The thomas barber genealogy

Children of Elisha and Emeline, born in NY:

i MARY JANE⁸, b Massena, St Lawrence Co NY 18 May 1835; d Chanute, Neosho Co KS 17 Oct 1917; m 1856 George Fairbanks

HOUGHTON, b Kingston, Sauk Co WI 10 FebVT 5 Aug 1833, d Phoenix AZ 6 Jan 1913, son of Hiram T and Cynthia (DANFORTH)

HOUGHTON of Barnet, Caledonia Co VT and Kingston, Sauk Co WI. In 1870 and 1880 they farmed in Pleasant Valley, Wilson

Co KS; Mary Jane‘s mother lived with them in 1870. In 1900 George farmed in Maricopa Co AZ, no other family members

present. Apparently George lived in Arizona from about 1894 on, without Mary

Jane, but they were still married. George served in the Civil War, in Company D, Brackett’s Battalion, Minnesota

Cavalry. [~ Corresp:Margaret Long; Geo Houghton’s Pension Applic,1908 ~] [~ 1850 census:Barnet; 1860

Children of Mary Jane and George: (there were 9 children):

i Susan Martha HOUGHTON⁹, b Sauk Prairie, Sauk Co WI 18 Nov 1859; d San Diego CA 18 Oct 1939; m KS 25 May 1876; m Barnabus Clapp LONG, b Vermilion Co IL Jul 1849, d 3 Aug 1914, son of Abram and Barbara (CLAPP) LONG. r Laverne, Harper Co OK. In 1880 they were farming in Pleasant Valley, Wilson Co KS. Lived in Clifton, Wilson Co KS.

ii George H HOUGHTON⁹, b Warsar, Goodhue Co MN 14 Oct 1861; r Barker, Harris Co TX.

iii Edgar Fairbanks HOUGHTON⁹, b Warsar 26 Jul 1863; m 2 Dec 1899 Harriet ALLEN, b North Branch, Lapeer Co MI 2 Apr

1865; d 1891, daughter of Elijah Ledgo and Sarah (DURPHY) ALLEN; they lived in Stafford, Stafford Co KS, where

Edgar was a minister, doing “gospel work”. Lived in Chanute, Neosho Co KS in 1910. In 1920 Tioga, Neosho Co Edgar was a Farmhand. Back in Chanute 1930, 1940, Edgar did Odd Jobs.
iv Lucy Love HOUGHTON⁹, b Goodhue, Goodhue Co MN 21 Jul 1866; d Thayer, Neosho Co KS 17 Jan 1940; m Wilson

Co KS 13 Jan 1887 Charles Emmett VanMETER, b Kansas, Edgar Co IL 16 Aug 1868, d Thayer, Neosho Co KS 1

Nov 1935, son of George and Lydia M (BENSYL) VanMETER. They farmed in Chetopa, Neosho Co KS in 1910,

1920, 1930.

Grant OK 15 Feb 1895 John Spence BURCHFIELD, b Dandridge, Jefferson Co TN 20 Dec 1870, d Wichita 17 Aug

1953, son of Joseph R and Louisa (LEE) BURCHFIELD. Lived in Wakita, Grant Co OK in 1900: John ran a Grocery

and General Store with partner John LEE, b TN 1870. In Anthony, Harper Co KS 1910 John was Salesman at a

Lumber Yard. In 1930 they lived in Hoisington, Barton Co KS: John was Manager of a Hotel.
vi Mabel Pearl HOUGHTON⁹, b Pleasant Valley, Wilson Co KS 25 Mar 1878; d there 8 Oct 1902; m KS 1897 Edward L

SMITH, b Lawndale, McLean Co IL 4 Dec 1875, d Glendale, Maricopa Co AZ 23 Jan 1954, son of John Shelton and

Anna SMITH. Edward m/2 1920 Elsie Anna HAWKINS, b KS 8 Apr 1873, d Phoenix AZ Apr 1957, daughter of

