Allen Barlow and his descendants
A more concise listing of the census returns
Allen Barlow was born about 1811, one more of many Barlow
inhabitants of Kentucky.
His early life, & ancestry are an unsolved mystery. There is
an
Allen Barlow recorded in the 1840 Decatur county Indiana census:
page 337,
Decatur County,
Clinton,
Fugit and
Salt Creek Townships.
"Allen Barlaw"
1 male under 5
1 male between 20 and
30
1 female between 20 and 30.
On page 359 of the same census (still labeled Clinton, Fugit and Salt Creek Townships) the following household - the last on the page - is listed:
W.P. Snelling 1 boy 10 -15, 1 male 15 - 20, W.P. (presumably) 40 - 50years old, 1 female 15 -20 years old (possibly Ellen) and presumably W.P.'s wife aged 40 - 50 years old. It is noteworthy that Allen and Ellen were to name their oldest son William P. Barlow, and a daughter Sabrina, and this evidence combined with a female of the right age in 1840, seems strong (though circumstantial) that the W.P. Snelling listed on page 359, may be Ellen's father. This William does not appear to have a daughter of correct age in the 1830 census, however, which may or may not be merely an error.
This W.P. Snelling appears (by land records at BLM) to have come to Decatur soon after the 1821 founding. There exist records in 1822 and 1824 which indicate he came from Bath County Kentucky. There is a will extant of a William Snelling who states that he is the father of William P Snelling and Bernard Snelling (who married in Rush county in 1829 and lived there at the time of the 1830 census). Records point to a relationship of some sort with a Benjamin Snelling who purchased land (or paid it off) a bit later than W.P. This Benjamin Snelling also came from Bath County, Ky. Benjamin Snelling also is a candidate for Ellen's father, as in the 1830 and 40 census a female of appropriate age does live with him. Research is still on-going to determine her parentage. Benjamin seems about the age to be a grandfather, possibly. It is probable, based on the 1822 will of William Snelling that this Benjamin was a cousin of some degree to William P Snelling. As well, there is information upon the internet which states that a William P Snelling was born to a William Snelling and wife Margaret (which fits) in 1790 in Fayette county Ky. The year and parents' names fit for our W. P., but more proof is still needed. It is possible that W.P.'s wife Sobrina (Smothers) was Ellen's stepmother. The timing of the 10 June 1824 marriage of W.P. and Sobrina, combined with a relatively consistent 1823 or 1824 birth for Ellen makes it difficult to tell. It seems probable that if she wasn't Ellen's birth mother (who perhaps died in childbirth) Ellen considered her so based on the naming of a daughter for her).
From http://www.greensburgchamber.com/tourism/history.htm we learn:
Decatur County was one of the four counties carved out of the southern part of Delaware county by an act of the legislature approved December 31, 1822, and the act provided that same be effective March 4, 1822. The other counties are Rush, Shelby and Henry.
It
is also interesting that there are two other Snelling families even closer
nearby - both freed colored families. It is unknown what relationship there may
have been between W.P. and these two other families, although it is known that
our Snellings owned slaves in virginia.
More
Snelling (soon-to-be-better-collated) data HERE
The 1840 reference above is probably our Allen. The
Eliza Ann Newman he married in 1834 does not appear again. Perhaps she also died
in childbirth? That our Allen lived in and was married in
Decatur County Indiana - possibly
twice, the second to my ancestor Ellen Snelling on
March 3rd, 1845, then moved 3 counties to
the Northwest to Boone
county Indiana is definite. Ellen was born around 1823 or 1824. It is possible that this is off by a year or so,
since it does fit fairly well, but not exactly, with the dates for W.P.
Snelling's move to Decatur county from Kentucky, as discussed above. There were other Barlow families in Boone county previously, but no known
relationship has yet been found.
Interestingly enough, an Allen Barlow married Betsy Utz and some
data can be found on this man, but he is not our Allen.
