C, m. WILLIAM M. BACHELDER, of Camden, Maine. Now of Maumee, Ohio.

Issue (Bachelder) :

• (1352) VI. 1. Lucille, b. July 5th, 1880.
• (1353) VI. 2. Gladys, b. Oct. 25th, 1884.

(Dicks)

(1354) IV. 5. GEORGE JEFFERSON, b. in Columbia, Pa., May 15th, 1809 ; m. (1st), May 14th, 1833, Elizabeth A. Ried, who d. in 1841. He m. (2d), in 1845, Anna Eliza Bass, who d. June 13th, 1876.

Issue, by 1st m. (Dicks):

• (1357) V. 1. MARY JANE, b. Oct. 17th, 1834 ; m. Franklin Beaumont, of New Orleans, La. She d. in March, 1876. He d. in Texas. They had four children. Three of these now reside in Texas.
• (1363) V. 2. GEORGE STEPHENSON, b. May 11th, 1838; m. in New Orleans. Issue one child.
• (1366) V. 3. WILLIAM ROBERT, b. Nov. 20th, 1840 ; m. JULIA GRAFTON. He d. Nov., 1870.

Issue (Dicks) :

• (1368) VI. 1. William. Now of Wilkinson, Miss. Issue, by 2d m. (Dicks) :
• (1369) V. 4. MARTHA VIRGINIA, b. Oct. 3d, 1847 ; d. Mar. 26th, 1849.
• (1370) V. 5. ALICE JOSEPHINE, b.Dec. 16th, 1849; d.June 7th, 1854.
• (1371) V. 6. HENRY BASS, b. Feb. 18th, 1852; d.April 14th, 1883 in London, England.
• (1372) V. 7..FRED AUGUSTUS, b.Oct. 10th, 1853; m.Dec. 30th, 1875 Lee I. Gencé

Issue (Dicks)

• (1374) VI. 1 Annie Lee
• (1375) V. 8. ANNIE ROSALIE, b.Aug. 20th, 1853; m.Apr. 5th, 1877 JOHN EDWARDS GIBBS. Issue: six children all residing at Natchez, Miss.
• (1383) V. 9. CHARLES BARBER, b. Oct. 14th, 1857. m.,Feb. 14th, 1884, MARGARET D. FLEMMING, now of Natchez.

Issue Dicks

• (1385) VI. 1. George E
• (1386) V. 10. MARGARET BASS, b. Oct. 8th, 1859 ; d. June 1st, 1862.
• (1387) V. 11. ROBERT E. LEE, b. Aug. 14th, 1865. Now of Natchez.

(1388) IV. 6. JOHN BARBER, b. Aug. 24th, 1811, in Columbia, Pa. In 1836 or '37 he moved to Natchez, Miss. He m., Feb. 8th, 1838, ANNA GRAFTON, dr. of Allen Grafton, a planter residing six miles from N. John B. Dicks was elected treasurer of Adams Co., Miss., about the year 1845, and held that office until after the Civil War, covering a period of twenty years. He was an ardent Odd Fellow and filled the ofiice of Grand Secretary of Miss, for many years. He d. near Natchez, Dec. 24th, 1870, respected and beloved by all who knew him. She d. Oct. 6th, 1853.

Issue (Dicks) :

• (1390) V. 1. JAMES GRAFTON, b. Jan. 12th, 1839; d. in New Orleans, Oct. 1st, 1867.
• (1391) V. 2. MARY ELIZABETH, b. Jan. 24th, 1843; m., Nov. 1st, 1866, HON. T. E. COOPER, now on Supreme Bench of Miss., residing at 'Jackson, Miss.

Issue (Cooper) :

• (1393) VI. 1. Barber Dicks, b. Aug. 23d, 1867.
• (1394) VI. 2. Mary, b. Aug. 23d, 1869.
• (1395) VI. 3. Ruffin T., b. June 8th, 1871.
• (1396) VI. 4. William Barber, b. Sept. 16th,1874; d. July 10th, 1881.
• (1397) VI. 5. Timothy E., b. Oct. 3d, 1876.
• (1398) VI. 6. Ella Dicks, b. Mar. 7th, 1878.
• (1399) VI. 7. Mayes, b. April 15th, 1880.
• (1400) VI. 8. Bartlett, b. May 20th, 1882.
• (1401) VI. 9. John A. Dicks, b. April 19th, 1884.
• (1402) VI. 10. Joseph F., b. May 31st, 1889.
• (1403) V. 3. JOHN ALLEN, b. near N., March 15th, 1845 ; he enlisted as a soldier of the Southern Confederacy in the month of Dec, 1861, and served sixty days in the Army of Tenn., under A. S. Johnston. He was honorably discharged in Feb., 1862, and reenlisted in March of the same year and served in the infantry to the close of the war, having surrendered at Meridian, Miss., in April, 1865, to Gen'l Canby, U. S. A. He

