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Thomas Barlow and Sarah Kilby

Generation 4

THOMAS4 BARLOW (John3, John2, Thomas1) was born 1797 in Wilkes Co North Carolina and died in 1872.

He married SARAH KILBY February 20, 1822 in Wilkes Co North Carolina, daughter of ABRAHAM KILBY and ELIZABETH RASH

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Apparently Thomas died intestate about 1872 and Sarah Kilby Barlow died in the decade 1870/1880 in Union Township. Their widowed daughter, Elizabeth Kilby was living with them in 1870.

Found amongst my papers is this writing by Mrs. Elbert McPhaul, who states that this information comes from her personal knowledge of the family.

In 1822, a Thomas Barlow married Sarah Kilby, and bought the Abraham Kilby estate on Reddies River in 1829. We assume that the Thomas owning land in the southwestern Wilkes area was the same Thomas Barlow to move to Reddies River. It is only logical that he was related to John Barlow of Beaver Creek. Records were not well kept, but we believe that Thomas Barlow was the father of John B. Barlow who married Nancy Kilby in 1842.

Thomas Barlow was the only Barlow recorded as owning land on the Reddies River at the time. John Barlow and his brother, Linville, were raised on the north fork of the Reddies River. John Barlow enlisted in the Civil War in 1861. He died December 23, 1862, leaving Nancy Kilby with a small three year old son, Rudolphus Emanuel, to raise. Linville Barlow was burned to death in a fire that destroyed his home some years later.

Children of THOMAS BARLOW and SARAH KILBY are:

1 i.	ELIZABETH5 BARLOW born c1822
2 ii.	JOHN BARLOW, born c1824, and died 23 December 1862 - Bunches of Barlows shows his death to be 1866.
3 iii.	JAMES LINVILL BARLOW, born c1826
4 iv.	NANCY BARLOW born c1829
v.	ARMINDA BARLOW born c1834

Generation 5

1.	ELIZABETH5 BARLOW (Thomas4, John3, John2, Thomas1) was born c1822 She married REUBEN L. KILBY c1841 and died c1859. He was the son of JAMES KILBY and MARGARET ROBBINS. Margaret was the daughter of Major JOHN ROBBINS and ELIZABETH DOGAN.

Children of ELIZABETH BARLOW and REUBEN KILBY are:

i.	WILLIAM PURVIS6 KILBY, born c1847. He married CLARISSA
ii.	NANCY B. KILBY, born c1848
iii.	SELENA S. KILBY, born c1850
iv.	JOHN DOGAN KILBY, born c1852. He married ELZINE
v.	JAMES LINVILL KILBY, born c1854
vi.	MARGARET ANN KILBY, born c1858

JOHN5 BARLOW (Thomas4, John3, John2, Thomas1) was born c1824 and died 23 December 1862.

He married NANCY N. KILBY, c1843, daughter of LOVELL DOGAN KILBY and RACHEL TINSLEY, and granddaughter of JAMES and MARGARET KILBY. Nancy was born 24 October 1822 in Wilkes Co North Carolina and died 18 July 1906 in Wilkes Co North Carolina.

Only surviving child of JOHN BARLOW and NANCY KILBY is:

5 i.	RUDOLPHUS EMANUEL6 BARLOW, born c1860

3.	JAMES LINVILL5 BARLOW (Thomas4, John3, John2, Thomas1) was born c 1826. He died in a housefire according to one source, date unknown. He married SELENA ANN.

Only known child of JAMES BARLOW and SELENA is:

6 i.	THOMAS6 BARLOW, born c1848

NANCY5 BARLOW (Thomas4, John3, John2, Thomas1) was born 22 October 1827, and died 14 December 1910. Photos contributed by Virginia

She married JESSE FRANKLIN ADAMS c1859 - 1860. He was born c1838, the son of HENRY A. ADAMS, and his first wife, NANCY WYATT.
J. Franklin and Nancy, shown in the 1870 Wilkes Co census in the Union Township, PO Wilbar.

