Thomas or [John Barlow] and Elizabeth 'Betsy' Nicholas
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J. Morgan Corlew ........ son of Philip and Elizabeth "BARLOW" Corlew Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Montgomery County, Alexander T. Strange, Editor, Volume II Munsell Publishing Co, Chicago, 1918 Corlew, J. Morgan, one of the retired farmers of Litchfield, was formerly a very important agriculturalist of Zanesville Township. He was born one half mile north of Walshville, Illinois March 20, 1852, a son of Philip and Elizabeth "BARLOW" Corlew. Philip Corlew was born near St. Louis, Missouri, and died in 1855, and his wife was born in Illinois, and died in 1859. Left so early an orphan, J. Morgan Corlew was taken by an uncle and aunt who reared him in their home on a farm, and sent him to the district schools. When he was twenty-one years old, he began earning his own living. On December 28, 1876, he was married to Susan F. Roberts, who was born March 06, 1857, in Montgomery County near Honey Bend and was reared there. Mr. and Mrs. Corlew located in North Litchfield Township after their marriage and after several changes, during which time Mr. Corlew bought and sold a farm, they moved to Zanesville Township, where he became the owner of 200 acres of land on Section 23, and on it he carried on general farming until February 9, 1917, when he moved to Litchfield. He is a director of the Hillsboro Insurance Company, and while living in Zanesville Township, represented that company. He is also a stockholder in the Raymond Farmers Grain and Supply Company and has been a very important man in business circles. Mr. and Mrs. Corlew became the parents of the following children:

Effie, who is the wife of Clinton Ash

Fred, who is married to Effie Bennett has the following children:
       .............. Lora L.
       ...............Morgan B.
       ...............Dorris M.
       ...............Willis M. who was married to Fannie Burnap, has a son .............................Leon R.

Jessie J., who is a graduate of the Raymond High School and also of the Northwestern Dental School, Chicago, Illinois, and is a dentist at Mt. Vernon Illinois

Philip, who is deceased

Joseph, who is at home and

daughter, who died at the age of fourteen months

Mr. Corlew and his daughter belong to the Primitive Baptist Church, and Mrs. Corlew is a member of the Free Methodist Church. In politics, Mr. Corlew is a Democrat. He is interested in local matters and keeps well posted on current events.

Note from Susan: I noted that Phillip Corlew, the father of the subject had died young. Illinois marriage records shows that Elizabeth Barlow married Phillip Corlew in 1843, and then a Mrs. Elizabeth Barlow married William Corlew in 1850. I'm curious if she is the same, having married brothers .... anyone know the answer?

Lewis Franklin Beck and Nancy Ann Corlew, daughter of Phillip and Elizabeth Barlow Corlew

Nancy Boon:  I found this Barlow reference in my material on my grandmother, Ora Beck McMillan's family.

Lewis Franklin Beck, a son of my great2 grandfather and his first wife, married Nancy Ann Corlew, daughter of Phillip and Elizabeth Barlow Corlew.

The following material is from the Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Montgomery County, Alexander T. Strange Editor, Volume II published in 1918 by Munsell Publishing Co, Chicago, page 1006, and was received from Rob Appleton

"Beck, Lewis F., one of the retired residents of Litchfield, and a veteran of the Civil War, was born in Montgomery Co Illinois, December 11, 1843, a son of Moses and Lucinda "Sidwell" Beck, natives of Shelby Co Illinois. When a boy, the father came to Hillsboro, Illinois, and later became the driver of a stage running between Alton and Shelbywille, Illinois. He was married at Hillsboro, and reared three sons. His wife dying, he went to California in the company of Alexander and Hall, and was three months on the road. After remaining two and one-half years in the Golden State, he returned home by way of the Isthmus of Panama, and was married (second) to Emily C. (Barlow) Cameron. Buying a farm in Walshville Township, he located on it and died at the age of eighty-five years. His widow, who was born May 10, 1827, survives and makes her home in Nebraska. Lewis F. Beck remained at home until his enlistment for service during the Civil War in Company E, First Illinois Cavalry, at Lexington, Missouri. The regiment was captured by General Price, and its members were paroled. Later the regiment was reorganized, and Mr. Beck reenlisted in the First Missouri Cavalry, in Companies C and A, which saw service in Missouri and Arkansas, taking Little Rock, Arkansas, September 10, 1863, after which the regiment was sent to Texas. The men were discharged September 05, 1865, and Mr. Beck returned home.

On March 19, 1868, he was married to Nancy Ann Corlew, born in Montgomery Co Illinois, a daughter of Phillip and Elizabeth 'Barlow' Corlew, natives of Illinois. Following marriage, Mr. Beck bought a farm in Walshville Township, but after a year moved to Walshville and went into a merchantile business. A year later, he sold and went to Wichita, Kansas, where for two years he conducted a livery business and then sold it, and for a year was engaged in Indian fighting. He then returned to Walshville and resumed his farming. In 1889, he had a final sale, disposing of his farm and stock, and moved then to Litchfield where he built his residence and has since had his home.

