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THE BARKWILL FAMILY IN OHIO,

WEST VIRGINIA and POINTS WEST

It was, as typical in Western Devonshire, a dark and stormy night in the early fall of 1839. The growing season had been poor, and the cold of winter had come earlier than usual.

James Barkwill and his sons were gathered in the Hogsbreath Inne just outside of Laucheston to warm themselves with the fire before heading home. The boys were all dreamily staring at the flickering flames, when James’ oldest son John broke the silence: “I am tired of poor crops, rain and fog and paying the Lord of the Manor rent that leaves a body but a few shillings to last the winter. I’ve heard from our relatives in Plymouth, that their uncle has written from Virginnie, and that he actually owns his farm and is fat and sassy with more grain than he can possibly use himself. I, for one, am thinking of chucking this sorry life and taking my Eliza to the new world and making a new life. What say ye brethern?"

The Barkwell boys all agreed that is was a great thing to think about, but who knew what life there was really like. William offered the caution that there were, after all, them injuns to think about . Samuel was the most hesitant. He had always yearned for adventure and had just been accepted into the Queen’s Guards.

A long discussion began and none could agree. The boy’s father, James, said he and their mother would miss them and their little brothers would grow up lonely without them.  I was finally agreed to share the cost of sending John and Eliza to the new world to see what it was really like and they would then decide.

Well, it could have happened like that…...

Our Barkwill ancestors from Devonshire, England, for two centuries never strayed far from home.  A twenty-mile diameter circle its center at Oakehampton, would enclose all the homes of those ancestors except for Arthur,  that ventured 50 miles Southwesterly to St. Gluvius, Cornwall--he there had a son, our William Balkwell, who soon returned to the Balkwill country, in Bratton Clovelly.  Then, in 1840 our James Barkwill and his family came across the Atlantic to the Ohio River Valley in Washington County, Ohio and across the river in West Virginia.  They pretty well stayed put in that area for 3 generations, before they migrated West. 

The Barkwill stomping grounds in Washington County was mostly abandoned by farmers during the depression, which almost bankrupted the county.  Our federal government bailed out Washington County by buying the abandoned farms and paying the back taxes.  Much of Washington county, including that around the  original Barkwill homes, is now part of Wayne National Forest.   

Coming across from England, James Barkwill’s wife brought two of her prized possessions: Silver serving spoons and Queen's Ware. (A gift of a tea set to Queen Charlotte, consort of George III, produced an appointment of Wedgwood as Potter to Her Majesty in 1765. Wedgwood immediately named his range of cream coloured tableware Queen's Ware. Wedgwood instinctively knew the demand for the ware that graced the Queen's table would establish his already successful factory at the top of the market.)

These few known about possessions, together with Samuel Barkwill’s appointment to the Queen’s guards and the fact the entire family could afford to migrate to central Ohio River Valley, indicated that they were perhaps moderately successful in England, probably as tenant farmers. 

Our James Barkwill, was born in 1787 to William and Hannah (Westlake)  Balkwell and baptized Nov. 27, 1787 , in Bratton Clovelly, Devonshire, England.  He married Mary Osborn on November 27, 1809 at Boyton Parish, Cornwall. They had the following children in Boyton Parish.

Barbour Herrington felt that his great grandfather,  John Barkwill, (b. 1811) was the  first of our part of the Barkwill family to come to this country:  THE HISTORY OF PLEASANTS COUNTY, by  Robert L.  Pemberton, includes a quote from an early diary that lists a Barkwill as working in the harvest of 1840.  John's  daughter, Mary, was  born  about 1840  (Based on Census  Returns)  "in  Virginia"-- Probably in what is now Tyler or Pleasants County.