attained the rank of 2d Lieut ; was wounded at Chickamauga, and at Atlanta, July 28th, 1864; m.,Dec. 8th,1870, ANNA E. McARN. Now in business in Natchez.

Issue (Dicks) :

• (1405) VI. 1. John William Duncan, b. Jan. 19th, 1874.
• (1406) VI. 2. Anna Catherine, b. Nov. 1st, 1877; d. July 4th, 1883.
• (1407) VI. 3. Ella Jane, b. Mar. 18th, 1880.
• (1408) V. 4. Elvina J., b. Feb. 15th, 1847 ; m. J. F. Cooper. Now of Fort Worth, Texas.

Issue (Cooper) :

• (1410) VI. 1. Anna Belle.

(Dicks)

• (1411) V. 5. THOMAS GRAFTON, b. May 9th, 1849 ; m. Louisa McCalet. She d. . Issue, two children.
• (1415) V. 6. NANNIE JEANETTE, b. April 7th, 1851 ; d. June 4th, 1852.
• (1416) V. 7. WILLIAM BARBER, b. Feb. 19th, 1853; m., Nov. 20th, 1881, Anna G. Kirksey. Now of Natchez.

Issue (Dicks) :

• (1418) VI. 1. Isaac Kirksey, b. Nov. 20th, 1882.
• (1419) VI. 2. Janette, b. Dec. 13th, 1884.
• (1420) VI. 3. John Barber, b. July 2d, 1889.

(1421) IV. 7. JAMES BARBER, b. Oct. 10th, 1813, in Columbia, Pa.; m., Oct. 8th, 1835, Mary Margaret Weaver, of Montgomery Co., Ohio, b. Oct. 16th, 1816. He d. Mar. 29th, 1878, at Dayton, Ohio. He was Postmaster of West Alexandria, Ohio, during the administrations of Jackson and Van Buren. He was Treasurer of Lanier Township, Preble Co., Ohio, from 1837 to 1844.

Issue (Dicks) :

• (1423) V. 1. JOHN VAN BUREN, b. Jan. 25th, 1837 ; m., Nov. 11th, 1863, Adelaide Reber, of Dayton.

Issue (Dicks) :

• (1425) VI. 1. Minnie May; m. William Kuhns, of Dayton, April 29th, 1886. Issue, one child, which d. in infancy.
• (1428) VI. 2. Ada.
• (1429) VI. 3. James Reber.
• (1430) V. 2. JAMES BARBER, b. Oct. 6th, 1838; d. in infancy.
• (1434) V. 3. THOMAS JEFFERSON, b. Jan. 2d, 1841 ; m.. May 26th, 1875, NANNIE JANE DEARDORF, of Dayton. Issue, one child, which d. in infancy.
• (1435) V. 4. MARY CATHERINE, b. Sept. 17th, 1843; m.. May 31st, 1870, E. Walter Keith, of Grafton, Mass. Now of Dayton.
• (1436) V. 5. ELLA, b. Oct. 26th, 1846 ; m., Oct. 23d, 1868, George E. Hall, of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Issue (Hall) :

• (1438) VI. 1. Mary R.

(Dicks)

• (1439) V. 6. WILLIAM BARBER, b. Feb. 22d, 1849; m. (1st), May 30th, 1871, LEONORA NEWLOVE, of Springfield, Ohio. She d. Oct. 21st, 1884. He m. (2d), Dec. 29th,1886, MARY GEBHART, of Bellefonte, Pa. Now of Dayton.

Issue, by 1st marriage (Dicks) :

• (1442) VI. 1. Anna Newlove.
• (1443) VI. 2. John Newlove.
• (1444) V. 7. MICHAEL WEAVER b. Oct. 28th, 1852. Now of Dayton.
• (1445) V. 8. ROBERT HOWE, b. May 22d, 1854. Now of Dayton.

