Aaron Barlow and Rebecca Sanford

STEPHEN6 BARLOW (AARON5, SAMUEL4, SAMUEL3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born in Redding, Fairfield Co Connecticut on June 13, 1779 and died in Meadville, Crawford Co Pennsylvania on August 24, 1845.

He married ABBEY CULLUM

Stephen Barlow moved to Meadville in 1816, he was elected to the Twentieth Congress, 1827- 1829 and the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1829 -1831. He was appointed an associate judge of Crawford Co in 1831, a position he held for the rest of his life.

Baptism: June 13, 1779, Fairfield Co Connecticut
Burial: 1845, Greendale Cemetery, Meadville, Pennsylvania
Education: Yale College
Occupation: Lawyer, Congressman, State Legislator, Associate Judge-Crawford Co Pennsylvania

Fifty Years of the Bench and Bar of Crawford County by William Reynolds, 1904

Stephen Barlow was born in Connecticut in 1799. He was a nephew of Joel Barlow, United States Minister to France, and noted as one of the early American poets.

Stephen settled in Meadville in the early twenties. The date of his admission to the Bar is uncertain, but was before 1824, when he became a member of the Venango County Bar. He was appointed agent of the American land Company, after which he devoted little time to his profession. He received the appointment of Associate Judge, January, 1831, which position he occupied until his death in August, 1845.

He was elected a Democratic member of Congress in 1826, but was defeated at the next election by Thomas S. Hill of Erie.

Judge Barlow was one of the most respected and useful of citizens.

He married a sister of Mr. Arthur Cullum. Many nephews and nieces are residents of this city.

Crawford Weekly Messenger August 17, 1816
NORTH AMERICAN COMPANY LANDS

The subscribers having purchased the North American Company's Lands, give notice to the settlers on said lands, that they will be in Meadville during the week of the court, ready to adjust all matters with such as will please to give them a call.

HENRY BALDWIN
STEPHEN BARLOW

Crawford Weekly Messenger July 21, 1820
CHURCH PEWS

THE PEWS in the Meadville Church will be offered for sale on Monday the 14th of August next, being the Monday of the court --The sale is to be at the church, and to commence precisely at 4 o'clock PM
The conditions of the sale will be made known at the time of the purchase.

JOHN REYNOLDS
STEPHEN BARLOW
JOHN BROOKS
JAS. HAMILTON
H.J. HUIDEKOPER
Committee of Sale

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Crawford Weekly Messenger March 02, 1824

STEPHEN BARLOW, Esq. on motion of Mr. Breden, at Venango court, on Thursday past, was admitted to practice as an attorney at law, in the several courts comprised within the 6th judicial district.

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Crawford Weekly Messenger February 04, 1825
Meadville, February 09, 1825
NORTH WESTERN BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA

The Stockholders of the North Western Bank of Pennsylvania are hereby notified that an election of a Trustee of said Bank, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Stephen Barlow, Esq. will be held, at the Banking-house, on the second Monday of March next, at 11 o'clock in the morning.

By order of the Board of Trustees.
JOSEPH MORRISON, Cash'r.

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Crawford Weekly Messenger August 31, 1826
CONGRESS.

STEPHEN BARLOW,
WE are authorized to state, will be a candidate for Congress.

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Crawford Weekly Messenger August 20, 1829
PUBLIC MEETING.

At an unusually large and respectable meeting of the republican citizens of Crawford county convened at the Court-house on the 13th inst. Colonel Joseph Douglas was appointed Chairman and David M. Farrelly Secretary -- The object of the meeting having been fully stated, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted:-- Resolved, That this meeting has entire confidence of the talents,
integrity and republicanism of the Hon. GEORGE WOLF, and believe him eminently qualified from by education and habit to fill the office to which the people will elect him, on the second Tuesday of next October.

Resolved, That the Hon. STEPHEN BARLOW be recommended to the citizens of this district to represent them in the next legislature.

On motion the meeting was adjourned sine die.

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Crawford Statesman April 01, 1841

On Thursday last, March 25th, Mrs. ABBY BARLOW, wife of Hon. Stephen Barlow, aged 58. It would ill accord with the character and feelings of our departed friend to make a public display of her retiring and quiet virtues, or of her humble and submissive but sustained and peaceful feelings in the closing scenes of life. But this event has sundered a link in our social relations; and we should do injustice to our own grieved feelings were we not to say that her memory is endeared to many among us by her cheerful and affiable manners, the affectionateness of her disposition, and the kindness and sincerity of her friendship. Her departure was such as was to have been anticipated from her life -- unostentatious and peaceful. In the submissive and trusting faith in which she had lived, she reposed in the encircling arms of her Heavenly Father and gently fell asleep. As a few friends gathered around the dying bed, we were reminded of the beautiful words:

I heard a voice from Heaven
Say, "Blessed is the doom
Of those whose trust is in the Lord,
When sinking to the tomb."
The Holy Spirit spake--
And I the words repeat--
"Blessed are they -- for, after toil,
To mortals, rest is sweet."

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Children of STEPHEN BARLOW and ABBEY CULLUM are:

Family of Aaron Barlow and Rebecca Sanford