 “When  his brother,  Samuel,  applied for citizenship,  (Pleasants  Co.  C.H.)  he said that he came to this country on The Good Ship  Cornwall  to New York City,  with his parents,  in June of 1841, but I could not  find  any  Barkwills on the Passenger List.   It  is possible that they came steerage and steerage  passengers  were  not listed.  The court record granting citizenship to Francis Barkwill  states that he was under 18 when he arrived in this country.  He would  be 18 on May 29,  1844. He probably came with his parents in 1841 when  he was about 15.” BLH

 On June 27, 1836, John Barkwill married Eliza Osborne in Boyton Parish.  Eliza was born May 11, about 1815.  Sometime around 1839-40, he and Eliza came to this country.  His parents James and Mary, and his unmarried brothers: William, Benjamin, Samuel and Francis probably came later, around 1841.  They all settled by the time of  the 1850 census in Washington County, Ohio—except William and Samuel, who settled across the Ohio River in what would become Pleasants County, West Virginia.

After arriving in this country, John’s brothers all married  local girls:  William married Edith Bebout, Benjamin and Clarissa P. Reynolds were married, Samuel married Rachel Ann Curtis, and Francis married Lonia Harvey.  Mary, James Barkwill’s wife, died in Washington County, Ohio on February 10, 1847—just a few years after arriving in the U.S.   James is counted in the Independence Township census for Washington County in 1850 as a farmer.  He married a second time, to Catherine (Amanda) Maundy on May 7, 1848 in Washington Co.  James and Catherine were still in Independence township of Washington County during the 1860 census.  James died, probably in Washington County, OH, likely in 1863, shortly before his will was entered into probate.

                   MARIETTA, OHIO--RECORD OF WILLS  Volume 1, page 371

                                                    Dec. 16th, AD 1862

In  the  name of the Benevolent Father of All,  I,  James Barkwill  of  Washington County in the State of Ohio do hereby make and publish this  my last will and testament:

Item  1st.  I give and devise to my beloved son John Barkwill all  the  stock  household  goods  furniture  provisions  and  other  goods  and  chattels which may belong to me at the time of my decease. 

I  give  and  devise to my beloved sons William  Barkwill  &  Benjamin  Barkwill to have fifty dollars each in twelve months after my decease.   I  give and devise to my son Samuel Barkwill one dollar in six  months  after my decease.  I give and devise to son Francis his wife their one  dollar  in six months after my decease.  I give and devise to  my  son  John Barkwill the balance of all my moneys and claims,  at my decease.  I  give and devise to  my sons William Barkwill and John Barkwill  all  my Queenware  to be divided by them equal.

 I  do  hereby nominate and appoint John Barkwill executor of  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament hereby authorizing and  empowering  him  to  compromise  adjust  release & discharge in such manner as he may  deem  proper  the debts and claims due me.  I do also authorize and  empower  him  if it should become necessary in order to pay my debts to sell  by  private sales or in such manner upon such terms of credit or otherwise  as  he  may think proper all or any part of my real estate &  deed  to  purchasers to execute acknowledge and deliver in fee simple.  

I do hereby revoke all former wills by me made.   In testimony whereof  I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 16th day of December in  the  year eighteen hundred and sixty two.

                                                             his

Signed  and  acknowledged   James  X  Barkwill (seal)  by  said  James  

                                                              mark

 Barkwill as his last Will and Testament in our presence and signed  by  us in his presence.

                              A. Miller       Amos X Smith

Probate Court, City of Marietta, 27th day of January AD 1863     

 

 

             JAMES BARKWILL INVENTORY, BOOK 2, P. 362-363

The State of Ohio, Washington County by William Goodman

                            William Edwards      John Butler

1 wagon

1 wheelbarrow   5.50      

Iron Wadge

1 froe           

1 plough        60       

1 cross cut saw

1 teakettle           62  

illegible                50      

1 Seave looking glass    25

1 axe 

1 madock              25

quilt                   100

2 hawes                37      

craw bar                     50

1 hatchett  25       

1 clock  1 watch  500

1 Sythe                25      

Queensware       200

10 Bushels of wheat  in chaff  650

Money in cash 23.74

8 Bu. corn           4.00             

on account            10

10 Bu. potatoes  300

Notes                    164.40

10 Barrels   175

2 Cheast  1 table  100

 

2 chares                20

 

 

 

 

 

CHILDREN OF JAMES BARKWILL AND MAY OSBORN

John Barkwill:                                                                                           

PARENTS: James and Mary (Osborn) Barkwill 
BORN: August 29, 1811 in Boyton Parish, Cornwall, England
DIED: September 21, 1882 in Washington County, Ohio

MARRIED: Eliza Osborn on June 27, 1836 at Boyton Parish, Cornwall
Eliza was born May 11,_____ in England (probably Cornwall) and she died October 3, 1876 in Washington County, Ohio.