(1446) IV. 8. ELVINA , b. in Columbia, Pa., Jan. 26th, 1815; m., Feb. 1st, 1838, at Natchez, Miss., Robert Jones Howe, b. at York, Pa., Feb. 1st, 1811, son of Isaac Howe and Mary Jones. Elvina Howe d. Jan. 19th, 1873. Robert Howe d. Aug. 24th, 1870, in Natchez.

Issue (Howe) :

• (1448) V. 1. GEORGE, b. at Rossville, Ohio, Oct. 22d, 1838 ; studied medicine in New Orleans, La., and graduated in 1861 ; went into Confederate service as Assistant Surgeon in April, 1861, and was taken prisoner at the fall of Forts St. Philip and Jackson. He m. (1st), Oct. 25th, 1862, Olympe Marie de Lesseps, b. in New Orleans, Nov. 27th, 1842, eldest dr. of Auguste de Lesseps (cousin of Ferdinand de Lesseps, the great French engineer) and Carmen Ribas. She d. Sept. 13th, 1878, and he m. (2d), Oct. 2d, 1879, Marguerite Henriette Lanauze de Lougueville, b. in New Orleans, April 7th, 1853, dr. of Jean Adolph Lanauze de Longueville and Henriette Feraud (a lineal descendant of Cavalier de La Salle, the discoverer of the mouth of the Mississippi River). Dr. George Howe is now a practicing physician in New Orleans, and member of commission of experts appointed by State Board of Health, to examine supposed yellow fever and cholera cases, and declare their character.

Issue, by 1st marriage (Howe) :

• (1451) VI. 1. Georgina Elvina Carmen, b. July 23d, 1863 ;d. Jan. 21st, 1865.
• (1452) VI. 2. Marie Inez Isabella, b. Sept. 14th, 1864 ; d. Sept. 21st, 1878.
• (1453) VI. 3. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 17th, 1866; d. Dec. 17th, 1866.
• (1454) VI. 4. Corinne, b. July 23d, 1868; d. July 23d, 1868.
• (1455) VI. 5. Augusta Manette, b. July 23d, 1869.
• (1456) VI. 6. Robert Harper, b. Mar. 14th, 1871 ; d. Sept. 25th, 1878.
• (1457) VI. 7. Ruth Harriet, b. Dec. 12th, 1874. .

Issue, by 2d marriage (Howe) :

• (1458) VI. 8. Louise Eugenie, b. June 18th, 1880.
• (1459) VI. 9. George, b. Sept. 22d, 1881.
• (1460) VI. 10. Marie Elvina, b. Aug. 4th, 1883.
• (1461) VI. 11. James, b. Dec. 27th, 1884.
• (1462) V. 2. ROBERT, b. at Natchez, Miss., Nov. 17th, 1840 ; enlisted in the Confederate army in 1861, and served one year in the First Louisiana Battalion of Infantry, and afterward three years and one month in Fenner's Battery, Light Infantry ; surrendered at Meridian, Miss., May 12th, 1865. He m., at Louisville, Ky., Nov. 16th, 1865, HADASSAH JANE WATERS, b. at Natchez, Miss., Sept. 20th, 1840, dr. of Stephenson and Amanda O. Waters. He now resides in Orlando, Fla., where he is engaged in the manufacture of ice and cultivating oranges.

Issue (Howe) :

• (1464) VI. 1. Stephenson Waters, b. June 26th, 1869, at Louisville, Ky.
• (1465) V. 3. WILLIAM, b. at Natchez, April 24th, 1843. He was killed in the battle of Jackson, Miss., July 10th, 1863.
• (1466) V. 4. CHARLES M., born at Natchez, Oct. 30th, 1846; m. Eugenia Marie Wood. Now of Cairo, Ill. Issue, two children.
• (1470) V. 5. FRANK, b. at Natchez, Aug. 22d, 1849; unm. Now of Cairo.
• (1471) V. 6. ALBERT L., b. at Natchez, Jan. 11th, 1854; m., Nov. loth, 1877, Annie Laurie Forbes, dr. of Col. Wm. Henry Forbes, of the celebrated Black Horse Cavalry of Confederate fame. Albert L. Howe was elected Alderman of the 3d Ward of Natchez in Dec. 1886, and re- elected to same position Dec. 1888 ; appointed Trustee of Public Schools in 1877, and still retains both positions. He is now in the wholesale grocery and commission business in Natchez.

