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John Wesley Barlow and H. Catherine Mahaffey

Son of George Washington Barlow and Flora Ann Byrd  / Dau of Robert Mahaffey and Catherine McFerrin

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JOHN WESLEY BARLOW 3 (GEORGE WASHINGTON2, JOHN1) was born February 06, 1834 in Harrisville, Simpson Co Mississippi, and died July 16, 1910 in Mississippi.

He married H. CATHERINE MAHAFFEY c1854.  The daughter of Robert Mahaffey and Catherine McFerrin, she was born July 31, 1838 and died March 07, 1910.  Both are buried in Harrisville Cemetery, Simpson Co Mississippi.

Civil War Service   researched and contributed by Robert Hawkins

John W. Barlow was a Sargeant in the 3rd and was wounded at Murfreesboro, Tennessee on December 31, 1863 and sent home by order of the regimental surgeon but had returned to his unit by May 1864.

He appears on a role of prisoners and was at Nashville, Tennessee on December 02, 1864. On this roll, he is listed as having been captured at Franklin, Tennessee on November 30, 1864.

On December 05, 1864, he was transferred to a POW camp in Louisville, Kentucky. He was later transferred to Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois and appears on an updated role of prisoners. He is shown as discharged from Camp Douglas on June 18, 1865 as per general order no. 109 A.G.O.
3rd Battalion, Mississippi Infantry

Captain Mark I. Carlisle's Company,- Duncan Rifleman, Mississippi Volunteers was formed about November 1861, of seven unattached companies and by the addition of Captain Carlton's Independent Company Mississippi Infantry and two companies formed of that part of the 17th Regiment Alabama Infantry which was not captured at Fort Donelson the battalion was increased to regiment in April 1862 and called the 33rd regiment Mississippi Infantry, which designation was changed to the 45th Mississippi Infantry in November 1862. The Alabama regiment was transferred back to that regiment in November, 1862 and called the 33rd regiment Mississippi Infantry, which designation was changed to the 45th Mississippi Infantry in November 1862. This organization was ordered to resume its original designation as the 3rd Battalion Infantry on April 09, 1864.

From 'METHODISM IN THE MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE 1894-1919'

1904

Mr. John Wesley Barlow and his wife Catherine Mahaffey celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary at the home of their son, Andrew Green Barlow at Harrisville, Mississippi

W.S. Ritnor Liberty Church, Simpson Co Mississippi
Masonic Death Records

John Wesley Barlow died July 16, 1910 - PM

Harrisville, Simpson Co Mississippi    28 July 1860   pg 148   #74/74

John Barlow	25	Farmer	$1700/3500	MS
Catherine Barlow	20			MS
George R. Barlow	4			MS
Andrew G. Barlow	3			MS
Hezekiah W. Barlow	1			MS

Westville, Simpson Co Mississippi    21 July 1870    pg 342    #59/59

John W. Barlow	37	Farmer	$400/250	MS
Catherine Barlow	34			MS
George R. Barlow	14			MS
Green Barlow	12			MS
Hezekiah Barlow	10			MS
John W. Barlow	8			MS

District 5, Simpson Co Mississippi    16 June 1880    pg 252    #192/199

John Barlow	Head	--	Farmer	MS	MS	MS
Catherine Barlow	Wife	46	Keeps House	MS	MS	MS
Thomas Barlow	Son	20		MS	MS	MS
John Barlow	Son	18		MS	MS	MS
Lillie Barlow	Daughter	3		MS	MS	MS
Eller Mullins	Niece	18		MS	MS	MS

Beat 5, Simpson Co Mississippi    09 June 1900    pg 118    #132/134
Married 41 years, 13 children born, 5 living

John Barlow	Head	February 1834	--	MS	MS	MS
Catherine Barlow	Wife	August 1838	--	MS	MS	MS

In 1910, Catherine is deceased and John, age 80, is living with daughter and son-in-law, Wilkie N. and Laura Neely.