Leander J and Lucinda (WILSON) HAWKINS. In 1900 Edward and Mabel farmed in Pleasant Valley KS. Edward

and Elsie lived in Soledad, Los Angeles Co CA in 1820, where Edward was Foreman at the Water Works.
ii MARTHA S⁸, b 1836/7; d Sumpter, Sauk Co WI; buried Sauk Prairie Cemetery; unmarried.

iii LUCINA N⁸ (ORSINA), b 1838/9; d 1860; buried Sauk Prairie Cemetery.

ancestry.com ~]

They moved to Dundee shortly after their marriage. In 1850 they were in Rutland, Kane Co IL, and by 1860 in Portland,

MonroeCoWI. And in 1880 he was in Yager Creek, Humboldt Co CA, working on a ranch. [~ census; ancestry.com family trees:kootjt;

FosterFamTree at ancestry.com ~][~ Corresp:Mrs Thomas Regan; 1850 census:Rutland ~]

Children of Horace Adams and Selina:

i GEORGE H⁸, b Dundee, Kane Co IL 8 Jun 1846; d Mountain Home, Washington Co TN 10 Feb 1936 at the National Home for

Disabled Soldiers; m/1 ---; m/2 1895/6 Kattie ----, b IL Mar 1880 (later divorced). George served in Company C, Wisconsin 19^th infantry, 1863-1865. He and Kattie lived in Oakland, Alameda Co CA in1900, where he was an iron moulder. He entered the Veteran’s Home in Yount, Napa Co CA in 1910, and the National Home by 1920.

Child of George and Kattie:

i GEORGE JOHN⁹, b CA Mar 1897
ii ALLEN N⁸, b Dundee 18 Sep 1847; d in California after 1910. In 1900 he was single in San Francisco CA, a Wood Turner. In 1910 he was in Elliott, San Joaquin Co CA, doing Odd Jobs.
iii MARY LUCY⁸, b Rutland IL 29 Jun 1849; d Arlington, San Bernardino Co CA 7 Nov 1938; m LaCrosse, LaCrosse

Co WI 26 Sep 1875 John J McCABE, b Thomastown, Ireland 2 Feb 1841, d College View (now Lincoln) NE,

13 Jan 1929, son of John and Maria McCABE; r York, York Co NE.
John J came to America about 1860, at age 19. He served in the Civil War, as a Private from Racine, Racine Co

WI, in Jacob F Foster’s Company of Light Artillery, 1861-1864. In 1865 he enlisted for another year, in Company G,

4th Regiment, U.S. Volunteers. They farmed in York Co NE in 1880. Farmed in Sherman, Frontier

Co NE in 1900. Lived in Hyannis, Grant Co NE in 1910: John worked in a Grocery Store. In 1920 John and Mary lived in Burley,

Cassia Co ID.

Children of Mary Lucy and John, b York NE:

i William Wilbur McCABE⁹, b WI 9 Apr 1878; d Orange Co FL 30 Jul 1947; m 23 Sep 1908 Maude Mamie E STEVENS, b

NE 10 Aug 1878, d Orange Co FL 1954, daughter of Amos Dawson and Sarah Pauline (HEIDERSTADT) STEVENS; r

Attleboro, Bristol Co MA. William and Maude were both Nurses at the Attleborough Sanitarium in 1910 and 1920. In

1930 and 1940 they were in Orlando, Orange Co FL: William was listed as a Sanitarium Nurse in 1930, and a

Graduate Nurse in 1940.
ii Willis W McCABE⁹, b WI 9 Apr 1877; d Los Angeles CA 10 Aug 1950; m NE 1898/9 Caroline Elizabeth MARTIN, b WI

3 Mar 1876, d Los Angeles 19 Oct 1944, daughter of Joseph and Harriet (TILLOTSON) MARTIN. In 1910 they

lived in Goshen, Utah Co UT, with a Fruit Farm. In 1920 they lived and farmed in Burleigh, Cassia Co ID. In Los

Angeles, Los Angeles Co CA in 1930 Willis was a Hod Carrier for Brick Buildings.