John and Eliza had their first child John in 1838 before leaving England, but he does not show on any U.S. census reports, so it is presumed he died in infancy. About 1840, Eliza had a daughter, born in Virginia, which helps place the family in the U.S. on that date. Eliza died October 3, 1876 in Washington Co., OH. John and Eliza appear in the 1870 census in the Independence township of Washington County, Ohio. John is listed there as a home owner and carpenter. In 1880, the widowed John was living with his son William S. Barkwill. 

        John and Eliza's surviving children were:  Mary, Jane Ellen, Eliza, William S., Sarah F., and James R. Barkwill

William Barkwill, second son of James and Mary:

PARENTS: James and Mary (Osborn) Barkwill 
BORN: May 7, 1816 in Boyton Parish, Cornwall, England--Christened at Bratton Clovelly, Devonshire May 26, 1816.
DIED: May 1, 1885 in Washington Co., Ohio--He is buried in the IOOF cemetery, St. Marys, WV.

MARRIED: Edith Bebout December 5, 1844 in Marietta, Ohio.  Edith was born November of 1822 in Virginia, and she died April 15, 1914 in Washington County.

We first find William and Edith in the 1850 census, where they are in Tyler County, Virginia. William was farming 250 acres and they had, by then, two children: Margaret, born about 1845 and Iricia, born about 1847, both in Virginia. 

By the 1860 census, William and Edith had moved to the Newport township of Washington County, Ohio, where he was a homeowner and farmer. Nearby was William’s brother Benjamin, listed as a “laborer”. By then William’s children Nancy, Robert and James were born. This census did not list Iricia, but showed a daughter Tericia (same child?). This family was still in Newport township in the 1870 census which lists Teressa as a seamstress, Nancy as a school teacher, Robert as a farm laborer and no James.

When they took the 1880 census, William had become a Wagon Maker, in business with his son Robert, who had married Mona. An early atlas of Washington County shows William had a large lot on Merchant Street, fronting on the Ohio River, in the small town of Newport. The 1900 census shows the widowed Edith as a “capitalist”, and living with her is her daughter Nancy, a seamstress.

        William and Edith’s children:

BENJAMIN L. BARKWILL third son of James Barkwill:

Parents: James and Mary (Osborn) Barkwill
Born: December 20, 1818, Cornwall England, Christened at Bratton Clovelly, Devonshire January 9, 1819.
Died April 13, 1900 in Deuel County, South Dakota

Benjamin married Mrs. Clarissa P. (Reynolds) McKinley at Marietta, Ohio September 5, 1847. Clarissa was born February 29, 1820 in Washington Co., Ohio. She was a daughter of John Reynolds, and was at the time, widow of a Mr. J. McKinley.

Benjamin is a Barkwell in the Washington County, Ohio census for 1850, listed in Newport Township as a farmer and landowner. With Benjamin and Clarissa in 1850 is their son Weston O. Barkwell, who was born August 28, 1848 in Marietta, Ohio. Nearby in 1850 are Benjamin’s brother,  John Barkwill—a carpenter. By the 1860 census, John had moved to the Independence Township a little North in Washington County, and Ben’s brother William had come over to Newport from the Virginia side of the Ohio River. I’ve never found any indication of Weston’s middle name, but I am sure it was Osborn, for his grand mother’s family. There is also a child buried in the Newport cemetery, Welsley O. Barkwell—s/o B & C P Barkwell—died 4 July 1832—aged 1 y 9m. This is obviously a date error, and might have actually been 1852. Adjacent is the burial site of  I. Henry McKinley, died 17 June 1845, age 1 year 4 months and 16 days, s/o C.P. and J. McKinley. It is not known what happened to Clarissa's first husband.