2.  GEORGE ROBERT ' BOB' BARLOW4, (JOHN WESLEY3, GEORGE WASHINGTON2, JOHN1) was born October 1856, (1900 census). His tomb states he was born 1855 and died 1934. Mississippi Death Records show his death year to be 1933, DC #13453 He married 1) FRANCES A. 'FANNIE' MULLICAN, on July 07, 1875 in Simpson Co Mississippi / Book 1 Page 152.  The daughter of Harrison Mullican and Amanda Dear, she was born July 06, 1856 and died December 22, 1901.

He married 2. MARTHA JANE WALTON PHILLIPS on February 21, 1903 Copiah Co Mississippi  / Book 17 Page 384.   She had been married previously to George Phillips.  The name Walton comes from cemetery records, so I assume that was her maiden name.

Bob, Martha, and Fannie are buried in Beauregard Cemetery, Copiah Co Mississippi.  Fannie had originally been buried in Harrisville Cemetery, but George had a tomb built in Beauregard Cemetery, and had her moved there. Martha's tombstone shows her to be Janie Walton Barlow, born 1857, and died 1937, (according to cemetery inscriptions on Copiah Co Gen-Web, her death certificate #320 says 1935.


I could not locate them in an 1880 census.

In the 1930 census index of Copiah Co Mississippi, Robert, age 74, and Janie, age 72, are living with his son-in-law and daughter, William and Etta Hogg

7.  HENRIETTA 'ETTA' J. BARLOW, born May 29, 1876 and died March 15, 1967

8. LEMUEL OSCAR BARLOW, born November 26, 1877, and died August 31, 1974

10.  IDA ANNIE BARLOW, born December 30, 1882, and died September 22, 1983

ADA FRANCES BARLOW, born July 09, 1884, and died September 21, 1966.
She married GEORGE DUNCAN PARKER, son of E. Cornelius Parker and Martha Harris.  Click his name for more of this family.

11.  ROBERT LUTHER BARLOW, born December 1887, and died 1937

SAMUEL J. BARLOW, born August 1891.  He married MAGGIE LEGGETT.
They had no children.

LILA G. BARLOW, born December 28, 1892, and died October 03, 1893, burial in Harrisville Cemetery, Simpson Co Mississippi

13.  JOHN WILKIE BARLOW, born June 09, 1896, and died November 26, 1982

15.  FRANCIS A. 'FRANCE' BARLOW, born July 03, 1901 (shown as a daughter in the 1910 census)

3.  ANDREW GREEN BARLOW4, (JOHN WESLEY3, GEORGE WASHINGTON2, JOHN1) was born May 17, 1857 in Mississippi, and died December 26, 1930 in VanZandt Co Texas.  DC #61009  VanZandt Co Texas 

He married ELIZA MARIAH BURKETT on February 06, 1879 in Simpson Co Mississippi.  The daughter of William Jefferson Burkett and Acadia Polk, she was born February 06, 1861 in Mississippi, and died February 27, 1921 in Van Zandt Co Texas.  Both are buried in Elm Grove Cemetery, VanZandt Co Texas.

In 1920, Green, age 62, and Eliza, age 58 are living with son, Killie R. Barlow in VanZandt Co Texas

In 1930, Green Barlow, age 72, a widower is living in VanZandt Co Texas with son, Sam J. Barlow

16. DILLA ORCADY 'KATE' BARLOW5, born March 31, 1880 in Mississippi, and died June 23, 1969 in VanZandt Co Texas.

WILLIAM WESLEY BARLOW, born November 12, 1881 in Mississippi, and died unknown in California.    He married LENA W. of Tennessee.  (1920 census)

17. ANDREW JACKSON 'JACK' BARLOW, born July 21, 1883 in Mississippi, and died August 31, 1968, burial in Ventura Co California.

