Person:Alzina Barker (1)

Obituary

Norwalk Weekly Reflector 1 Feb 1881 Eds. Reflector:-Mrs. Alzina Briggs of whose illness we spoke last week, died, Saturday morning, the 22d ult. Her funeral was held in the M. E. church, at Greenwich Station, on Monday. The Rev. Mr. Barron conducted the services. "Aunt Zina" as she was familiarly called was born in Hillsdale County, New Hampshire, December 22d, 1801. She came to Greenwich township, Huron County, Ohio, with her father, Ephraim Barker, in March 1818, and was married August 1st, 1820, to David W. Briggs, who died June 14th, 1863. By this marriage she was the mother of fourteen children, seven boys and seven girls, only eight of whom are now living, five girls and three boys...Mr. H.G. Norwalk Weekly Reflector 2/1/1881 page four column three

Additional Comments: Note that David W. Briggs' obituary notice was in Norwalk Weekly Reflector 6/21/1864 and states death date as 15 June 1864.

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Posted Dec 27, 2012 by BarbaraRobertson1951

Excerpt from "A Memorial to the Pioneer Women of the Western Reserve..Pioneer Women of Greenwich, Huron County, OH 1817-1840. Gertrude Van Rensaselear, editor" Obtained from Huron County OH GENWEB. Note that spelling Alyina should be Alzina.

The first couple married in Greenwich was Alyina Barker and David Briggs. Briggs was a great hunter and the care of the large family that soon gathered around his fireplace, devolved largely upon his wife. Upon the advent of the little ones, she sent for a neighbor (Mrs. Luther Mead). When Mrs. Mead arrive she found Mrs. Briggs alone, Briggs on a hunting tour and the children at the neighbor's. Mrs. Briggs said: "I think I can get along all right"--and she did.

Mrs. Briggs not only helped greatly in raising her younger brothers and sisters, and rearing her own large family, but until the last year of her long life she was greatly sought after as a nurse in the families of her neighbors. She died at the home of her brother, Daniel Barker, in Ripley, aged eighty years.

Alzina (Barker) Briggs (1801-1881)

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1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Huron, Ohio, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule.
2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Haines, Sarah A., in Ohio, United States. Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997
   02 Feb 1915.

   Mother of deceased, Sarah A. Haines, b. 20 Oct 1831 in Ohio & d. 02 Feb 1915 in Huron County, Ohio, is listed as ALZENA PARKER, b. in NEW YORK.

3. ↑ Hains, James F., in Huron County, Ohio. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

   Sarah Hains, 68, b. Oct 1832 in Ohio; w/o James F. Hains; father b. in New Hampshire; mother b. in Connecticut.

4. ↑ p 340, in Williams, William W. History of the Fire lands, comprising Huron and Erie Counties, Ohio: with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of the prominent men and pioneers. (Tucson, Arizona: W.C. Cox Co., 1974).
5.   Ephraim Foster (5) Barker, in Abbott, Charlotte Helen. Early Records of the Barker Family of Andover. (Andover, Mass.: typescript)
   p 40.

   Alzina (6) m. Briggs

6.   Reichelderfer, Patricia Haines
   2014-04-04.

   Both Pat & her sister, Helen, know of the family's oral history that a female ancestor was an herbalist & would be asked to help both white settlers & Native Americans. Aunt Pat thinks that this ancestor might be Alzina Barker Briggs. She believes that she was trained in an apothecary in Connecticut.

7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3} Calhoun, South Carolina, United States. GenWeb.

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