Person:Thomas Barber (46)
Thomas Barber
b.Abt 1790 Pennsylvania, United States
d.19 Oct 1859 Plain Grove (township), Lawrence, Pennsylvania, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m.
  1. Robert Barber - Aft 1830
  2. William Barber - Aft 1830
  3. Sara Barber - Aft 1830
  4. Mary Ann Barber - Aft 1830
  5. Elizabeth Barber - Aft 1830
  6. Thomas Barber1790 - 1859
  7. John S. BarberCal 1793 - 1813
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Thomas BarberAbt 1790 - 1859
  • W.  Mary GreenAbt 1794 - 1882
m. 9 Apr 1816
  1. Susan BarberAbt 1816 -
  2. Adam Stuart Barber1821 - 1895
  3. Mary BarberAbt 1822 -
  4. John Barber1823 -
  5. Eliza BarberAbt 1826 -
  6. Jane BarberAbt 1827 -
  7. Caroline BarberAbt 1828 -
  8. Sarah BarberAbt 1830 -
  9. Martha BarberAbt 1832 -
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Facts and Events
Name Thomas Barber
Gender Male
Birth[1][3][4] Abt 1790 Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage 9 Apr 1816 Slippery Rock, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United Statesnow Plain Grove, Lawrence County
to Mary Green
Military[1] War of 1812
Death[1][3] 19 Oct 1859 Plain Grove (township), Lawrence, Pennsylvania, United States
Alt Death[2][6] 28 Oct 1859 Plain Grove, Lawrence, Pennsylvania
Burial[2] South Plain Grove Cemetery, Lawrence, Pennsylvania

He was described in his pension papers as 5'8" with sandy hair and hazel eyes.[3] Thomas had a mill in 1815 on Neshannock Creek where Lockeville village was established.[9] (Lockeville was later named Volant, and is in Wilmingon township, Lawrence Co.)

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Pension File.

    -4 Dec 1850 testified to being age 60 and a resident of Slippery Rock, Mercer, PA
    -m. 9 Apr 1816 Mary Green
    -d. 19 Oct 1859
    -sons: John, b. 19 Feb 1823 and Adam S., b. 19 May 1821 gave testimony.
    -134th Regiment of PA militia, Capt. James Denniston & Col. Thomas Hosack; also Capt. David Robinson
    -5' 8", Sandy hair, hazel eyes

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Thomas Barber, in Find A Grave.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Widow's Pension Records of Mary Barber. (file WC-15063, National Archives).
  4. ↑ United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432).
  5.   Myers, Paul W. Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, soldiers: Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War. (Apollo, Pennsylvania: Closson Press, c1988).
  6. ↑ Seven Barber gravestone transcriptions. (unpublished note likely from 1920s-1930s).
  7.   Lawrence, James M. Survey book of Plaingrove Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania.
  8.   Baldwin, Henry R. Oldest inscriptions, with Revolutionary and War of 1812 records of the cemeteries of Trumbull, Mahoning and Columbiana Counties, Ohio, and Lawrence, Mercer and Beaver Counties, Pennsylvania. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1963).

    This says Thomas Barber d 28 Oct 1850 in 70th year. Presumably the "0" came from a misreading of the "9" in "1859".

  9. ↑ Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society quarterly
    v2 #3 p83.
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