Frank Hiram BROOKS, b Marengo, Iowa Co IA 17 Aug 1872; d La Sierra 30 Apr 1958, son of Adam and Amanda

Ermina (DIMMICK) BROOKS; They lived in Hyannis, Grant Co NE in 1910, where Frank worked on the Railroad

Section. In College View, Lancaster Co NE 1920: Frank worked for Beaty Ice Creamery. In 1930 lived in Lincoln NE,

where Frank was a farmhand at a Dairy Farm, and Grace a Presser at a Cleaning Shop. Lived in Temescal,

Riverside Co CA 1940.

Their daughter Mrs. Thomas Regan supplied the information for this section of the genealogy.
Iv POLLY ANN⁸, b Rutland IL 7 Sep 1854; d Mellette, Spink Co SD before 1910; m La Crosse Co WI 8 May 1875 Louis ONDELL, b WI

about 1853, d Spink Co SD 22 Feb 1918, son of Peter ONDELL. Louis was a seed merchant in 1910 in Mellette, Spink Co SD.

Children of Polly and Louis:

i Ora/Aura ONDELL⁹, b 9 Jul 1878

ii Nellie ONDELL⁹, b SD 2 Aug 1879; d Spink Co 9 Jul 1917.
v AURETTA J⁸, b Portland, Monroe Co WI 25 Oct 1860

383. Capt. ALVA⁷ (or Alvah) BARBER (Heman⁶), b Hartland CT 3 Jun 1791; d 13 Apr 1871; m 6 Sep 1813 Lucy KELLOGG,

b New Hartford CT 26 Aug 1792, d West Winfield, Herkimer Co NY 13 Apr 1871, daughter of Martin and Lucy (SEYMOUR) KELLOGG; r West Winfield, Herkimer Co NY, then at Rodman, Jefferson Co NY. Alva was a Captain in the War of 1812. He was a carpenter and joiner, as well as a deacon in the Methodist Church. He and his brother-in-law Horace KELLOGG were trustees of old West Winfield Academy. [~ Kellogg Gen; Corresp:Barbera Miller ~][~ Ancestry.com: OneWorldTree ~]

Children of Alva and Lucy:

i OLIVE⁸, b West Winfield 20 Aug 1814; m there 13 Jan 1834 Dwight/DeWitt A WOODRUFF, b West Winfield 16 Jan 1809, son of Isaac and Polly (CHAMPLIN) WOODRUFF. In 1850 they were in Pomfret, Chautauqua Co NY where Dwight was a carpenter and joiner. In 1860 they lived in W. Winfield, Herkimer Co NY with her parents. Alva Barber was a carpenter, as was Dwight Woodruff. [~ census ~]

Children, born in NY:

i Charles WOODRUFF⁹, b 1837/8

ii Lucy E WOODRUFF⁹, b 1844/5
632 ii LEONARD KELLOGG⁸, b Rodman 28 Apr 1816; m/1 Eliza HESTER; m/2 Martha Ann HESTER.

iii LUCIE A⁸, b Rodman 14 Apr 1818; d Maumee, Lucas Co OH (previously known as Waynesfield); m West Winfield

by 1842 Philo W BOYD, b NY 10 Apr 1812, d Maumee, Lucas Co OH 17 Dec 1864, son of Amos and Esther (REYNOLDS) BOYD. Lucy and Philo reportedly had 7 children.

Children of Lucy and Philo, the first 3 born by 1850:

i Alice BOYD⁹, b OH 1842/3

ii Wesley J BOYD⁹, b OH 1845/6; d c 1879; m Minneapolis MN 30 Dec 1868 Margaret Abby WILLEY, b Cherryfield,

Washington Co ME 1848/9, daughter of Andrew F and Sarah Wilder (BRIDGHAM) WILLEY; r Minneapolis MN in

1870 (single), Anoka, Anoka Co MN in 1875 and 1880 (married, Wesley not present in 1880). Wesley lived in