18. INA BELL BARLOW, born November 19, 1885 in Mississippi, and died September 06, 1961 in Shreveport, Caddo Parish Louisiana

BEULAH ELIZABETH BARLOW, born January 30, 1888 in Mississippi, and died October 03, 1981 in VanZandt Co Texas
She married HENRY H. 'JEFF' PARKER, son of E. Cornelius Parker and Martha Harris.  Click his name for more of this family

19. SAM JONES BARLOW, born January 1891 in Mississippi, and died December 13, 1971 in Edgewood, VanZandt Co Co Texas

In 1920, Nannie, age 62, is living with son-in-law and daughter, Drewy and Maggie Ball

JULIA FRANCES 'PETE' BARLOW, born September 25, 1896, and died 1985.  (Either her birthdate or Effie's is incorrect, there are only 4 months between them.)
She married 1) MARVIN APPLETON BALL.  The son of the son of Horace Hardy Ball and Rosa Ann 'Pauline' Hilton, he was born January 30, 1893, and died December 05, 1925.        Click his name for more on this family     After Marvin's death, Julia married 2) MR. HEAD

5.  JOHN WESLEY BARLOW, JR., born c1862 in Simpson Co Mississippi, and died after 1900, perhaps in Indian Territory.

He married MARTHA ELIZABETH 'LIZZIE' BUTLER on 02 November 1883 in Tangipahoa Parish Louisiana, (click to view original) when she was 14 years of age, though the license shows 18.  She was born February 22, 1869, and died October 26, 1956.  It is not known who her father was, she is living with her widowed mother, Martha Butler in the 1870 census.  Lizzie is buried at Beulah Methodist Church Cemetery, near Marthaville, Natchitoches Parish Louisiana, along with her second husband, Tom Blankenship and her third husband, James H. Ballard, and many of her children and grandchildren.

See more about Lizzie Butler Barlow and Tom Blankenship  / census records there will list the Barlow children.

According to family tradition, John Wesley Barlow, Jr. sometime after 1894, and before December 1897, rode out on his horse and disappeared never to be heard from again. Several family rumors have surfaced throughout the years, but the one most likely comes from his son, Newt.

According to Newt, John came home in a hurry, told Newt to saddle up a fresh horse; that he had just shot and killed a man, the law was after him. He told Newt good-bye, and rode out of town. We don't know why he allegedly shot the man - that's where the rumors come in.....

It is not known where John, Jr. went, but the family heard rumors that he was in Oklahoma, and married to an Indian woman.

Military Records showing a John W. Barlow had signed up with the Rough Riders in Caddo, Oklahoma, Indian Territory have proven to be John Wesley Barlow, Jr.

Newt told family that Lizzie left her children with family in Harrisville, Mississippi, headed west in a covered wagon, stopping in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. John had family there, it is supposed Lizzie had gone there looking for him. Again, this is only speculation. Newton Wesley Barlow, the oldest child, probably no older than 12 or 13, took his brothers, and sister, hired on with a wagon train traveling west to Louisiana to find his mother...she may have sent for them, that is not known. Evidently, Newt found Lizzie, because he and his siblings are with Lizzie in the 1900 census of Sabine Parish Lousiana. Lizzie had had John declared legally dead, and had married Tom Blankenship in Sabine Parish Louisiana on December 12th, 1897.

Enlistment papers describe him as having blue eyes, dark brown hair, dark complexion, 5' 7" tall, a farmer, age 28, born in Simpson Co Mississippi, date of enlistment, May 14, 1898. Permanent scars noted are scars on both knees, small scar near spine above right hip, several small scars inside right thigh near ____ (illegible).

The word 'single' appears in the top left corner of the document, I wonder if that is indicating his marital status.

Transcriptions and copies of the original military papers    

In 1900, a John W. Barlow, age 30, born October 1869 in Mississippi is living in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory with wife, Mattie B., age 25, and daughter, Namoma, age 1 month, born April 1899, whom we believe to be our John, though the record shows this to be his first marriage.   I have not been able to locate any of this family in 1910 or 1920.