Issue (Howe) :

• (1473) VI. 1. William Robert, b. Oct. 27th, 1878.
• (1474) VI 2. Frank, b. Oct. 26th, 1880; d. Sept. 15th, 1886.
• (1475) VI. 3. Albert Henry, b. Oct. 2d, 1882.
• (1476) V. 7. JOHN DICKS, b. at Natchez, Jan. 4th, 1857 ; m. . Now of Cheyenne, W. T.

(Barber)

(1478) III. 5. ELEANOR, b. Oct. 28th, 1776; m. ELISHA MOORE. She d. at Bellefonte, Pa., Mar. 16th, 1827. He also d. at Bellefonte.

Issue (Moore) :

(1480) IV. 1. ELIZA ; m. (1st) MR. SMITH, who d. Aug. 16th, 1834. She m. (2d) Mr. Ennis. They lived at Hollidaysburg, Pa., and afterward at Lyons, Iowa.

Issue, by 1st marriage (Smith) :

• (1483) V. 1. WILLIAM B., who d. about 1825.

(Moore)

(1484) IV. 2. WILLIAM B ., went to Virginia.

(1485) IV. 3. ELLEN J. , d. at Bellefonte, unm.

(Barber)

(1486) III. 6. JAMES, b. Oct. 19th, 1778; d. at Petersburg, Va., Dec. 25th, 1814, unm.

(1487) III. 7. JOHN, youngest son of James and Elizabeth Wright Barber, was b. Feb. 22d, 1782, probably in the two-story brick house which was afterward bought by Judge William Augustus AtLee (on the property now owned by Mr. E. K. Smith), on the southeastern outskirts of Columbia. The old mansion was torn down about twenty years ago.

In 1804 he entered the mercantile business in partnership with Nathaniel Barber, his cousin, taking the store of Samuel Miller. He was in partnership in the dry goods' business with James Wright from 1807 until about 1820, on Locust St. He was afterward in business with Messrs. Houston and Gossler, at Front and Walnut Sts., and for some time after 1827 was in the lumber business with Isaac Vaughan. He also was a partner of James Barber, his nephew, in the same business, from 1847 to 1849. In the year 1814, he, with Killian Epley, purchased a tract of land lying in the town of Columbia, from Christian Brenneman, which, with several other pieces of land, in and near the town, they divided into lots and sold. They laid out an addition to the town, on Third St. below Union. He was always a public-spirited citizen and prominently identified with all public enterprises in his native town.

In 1812 he was a member of the 75th Penna. Reg. of Militia, and was afterward appointed pay- master to pay off the regiment. He was Secretary of the Susquehanna and York Borough Turnpike in 1809, and was afterward a Director in the Columbia and Portsmouth Turnpike. In 1825 he was elected a State Director of the Columbia Bridge Co., and on Dec. 14th, 1827, he was reelected by the House of Representatives, and was continued in this office for several years. On June 3d, 1829, he was unanimously appointed, by the Penna. Canal Commissioners, Superintendent of the Columbia and Philadelphia Rail Road, and held that im- portant position until the spring of 1833. In 1830
June 9th) it was ordered by the Canal Commissioners that the Eastern Division of the Penna. Canal, from Columbia to Middletown, be attached to the Superintendency of the Columbia and Phila. R.R., thus coming under his supervision. This branch of the railroad w^as commenced in 1829, and a single track was completed and opened April 16th, 1834. On Oct. 7th of the same year the second (double) track was opened to the public. shortly after his connection as Superintendent had ceased.

He was Chief Burgess of Columbia Borough, under the first charter, in 1824, and again in 1829, and was Ass't Burgess in 1831. He was elected to the General Assembly in 1828. In 1833 he was Treasurer of the Columbia, Marietta and Portsmouth Road, and subsequently held a number of minor public positions.

He married, Feb. 22d, 1821, Sarah Elizabeth, dr. of John Sanderson Whitehill and Mary Ann AtLee, and grand dr. of Col. Samuel John AtLee, of the Revolution. She was b. Sept. 17th, 1800. In 1849 he moved to Baltimore, Md., to join his sons, William and Samuel, who were engaged in the lumber business in that city. In 1856 he moved to West Chester, Pa., and died at that place on Oct. 23d, 1868. She d. at West Chester Jan. 13th, 1858.

