16 Dec 2009

Barber Selected Documents

Civil War Records

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kansas 1861-1865, 1896

p.79

Com. Sergt. 2nd Reg Cavalry non com staff
Moses H. Barber of ?, enlisted Oct 14 '61, mustered Oct 14 '61, returned to the ranks at his own request, Dec 8 '64, and assigned to Co G.

p.102

2nd Reg Co G Cavalry
Pvt Moses H. Barber, enlisted Oct 14 '61, mustered Oct 14 '61, mustered out Jan 13 '65 at Leavenworth, KS.

p.109

2nd Reg Co I
Q.M. Sergt Moses H. Barber, promoted Regimental Com. Serg. Apr 1 '64.

p.110

2nd Reg Co I
Pvt. Moses H. Barber promoted to Sergt.

Published Book

History of Atchison County, Kansas, by Sheffield Ingalls, 1916

Herbert J. Barber, [excerpt includes Moses Barber]

...Moses Barber was born in South Kingston, R.I., April 22, 1833 a son of James and Elisabeth Barber, natives of R.I., of colonial ancestry and English descent. A brother of James was Colonel Barber, who served in the War of 1812, and the grandfather of Moses Barber was a Revolutionary soldier. Moses was reared to young manhood on his father's farm in R.I. and then migrated westward to Illinois. After a residence of a few years in Ill. he came to Kansas and was a resident of the State upon the outbreak of the rebellion of the Southern States. He enlisted in Company I, Second regiment, Kansas Cavalry, in 1861, and was soon promoted to ranking sergeant of his company. He served his country well and faithfully and took part in several hard fought engagements with his regiment, and received his honorable discharge at the close of the war at Leavenworth, Kansas. After receiving his discharge from the service he set out on horseback in search of a homestead, riding the faithful cavalry horse which had carried him through the strenuous days of the Civil War. His route led him in a northwesterly direction from Ft. Leavenworth through Atchison county. He stopped for sustenance and rest at the home of a family named Hubbard at Parnell, Kansas. Mr. Hubbard was a pro-slavery and States rights man who had removed from the Southland in 1855 after 2 years in Missouri, a States rights advocate, and although Mr. Barber was his guest, they had frequent clashes over the troubles of the South and war incidents. The bitterness of the great conflict had not yet been obliterated, and it was only natural that the Union veteran and States rights man should have disagreements. This was not all their troubles, as time soon developed Mr. Hubbard had an attractive daughter, and thereby hangs a tale of romance.

Mary Hubbard was the acme of beauty in the eyes of young Barber and he purposely stayed around in the neighborhood that he could be near Mary and do his courting despite the evident antipathy of Father Hubbard. In fact, Moses often said later, "That was the reason I stayed there." The attraction between Mary and Moses grew into friendship, friendship ripened into love, and the son of the North and the daughter of the South were married. The parental opposition to this natural outcome of the meeting of two young souls, who were evidently destined for each other, was so great that a quiet marriage was necessary. Moses and Mary quietly departed one day and returned to the parental roof as man and wife. Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard soon afterwards decided to accept the inevitable and became very fond of their son-in-law. Time and subsequent events proved that Moses and Mary were well mated and the marriage, if a hasty one, proved to be very happy in the years to come. Mr. Hubbard soon afterwards went West to satisfy the gold fever which obsessed him and Moses Barber settled down on his father-in-law's farm which he purchased, thus beginning a highly successful career as an agriculturist. The first home of him and his young wife was a little log cabin which formerly belonged to the Hubbards, but as prosperity came as the result of careful husbandry, he erected a handsome farm residence of 13 rooms which still stands on the place, built in 1882. Mr. Barber was one of the first men in Kansas to [not copied]...in fruit growing and early began to develop that part of the farming avocation. He planted 4 or 5 acres of apple trees as a start in his horticulture experiments, and his success with his first orchard was so gratifying that he increased his apple orchard to 60 acres of bearing trees. He became widely known as the "Apple King of Kansas" While managing his immence orchard he did not neglect the other side of the farm work and cultivated assiduously his large farm of 320 acres of land in Mt. Pleasant township. In early days he was a large cattle feeder and made large shipments to the stock markets.