22. NEWTON WESLEY BARLOW, born December 25, 1884, Simpson Co, Mississippi and died June 04, 1967, Coushatta, Natchitoches Parish Louisiana

CLARENCE S. 'DUTCH' BARLOW  (1890-1986, LDS) He married HALLIE D. Children: BETTIE,  born c1925, and CLARENCE R., born c1928, who committed suicide.  Clarence was a dentist.  I could not locate him in 1910, but in 1920, he was in Desoto Parish Louisiana, age 31, with wife Hallie, age 25.  He and Hallie along with both children listed in the 1930 census index of Desoto Parish Louisiana

6.  LAURINDA 'LAURA / LILLIE ' BARLOW4 (JOHN WESLEY3, GEORGE WASHINGTON2, JOHN1) was born August 27, 1877 in Simpson Co Mississippi, and died October 22, 1938.

She married WILKIE 'WYCK' N. NEELY on December 10, 1892 in Simpson Co Mississippi. The son of John Neely and Melvina Spell, he was born May 30, 1874, and died March 27, 1961 - note the discrepancy in birth year shown on the obituary -   Both are buried in Harrisville Cemetery, Simpson Co Mississippi.

Beat 5, Simpson Co Mississippi   09 June 1900   pg 118   #140/142
Married 6 years, 4 children born, 3 living

Wilkie Neely	Head	May 1874	26	MS	MS	MS
Laura Neely	Wife	August 1876	23	MS	MS	MS
Virgie Neely	Daughter	May 1895	5	MS	MS	MS
Dewey Neely	Son	March 1898	2	MS	MS	MS
Arris Neely	Son	January 1900	4 mo	MS	MS	MS

Harrisville, Simpson Co Mississippi    21 April 1910    pg 158    #107
Married 16 years, 9 children born, 8 living

Wilkie Neely	Head	37	MS	MS	MS
Laura Neely	Wife	32	MS	MS	MS
Virgie Neely	Daughter	15	MS	MS	MS
Dewey G. Neely	Son	12	MS	MS	MS
Arris Neely	Son	10	MS	MS	MS
Otto B. Neely	Son	8	MS	MS	MS
U.D. Neely	Son	6	MS	MS	MS
Troy A. Neely	Son	4	MS	MS	MS
John S. Neely	Son	2	MS	MS	MS
Lillie L. Neely	Daughter	1 yr 1 mo	MS	MS	MS
Nobe Jackson / black	Servant	21	MS	MS	MS
John W. Barlow / widower	Father-in-law	80	MS	MS	MS

Beat 5, Simpson Co Mississippi    13 January 1920    pg 183     FM 168/170

W.N. Neely	Head	45	MS	MS	MS
Laura Neely	Wife	44	MS	MS	MS
Otto Neely	Son	18	MS	MS	MS
U.D. Neely	Son	16	MS	MS	MS
Troy Neely	Son	15	MS	MS	MS
J.S. Neely	Son	13	MS	MS	MS
Lillie Neely	Daughter	11	MS	MS	MS
Mildred Neely	Daughter	9	MS	MS	MS
W.N. Neely	Son	7	MS	MS	MS
Annie Ruth Neely	Daughter	5	MS	MS	MS
Manuel Neely	Son	8 mo	MS	MS	MS

THE PASSING OF MRS. DR. W. N. NEELY

As the shades of night were gathering, and about the hour of 7 o'clock P.M., on Saturday, October 22, 1938, and at the Baptist Hospital in the City of Jackson, Mississippi, and while surrounded by most of the members of her family, the gentle and angelic spirit of Mrs. Dr. W. N. Neely, passed from the stage of human action to a better home beyond the skies.

We understand that she was born on August 27, 1877 in Simpson County, and was married to Dr. W.N. Neely on December 10, 1893, and that to this union sixteen children were born, and three of them preceded their beloved mother to the better land. This good woman left as her survivors, her husband, who is a distinguished doctor of Harrisville; and nine sons and four daughters and twenty-four grand-children to mourn her passing.

The sons are: G.D. Neely, Supervisor of District No. 5, Arris Neely, Otto Neely, U. D. Neely, Troy Neely, John Sharp Neely, W.N. Neely, Jr, Emanuel Neely and Robert Neely; and they all live in Simpson County, and also four daughters, the same being Mrs. Virgie Shorter, Mrs. Lilla Berry, Mrs. Mildred Hawkins, and Mrs. Annie Ruth McBride, the latter being of Crystal Springs, and Mrs. Lilla Berry of Washing-ton. The other two daughters being in Simpson County, and all of them being numbered among the best of our entire citizenship.