Children of NANCY BARLOW and JESSE ADAMS are:

i.	THOMAS C.6 ADAMS, born about 1861
ii.	SARAH L. ADAMS, born about 1867
iii.	NANCY A. ADAMS, born June 1869
iv.	JOHN CALVIN ADAMS, born 08 Mar 1872 in North Wilkesboro, Wilkes Co North Carolina. and died 26 July 1936 in Smith Center, Smith Co Kansas EARNEST NOBLE ADAMS, son of John Calvin is pictured in the 2nd photo

Generation 6

5.	RUDOLPHUS EMANUEL6 BARLOW (John5, Thomas4, John3, John2, Thomas1) was born about 1860. His father died when he was about 3 years of age, his date of death is not known. He married 1.) NANCY DANCY in 1879 He married 2.) SARA ROBERTS, after the death of Nancy.

A Branch from the Wilkes Co North Carolina Bunches of Barlows
Source: Personal knowledge of Mrs. Elbert McPhaul

This information was found in a box of research done by Ralph Emerson Barlow who is now deceased, from the late 1960's and early 1970's, therefore, I do not have information as to the whereabouts or relationship of Mrs. McPhaul to the Barlow family ...... Susan

Scattered among the pages of history you will find the name Barlow. It is definitely true that our ancestors took part in the founding of our great country. We do not have the exact date on which the Barlows came to North Carolina, nor the path they traveled to get here. We do know that a John Barlow settled in Wilkes County North Carolina sometime between 1775-1800. He received a grant of land in 1787, but we are not sure that this is his first grant. The first white man came to Wilkes Co in 1750, therefore we know that John Barlow came sometime after that year, but before his land was recorded. He and his son, John Jr., received other grants of land in the Beaver Creek and King's Creek section in 1790 and 1791.

Eliphalet Barlow also received a grant of land in 1797. From this time until now Barlows have lived in the King's Creek and Beaver Creek area of North Carolina. This is located in the southwestern part of Wilkes Co and the northwestern part of Caldwell Co.

John Barlow may have been one member of a large family or he may have been the head of a large family. This John Barlow is recorded in the book, "The Land of Wilkes" as having been a delegate to the August 28-30, 1790, meeting of the Baptist Churches forming the Yadkin Association in North Carolina. He is later listed as an active member in the association's progress as forerunner of the Baptist State.

In 1822, a Thomas Barlow married Sarah Kilby, and bought the Abraham Kilby estate on Reddies River in 1829. We assume that the Thomas owning land in the southwestern Wilkes area was the same Thomas Barlow to move to Reddies River. It is only logical that he was related to John Barlow of Beaver Creek. Records were not well kept, but we believe that Thomas Barlow was the father of John B. Barlow who married Nancy Kilby in 1842. Thomas Barlow was the only Barlow recorded as owning land on the Reddies River at the time. John Barlow and his brother, Linville, were raised on the north fork of the Reddies River. John Barlow enlisted in the Civil War in 1861. He died December 23, 1862, leaving Nancy Kilby with a small three year old son, Rudolphus Emanuel, to raise. Linville Barlow was burned to death in a fire that destroyed his home some years later.

Children of RUDOLPHUS BARLOW and NANCY DANCY are:

i.	JOHN A.7 BARLOW married MAMIE / MINNIE E. BURKE
ii.	WILLIAM A. BARLOW married MARY JONES / JOINES
iii.	JAMES MONROE BARLOW married NANCY STALEY March 2011: My grandmother's name was Laura Oklahoma Surbaugh. She had kept in her trunk a couple of old postcards from a Monroe Barlow from NC. I have one dated 1909 with a picture of Monroe Barlow on the front of the postcard and couldn't figure out how, or if, he was any relation to my family. Thanks to your ancestry I realize that my grandmother's sister, Lillie Surbaugh married Monroe's brother, Joseph H. Barlow. Names that I've heard for years all come together now, Dancy, Coffey/Coffee, and Burke. My grandfather was born Charles Robert Burke in NC in 1888. His mother was Nancy Burke at the time he was born. His father was unknown, although my father found the name Coffey/Coffee and thought one of the Coffey/Coffee's might have been his father's father. If you have ever heard or maybe know of anyone who has heard about who my grandfather's father might have been please let me know.