His children were as follows: Maggie Olive, who is deceased; F.M., who lives at Huntington, Oregon; Edgar M., who lives at Caldwell, Idaho; F.E., who lives at Whitney, Oregon; and Emma May, who is Mrs. E.M. Hickman, of Terre Haute, Indiana. Mr. Beck is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and served as district steward for several years. He is a Republican and was assessor of Witt Township, and was assessor and deputy of North Litchfield Township for eleven years. He belongs to the S.B. Phillips Post, No. 375, G.A.R. and to the Masonic Fraternity." The family sources list seven children. They include those listed in the above quote and two who may have died young.

Kenneth R. Barlow Sr. states,: "My Great-Grandfather was a farmer for a time, then went to Walshville Co-Operative store as a clerk and later he worked for a lumber house until 1901 when he and his son started their own store. My Grandfather Barlow was a prosperous merchant in Walshville. He and his son started their own firm dealing in coal, grain and general merchandise. The name of the firm was T.M and C.C Barlow. C.C Barlow (Charles Clinton Barlow) his son was the Postmaster at Walshville until 1937 [conflict with death date] then my father Thomas Dewey Barlow became Postmaster and held that position until 1957 and then became rural carrier until ---- ?. My Great-Grandfather Barlow was also Mayor of Walshville. He ran the store from 1901 until 1926 then his son C.C. Barlow ran it until his death in 1932."My Great-Grandfather married my Great-Grandmother (Nancy Elizabeth McvPhail) when he was only 16 years old and she was 18 years old. His father had to sign for his permission to marry."

RG Barlow:  George alledgely was a U.S. Marshall around LeFlore County and ambushed and killed brothers named Mathis because they had been stealing cattle locally. I have the rifle with it's original saddle scabbard. It has notches in the stock presumably because of his action with the Mathis brothers.   I've never been able to document the any of the information about this but it's a story carried throughout the family.   He was also a merchant in Howe, Oklahoma which was also known as "New Town".

Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas, Lawrence County

Joseph M. Barlow, farmer and stock raiser, came from Illinois to the State of Arkansas in the fall of 1879. His occupation on his arrival was simply farming until the year 1888, when he moved to his present place, known as the Cross Roads farm, which consists of 342 acres of land, with about 140 acres under cultivation, and now has a good frame residence, a cotton-gin, gristmill and blacksmith shop, besides his interests in stock raising. Mr. Barlow also owns a farm near by, which he rents out. This place consists of 120 acres, of which forty acres are under cultivation, and contains a fine orchard of about 100 peach and apple trees, besides a great number of small fruits. There are also a good frame and a log house on the land, which is situated one mile southeast of Portia. Mr. Barlow is a son of John and Sinah 'Finley' Barlow, of Illinois, and was born in Montgomery County, Illinois, July 14, 1841. His father died while still a young man, in 1854, and he remained with his mother until his nineteenth year, when he married and commenced farming on his own account. In the spring of 1861 he enlisted in the army and served until expiration of enlistment, and in July 1862, he once more enlisted, in the Third Illinois Cavalry, and was discharged shortly afterward on account of general disability contracted in service. In June, 1864, he entered the army again for the third time, and served until he was mustered out, October 19, 1865.  Mr. Barlow first entered the ranks as a private but soon afterward was promoted to be a sergeant and his record through the war is one that can be placed among the best of that period. He took part in the battles at Haines' Bluff, Arkansas Post, and a hot scrim- mage at Memphis, in 1865. He was also in the campaign against Hood at Nashville and in the fight at that place. Mr. Barlow was married November 17, 1859, to Miss Catherine Chapman, of Montgomery Co Illinois, who died in that locality in 1868. The children by this wife are Dora A., wife of John Davenport, and a son, who lived until his seventeenth year.  He was again married on February 18, 1869, to Mrs. Nancy L. Klutts, a widow lady, of Montgomery County, and this union has given them two children: Sinah J. and Clara E.. Mr. and Mrs. Barlow are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which the former is district steward, and Mr. Barlow is a member of G. A. R., Lawrence Post No. 8, and is adjutant of that post. He is also a Master Mason and senior deacon of his lodge, and belongs to the Knights of Honor. In politics he is a Republican, and was elected justice of the peace for his township, and at the expiration of his term was elected county coroner. At the end of that term he was nominated for county and probate judge by the Wheel, and endorsed by the Republicans, as the latter made no nominations.  Mr. Barlow has adopted Arkansas as his future residence, and expects to live and die in Lawrence County.

Statement of Kenneth R. Barlow, Sr., 09 August 1986:  Grandfather did farm work, sold McConnon's products and ran the pool hall at Walshville, Illinois for  number of years.  My Grandmother Barlow had a miscarriage because she helped my grandfather lift a hay frame off a wagon and she didn't know it would cause her to lose her baby. My grandparents were members of the "Modern Woodman" and the "Royal Neighbors". My grandfather also worked for the Burlington Railroad as a telegrapher agent.  My Grandfather Barlow had a very beautiful team of horses of which he used to haul coal mine props to Mt. Olive and White City coal mines. He said two trips a day was all he could make. The horses name were "Bud and Babe.  The family church affiliation was the Presbyterian Church of Walshville, Illinois.  He had never served in the military. Grandmother Barlow was a school teacher before she married.