In 1870, we find from the census that Benjamin is a successful farmer in Newport Township, and 21 year old Weston is a “joiner and cooper”. Also with the family are their other children, 18 year old Margaret, young Benjamin L. at 13, Lawrence E. at 11, Caroline was 16, and the family was caring for 3 year old Elizabeth Chapman? This may have been “Eliza Jane”—daughter of Mary Barkwill (James and Mary’s daughter) and her husband William Chapman and she may have been counted twice, since she seems to be also with John Barkwill in 1870. 

Weston Married Margaret Alice Lacy, who was born July 8, 1853 in Washington County, Ohio. Her parents were Elizabeth Hamilton and Amos Lacy, a descendant of William Lacy, who was born 1663 on the Isle of Wight, England. Weston and Alice had a daughter, Stella, born October 1, 1873 in Washington County. (Stella married William Clinch Strickland, and she died August of 1969 in Hollywood, Broward County, Florida. Their next child, Walter M. Barkwill was born April 18, 1875, in Columbus, Ohio. Two years later they were in Newport again, where their next child Frank H. Barkwill was, born on April 22, 1877. Before moving on, they also had a daughter, Agnes Gertrude Barkwill, January 6, 1879 in Newport. 

Benjamin (Sr.) and Clarissa’s other children were Margaret M. Barkwill, born January 14, 1851, Carolyn B. Barkwill, born 1854, Benjamin T. L. Barkwill, born July 30, 1857 and Lawrence Barkwill born November 21, 1859..all in Newport, Ohio. 

By 1880, Benjamin and Clarissa had migrated to Deuel County, South Dakota—which had been opened for settlement in 1861 and admitted as a state in 1889 (The last buffalo hunt near Deuel County took place in 1879, and they had all vanished from the area by 1883). Moving with them was their son Weston’s family. Weston and Alice had a child Benjamin B. Barkwill, September 15, 1881 in Goodwin, SD (Benjamin B. died in Los Angeles County, CA. November 18, 1944). There is a homestead patent issued to a Benjamin T. Barkwill on April 7, 1887 for 160 acres in Spink County, South Dakota. That is the only other bit of information I’ve found on Benjamin T. L. Barkwill, except that he married Agnes A. Briggs on December 3, 1884 at Dodge, MN. Also issued by the Bureau of Land Management on January 27, 1887, was a patent for 160 acres in Deuel County to Benjamin Barkwill. The rules under that Homestead Act required that a person be a citizen, so Benjamin (Sr) must have filed for naturalization in Ohio, or after moving to South Dakota. 

                                             Old Settler Dead.

Benjamin Barkwill, Sr. died at his home in Goodwin last Friday, April 13, 1900. He experienced no illness and had seated himself for the midday meal when suddenly the spirit departed. Our townsman, W. O. Barkwill was notified and at once went to Goodwin. The funeral services were held at the baptist church in Goodwin on Sunday, Rev. Geo. H. Parker of Watertown officiating, and we are indebted to that gentleman for the following report.

Mr. Barkwill was born in Cornwall, England, Dec. 26, 1818 and died April 13, 1900, being a few months over 81 years of age. The deceased came to this country at the age of 27 years and settled in Newport, Ohio. Here in 1847 he married Clarrisa P. Reynolds. There were born to them six children, five of whom with the widow survive him. In 1880 he came to Dakota and settled in the vicinity of Goodwin where up to the time of his death he has resided. He was a member of the Baptist church and a consistent christian and the large number present at the funeral was proof of the esteem in which he was held.

A lot of information is missing for this family without a census for 1890 to go on. We do know that Weston and Alice had additional children in Deuel County, South Dakota:

Died, in Goodwin, South Dakota, March 3, 1891, Olive, youngest daughter of Weston O. and Alice Barkwill. The deceased was born in Goodwin, January 3, 1884, and was eight years and two months old. The first years of her life were ones of much suffering, but the last year or two she had seemed quite strong, attending school quite regularly. She was one of the brightest in her class, and by her loving disposition endeared herself to all her schoolmates.