iv.	JOSEPH H. BARLOW married LILLIE SURBAUGH
v.	THOMAS H. BARLOW married DALLAS TUGMAN
vi.	LUEMMA BARLOW married MITCHELL VANNOY
vii.	HESTER BARLOW married PETE DANCY
viii.	ELIZABETH BARLOW married WALTER WHITTINGTON
ix.	AVERY COY BARLOW married ALMA GOFF / GOLF
x.	GOLDA BARLOW married CROMMIE ADAMS

Children of RUDOLPHUS BARLOW and SARAH ROBERTS are:

i.	CLATE7 BARLOW married CAROLINE WILKERSON
ii.	VALLIE BARLOW married JESS DUNN
iii.	ANNA BARLOW married RALPH DIETZ
iv.	BLANCHE BARLOW married 1.) MARVIN BALL 2.) V.C. POTTER
v.	HOWARD BARLOW married JOHNSIE SHERRILL

THOMAS6 BARLOW (James5, Thomas4, John3, John2, Thomas1) was born about 1850 in Kings Creek North Carolina and died in West Virginia.

He married 1.) LAURA COFFEY/COFFEE. She was born about 1850 in Kings Creek North Carolina and died before 1887 in Wilkes Co North Carolina.
He married 2. NANCY JONES c1887

The following is the lineage of Sheila Hudson Purdum, who believes that this is the Thomas that makes her family a part of this Bunches of Barlows, though it has not been proven.

She notes: In 1870, Thomas and Laurah are living in Union, Wilkes Co North Carolina, and living with them is a Selena B. Kilby, age 18, shown to be domestic help. She may be the daughter of Thomas aunt, Elizabeth Kilby, shown as Selena S. in other records. Selena's father had died in 1859, and Elizabeth was living in the home of her parents.

Children of THOMAS BARLOW and LAURA COFFEY / COFFEE are:

i.	MARY7 BARLOW, born c1864 She married FLOYD MILLER who was born in Ashe Co North Carolina.
7 ii.	MATTIE BARLOW
iii.	SOPHIE BARLOW, born c1869. She married WILLIAM WALKER born in Greenbriar River, North Carolina.
iv.	LIZZY BARLOW married REVEREND GEORGE TUCKER
v.	KATE BARLOW married DAN ADAMS
8 vi.	EMMA JANE BARLOW, born 06 February 1870, Wilkes Co North Carolina, and died 24 September 1914 in Ashe Co North Carolina.

Generation 7

7.	MATTIE7 BARLOW, (Thomas5, Thomas4, John3, John2, Thomas1) was born 27 September 1880 in Reddies River North Carolina and died 02 August 1958 in Salinas California. She married ALBERT JOHN HICKS. He was born 12 September 1868 in Elkins West Virginia, and died December 1960 in Salinas, California.

Children of MATTIE BARLOW and ALBERT HICKS are:

i.	MELBA8 HICKS married MR. RECEK
ii.	THOMAS JEFFERSON HICKS, born 13 April 19__ in Elkins West Virginia,

EMMA JANE7 BARLOW (Thomas5, Thomas4, John3, John2, Thomas1) was born 06 February 1870 in Wilkes Co North Carolina, and died 24 September 1914 in Ashe Co North Carolina.

She married RUFUS GORDON HUDSON on 13 February 1889 in North Carolina, son of WADE MCNEIL and *DUCK HUDSON. He was born 15 November 1869 in Millers Creek North Carolina, and died 11 June 1937 in North Carolina.

*The only name anyone old enough to remember and young enough to still be alive knew Rufus' mother only as 'Granny Duck'. Miss Hudson and Wade weren't married, as he was married to someone else.