We understand that the deceased was, during her lifetime, an active, loyal and devout member of the Methodist church at Harrisville and was not only a faithful member of her church, but was a most useful citizen of the community where she lived, and that her entire life was spent in the service of humanity. In the passing of this good women, not only her f amily has sustained an irreparable loss, but Simpson County has also sustained a real loss in her going.

All that was mortal of this good woman was laid to rest in the Harrisville Cemetery on Sunday afternoon following her death, while her loved ones and friends followed her bier to its last resting place. The large crowd that attended her obsequies and the great profusion of flowers placed on her grave fully attested the high esteem in which she was held by those who knew her best, and we are confident that her immortal spirit has gone to a world untainted by sin and untouched by death.

Those who served as pall bearers were: L.H. Kendall, W.P. Harris, Clarence Steen, Estus Haley, A.C. Murray, C.G. Barlow.

DR. W.N. 'PAPPY' NEELY, SR.
1884-1961

He was a beloved Harrisville physician whom so many citizens and many from miles around depended on for all their illnesses. In his early years of practice he went from horseback to buggy to automobile.

He was married to Laura Barlow and raised 12 out of 16 children.

He attended the University of Tennessee Medical School, and graduated in 1899. After 50 years of service the townspeople and surrounding communities celebrated his Golden Anniversary. To express their gratitude a special service was held. At a program sponsored by Harrisville School, Dr. Neely was presented a new Ford car. But the town of Harrisville was not alone in the celebration, the university where he finished medical school gave him its Golden T. Certificate for 50 years of loyal service.

In the first 49 years of his practice he had delivered 3,764 babies. He practiced for several more years. Even after he was unable to travel to his office patients would go to his home for medication.

He was a person that all who knew him will never forget.

BARNEY M. NEELY, born November 29, 1896, and died October 03, 1897, burial in Harrisville Cemetery, Simpson Co Mississippi

25. ARRIS S. 'HEED' NEELY, born January 09, 1900, and died September 09, 1990, burial in Harrisville Cemetery, Simpson Co Mississippi.

OTTO VON 'DOT' NEELY, born August 28, 1901, and died August 08, 1964
He married JEWEL PEAVY. She was born October 08, 1905. Both are buried in Harrisville Cemetery, Simpson Co Mississippi
Known children are: A.Q. ~ JACK ~ OTTO JR.

U.D. 'SHUG' NEELY, born July 03, 1903, and died April 08, 1966
He married MYRTLE BELLE GARRETT. She was born November 13, 1903, and died August 02, 1954 Both are buried at Harrisville Cemetery, Simpson Co Mississippi
Known children are: CAROLYN, MARTINA, KENNETH, and T. DOUGLAS, born Aug 28, 1923, and died Sept 25, 1923, burial in Harrisville Cemetery, Simpson Co Mississippi

LILLA NEELY, born January 19, 1909, and died March 29, 1995
She married 1) JEFFERSON DAVIS BERRY, JR.    --  Click his name for more of this family
Lilla and Jeff divorced, and she married 2) MR. PHILLIPS.  

ANNIE RUTH NEELY, born December 18, 1914.
She married JAMES ISAAC MCBRIDE on September 06, ____Hinds Co Mississippi. The son of Neil Archie McBride and Mary 'Mamie' Virginia Furr, he was born August 13, 1910 in Copiah Co Mississippi    Known child of Annie and James is: SYLVIA ANN

ROBERT JACKSON 'BOB' NEELY, born April 05, 1921, and died July 18, 1990.  
He married WILMA JEWEL STEGALL. She was born September 14, 1921, and died January 10, 1991.  Both are buried in Harrisville Cemetery, Simpson Co Mississippi
Known children of Bob and Wilma are:  ROBERT JR., WANDA, and VICKIE

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