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JOHN D. BARNHILL was the son of  ALEXANDER BARNHILL, Jr. and MARGARET __(?).  John   had at least three brothers, ABEL, ALEXANDER III, and ALFORD (ALFRED).   JOHN D. BARNHILL was born probably in Greenville, S.C. around 1806.  He was in Texas with his first wife by 1847.  They had no children.  This is explained in the Memoirs of  James Norman Smith, his father-in-law by his second marriage to ELIZABETH HUNGERFORD SMITH.   The latest known record  of John D. Barnhill is 1878 he was living in Dallas, Texas with his two daughters  Sarah Williamson and Lydia Hook.  He does not appear in the 1880 Dallas City Directory, so date of death is estimated to be 1879.

 He married 2nd     MRS. ELIZABETH HUNGERFORD SMITH CALHOUN  (widow of William Calhoun of Tipton County TN) 30 Jan 1848, DeWitt CoTX.  Elizabeth Hungerford Smith was the daughter of JAMES NORMAN SMITH and SARAH JENKINS of  Maury County, Tennesse [Smiths and Jenkins formerly of Charles County, MD].  Children of JOHN D. BARNHILL and ELIZABETH H.S.C. BARNHILL:

 MARTHA J. ?Mattie?(b. 1849 TX d. by 1880 TX) ? m. William Carter, one daughter, Willie Carter b. 9 Oct 1870, m/ David Edward Fowler.  See McLennan County TX U.S. Census Records 1870.

SARAH M. (Sallie)  (b. ca 1852 TX, d. 2 Dec 1934 Dallas ? Oakland Cemetery) m/ H.C. Williamson, (1832-1898).   Children from the 1880 and 1900 U.S. Census, Dallas, TX: Amantha b.1874,  Henrietta b. 1876, John Henry b. 1877, Clay b. 1882, Jessie b. 1885, and Cecil b. 1887.  Sallie Williamson is identified as sister of the deceased  in Lydia Barnhill-Hook-Forrester-Nelson?s obituary. [See also Dallas County TX Deeds, Vol. 30, P. 238, Feb. 1876 ? H.C. Williamson and M.V.B. Hook sale of jointly owned property and 1930 U.S. Census Dallas TX ? Sallie Williamson  #172/195.]

LYDIA  (Libbie) (b. 10 Feb 1854,DeWitt CoTX,  d. 11 Dec 1928, Dallas, TX) m/1 1871, C.D. Newton in McLennan Co TX; m/2-1877 M.V.B. Hook, m/3- 1891, J.M. Forrester, m/4-1908 S.F. Nelson. The last  three marriages  recorded in Dallas TX.  Children from U.S. Census 1880, Dallas, TX, Robert Van Hook  (Adopted)  and John Calhoun Hook (b.31 Jan 1886, d. 9 March 1942, Dallas TX).

1850 U.S.Census DeWitt Co Texas ? age 40,   b. SC.

1860 U.S. Census DeWitt CoTexas ? age 54,   b. SC.

1870 U.S. Census McLennan CoTexas

1878-1879 Dallas City Directory ( Morrison & Company) - John D. Barnhill living in home of  M.V.B. Hook and H.C. Williamson.]

SOURCES:

1. ROBERT BARNHILL, I, by Arthur Virgil Barnhill, Jr., Arviba Publishing, Knoxville Tennessee, 1999.

2. HISTORY OF DEWITT COUNTY TEXAS, DeWitt County Historical Commission, Curtis Media Corporation, Dallas, Texas, 1991.

3.  Marriage Records DeWitt County, Texas and Dallas County, Texas Marriage Records.

4.  HISTORY OF HIS EARLY LIFE, by James Norman Smith, 1870.  Original handwritten memoirs in Barker Library, Center for American History, University of Texas Library, Austin, Texas.  Typed copy in Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas, Daughters of the American Revolution Library, Washington, D.C., Maury  TN Library,  and Dallas Public Library.

 5. Obituary of LYDIA BARNHILL ( HOOK) NELSON, Dallas Morning News,  Dallas, Texas, December, 12, 1928, P.4.

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