Minneapolis in 1870, unaccompanied. Wesley served in the Civil War.
iii Arthur R BOYD⁹, b OH 1847/8

iv Kathen BOYD⁹ (girl), b probably Maumee, Lucas Co OH.1851/2

Jan1817 Eunice EDWARDS, b 1795/7, d 21 Jan 1846. Luman m/2 Ellington, Chautauqua Co NY 17 Oct 1847 Persis S LOCKE, b 1796/7, d 17 Sep 1859; r Locke, Cayuga Co, in the part which later became Summerhill. Luman fought in the War of 1812. They moved to Summerhill, Cayuga Co NY in 1817. Farmed. In 1880, Moravia, Cayuga Co NY Luman lived with his daughter Polly and Henry POWELL. [~ Schneider-Bartholemew FamTree And Burrows FamTree at ancestry.com ~] [~ Summerhill,1941, by Edith Buckley; Cayuga Co Newspaper; Cem:Summerhill; 1820,30 census:Locke; 1840 census:Summerhill ~]

Children of Luman and Eunice: (census also shows a girl b 1820-25):

i LUMAN⁸, b 1816/17; d in Wisconsin 26 Dec 1845; m Charlotte ---, b 1819/20, d 17 Apr 1844. Both are buried in

Summerhill.
ii ARDELIA/ADELIA⁸, b 7 Nov 1819; d Summerhill 25 Jan 1842.

iii POLLY M⁸, b NY 1822/3; d 4 Jan 1892; m Henry W POWELL, b NY 24 Jun 1808/9, son of Jacob and Hannah (PEARSALL)

POWELL; r Moravia, Cayuga Co. Her father Luman lived with them in 1870 and 1880. Farmed.

Child, living with Polly and Henry in Summerhill, 1850:

Loretta POWELL, b MI 1837/8. Possibly Henry had a wife before Polly.

v NANCY A⁸, b 1832

Children of Ralph and Almira, born at Summerhill):

i JAMES ORVILLE⁸, b 1818; d Auburn, Cayuga Co NY 1884; m Harriet ---, b NY 1820/1; r Auburn, Cayuga Co NY. [~ 1850,80 census: Auburn ~]

Children of James and Harriet:

i SYLVIA⁹, b 1839/40

ii ARDELIA⁹, b 1841/2

iii BRADFORD C⁹, b NY Apr 1848; d NY 18 Dec 1929; m Mary ----, b NY 1850/1; Bradford m/2 1896/7 Mildred J

DAVENPORT, b NY Jul 1876, d Auburn, Cayuga Co NY c 1905, daughter of Charles B and Elgena Sophronia

(ALVORD) DAVENPORT; Bradford m/3 before 1910 Harriet E ---, b NY 1857/8; r Auburn, Cayuga Co; Bradford

was a Postman in 1800, 1900 and 1920.

Children of Bradford and Mary:

i WILLIAM¹⁰, b NY 1872

ii EUGENE¹⁰, b NY 1878
ii ZYLPHA COWLES⁸, b 1819/20; d 16 Mar 1825

iii THADDEUS BRACE⁸, b 1822; m Marcellus, Onondaga Co NY after 1850 Mary ---, b NY 1822/3; d Auburn 1881; r Auburn, Cayuga Co NY. No children seen on censuses. In 1880 Thaddeus was a Painter in Auburn. [~ 1850,1860,80 census: Auburn ~]

VanBUSKIRK, b Preble, Cortland Co NY Aug 1828, d Cortland 1904, son of Cornelius and Lana (HUNTINGDON)

VanBUSKIRK of Preble, Cortland Co NY.. He was a farmer, and taught school in the

winters. They were staunch supporters of the Congregation Church in Summerhill. [~ 1850 census:Preble ~]

Children of Julia and Cornelius:

i Annette VanBUSKIRK⁹, b Apr 1856; d 1941; unmarried; r Cortland.

ii Francis VanBUSKIRK¹⁰, b Summerhill, Cayuga Co NY 1 Jun 1858; d 1940; married.

iii Irving VanBUSKIRK¹⁰, b 1861/2; d 16 Feb 1883 from “black measles”.

iv Ettie VanBUSKIRK⁹, b about 1863; unmarried.