Issue (Barber) :

(1489) IV. 1. WILLIAM EDWIN , b. in Columbia, April 21st, 1822 ; graduated at Lafayette College, in 1840, with the English Salutatory, and afterwards received the degree of A. M. from that Institution ; studied Law under U. S. Senator James Cooper, at Gettysburg, Pa., and was admitted, in 1844, to the bar of Adams and Lancaster Counties. In January, 1846, he was admitted to the Chester County bar. He m. (1st) Oct. 31st, 1850, in West Chester, Pa., ANNE ELIZA TOWNSEND, b. Aug. 17th, 1825, dr. of David Townsend and Rebecca Sharpless. He moved to Baltimore, Md., in 1848, on account of impaired health, where he was engaged in the lumber business until 1856. In 1857 he moved with his family to Davenport, Iowa, where, in partnership with his brother Samuel, he opened a Law and Land office. She d. in Davenport, Sept. 28th, 1857. He then returned to West Chester in 1858, where he resumed the practice
of law. Here he m. (2d), Jan. 24th, 1866, LYDIA CRESSON STILES, dr. of James and Ellen K. Stiles. He was Assessor of Internal Revenue for the 7th Penna. Dist. from 1869 to 1873 ; was for several years, during the War of the Rebellion, Chairman of the Republican County Committee. He received the first prize of $500, offered by the Union League, of Philadelphia, in 1868, for the best essay on Political Organization, and was for many years prominent in the Presbyterian Church and in politics. He d. at Kirkland, near West Chester, on April 13th, 1882.

Issue, by 1st marriage (Barber) :

• (1492) V. 1. EDWIN AT LEE, b. in Baltimore, Md., Aug. 13th, 1851; Lafayette College, Class of 1873; m., Feb. 5th, 1880, in Phila., NELLIE LOUISE PARKER, b. July 7th, 1857, dr. of the late Maj. William H. Parker, U. S. Marine Corps, and Mary Louise Young. In 1874 and '75 was Assistant Geologist andNaturalist on the U. S. Geol. and Geog. Survey of the Territories, in Colorado, etc. ; was Superintendent of the West Phila. Post Office from 1879 to 1885, and Chairman of the U. S. Civil Service Examining Board of the Phila, P. O. Now in the Investment business in Philadelphia, and resides in West Chester, Pa.

Issue (Barber) :

• (1494) VI. 1. Louise AtLee, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., April 6th, 1883.
• (1495) V. 2. WILLIAM TOWNSEND, b. in Baltimore, Md., Dec. 14th, 1853; graduated at Yale College, Class of 1873; m., Oct. 19th, 1875, Anna Reigart Haldeman, b. Oct. 19th, 1855, dr. of John Haldeman and Anna Reigart, of Lancaster Co. Now practicing Law in West Chester, Pa. (See 1090, 1091.)

Issue (Barber) :

• (1497) VI. 1. Kate Smith, b. in West Chester, May 11th, 1880.
• (1498) V. 3. ANNE TOWNSEND, b. in Davenport, Iowa, Sept. 28th, 1857; m., Oct. 31st, 1883, George Hepburn Watson, b. Aug. 14th, 1857 ; member of New York Stock Exchange, and now resides in Roselle, N. J,

Issue (Watson) :

• (1500) VI 1. Helen, b. in Roselle, Nov. 27th, 1884; d. at Roselle, Dec. 2d, 1884.
• (1501) VI 2. Walter Malcolm, b. Oct. 8th, 1886.
• (1502) VI. 3. Louisa Townsend, b. Mar. 3d, 1888; d. July 2d, 1889, at Ocean Beach, N. J.

Issue, by 2d marriage (Barber) :

• (1503) V. 4. ELEANOR CRESSON, b. in West Chester, Pa., July 20th, 1867; m., June 18th, 1889, James Cadwalader Sellers, member of the Philadelphia Bar, residing in West Chester.
• (1505) V. 5. WALTER b. August 8th, 1869.
• (1506) V. 6. ELIZABETH STILES, b. Oct. 20th, 1872.

(1507) IV. 2. SAMUEL WHITEHILL, b. Oct. 22d, 1824; grad. Lafayette College, Class of 1840; m. (1st), Nov. 4th, 1847, Mary Jane Boyd, of Philadelphia, b. Aug. 27th, 1820; d. Aug. 15th. 1849. He was in the lumber business in Baltimore, Md., from 1848 to 1856 ; in the land business in Davenport,
Iowa, in 1857-'59 ; has resided in St. Louis, Mo., since 1859. He m. (2d) Caroline S. Tilford, of St. Louis.

