Queries and Notes for Barlow in Ohio

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Herma Armstrong     March 2001    - invalid e-mail -

My elusive Lydia BARLOW (b. abt. 1784) and husband Ransom ODELL (b. abt 1780) named a son "Nelson" and thename was carried down every generation as far as my generation either in the form "Nellie" or "Nelson."  It must have been a family name to have been so important.   I figure the name was a BARLOW name since I haven't found any "Nellies" or "Nelsons" among any other ODELL lines other than this one. I don't know precisely where my Lydia and Ransom were born.  The census gives New Hampshire as Lydia's birthplace and New York for Ransom.  I think Ransom was probably born either in the Oblong area that was disputed by Connecticut and New York (area east of the Hudson River) or else up around the Glens Falls-Lake George area near the Vermont border.  In the time period of Lydia's birth the area that became Vermont was being claimed by New York and New Hampshire so when she said she was born in New Hampshire, it might not be the New Hampshire we think of today.

I know I'm grasping at straws, but these folks have stumped researchers for many years.  They didn't leave a paper trail.  Lydia and Ransom had several children born in NY in the 1805-1814 time period before moving to Scioto Co Ohio where the first "Nelson" - my gg grandfather - was born in 1818.  The names of those New York born children include some very common BARLOW given names - Thomas (the eldest child) and Moses (the 2nd son). There was also Mary, Melinda, Chauncey, Benajah (an Odell name), and James.

Teena Scoles     August 2000    - invalid e-mail -

The Barlow line I am interested in, is as follows: Israel Putnam Barlow - Born 1826 in Ohio
Married 1) Zemeda Melissa Miller - May 29,1846

Children:   Sarah Catherine Barlow - June 24, 1827(?)  and Frank Rollo Barlow - May 17,1850

Married 2) Jane Cabonet Johnson - February 13, 1851 - Born 1830 - Died June 25,1878

Children: Charles Henry, Alice Carey, Charlotte Rose - Febuary 18,1864 in Ohio, Mary Elizabeth, Anslem Johnson, Matilda May, John Edward, Martha Priscilla, and Thomas Lewis Cody Barlow

Married 3) Rebecca Snook Israel lived and died in Bloomington, Clinton Co Ohio.

Charlotte Rose Barlow married R.B. Hawkins. My great-grandmother is Beatrice Hawkins; was born in Kansas to Rose and R.B. She married John Lynn Jennings in Wilbur, Lincoln Co Washington. She died 11 January 1908 in Wilbur 9 days after giving birth to my Grandfather Robert Leland Jennings. Cause of death is listed as typhoid fever. I know at some point after Beatrice's death, R.B. and Rose were living in Spokane Co Washington. Does anyone recognize this family? I thank you in advance for your help.

Liz     August 1999    - invalid e-mail -

Does anyone have information on Jessie Barlow Good, daughter of Blanche Elizabeth Farmer Curtis Barlow (1840 - 1904) and Augustus Charles BARLOW (1818 -1884)? Augustus Charles Barlow was the son of Aaron Morehouse Barlow. She was a cousin of mine and I would very much like to get in touch with her descendants.

See: Charles Augustus Barlow

Brenda Joiner     August 1999

Looking for Lydia Barlow born abt 1790 probably in New Hampshire or New York. She married Ransom Odle/Odell and moved to Scioto Co Ohio in 1815. I have no other information on her. I believe they may have been in the Chenango Co area of New York or Renssalaer New York. They had several children. Males were Thomas, Moses, Benajah, Nelson.

Marsha McCarty

Joseph BARLOW born February 12, 1702 Rochester, Massachusetts and died after September 09, 1731
He married Abigail WYATT born September 26, 1707 Rochester, Massachusetts
She died January 29, 1793 Hardwick, Massachusetts Joseph and Abigail BARLOW had the following children:
Aaron, Ebenezer, Joseph Jr., Moses, Wyatt Barlow, and Mary Barlow, born September 22, 1747 Rochester, Massachusetts and died after 1829 Lorain Co Ohio
She married 1765 Samuel ELDRED

My gg grandfather was Wyatt Barlow ELDRED. He was born 1833 in Lorain Co Ohio. His father was Nathaniel ELDRED born in 1806 Massachusetts. I believe that Nathaniel's father was Ebenezer Barlow ELDRED, son of Samuel and Mary 'BARLOW' ELDRED.  He was named after Mary's brother Ebenezer BARLOW.

Ebenezer Barlow ELDRED was in Massachusetts and Ohio when Nathaniel was, but up to now I have not been able to find any records proving or showing Nathaniel to be his child. I'm wondering if there might be information written through the Barlow side.