v Edmond A VanBUSKIRK⁹, b 23 Jun 1868; m 1919/20 Jennie FLEMING, b IA 1867/8. r in Summerhill. In 1900 he was a single laborer. In 1910 Jennie FLEMING and her sister Maud ran a General Store in Summerhill, and Edmond boarded with

them. In 1920 and 1930 Edmond was farming, and Jennie ran her store. Maud helped on the farm.
vi Hattie VanBUSKIRK¹⁰, b NY 1869/70; d 28 May 1916; m 1902/3 Eugene EATON, b Summerhill, Cayuga Co NY 9 Oct

1858, d 25 Oct 1917, son of Elijah and Lydia (ROWLEY) EATON. Eugene m/1 Sarah A ---, b NY 1857/8. Eugene

and Sarah farmed in Summerhill in 1880. In 1900 Eugene, widowed, lived and farmed in Summerhill. His mother

was with him. In 1910 Eugene and Hattie ran the farm.

Children of A H and Frances:

i JULIA⁹, b NY 1854/5; (not in 1870 census).

ii JAMES M⁹, b NY Feb 1860; m 1884/5 Carlotta TUCKER, b NY Mar 1862, daughter of --- and Theresa A TUCKER; r

Chicago IL in 1900, where James was a Telegraph Operator. In 1910 he was an electrician for the Telegraph Co.

Living with them in 1900 was Theresa, and a nephew William W TUCKER. [~ 1900 census ~]

Child of James and Carlotta:

i BEULAH¹⁰, b IL Oct 1990

Heman m/2 Harriet N HOWLAND, b Barnstable, Barnstable Co MA 19 Aug 1818, d 16 Jan 1880, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (HOWES) HOWLAND; r West Winfield, Herkimer Co NY, and in 1832 moved to Summerhill, Cayuga Co.

He was a farmer, and held offices as supervisor, assessor, superintendent of schools, and justice of the peace. [~ Summerhill,1941,by Edith Buckley; Vital rec: Cayuga Co; Cem:Moravia; CT State Lib:Guild Gen; Cem: Summerhill; 1840 census:Summerhill ~][~ Donna Bailey at Rootsweb Worldconnect ~]

Children of Heman H and Jerusha:

633 i GEORGE HAMILTON⁸, b West Winfield 19 Jul 1830; m Caroline POTTER.

ii ZYLPHA⁸, b Summerhill 9 Jun 1833; d 20 Dec 1834.

iii SOPHIA E⁸, b 1847; d Moravia, Cayuga Co NY 1923; m after 1870 Warren BEARDSLEY, b NY 1830, son of Mary E ( )

BEARDSLEY of Cherry Valley, Otsego Co NY. Warren was a painter, and lived in Springfield, Otsego Co in 1860. In 1880 they

farmed in Groton, Tompkins Co NY. In 1900 they were in Venice, Cayuga Co NY, where Warren was a wagon-maker. They had

no children. [~ 1850 census:Cherry Valley; 1860 census: Springfield; 1900 census ~]
iv HUMPHREY H⁸, b 1853; d 1917; m Moravia, Cayuga Co NY 27 Feb 1878 Eunice Ann CUYKENDALL, b Moravia or Owasco, both in Cayuga Co NY 27 Feb 1856, d 1917, daughter of Wilhelmus and Ruth BANKER) CUYKENDALL.

They lived in Moravia before 1900, but soon left for “the West”. While in Moravia, Humphrey ran a shoe store for several years. In 1900 they were in Minneapolis MN where

Humphrey was a wallpaper salesman, and Luman a bookkeeper. In 1910 he was a department store salesman in Syracuse NY.