The last of January, she was taken with the epidemic so prevalent in the neighborhood, but no fears were entertained till the Sunday preceding her death. Dr. Tarbell, of Watertown, was at once summoned, who pronounced the case capilary bronchitis. All that loving and kind friends could do, was done, but God claimed her and at half past four Teusday afternoon, she died quietly and breathed her last. The funeral, which was held at the church last Thursday at 2 p.m. was largely attended...the remains were laid to rest in the Goodwin cemetary.


The Census of 1900 finds Weston and Alice with their family in Clear Lake Township of Deuel County, South Dakota. Weston's mother, the widow Clarissa Barkwill, 80 years old, was in Bowie Township of Deuel County, and living with her was her 35 year old daughter Caroline and son Ben T., who was then 33.


1901: At home in Clear Lake, surrounded by parents, brothers, sisters and friends as the sun was setting in the west, of Friday evening last, (Feb. 1, 1901) the young life of Frank Barkwill was extinguished. The death of Frank was not unexpected, for he had been suffering with that dread disease Consumption for a long time past, but even though hoping against hope for his recovery, his demise was none the less sorrowful to his family. He was born in Newport Ohio 24 years ago in May. While still a youth of 'teens he began working with his father and elder brother as an apprentice carpenter and builder. He soon became an expert and active workman and the three, laboring together have erected many buildings in the village and surrounding country. About three years ago Frank began to fails in strength and vigor and the decline continued until the above date, when he was obliged to yield in the unequal battle...The interment took place in the Clear Lake cemetery.

By 1910, Weston, and most of his remaining family had moved to Linn County, Iowa. Still in South Dakota, were Agnes, who married George N. Miller. With George and Agnes in Clear Lake, SD were Weston’s son Wesley, and the Miller children:



Bladine Miller, born about 1900, SD
Frank Miller, Born January 20, 1902, SD. Frank H. Miller died in Los Angeles, November 23, 1980.
Gaylord Miller, Born about 1904, SD
Virgil Miller, born about 1906, SD
Lee Miller, born about 1909, SD.



Also still in the Goodwin Township of Deuel County, SD in 1910, were Ben T. Barkwill, now head of family consisting of his mother Clara, who was then 90, and his 55 year old, unmarried sister Caroline.


Charles Emmett Barkwill married Iva Massingale. He died March of 1980 in Marion, Iowa, and Iva died July 9, 1993 in North Liberty, Linn County, Iowa. They had a son, Charles Weston Barkwill, born August 15, 1916, a daughter Alice Ella Barkwill, born April 5, 1918 and a daughter Delilah, born after 1920--all born in Marion, Linn County, Iowa, where Charles resided in 1920. Also in Marion, Iowa during the 1920 census was Weston Wesley, another carpenter, with his wife Anna. Also found in the Iowa census of 1920 was a divorced Edith H. Barkwell, 28 years old, living with her brother George Bushnell--but I have no idea who Edith H. was.


I have tentatively identified these pictures, so if anyone in the family can correct me, please do so....


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Weston O. Barkwill, abt 1900?     Charles Barkwill abt 1914?     Charlie Barkwill, avid hunter

 

Also found on the internet, are these Linn County, Iowa honor-roll heros of WWI: Weston W. Barkwill, Thomas A. Barkwill, Myron Barkwill, and Hugh Barkwill. Also noted is the death of a Thomas A. Barkwill, August, 1968, Fairfield, Jefferson County, Iowa. 

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SAMUEL BARKWILL, third son of James Barkwill

Parents: James and Mary (Osborn) Barkwill
Born: March 14, 1821 in Boyton Parish, Cornwall England, Christened at Bratton Clovelly, Devonshire, Apr. 8, 1821
Died: July 26, 1907 in St. Marys, WV.

Samuel married Rachel Ann Curtis, November 24, 1847 and they had five children I know of:

    James W. Barkwell in 1848, Sarah C. in 1852, Samuel A. Oct. 3, 1853, Fredderica F. abt 1860 and Rachel in Oct.30, 1862.

Samuel Barkwill, was the first person to be naturalized in Pleasants County, WV shortly after it was formed in 1851. He was also one of the Grantees in the first deed recorded in Pleasants County. The first deed placed on record in the new county was dated May 12, 1851 and conveyed the right, title and interest of Hiram Curtis in 6,000 acres of land on the waters of French creek, to John W. Stout, Isaac Cecil, James Stepleton, Hiram J. Curtis, Granville Stout, and Samuel Barkwell.           