Emma Jane Barlow Cause of Death: probably flu epedemic Burial: Ebenezer Presbyterian Church Occupation: Housewife

Rufus Gordon Hudson Cause of Death: Heart Failure Burial: Pleasant Home Baptist Church, Millers Creek NC Info Source: 1998, Jim Hudson / Mary Powelson Obit Source: 14 July 1937, News Paper Occupation: Merchant Remarriage: November 1915, FANNIE WOODS

Obituary of Rufus Gordon Hudson

Monday, 14 June 1937 Funeral Friday For R. G. Hudson

Last rites were held Friday at Pleasant Home Baptist Church near Millers Creek for R. G. Hudson, North Wilkesboro merchant who died Wednesday evening following an illness of heart disease.
Mr. Hudson was born near Millers Creek but for several years made his home in Ashe County, later moving to a farm in Mulberry township. For the past ten years he had operated a general store in this city, for several years on Tenth Street and more recently on Trogdon Street.
He leaves the following children: Mrs. V. A. Hardbarger, Caldwell W. Va.; Mrs. Wiley Johnson, Miller Creek; W. B. and Charlie Hudson, Columbus, Ohio; Mrs. Lester Wyrick, Crumpler; Mrs. Henry Douglas, North Wilkesboro; Fred Hudson, Ambridge, Pa.; Tom Hudson, Los Angeles, California; John Hudson, Asheville; and Joe Hudson. Also surviving are one sister, Mrs. C. A. White, of Pulaski, Virginia, and two half brothers, Tom and Charlie Jennings, of Chicago.
Rev. J. E. Hayes, conducted the funeral service. Pall bearers were Z. O. Eller, John Tomlinson, Joe Hayes, R.E. Faw, Bill Key and Henry Douglas.
Flowers were carried by Ethel Coffey, Fay Church, Dollie White, Agnes Minton, Blandina Ward, Nannie Busic, Ruby Stout, Leone Miller, Susie Hayes, Memalee Key, Girthie St. John, Helyse Billings, Mrs. M. M. Darlington, Mrs. Charles Higgins, Eula Johnson, and Mrs Van Billings.

Emma Jane Barlow

Rufus Gordon Hudson

Patricia Lou, Queenie, & Pearl Hudson

William Bryant Hudson

Charles Chafin Hudson & Hannah Elizabeth Snow

Joseph Hudson

Fred Hudson

John Henry Hudson

Wiley Thomas Hudson

Children of EMMA BARLOW and RUFUS HUDSON are:

i.	PEARL7 HUDSON, born about 1890 in North Carolina. She married V.A. HARDBARGER From the notes of Mary Powelson Hudson: Pearl was taken to California for sometime by her Aunt Mattie Barlow Hicks
ii.	PATRICIA LOU HUDSON, born December 25, 1891 in North Carolina, and died in 1965, Wilkes Co North Carolina. She married WILEY JOHNSON. They had 12 children, the only one known is EULA MAY JOHNSTON.
iii.	ROXANNA HUDSON, born March 13, 1894 in North Carolina, death date not available, but it occurred in West Jefferson, North Carolina. She married LESTER WYRICK. Two children born to this marriage, the only known name is that of ARNOLD WYRICK.
iv.	WILLIAM BRYANT HUDSON, born 03 February 1896 in Elmerville, Tennessee, and died 18 August 1960 in Columbus, Ohio. He married 1) MARGARET NICELY on 17 March 1919. She was born 19 June 1902 in Columbus, Ohio, and died in Columbus, Ohio. He married 2) SARAH ALICE HUGHES after 1926. She was born in 1907, and died in 1975.

