Descendants of Reuben W. Barrett
Generation No. 1 1. REUBEN W.3 BARRETT (ARTHUR2, REUBEN1) was born January 19, 1825 in Alabama, and died December 08, 1894 in Smith Co., MS. He married SARAH FOUNTAIN about 1857, probably Newton Co., MS. She was born April 12, 1832 in Greene Co., MS to HENRY and CLARISSA FOUNTAIN, and died June 07, 1900 in Magee, Simpson, MS. Children of REUBEN BARRETT and SARAH CARADINE are:
2. i. RUFFIN4 ARKANSAS BARRETT b. January 1858 d. abt 1925 Magee, Simpson Co. MS; m (l) ANNIE LANCASTER (2) DEANER ASHLEY
ii. MARY BERT BARRETT b. July 1859 MS d. Port Arthur, Jefferson Co. TX m Nov 1877 Rev. EBENEZER HERRON GARNER, Scott Co. MS
iii. JASPER BARETT, b. 1862, MS. , never married
iv. LEONDAS "LEE" BARRETT, b. December 26, 1866, MS; m. ADA MAE ANDERSON.
v. NANCY SYLVESTER BARRETT, b. 1869, MS. , never married
3. vi. LYCURGUS "CURG" CINNCINNATUS BARRETT, b. June 24, 1870, Neshoba Co. MS. m. ERBY KATHRYN ANDERSON
Generation No. 2
2. MARY4 BARRETT (REUBEN W.3, ARTHUR2, REUBEN1) was born 26 JULY 1959. She married Rev. EBENEZER HERRON GARNER November 07, 1877 in Scott Co., MS. He was born November 1857 in Scott Co., MS, and died July 21, 1928 in Port Arthur, Jefferson, Tx. Children of MARY BARRETT and EBENEZER GARNER are:
i. JOHN ARCHER5 GARNER, b. Abt. 1880, Scott Co., MS; d. Abt. 1880, Scott Co., MS.
ii. LENORA GARNER, b. Abt. 1880, Scott Co., MS; d. Abt. 1880, Scott Co., MS.
iii. JOHN ARCHER GARNER, b. 1883, Scott Co., MS; d. 1943, Sibley.LA.
4. iv. WILLIAM OSCAR GARNER, b. June 25, 1885, Homewood, Scott, MS; d. March 01, 1965, Tulsa, Tulsa, OK.
v. GERTRUDE ARMEDIA GARNER, b. December 31, 1887, Homewood, Scott, MS; d. Bossier City, Bossier Parish, LA; m. WILLIAM PENN CULVERHOUSE; b. Abt. 1883.
vi. MAUD GARNER, b. 1890, Pike Co., MS; d. 1927, Prairieville, Ascension Parish, LA; m. LEONCE BULLION.
vii. EDGAR GARNER, b. 29 Sept. 1897; d. July 1973, Buna, Jasper, Tx.
viii. FLOY BERNICE GARNER, b. October 13, 1900; d. Port Arthur, Jefferson, Tx; m. EMERSON COURTS, 1918; b. Abt. 1896.
3. LYCURGUS "CURG" CINNCINNATUS4 BARRETT (REUBEN W.3, ARTHUR2, REUBEN1) was born June 24, 1870 in Neshoba Co., MS. He married ERBY KATHRYN ANDERSON August 25, 1895 in Simpson Co., MS, daughter of F.BAILEY ANDERSON and NELLIE MOORE. She was born March 25, 1878 in Smith Co., MS, and died September 28, 1964. Children of LYCURGUS BARRETT and ERBY ANDERSON are:
i. JAMES "FAIRLEY"5 BARRETT, b. June 24, 1896; d. July 01, 1960.
ii. JAMES F. BARRETT, b. 1897. 5.
iii. EARNEST SYLVESTER BARRETT, b. April 07, 1898, Simpson Co., MS; d. August 21, 1968, Hinds Co., MS.
iv. ROSCOE BARRETT, b. November 03, 1900; d. November 03, 1942.
v. INFANT BARRETT, b. August 03, 1902.
vi. INFANT BARRETT, b. August 03, 1902.
vii. INFANT BARRETT, b. August 03, 1902.
viii. WALLACE DAVID BARRETT, b. March 14, 1904; d. 1915.
ix. L.C. BARRETT, b. 1907.
x. MYRTLE BARRETT, b. 1909.
xi. ROBERT E. LEE BARRETT, b. 1912.
Generation No. 3
4. WILLIAM OSCAR5 GARNER (MARY4 BARRETT, REUBEN W.3, ARTHUR2, REUBEN1) was born June 23, 1885 in Homewood, Scott, MS, and died March 01, 1965 in Tulsa, Tulsa, OK. He married EFFIE SUE NEAL in Hinds Co., MS. She was born Dec 15 1887. Children of WILLIAM GARNER and EFFIE NEAL are:
i. LAGRONE HERRON6 GARNER, b. October 04, 1907, McComb, Pike, MS; d. January 10, 1957, Ada, Pontotoc, OK; m. CORNELIA KING; b. Abt. 1911.
