William Edwin Barber

• Reference: Barber Full Text: https://archive.org/details/genealogyofbarbe00barb see also https://archive.org/details/genealogyofbarbe00barb/page/n3/mode/2up... Genealogy of the Barber Family-The Descendants of Robert Barber of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. By Edwin AtLee Barber, A.M. Philadelphia, Press of Wm. F. Fell & Co. 1890 pp. 120-121

WILLIAM EDWIN BARBER (1489).

GENEALOGY. (Data contemporary to 1890)

Issue (Barber) :

(i489) 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 dr. of the late Maj. William H. Parker, U/S.Marine Corps, and Mary Louise Young. In 1874 and '75 was Assistant Geologist and Naturalist 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 TOWSNSEND, 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) VL 1. Helen, b. in Roselle, Nov. 27th, 1884; d. at Roselle, Dec. 2d, 1884.
• (1501) VL 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.

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• Reference: Atlee: Full Text: https://archive.org/details/genealogicalreco00barb Genealogical Record of Atlee Family of Lancaster, Pa.: The Descendants of Judge William Augustus Atlee and Colonel Samuel John Atlee of Lancaster County, Pa. by Edwin AtLee Barber, A.M.: Philadelphia: Press of Wm. F. Fell & Co. 1884 pp. 82-87, and 102-108

Genealogy (Data contemoprary to 1884)

• (V). 1. WILLIAM EDWIN, b. in Columbia, April 21st, 1822; grad. Lafayette Coll. 1840, with the English Salutatory; studied law under U.S. Senator James Cooper, at Gettysburgh, Pa., and was admitted, in 1844, to the bar of Adams and Lancaster counties; in January, 1846, admitted to the Chester county bar; m. (1st), October 31st. 1850, in West Chester, Pa., ANNA ELIZA TOWNSEND b. August 17th, 1825, dr. of David Townsend. He removed to Baltimore, Md., in 1848, on account of impaired health, where . he was engaged in the lumber business until 1856; removed to Davenport, Iowa, in 1857, where, in partnership with his brother, he opened a law and land office. She d. in D., September 28th, 1857. He then returned to West Chester, in 1858, and resumed the practice of law. Here he m. (2d), January 24th, 1866, LYDIA CRESSON STILES. He was Assessor of Internal Revenue for the 7th Penna. Dist. from 1869 to 1873 ; received the first prize of $500, offered by the Union League of Phila., in 1868, for the best essay on Political Organization ; was, for many years, prominent in the church, and in politics, He d. at Kirkland, near W. U., April 13th, 1882, greatly lamented by the community.

Issue (by 1st marriage):

• (VI). 1. Edwin At Lee, b. in Baltimore, Md., August 13th, 1851 ; entered Lafayette Coll., class of 1873; now Superintendent West Philadelphia P. 0., and Chairman Civil-Service Examining Board; m., February 5th, 1880, Nellie Louise Parker, of Philadelphia, b. July 7th, 1857, dr. of the late Major William H. Parker, U. S. Marine Corps.

Issue :

• (VII). 1. Louise At Lee, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., April 6th, 1883.
• (VI). 2. William Townsend ,b. in Baltimore, December 14th, 1853; m., October 19th, 1875, Anna Reigart Haldeman, b. October 19th, 1855, dr. of John Haldeman, of Lancaster Co. ; grad. Yale Coll. 1873; a lawyer in West Chester, Pa. (see page 93).

Issue :

• (VII). 1. Kate Smith, b. at West Chester, Pa., May 11th, 1880.
• (VI). 3. Annie Townsend, b. in Davenport, Iowa, September 28th, 1857; m., October 31st, 1883, George Hepburn Watson, a banker in New York city

(By 2d marriage) :

• (VI). 4. Eleanor Cresson, b. in West Chester, July 20th, 1868.
• (VI). 5. Walter, b. August 8th, 1870.
• (VI). 6. Elizabeth Stiles, b. October 20tb, 1873.
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