John R. Barber1,2,3

M, b. circa 29 June 1810, d. 12 January 1881
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Descendant Chart for John Barber
     John R. Barber was born circa 29 June 1810 at Stark County, Ohio, USA.4,1,5,6,2 He was the son of John Barber and Judith Hall.7,8

     John R. Barber married Rebecca Hartgrove, daughter of Ephraim Hartgrove and Rozetta Garrett, on 29 December 1831 at Stark County, Ohio.9,10,1,11

Charles Elmer Zanzig thinks that he remembers that the Barbers are connected somehow with the Diamond Match Co. Diamond was founded in Akron Ohio, and there are certainly Barbers involved with it.12
     John R. Barber died on 12 January 1881 at Town of Plymouth, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA.4 He was buried at Maple Grove Cemetery, Town of Plymouth, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA.13
     John's obituary was published in the Plymouth Reporter on 20 January 1881 at Plymouth, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA.5 His obituary states
"John R. Barber, whose death occurred on Wednesday the 12th inst. Mr. Barber was born in Stark Co., Ohio, and had attained his 71st year. The deceased, with his wife, who survives him, became a resident of the town and county in 1847, and his declining years were spent on the homestead that his own toil and efforts had wrought out and reclaimed from its natural wilderness. He was a brother of Joseph and James Barber, well-known citizens, whose farms are adjoining, and was the father of a large family of children, whom he lived to rear and see attain respectable positions in life. Mr. Wm. G. Barber, one of the oldest sons is now the prossesor [sic] of the homestead. The funeral obsequies occurred at the house Friday afternoon, Rev. Rindell, of this city, officiating."5

Locations

Census1840Bath, Summit, Ohio, USA14
Migration-To1849Town of Plymouth, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA, from Summit County, Ohio15
Census10 September 1850Plymouth, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA2
Census9 June 1860Plymouth, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA3
Census8 July 1870Plymouth, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA1
Census7 June 1880Plymouth, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA16

Children of John R. Barber and Rebecca Hartgrove

Last Edited=14 Nov 2020

Citations

  1. [S579] 1870 US Census, WI, Sheboygan Co. 1740, Sheboygan Co., Wisconsin, population schedule, Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com), John Barber household, Town of Plymouth, p. 6 (172) (345) (image 6/57), dwell./fam. 43; citing Roll M593_1740.
  2. [S571] 1850 US Federal Census (WI, Sheboygan), Sheboygan Co., Wisconsin, population schedule, Ancestry.com, (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8054), John R. Barber household, Plymouth Dis. No. 14, Roll M432_1006, p. 1 (149) (image 1/23), dwell. 1497, fam. 1499.
  3. [S577] 1860 US Census WI, Sheboygan Co. 1432, Sheboygan Co., Wisconsin, population schedule, Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com), John R. Barber household, Town of Plymouth, p. 39 (626) (image 40/56), dwell. 297, fam. 289; citing Roll M653_1432.
  4. [S417] Wisconsin, Sheboygan County USGenWeb, Vital Records Indexes, online http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sheboygan/11.htm, Cemeteries, Maple Grove Cemetery listing, John R. Barber. Hereinafter cited as Sheboygan Vital Records.
  5. [S886] Barber, John and Rebecca Barber obituaries, Plymouth Reporter, transcription of newspaper obituaries, unknown dates, Barber vertical file, WI, Sheboygan Historical Research Center, 518 Water Street, Sheboygan Falls, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA.
  6. [S888] Unknown name of person gravestone photos, Collection of Barbara Zanzig, Bothell, King, Washington, USA; Barbara Zanzig, 28 May 2006, John R. Barber, d. 12 Jun 1991, aged 70 yrs, 5 mos, 16 d.
  7. [S886] Barber, John and Rebecca Barber obituaries, Plymouth Reporter, transcription of newspaper obituaries, unknown dates WI, Sheboygan Historical Research Center, father implied by John R. Barber obituary.
  8. [S1144] Kathy Ott, "Email: Ott, K, 2007 07 21 "FW: Lucinda Barber Rea"," e-mail message from e-mail address (Ohio) to Barbara Zanzig, 21 Jul 2007, deduction by K. Ott.
  9. [S1630] "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013", database and images, FamilySearch, Familysearch, URL https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1614804: 2014, John Barber-Rebecca Hartgrove, Stark > Marriage records 1809-1836 vol A, image 151/201, p. 231, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-PMSF-F8, accessed 12 Feb 2019, citing Ohio County courthouses.
  10. [S957] Alliance Genealogical Society, compiler, Early Marriages of Stark County Ohio 1809-1840 (Alliance, OH: The Alliance Genealogical Society, 1986; FHL microfilm #FHL #6048955), p. 14. Officiant Abraham/Abram Stevens, vol A. p. 231. Hereinafter cited as Early Stark Co. Marriages vol 1.
  11. [S770] Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Federal Land Patents Database, online http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/, Federal Land Patents Database, John R. Barber, certificate number 9306, accession number WI1310__.267. This document indicates he was from Summit County, Ohio and the 1840 census shows him in Bath. Bath was in Medina County until Summit County was formed in 1840, so I infer that the marriage was probably in Medina County.
  12. [S2] "Personal knowledge", by B. Zanzig. Collection of Barbara Zanzig (Bothell, King, Washington, USA), Informant: Charles E. Zanzig.
  13. [S876] Debie Blindauer and USGenWeb, Wisconsin, Sheboygan County Cemetery Index, online http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wisheboy/, Sheboygan County Cemetery Index Wisconsin, various dates, Maple Grove Cemetery listing, John R. Barber.
  14. [S858] 1840 United States Federal Census (OH, Summit), Summit Co., Ohio, population schedule, Ancestry.com, (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8057/), John R. Barber, Roll M704_428, p. 335A-B (Anc. image 15-16/20).
  15. [S770] Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Federal Land Patents Database, , John R. Barber, certificate number 9306, accession number WI1310__.267.
  16. [S609] 1880 US Census WI, Sheboygan 1447, Sheboygan Co., Wisconsin, population schedule, Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com), John R. Barber household (indexed as ???K), Plymouth Town, ED 208, p. 10B (137B) (image 10/30), dwell. 85, fam. 86; citing Roll T9_1447; Family History Film: 1255447.
  17. [S579] 1870 US Census, WI, Sheboygan Co. 1740, Sheboygan Co., Wisconsin, pop. sch., John Barber household, Town of Plymouth, p. 6 (172) (345) (image 6/57), dwell./fam. 43. Assumed from census entries in 1900 then 1870.
  18. [S875] Sheboygan County, compiler, Wisconsin, Sheboygan Co. Registration of Marriages (Madison, WI: Wisconsin State Historical Society, various dates), vol. 1, p. 143 (state). Hereinafter cited as Sheboygan Co. marriages.