6. ii. ROBERT MALONE GARNER, b. October 04, 1907, McComb, Pike, MS; d. January 18, 1957, Stillwater, Payne, OK.
iii. HELEN MAE GARNER, b. Sept 25, 1910, Farmersville, Collin, Tx; m. JAMES MONROE WYNNE; b. Abt. 1906.
iv. WILBUR GARNER, b. 1912, Sibley, LA; d. May 1975, Marshalltown, Marshall, IA; m. MYRTLE "MARIE" v. REX NEAL GARNER; b. December 05, 1914, Beaumont, Jefferson, Tx. M. LUCILLE DEFRIEZE
vi. LLOYD CLIFTON GARNER, b. February 14, 1921; d. June 1954, Tulsa, Tulsa, OK; m. JUANITA SMITH, 1939; b. Abt. 1921.
5. EARNEST SYLVESTER5 BARRETT (LYCURGUS "CURG" CINNCINNATUS4, REUBEN W.3, ARTHUR2, REUBEN1) was born April 07, 1898 in Simpson Co., MS, and died August 21, 1968 in Hinds Co., MS. He married FANNY BELLE MILLER. She was born July 28, 1897 in Smith Co., MS, and died November 1960 in Jackson, MS. Child of EARNEST BARRETT and FANNY MILLER is:
7. i. FLORENCE "CHRISTINE"6 BARRETT, b. July 28, 1920, Jackson, MS.
Generation No. 4
6. ROBERT MALONE6 GARNER (WILLIAM OSCAR5, MARY4 BARRETT, REUBEN W.3, ARTHUR2, REUBEN1) was born October 04, 1907 in McComb, Pike, MS, and died January 18, 1957 in Stillwater, Payne, OK. He married PEARL HESTER FRY July 16, 1928 in Tulsa, Tulsa, OK. She was born Aug. 8 1907 Children of ROBERT GARNER and PEARL FRY are:
i. PATRICIA PEARL7 GARNER, b. October 11, 1929, Payne Co., OK; m. CLEAMON H. STONE, June 12, 1948, Stillwater, Payne, OK; He was born 1929..
ii. ROBERT VERNON GARNER, b. April 01, 1931, Payne Co., OK; d. September 21, 1994, Pontotoc Co., OK; m. KATHLEEN MOORE, December 19, 1953, Stillwater, Payne, OK; b. .1932..
iii. LINDA SUE GARNER, b. February 08, 1946, Tulsa, Tulsa, OK; m. JOHN PALMER, June 15, 1968, Stillwater, Payne, OK;
7. FLORENCE "CHRISTINE"6 BARRETT (EARNEST SYLVESTER5, LYCURGUS "CURG" CINNCINNATUS4, REUBEN W.3, ARTHUR2, REUBEN1) was born July 28, 1920 in Jackson, MS. She married JAMES DOUGLAS COURTNEY October 17, 1936, son of JESSE COURTNEY and MARY KITCHENS. He was born February 23, 1918 in Utica, Hinds, MS, and died December 09, 1975 in Jackson, MS. Children of FLORENCE BARRETT and JAMES COURTNEY are:
i. MARY ANN7 COURTNEY, b. July 04, 1937, Jackson, MS; m. (1) EDWARD DOUGLASS "DUKE" MICHAELS, 1954, Tijuana, Mexico; b. April 11, 1939, Chicago, IL; m. (2) ROBERT ALEXANDER SHAND, September 02, 1956, Reno, NV; b. January 11, 1930, Portland, Multnomah, OR.
ii. JAMES ARTHUR COURTNEY, b. August 12, 1939, Monroe, LA; d. February 01, 1994, Beaverton, OR; m. CAROL ANN WHITE, January 20, 1961, Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada; b. March 12, 1940, Los angeles, CA.
Note: For many years it was believed and shared among researchers of this family that Sarah, wife of Reuben W. Barrett, was a Caradine.
We searched in vain to find her in a Caradine family. Then in April, 2002 a Google search on the internet for Barrett+Choctaw revealed that Sylvester Barrett had made application in 1902 for recognition as a MS Choctaw.
In her application she and a first cousin ,Dr. Joseph B. Harris, named Sarah's parents, most of her brothers and sisters and who they married and Sylvester's brothers and sisters, also listing several counties where they had lived.
The Fountain family was living in Newton Co. MS in 1850 and 1860 and the records of this time were lost in courthouse fires, no doubt why we had never found a marriage record for Reuben W. and Sarah. Sylvester's application for the Dawes Roll is MCR5362 and may be obtained from the SW Branch of the National Archives at Fort Worth.