William Bryant Hudson / Burial Information: August 21, 1960, Washington Cemetery / Cause of Death: Heart Attack / Death certificate informant: Sarah Hughes Hudson/2nd wife / Funeral Home: Cooke and Sons / Source: Death Certificate / Military service: WWI Veteran / Obituary Source: Columbus Dispatch / Occupation: Salesman / Place of Employment: Parson Realty Company

CHARLES CHAFIN HUDSON, born 18 August 1899 in Max Meadows, Virginia, and died 14 March 1959 in Columbus, Ohio.
He married HANNAH ELIZABETH SNOW, 24 December 1921 in Columbus Ohio, daughter of FREDERICK SNOW and LOTTIE CORBIN. She was born 11 October 1907 in Columbus, Ohio, and died 28 March 1986 in Mt. Carmal Hospital, Columbus, Ohio

Charles Chafin Hudson / Burial Information: March 17, 1959, Union Cemetary / Cause of Death: Metastatic Carcinoma/Bronchozene Carcinoma Lung and stomach cancer / Death certificate informant: Hannah Snow Hudson - wife / Funeral Home: Feil Funeral Home / Source: Death Certificate / Obituary Source: Columbus Dispatch / Occupation: Welding Engineer / Place of Employment: Ohio State University

1. Death certificate and obituary states that the birth date of Charles was August 18, 1906 and he was 52 and 53 years old. Application for Social Security Card which was filled out by Charles himself states that he was born August 18, 1899 which leads me to believe that it is the correct date.
2. It is believed that the dates were stated by Hannah Hudson wrongly because of Social Security benefits and disability benefits.
3. It is also stated on death certificate that Charles was born in Macks Meadows, Virginia, application for Social Security Card filled out by himself states that he was born in Max Meadows, West Virginia. It is also known that at one time West Virginia and Virginia were one place and then divided so this could be the reason for this discrepancy.

vi.	QUEENIE VICTORIA BARLOW, born 05 December 1901 in North Carolina, and died 05 August 1985 in North Carolina. She married 1)LESTER CAUDILL in 1919. He died in 1929 in North Carolina. She married 2) HENRY DOUGLAS. He was born 13 January 1909, and died 09 April 1988.

Death Record / Name: DOUGLAS, QUEENIE VICTORIA / Date of Birth: December 05, 1901 / Death Date: August 05, 1985 / Sex: Female / Race: White Age: 83 Years / Place of Occurance: N Wilkesboro, Wilkes Co NC / Place of Residence: 28659 Mulberry, N. Wilkesboro, Wilkes Co NC / Autopsy: No / Hospital: General Hospital / Marital Status: Married / Attendant: Physician / Mode of Burial: Burial in state / State of Birth: North Carolina / SSN: 243489011 / Fathers Surname: HUDSON

Queenie had a boarding house in North Carolina, the income on which she raised her 3 boys after her first husband died.
From my talks with James Hudson, I have gotten the impression that Queenie was a very special person to him and to others, that she seemed to be a very caring and giving person, that she was a hard worker and raised her children all by herself for a long time with no one to help her and did a very good job of it.

vii.	JOSEPH HUDSON, born 25 February 1904 in West Jefferson North Carolina, and died 10 June 1986 in Dade City, Florida. He married FANNIE
viii.	FRED HUDSON, born 17 March 1906 om Wagoner, Ashe Co North Carolina, and died 02 May 1975 in Monaca, Pennsylvania. He married HAZEL JACKSON, in September 1926. She was born 11 November 1905 in Woodsfield, Ohio, and died 23 November 1985.
ix.	JOHN HENRY HUDSON, born 22 July 1909 and died 04 November 1969 in Cleveland, Ohio. He married 1) MARY YANKURA. She was born in 1910, and died 1936. He married 2) RUTH
x.	WILEY THOMAS 'TOM' HUDSON, born 29 July 1912, and died 06 April 1939 in a sanitarium in North Carolina.

From the notes of Mary Louise Hudson Powelson and James Hudson:
Tom had lived for several years in Los Angeles California where he had shipped out on sea going vessels. Prior to his maritime duty, he had been a chauffeur to someone in that area. He discovered that he had TB while in California. I believe he returned to North Carolina where he died at 26 years, 10 months of age.

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