Moses Barber was married May 15, 1865, to Miss Mary Hubbard and this union was blessed with 2 children: Mrs. Abigail Brayman, of Wickford, R.I. and Herbert J., with whom this article is directly concerned. Mr. Barber departed this life July 3, 1896, after having lived a long and useful life which was profitable as well as happy. Mrs. Mary (Hubbard) Barber, his surviving widow, was born in Roanoke county Virginia, and was a daughter of Clark and Rebecca Hubbard, both of whom were born and reared in Virginia and came to Kansas in 1855. Mrs. Barber resides with her son Herbert J. in Atchison, Kansas....

News Article

Atchison Weekly Globe, Atchison, KS, [newspaper].

20 Jan 1910

Abe Wertz who is farming the M.H. Barber farm, is cutting down the apple orchard on the place. This orchard was the largest in this vicinity.

News Article

Atchison Weekly Globe, Atchison, KS, [newspaper].

1910

D.P. Barber, of Parnell, says he believes this has been the worst winter to get around, and the hardest on stock, in his experience of forty years in Kansas. Generally in the winter he keeps three horses in the barn. This winter he is keeping eleven up and four of them are crippled from falling on the ice. It is a lot more work to keep stock in the barn than to let it run in the fields. Many farmers have not got all their corn out, and are deprived of the use of the stalk fields. Then the snow and ice cause the value of the stalks to decrease......
Mr. Barber has a piece of corn on bottom land next to a strip of timber. He went through it a few days ago, and says he believes the rabbits, squirrels and crows have eaten nine out of every ten ears. He has not seen a quail on his farm this winter. Last fall town hunters went out and shot the few quails there were on the farm, without permission. "I have tried to protect myself from town hunters, but it is no use." he said to-day. "Only once has a hunter asked permission to hunt on my farm and then I ran onto him or he wouldn't have asked me. I guess I will have to give the town hunters both barrels below the belt to protect my stock. I don't shoot quail [illegible copy] do not want them shot on my [illegible copy] but what I want doesn't concern [illegible copy] the town hunter is [illegible copy] The Protective associations can't do a great deal; why don't they quit talking and crack it to the town hunters?

Obituary

Atchison Daily Globe, Atchison, KS, [newspaper].

1 Jun 1934, p.2

WELL KNOWN RESIDENT OF NEAR CUMMINGS DIES

Ill for the last several months, D.P. (Tom) Barber, 82, well-known and highly respected farmer, died at his home in the Cummings community at 11:45 o'clock last night. Mr. Barber was a patient sufferer throughout his long and painful illness.
Funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. W.E. Wheeler, pastor of St. Mark's Lutheran church, at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Barber residence, where the body will be taken at 9 o'clock Sunday morning from the Sawin & Douglass funeral parlors. Burial will take place in Mt. Vernon cemetery.
Mr. Barber was born November 12, 1851, at Barbertown, R.I. a community named for his family. He came to Atchison county in 1869 to teach school and that fall had the Locust Grove school. A number of people in Atchison county are still living who went to school to him. He purchased the farm where he died in 1878 and had lived there continuously.
He married Miss Laura Speck, daughter of Capt. A. Speck, a Civil war soldier, in September, 1881, and they celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1931. Mrs. Barber died in November of that year.
Mr. Barber is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Fred C. Howard of the home; two sisters, Mrs. Susan Miner, North Stonington, Conn., and Mrs. Cyrus Stewart, Westerly, R.I., and three grandchildren.
He was a member of the Atchison Christian church.

Obituary

Newspaper clipping
25 Jan 1958

Barber Rites To Be Tomorrow

Funeral services for Joseph Leonard Barber, 72, who died Saturday night at the Atchison hospital, will be held at the Stanton chapel at 11 a.m. tomorrow, the Rev. L. A. Indlecoffer officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery with Masonic services by Kickapoo Lodge No. 4, AF and AM, of Potter, Noah Harrington, lecturer. Pallbearers will be Harry Allen, Henry Cook, Jess Ashcraft, George Pennington, Clarence Shaver, jr., and William Shaver.
He was born near Cummings July 11, 1885, and farmed there until moving to Atchison in 1922. For several years he was a Missouri Pacific car inspector and after retirement conducted a restaurant at 1203 Main and later a restaurant at Robinson.
On June 20, 1906, he married Miss Florence Freeman, who passed away in September, 1954. He leaves three daughters, Mrs. Madeline Wilson, Atchison, with whom he lived; Mrs. Elsie Reichlie, Houston, Tex., and Mrs. Karl (Helen) Peterson, Wilmington, Calif.; a son, Leonard Barber, Torrance, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Ellen Judah, Iola; 15 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.