        “He was quite a character, somewhere he acquired an Uncle Sam suit and wore it to all festive occasions” : Earl Barkwill 

                                                                                                            IN MEMORIUM

Samuel Barkwill, the subject of this sketch, died in the city of St. Marys, at the residence of Mr. And Mrs. John Hubacher, with whom he has made his home for the last six years, his death occurring on the 26th day of July, 1907. Mr Barkwill was born near Launceston, County of Cornwall, England, in the year 1821, and lived to the advanced age of 86 years, 4 months and 12 days. Prior to his leaving England, he was selected to be one of Queen Victoria’s Life Guards, but as his father and mother were about to sail for America he declined the honor and concluded to accompany them. His reasons were “Choosing the freedom of a republic rather than be tied down by the strict laws of a kingdom.” This choice he never regretted. In 1841 he came to America on the good ship “Cornwall” and landed in New York harbor after a voyage of eight weeks and four days. After reaching New York City, the family came to Washington County, Ohio, by way of the Hudson river and Erie Canal to Cleveland, thence by stage to Portsmouth, Ohio, from which point they came to the area near Grape Island, where the family settled. In the fall of 1842, he was employed to go by flat-boat to New Orleans, with Captain John Harvey. From that time on he followed the river for years, being one of the most successful river pilots in his day, having run the first keel boat out of the Yellow Bushy River at night. This feat was performed under the protest of older pilots. He knew the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and the lower tributaries of the Mississippi so well that in all his long career on the river he never made a mistake or sunk a boat; in fact few in old river days were his equal as a pilot. Since 1843 to the present time, St. Marys and vicinity has been his home. Here he labored and toiled successfully always working for the betterment of the people. In early life he had been baptized in the Church of England, later, after coming to America he joined the M. E. Church but afterward became a member of the Baptist Church and continued in that faith until he died.

Mr Barkwill was a man of honesty and probity of character; his word was as good as his bond; fearless, nothing could daunt him. Politically he was a Democrat, and a more honest one or truer Democrat never lived.

Mr. Barkwill is survived by a number of relatives and descendents, some of whom are in the western states. The Barkwill family are an honorable people and noted for honesty and uprightness of character; they have inherited the noble traits of their ancestors. Mr. Barkwill was laid to rest last Sunday afternoon in his own private burial ground in this city near the Baptist Church, Rev. Kiger the Baptist minister officiating. He was followed to his last resting place by a large concourse of relatives and friends.

Peace be to his ashes A Friend


The census of 1900 lists Rachel Barkwill as living in Washington County, Ohio, with her niece Rose Sophia, who was born April 1869 in VA

Samuel and Rachel’s children were: James W. Barkwell, 1849-1900; Sarah C. Barkwell 1852; Samuel A. Barkwell 1854-1893; Fredericca F. Barkwell, born 1860.  Fredericca  married John Porter, October 30, 1880 in Pleaseants County, WV.


-James Wellington Barkwell, born 1849, died 1900, burial at IOOF Cemetery, St. Marys.  James married Delilah E. Porter, August 24, 1871 in St. Marys, WV.  In the census of 1880, James was a farmer, and they reported children: William O. Barkwill, born about 1874, Rosa Lee Barkwill, born March 23, 1877, Lissie A. Barkwill born May 7, 1874 and a not-yet named 1 year old son. (The St. Marys birth register listed an un-named child born to James and Delilah on March 3, 1879) .In the 1900 census, James was a "Coal Dealer", their un-named son was listed as John, and Lissie was not with them, though 18 year old Rosa Lee still was. 

December 14, 1900

THE GRIM REAPER
Visits the City and Demanded One of its Best Citizens.

JAMES W. BARKWILL IS DEAD

After a Month's Suffering with Typhoid Fever.--His Death Occured Last Sunday Morning at 4 o'clock.--Lamented by a Large /circle of Friends.--He was a Progressive Citizen, a Good Neighbor, and Withal a Kind Husband and Indulgent Father.