They had just one child [~ census ~] [~ CT State Lib:Banker Gen. ~]

Child of Humphrey and Eunice:

i LUMAN CUYKENDALL⁹, b Moravia, Cayuga Co NY 12 Dec 1881; d Syracuse, Onondaga Co NY 17 Jul 1931; m Kings Co NY 7

Sep 1910 Anna Elsa BURGIE, b NY 1892/3, d before 1930, daughter of Henry E and Elsa H BURGIE. (father b

France, Mother b Germany). In 1910 he was single, a bookkeeper in Brooklyn NY. In 1920 Syracuse he was office

manager in a brokerage firm. In 1930 he was widowed, boarding with a McIntyre family in Syracuse, working as a

bank bookkeeper. [~ census ~]

Children of Amos and Ominda:

i WILLIAM F⁸, b KY 25 Aug 1822; d Union, Mercer Co 4 Apr 1885; m Mercer Co OH 6 May 1850 Elizabeth K RICKETTS, b PA 1829/30, daughter of John R and Nancy RICKETS of Union in 1850. William was a farmer in Union, Mercer Co OH. He and Elizabeth lived and farmed with his father’s family in Union in 1850. [~ 1850,60,70 census:Union; William Blakeley: Rootsweb Worldconnect ~]

Children of William and Elizabeth:

i JOHN A⁹, b OH 16 Apr 1853; d Union, Mercer Co 12 Sep 1872

ii WILLIAM M⁹, b OH 31 Dec 1860; d 24 Apr 1881
ii SUSANNA⁸, b KY 1829/30; m Aaron PARROTT, b OH 1830/1

634 iii LEWIS AMOS⁸, b Mercer Co OH 1833; m/1 Mary A RICKETTS; m/2 Margaret E GRANT.

iv LOIS⁸, b and d before 1850

v HENRY⁸, b Mercer Co 1843; d there soon after 1850.

Samuel m/2 3 Sep 1845 Christean BOLTON, b 20 Aug 1827, d Union 14 Apr 1849, daughter of John and Magdalen BOLTON (they had no children).

He m/3 Mary JOHNS, b PA 1823.
Samuel went to Union from Kentucky in 1828, and was a farmer there for the rest of his life. They first lived in a log cabin, and then built a frame house. [~ Corresp:Oran Barber, with manuscript. of Janice Redden ~]

Children of Samuel and Hannah:

i RELIEF⁸, b Hardin Co KY about 1826; m Mercer Co OH 23 Jul 1843 Isaiah M JOHNS, son of Thomas JOHNS, and

brother of Aaron JOHNS who married Relief’s aunt Eunice. Family tradition has it that Isaiah went to Kansas, and

that Relief and her daughter were caught in Cincinnati in a cholera epidemic and died there.
ii LUCRETIA EVALINE⁸, b Hardin Co KY 11 Feb 1827; d Mercer Co OH 11 Sep 1856; m Mercer Co 19 Nov 1843 John

BOLTON/BOULTON, b Knox Co OH 29 May 1824, d Mason Co IA 22 Dec 1889, ?son of John and Mary Magdalena (MELKER)

BOLTON. John m/2 15 Mar 1857 Almira “Minna” THOMPSON. John and Almira moved to Iowa soon after his 2nd marriage. John was a farmer.

Children of Lucretia and John:

i Abram E BOLTON⁹, b 29 Oct 1845; d 17 Dec 1846

ii Samantha “Manta” BOLTON⁹, b Union Twp, Mercer Co OH Mar 1850; m Mahaska Co IA 24 Sep 1868 Robert A McMAINS, b Henderson,

Knox Co IL 3 Oct 1850, d Marshalltown, Marshall Co IA Apr 1918, son of James W and Lucinda (RICE) McMAINS.

They lived in Marshalltown in 1880 and 1900: Robert was Fireman for the C.J. Railroad.

1869 W H OGLE, b Frederick Co MD 18 Apr 1848.

or KOOK.

v Capt. ABRAM V⁸, b Union Twp 2 Oct 1839; d 23 Dec 1866; unmarried. He died of wounds received at Atlanta

in the Battle of Peachtree Creek, during General Sherman's march to Atlanta in Aug 1864. He was Captain

of Company C, 31st Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry. One of Abram’s swords that he used as a Captain was

handed down to his brother Austin’s son Warren Austin, and was a prize possession.
?? ?Child of Samuel and Mary:

vi EVALINE⁸, b Union Twp. EVALINE is probably the same as Lucretia Evaline, above.