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HENRY BARLOW3, son of WILLIAM BRYANT BARLOW and NANCY HARRINGTON/HERRINGTON, was born  c1820-21 in Mississippi, and died c1885.

He married CYNTHIA JANE SKELLY or STRICKLAND, c 1868. Cynthia was born May 1846 in Georgia, and died between 1900 and 1910.

Some say her maiden name was Strickland; others think she was a Skelly. A marriage record found in Perry Co shows a Henry Barlow marrying a Synthia Skelly in 1872, however, it appears that Henry and Synthia are already married and have children in the 1870 census.   Looking through 1880 census records for a Cynthia Stickland or Skelly, I did not find any Skelly's in Georgia or Mississippi, but did find a Strickland family in Lumpkin Co Georgia, head of household, E.W. Strickland, with a 35 year old sister, Cynthia, unmarried living in his household.  I think this would be a good chance of being her, but do not know how to prove it.

CLEMA BRYANT BARLOW, born October 1874, and died April 26, 1922.
He married MYRTLE BOST on 11 August 1912, county illegible.  She apparently died before 1920.

In 1910 Forest Co Mississippi, he is a boarder in the home of Lavinia McInnis, single, age 40        Census Image

In 1920 Forest Co Mississippi, he is age 46, a widower, and boarding in the home of Emma Doyle.              Census Image

In 1920 Forest Co Mississippi, I find a Coreen Barlow, age 6, adopted daughter of Aman and Mary Bazar.  I wonder if perhaps Myrtle died in childbirth, and Bryant not thinking he could raise a child alone, let her be adopted out.  Can anyone confirm?

3. NARVEL R. BARLOW, born October 22, 1877, and died March 20, 1970 in Floadian Nursing Home, Columbia Co Mississippi, burial in Foxworth Cemetery, Hub, Marion Co Mississippi

2.  VENIE MYRTLE4 BARLOW, daughter of Henry Barlow and Cynthia Skelly/Stickland, was born May 31, 1870, and died August 30, 1974. She lived to be 104 years of age and is buried at the Barlow Cemetery in Macedonia, Forest Co Mississippi.

She married WILLIAM A. CRAFT on August 14, 1887 in Perry Co Mississippi, the son of Moses Craft and Sarah Powell. He was born May 17, 1871 in Jasper Co Mississippi and was killed in a sawmill accident July 19, 1902. He is buried in the Barlow Cemetery at Macedonia, Forest Co Mississippi along with Venie.

The Barlow Cemetery is near the Tallahala Creek where most local people floated logs down to Moss Point and had to walk back for about 70 miles. This was in the late 1800's and early 1900's.    Information from Roland Barlow and Who "Married Whom in Perry Co." by Jean Strickland and Patricia Edwards.

Clara Woodall visited her in 1969 and verified that Venie was indeed the grand-daughter of Bryant Barlow and Nancy. She said her father was near 50 when he married and died when she was 15 -- he was 67-68. She said that he had 6 brothers and 9 sisters....

A descendant of the Crafts, David Thompson - writes:
I met Venie Myrtle Barlow on her 100 birthday. She was sewing by a lamp and she threaded the needle without glasses. Delightful lady.

ACTIVE AND ALERT, LOCAL WOMAN WILL BE 99 SATURDAY

By Dana Gonzalez

In 1870, the 18th president of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant, was struggling, in his second year in the presidency, to reunite the North and South following the Civil War. In Perry County, Miss., a daughter Venie Myrtle, was born to Cynthia and Henry Barlow.

On Saturday, Mrs. Venie Myrtle Barlow Craft will celebrate her 99th birthday anniversary. All Week, friends and relatives have been dropping by the home of Mr. and Mrs. Q.P. Murphy, 703 Second St., her son-in-law and daughter with whom she has lived for the past 30 years, to wish her happy birthday and reminisce about by-gone days.

"I remember when Hattiesburg was only a little general store," she says. "We used to hitch up the ox team to come buy a little flour, maybe a little meat and sometimes a little cloth for three or four cents a yard. Then when I was around five, they put the railroads through and other stores started popping up all around."