It is unknown if this man is related somehow to our Allen.
Hendricks County death records do show that an A. Barlow and a ?
Tapmen were the parents of a Lucinda Barlow, born Oct. 16, 1830, in
Kentucky. She died in Hendricks County
on July 4, 1904. The reference for Lucinda's death is at the Hendricks County
Courthouse in Danville, Book 49, Page 62. Perhaps It has more information on the
mom and dad? It is possible that our
Allen and his first wife, noted on the 1840 census of Decatur had this Lucinda.
The 1850 Boone County Indiana census shows Allen to be a chair-maker, as does a book on Indiana furniture makers. He had most likely been an apprentice to a furniture maker, as this is how one learned such things. Perhaps this apprenticeship facilitated Allen and Ellen's meeting? We don't have any information on Ellen's ancestry so reliable estimations on their early relationship isn't possible. The first we know of them is that Allen and Ellen married. They decided to try for a new life together even further west. They moved to Boone county Indiana, district 7, sometime after their marriage in the cold March of 1845.
Indiana furniture book has reference to Allen which appears to have been taken from the 1850 census (and provided no new data).
In the 1850 census, Allen and his wife show that he is making a
living as a chair-maker, and, though both he and Ellen cannot read or write,
they have $500 (in 1850 currency), worth of
total assets. Four sons also
lived in the Barlow household. William
(born 1846), Christopher (born 1847), Thomas (born 1848) and Frances F. (born
in March of 1850).
A land record, indexed as 1857, not 1852, as the writing on the (date-confused) deed would seem to indicate, signaled his arrival or at least his location in Grundy County Missouri, which fits with the 1860 census record of the location of the children's births. Since James Buchanan was president from 1857 - 1861, the index seems correct. This 1930 W.W. Hixson & Co. Plat Book of Grundy County Missouri has a map which shows Barlow land (section 1directly under R in range 23) - probably represented in this map by Yeatch and Wanamaker lands, although the totals do not add up to the complete 1857 record.
This 1858 reference to a marriage performed by Justice of the Peace E.S. Winters might be related to the Scott resident near the Barlow household in 1850. (Source) - On later reflection, the Elizabeth (Vice) Scott referenced in the marriage record above is probably the same lady in the 1860-1870 census returns. No cemetery records have been found at https://sites.rootsweb.com/~mogrundy/cemetery/gccem.html for Abraham Scott, his wife/widow Elizabeth, or Allen Barlow. There might have been a local graveyard somewhere nearby which has not been indexed. It may not be extant.
Grundy County map showing
Ranges and Townships - to see where above land was.
Elizabeth Barlow was born on the 13th of June, 1862, near Trenton Missouri,
in Marion township, Grundy county, to the northeast of Butler by some distance,
according to
her death certificate. On 18 November, 1885 she
married
William Henry
Groves in Bates county Missouri.
She is
buried with William.
1864 entry for Allen Barlow from U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918 > Missouri > District 2; Annual; 1862
Allen died between the birth of Elizabeth Barlow and the
1870 census, which shows Ellen Barlow as head of
the household. No record of him in the
Civil War, nor any cemetery trace of him in Grundy county's well publicized
cemetery records has been found. Newer evidence places the date between the end
of the civil war and 1870.
Ellen Barlow moved to Bates County Missouri and appears in 1880
census there. Her daughter Sabrina was
married in Bates Co on
September 11 1873 to
George Booth. Perhaps this was the motivation for the southwesterly move. No
record of Ellen in the 1900 Missouri census has been found.
Ellen Barlow and Thomas clan in 1895 Bates County land plat map
Probate papers found for Ellen Barlow indicate she died 13 March,
1896.
In the cemetery records of Rich Hill, in Bates county, the brother
of Elizabeth and his wife are recorded, as well as Elizabeth's nephew by her sister
Sabrina:
BARLOW, Clara, w/o W.P.
d 21 Apr 1911 age 54 yr.
