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.
Barlow, Allen
1 male under 5
1 male between 20 and
30
1 female between 10 and
30.
That is possibly our Allen.
That he lived in and was married in Decatur County Indiana - possibly
twice, the second to my ancestor Ellen Snelling on March 3rd, 1845, then moved to Boone
county Indiana is definite. Ellen was born around 1823 or 1824. There were other
Barlow families in Boone county previously, but no known
relationship has 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
their meeting?
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. Furniture book pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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. Perhaps this is our Allen's
wife Ellen applying for a pension. This
would also explain her absence in the 1900 census.
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
UPDATE late
August ’01 – 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: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
The pension file gives us some tidbits about our Barlow
family. Some notes follow:
30 Nove 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:
Ø
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”.
Ø
Carez “doctored his father’s family for 2 or 3 years prior to
enlistment”.
Ø
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 1910 census pt1 pt2
records that brother Frank and he had lived together during this time.
For more information on Barlow connections Susan’s site is:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~barlow/missouri.html