Reared in Perry County, Mrs. Craft married her childhood sweetheart, William A. Craft in 1887. Giggling and blushing like a schoolgirl when asked about her courting days, she said, "He was the only one. There never was anyone else either before I married him or after he left." In 1903, William Craft "left": he died, leaving his wife with seven children to rear.

To support her children, Mrs. Craft worked as a field hand, took in sewing, and later took a course in midwifery and assisted in delivering Perry County babies.

Of her seven children, three are still living" Mrs. Murphy, Ransom Craft of Rt. 6 and Oliver Craft of Monroe La. She has 22 grandchildren, 54 great-grandchildren, eight great-great-grandchildren, "with more on the way all the time," she beams.

Although she hasn't worked in the garden in about six years, Mrs. Craft remains very active. With only the aid of a cane, she takes morning and evening walks down the street. She has not lost her art as a seamstress and still makes dresses for herself. Until very recently, she did a good deal of embroidering and crocheting.

Daily, Mrs. Craft reads her Bible and the newspaper to keep up with current events. Very proud of the fact that she is still able to read without glasses, she boast, "don't like glasses, they only get in my way." Having four great grandsons fighting in Vietnam, she is concerned about the war. But on the subject of Apollo moon flights, she comments, "They don't have any business up there, God didn't intend such things."

Although a member of the Corinth Baptist Church in Perry County, she does not attend services regularly any longer due to a growing difficulty in hearing. Atypical of her 99 years - young age, she likes chewing gum and candy and is able to eat all types of food.

When asked to what she attributed her long life, Mrs. Craft replied, "I've lived my life for other people. I've always done unto others as I would have them do unto me." She has one living brother, Narvel Barlow, 93, a resident of Columbia.

Mrs. Venie Barlow Craft is observing her 102nd birthday anniversary today. She was born on May 31, 1870, in Jones County. Mrs. Craft is the mother of seven children, three of whom are living. They are her daughter, Mrs. Q.D. Murphy, and sons, Ransom Craft, Hattiesburg, and Oliver Craft, Monroe, La. She has 21 grandchildren, 51 great-grandchildren, and 40 great-great grandchildren. Mrs. Craft resides with her daughter, Mrs. Murphy, on Rt. 9, Hattiesburg. (Staff photo by Ron Dyal)

5. RANSOM5 CRAFT, born December 1888 

He is apparently living, because in the 1910 census, Myrtle said she had 7 children born, all living.

IRENE CRAFT, born September 1899. 

6. OLIVER W. CRAFT, was born 10 February 1895 in Perry Co Mississippi, and died October 25, 1975 in Monroe Louisiana.

3. NARVEL R. BARLOW, son of Henry Barlow and Cynthia Skelly/Strickland was born October 22, 1877, and died March 20, 1970 in Floadian Nursing Home, Columbia Co Mississippi, burial in Foxworth Cemetery, Hub, Marion Co Mississippi

He married NELLIE MAUDE CORBIN in 1905.  She had previously been married.   The daughter of Louis Corbin and Ellen Boyd, she was born July 10, 1883, and died August 09, 1950, burial in Foxworth Cemetery, Hub, Marion Co Mississippi.

COLUMBIA, Fall 1970

Services for N. R. Barlow, 92, of Hub, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Colonial Funeral Home. Burial will be in the old Foxworth Cemetery in Hub.  He died at 9:30 p.m. Friday at Floadian Nursing Home in Columbia. He had been a sawmill operator and a school bus operator for 25 years before retiring. He was a member of the Hub Methodist Church.

Survivors are two sons, James L. Barlow, Pascagoula, and Murray Barlow, Escataupa; three daughters, Mrs. Crista Bourn, Wade, Mrs. Susie Watson, Hub; and Mrs. Beaulah Watson, California; 31 grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren.

7. BEULAH BOYD BARLOW, born c1906 in Mississippi. 

INFANT SON BARLOW, born October 15, 1925; died in in infancy; burial in the Old Foxworth Cemetery, Hub, Marion Co Mississippi, beside his mother. A cousin told that this child was born weighing 24 pounds but did not  live, and it was the cause of the beginning of Nellie's health problems.

4. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS BARLOW, son of Henry Barlow and Cynthia Skelly/Stickland was born March 27, 1880.

He married ELIZABETH ANN 'BESSIE' CORBIN on March 11, 1903 in Jones Co Mississippi, bk 4, pg 413.  The daughter of Louis Corbin and Ellen Boyd, and sister to Nellie who married his brother, Narvle, she was born April 01, 1886 in Alabama, and died January 16, 1971, burial in New Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, near Crystal Springs, Copiah Co Mississippi.

CRYSTAL SPRINGS    January 1971

Services for Mrs. Bessie Corbin Barlow, 84, will be held at New Zion Baptist Church at 2 p.m. on Sunday and burial will be in the church cemetery with Baldwin Funeral Home in charge.

She died at the family home on Rt. 3 here early Saturday morning after a long illness.

Mrs. Barlow, was a native of Alabama but had lived in Copiah County about 50 years. She  was a member of New Zion Baptist Church.

Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. J.A. Thornton and Mrs. Wiley Thorton, both of Crystal Springs; one son, Henry L. Barlow of Ellisville; seven grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

9. HENRY LEVERT BARLOW, born February 12, 1906, and died December 24, 1984 in Ellisville, Jones Co Mississippi, burial is in Ellisville Cemetery, Jones Co Mississippi

LILLIAN ELOISE BARLOW, born September 03, 1908, and died February 17, 1997 in Crystal Springs Copiah Co Mississippi; burial in New Zion Cemetery, Crystal Springs, Copiah Co Mississippi.

She married JOHN ALLEN THORNTON on May 05, 1935 in Copiah Co Mississippi.   Marriage records show that the marriage license was applied for October 01, 1932, but the marriage did not take place until 1935. They did not have any children. 

10. EDNA EARL BARLOW, born July 06, 1911 in Eastabutchie Jones Co Mississippi, and died September 21, 1997 in Crystal Springs Copiah Co Mississippi, burial in Crystal Springs City Cemetery, Copiah Co Mississippi

11. Curtis Craft, born May 02, 1920 in Roschella LaSalle Parish Louisiana, and died September 01, 2005 in Comel Co Texas

7. BEULAH BOYD BARLOW, daughter of Narvel R. Barlow and Nellie Maude Corbin, was born c1906 in Mississippi.

She married MILLARD CONSTATINE WATSON.  He was born May 02, 1898, and died February 1984 in Stanislaus Co California. (I believe this is he, found in SSDI)

Part of the information for this family was contributed by:  Debra, granddaughter of Beulah and Millard.

9. HENRY LEVERT BARLOW, son of Christopher Columbus Barlow and Elizabeth Ann 'Bessie' Corbin, was born February 12, 1906, and died December 24, 1984 in Ellisville, Jones Co Mississippi, burial is in Ellisville Cemetery, Jones Co Mississippi.

He married NELLIE MAY MORGAN on March 16, 1935 in Hazlehurst, Copiah Co Mississippi.  She was born July 31, 1909 and died March 25, 1985; burial is in the Ellisville Cemetery in Ellisville, Jones Co Mississippi.

Charles Tim Barlow, born January 22, 1951 and died December 29, 1999 in Laurel Jones Co Mississippi.

10. EDNA EARL BARLOW, daughter of Christopher Columbus Barlow and Elizabeth Ann 'Bessie' Corbin, was born July 06, 1911 in Eastabutchie Jones Co Mississippi, and died September 21, 1997 in Crystal Springs Copiah Co Mississippi, burial in Crystal Springs City Cemetery, Copiah Co Mississippi.

She married 1. WALTER ARTHUR THORNTON, SR. on August 18, 1929 in Copiah Co Mississippi.

She married 2) WILEY THORNTON on July 08, 1939 in Copiah Co Mississippi.   He was born in 1910 and died in 1986.   Walter and Wiley were brothers.

11. CURTIS CRAFT, son of Oliver W. Craft and Ida Lee Johnson, was born May 02, 1920 in Roschella LaSalle Parish Louisiana, and died September 01, 2005 in Comel Co Texas
He married SOPHIE VIOLA, daughter of Clophire Viola and Sarahine Cudrain.

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