BARLOW, W.P. d 8 sep 1922 age 75 yr.
Charles S., s/o Geo. Booth & Sabrina Barlow & h/o Emily
Caroline BAILEY
d 17 July 1963 age 80y11m11d
William was in the Civil War and applied for a pension.
The 1890
veteran's census records his dates of enlistment and release. Perhaps his pension application would
provide more genealogical clues to Allen and Ellen's earlier lives.
Widow Ella 'Allen' Barlow's pension application no. 446097 filed
Jul 19 1890, certificate no. 300612,
resident Illinois reference was found at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~barlow/confcwwz.html on
13nov00. At one point in the research it was
thought that perhaps this was our Allen's
wife Ellen applying for a pension. This
would also explain her absence in the 1900 census. The later discovery of
her probate papers proves this reference was not our Ellen.
From the same page the pension application of our Elizabeth's
brother William Barlow:
William Barlow
Private, Co K 44th MO Infantry, organized Aug-Sep 1864 at St. Joseph MO, mustered out Aug 15 1865
Pension application no. 222172
filed Jul 7 1876, certificate no. 316708
William Barlow has a quite extensive pension file at the National
Archives. Much is not relevant to
genealogy research. However, the
following give a hint at both William’s medical issues (which, of course,
dominate the pension) and provide some clues to Barlow life:
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The pension file gives us some tidbits about our Barlow
family. Some notes follow:
30 November 1864 At the battle of Franklin Tennessee, while tearing
down an old stable to get logs to build defensive breastworks, William injured
himself with a hernia which was to trouble him evermore. After the battle, William’s unit “retreated”
(read rout) to Nashville where he apparently received some sort of treatment.
Prior to the Civil war, the Barlow clan had at least three
doctors:
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George Grayham was “father’s family physician for 3 or 4 years
prior to his enlistment & he would sometimes come after me when any of his
family was sick”. The 1860 Marion township, Grundy
County, Missouri federal census shows 9 physicians. This man's name is the only
one of the three listed here in that census. It is unknown how or when the
others actually doctored the Barlow family.
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Carez “doctored his father’s family for 2 or 3 years prior to
enlistment”.
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Wm W Mantello (59) said 21 May 1885 that he was a physician who
lived @ 2 miles from Barlows prior to war.
The Barlows lived at Lindley, Grundy county Mo. Before 1861. Wm had something called Billious Remittal
Fever prior to enlistment, but was “hearty, strong, & active”otherwise
according to James W Bailey, a merchant who knew Wm to be a farmer and a chair
maker. James Bevan and James K Rusk
seem to have met Wm @ 1860 or so.
Wm Barlow was met in St Louis Mo. by Allen on 25 Mar 1865, so
Allen’s death was after that date. From
1865 to about 1870, William moved back to old neighborhood at Lindley. Moved to Rich Hill sometime around 1870. Met
J H Foster @ 1873 or 1874 and met Irvin Walley @ 1875.
Wm was 6’ tall, fair complexion, brown eyes, dark hair born 23 Jan
1846 in Decatur Indiana.
At 43 years of age, 31 July 1889 pulse per minute 90, respiration
19, 98.5 degrees F temp, 6’ 1’’.
45 years old, 23 Sep 1891, 84 ppm, 20 resp, 6’ 157# 98.5 F
55 years old, 2 Jan 1901, 80, 84, 96 (sitting, standing, after
exercise ppm) 20 resp, 98.5 F, 132# 6’ 2”
56 years old, 6’, 150# hazel eyes, grey hair, 100, 115, 120 (s, s, ae ppm) 18 18 20 ( same for resp?) 98.5 F 2 Apr 1902.
The
1900 Bates County Missouri Federal Census
records Both William and his wife Clara in Rich Hill, along with Clara's
children by her previous marriage and William's brother Frank.
The
1910 census records that brother Frank
does not appear to live with his brother William during this time.
For more information on Barlow connections Susan’s site is:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~barlow/