Last Sunday morning, December 9, the city was shocked by the announcement of the death of James W. Barkwill. His death occured at 4 a.m. Sunday. He had been ill of fever for a month, and while his life was despaired of by his friends, yet they were hopeful. Saturday his condition was satisfactory and even his physicians were gratified, but the icy hand of Death could not be longer stayed, and at the hour before mentioned he was called to the great mysterious beyond.
The deceased was in his 53rd year, and was born and raised in this city. He was the only surviving son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Barkwell, also of this city. He had endeared himself in many hearts for all time. He leaves to mourn their irreparable loss, a wife, daughter and five sons, together with a host of friends.
The funeral occured from the house at 3 p.m., Monday, conducted by Rev. Cofer, pastor of the Baptist church. The remains were laid at rest in the Private Barkwill cemetery on College Hill. 

 

 


The 1900 census shows the widowed Delilah with her 81 year old widowed mother Elizabeth 
Porter, she reported 28 year old (divorced) son, Samuel as an Oil Field Driller (St. Marys marriage register listed a Samuel Barkwill marrying Lillian J. Martine), and a 23 year old son--John D. Barkwill as a "ball-player with the St. Loius Team. 

 

 

 



-Samuel A. Barkwell, born 1854, died April 13, 1893 in Pleasants County, WV, burial at IOOF Cemetery, St. Marys.. He married Alice Belle Dunn in 1881, and they had (at least) a daughter, Sue Agatha Barkwill on April 4, 1888 in Parkersburg, WV. Sue Barkwill married Royal "Roy" Rittenhouse Mallory in Parkersburg October 28, 1905. I think they also had a son, Samuel Jr.--there is a Samuel Barkwill, Jr. listed as a 17 year old boarder in the 1900 census. He shows up as a lodger in the 1910 census as "Producer/Oil Fields", and reported as son by Delilah Barkwill as an Oil Field Driller.

Barkwill Street, in St. Marys, Pleasants County, WV is a street that once led to the Sam Barkwill farm, part of which was used for the Baptist Church, the local newspaper and other parts of what is now St. Marys.

 

FRANCIS BARKWILL, youngest of James Barkwill's sons to immigrate from England

Parents: James and Mary (Osborn) Barkwill
Born: May 29, 1826, Boyton, Cornwall, Christened June 2, 1826
Died: 12/29/1856?—this date is unclear, as is the circumstances..I think the IGI date of death is actually in reference to another Francis Barkwill in Cuyhoga County, Ohio, who was in his 75 when he died in 1856.

Francis was the youngest of James and Eliza Barkwill’s children, about 15 when they made the trip from England to Ohio. He married Loni Ann Harvey, and we first find him in Washington County, Ohio in the 1850 census with his wife and their first child Osborn O. Barkwill, born about 1849. Francis was listed as a carpenter, and was living just 3 homes from his father James. Barbour Herrington found only one surviving child of Francis and Loni Ann. He found they also had Ida Barkwill and another whose name in the register was illegible, but they both died before they were two years old. 

Oliver Prescott Barkwill--the only known descendent of Francis-- married Minnie McConnel and they had the following children:

Frank McConnel Barkwill, who married Edith Bower. Frank and Edith’s son was Robert M. Barkwill.     

Robert Harvey Barkwill, who married Mary O’Neil
Charles Prescott Barkwill—married Carrie __________
Rex Ethelbert Barkwill, married Margaret __________. Rex and Margaret had a son, Jack Barkwill.

Ermel Elizabeth Barkwill, married Charles Denney and they had (at least) a son, Lorin W. Denny, born September 20, 1910 in Washington state.     Lorin died August 26, 1997 in San Mateo County, CA.
    Bernard Gail Barkwill, married Annette ______________

Barbour’s notes indicate he met with Bernard Barkwill, who was an optometrist in Oregon before he retired to San Diego. Dr. Bernard had Francis Barkwill’s bible, with entries for the births of James Barkwill’s children born in England. Barbour also noted that Oliver (Osborn?) Prescott Barkwill became a “Professor of Music” and owned a music store in Moscow, Idaho.

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