Issue, by 1st marriage (Barber) :

• (1510) V. 1. EMMA, b. Sept. 2d, 1848; d. Feb. 20th, 1853.

(1511) IV. 3. ELIZABETH WRIGHT, b. Jan. 6th, 1826; m,, April 28th, 1846, Sydenham Rush Clarke, M.D., of Baltimore, Md. She d. at Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 16th, 1878. He d. at same place Sept. 19th, 1878.

Issue (Clarke) :

• (1513) V. 1. LUCY EMMA, b. Feb., 1847; d. Aug. 14th, 1849.
• (1514) V. 2. HELEN RUSH, b. Dec, 1849 ; d. May 19th, 1850.
• (1515) V. 3. EDWARD P., b. Nov. 8th, 1850; m. (1st), Feb. 21st, 1877, MAGGIE STRATON, of Memphis, Tenn., b. Sept. 25th, 1855 ; d. at Memphis, July 10th, 1880. He m. (2d), Dec. 4th, 1884, FLORENCE MAY ANDERSON, of Jersey City, N. J. He is now in business in New York.

Issue, by 2d marriage (Clarke) :

• (1518) VI Lucille Downing, b. Feb. 2d, 1886.
• (1519) V. 4. WALTER RUSH, b. Mar. 17th, 1853 ; d. Sept., 1855.

(Barber)

(1520) IV. 4. MARY ANN , b. Feb. 2d, 1828 ; m., May 15th, 1849, Richard Treat Leech, of Pittsburg, Pa., b. at Harrisburg, Pa., Aug. 19th, 1823. Now of Oil City, Pa.

Issue (Leech) :

• (1522) V. 1. JOHN FREDERICK, b. at Baltimore, Md., Sept. 24th, 1850 ; m., April 6th, 1875, Margaretta Park, b. April 29th, 1851, dr. of the late David E. Park, of Allegheny City, Pa. Now residing in Washington, D. C.

Issue (Leech) :

• (1524) VI. 1. Marian Edgar, b. Jan. 28th, 1876, at Allegheny City.
• (1525) VI. 2. Frances Frederica, b. Dec. 26th, 1878, at Allegheny City.
• (1526) VI. 3. David Edgar Park, b. Oct. 27th, 1883, at Allegheny City; d. Jan. 14th, 1884.
• (1527) VI. 4. Katherine Olivia, b. Jan. 19th, 1889, at Washington, D. C.
• (1528) V. 2. RICHARD TREAT, b. at New Brighton, Pa., May 15th, 1853; d. Feb. 5th, 1854.
• (1529) V. 3. JESSIE MARIAN, b. at Sewickley, Pa., Feb. 5th, 1860; in., June 18th, 1889, OSCAR FULTON DAVISSON, a lawyer of Dayton, Ohio.
• (1531) V. 4. CHARLES COLTON, b. at Sewickley, Aug. 30th, 1861.
• (1532) V. 5. MARIAN AT LEE, b. at Pittsburg, Oct. 20th, 1864; d. at West Chester, Pa., Oct. 1st, 1865.
• (1533) V. 6. RICHARD BARBER, b. at Pittsburg, Oct. 7th, 1868; d. Oct. 28th, 1868.

(Barber)

(1534) IV. 5. EMMA COLTON , m., June 6th, 1865, JAMES J. CREIGH, of West Chester, Pa. ; lawyer, District Attorney, Episcopal clergyman. Now of West Chester.

Issue (Creigh) :

• (1536) V. 1. MARY DUNBAR, b. Dec. 17th, 1866.

(Barber)

(1537) IV. 6. JOHN JAMES , b. June 18th, 1833 ; m., Oct. 12th, 1859, Henrietta Malinda Worthington, dr. of Carver Worthington, of West Chester, Pa.

Issue (Barber) :

• (1539) V. 1. MABEL WORTHINGTON, b. Sept. 21st, 1860, in Scott Co., Iowa; d. Dec. 31st, 1866.
• (1540) V. 2. CARVER WORTHINGTON, b. Mar. 17th, 1862, in Chester Co., Pa.; m., Sept. 20th, 1883, CATHARINE LAVINIA CODMUS GILMORE.