I would like to correspond with anyone knowing of any of these BARLOW or ELDRED people.

Robert E. Commins   - invalid e-mail -

I am still looking for parents of Frederick P. Barlow. I believe that he was the grandson of the Revolutionary War soldier John Barlow of Kent, Connecticut. His father could be John Barlow, or Elisha Barlow, or Heman Barlow, or Julius Caswell Barlow. I find Frederick in Portage Co Ohio, married Sally Derthick on 26 Feb 1845. Also passing through Portage Co in the same time frame was Julius, Heman, Fanny, Joseph W., William, Alfred H., and Horace Barlow.

I have a record of a Frederick Barlow, who was admitted to the Baptist Church in Wyoming Co NY in 1842, on a letter from New Milford, Connecticut..

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James Barlow was married first to Lady Newton who died after having a son and a daughter. His second wife was Lady Newton's cousin, also called Lady Newton. She passed away after having four sons.

James then married again but the name of the wife has not been found.

James Barlow who lived in England, presumably in Darlington, and believed to be born around 1781. He left Darlington, England and arrived in Baltimore in September 1831 at the age of 50.

His third wife - name unknown - and two children, William J. and Elizabeth Ann. ..aka Ann Woodland, arrived sometime later. James had two more children while in Baltimore. They were Amos and Isabell; she was called Belle. The family moved to Barnesville, Ohio five or six years later.

Amos subsequently married Martha Hunt of Baltimore and they raised their family in Barnesville. He and Martha had ten children. Three did not survive. The seven remaining were: James N., William "Will" H., Emily "Emma", Martha, Inez, Florence and Alice

Most of the above information was obtained at the public library in Barnesville. Information concerning James and his three wives was in a separate file under the name of Barlow but there was no information concerning who had compiled that data.

J.D. McGuire   - invalid e-mail -

I am looking for Daniel HILDERBRAND born about 1810 in New Jersey. I was told there were HILDERBRANDs in the Clinton Co Ohio area in the mid 1800's. Daniel lived in Hamilton Co Ohio in 1850 and married to Elizabeth; in Clermont Co Ohio 1860, he was married to Amelia BARLOW

I don't know where he was before or his parents names. Any help will be appreciated.

Margaret Binning     - invalid e-mail -

Our Barlow family starts in Maryland with Zachariah Barlow about 1760, then on to Ohio - Noble, Belmont and Guernsey Counties. After the Civil War, William C. Barlow moved to Jackson Co West Virginia and finally on to Clark Co Illinois. Most of our information is on the Ohio folks and the move to West Virginia and Illinois. We end with the death of William C. Barlow in 1916. The name we are always looking or on this family tree is the origin of the name Cogal. We don't think it comes from the Barlow's but maybe from the Margaret Wells family - she married Zachariah Barlow (3) in 1836 in Guernsey Co.

Do you have the name Cogal in your research? We would be happy to share our research.

Vicki L. Lanham

Joshua BARLOW was born about 1830 in Monroe or Belmont Co Ohio  He married about 1850 Lucinda McVAY/McVEY born 1833 in Monroe or Belmont Co Ohio

Children: Mary J., Permelia "Parley A.",  Jno. E.J., William H., Coleman, and  Anna Barlow

There may be others yet unknown. I would appreciate any help as to the parents and siblings of this couple, or any other children they may have had. Family was in Monroe Co Ohio on March 09,1860 when daughter, Mary was born, but were in Belmont Co Ohio in 1870 census.

They had moved to Ritchie Co West Virginia by 1880, and Mary had married in Pleasants Co West Virginia July 19, 1878 to Christopher W. BAILEY, his 2nd wife.

See also: Descendants of Zachariah and Margaret Boyer Barlow

Robert W. Strong

Seeking information on the parents / family of :
JOHN W. BARLOW, born in New York abt 1810 and died in Iowa aft 1870 and his wife, whom he married before 1836, Rebecca Young, born Ohio abt March 1817 and died in Arkansas 13 October 1913 See also: Descendants of John W. and Rebecca Young Barlow.

Lorrie Pafford

My mother was Cora Faye Barlow Sheppard. Her father was Daniel Madison Barlow October 31, 1919 to August 10, 1940. His brothers Chester & Arthur Barlow and Walter Raymond Barlow Neal. His sisters were Ollie Barlow Cline, Irma Barlow Bowden, and Josephine Barlow Harvey.
Daniel's parents were David Allen Barlow and Cora Griffith .... a Cherokee Indian.  David's mother was Screpta Burdens.

That is all I know about my mom's family. She died when I was 6 months old and my Grandpa died when I was four. I appreciate any help you might give in finding my family. 

Linda R. & Henry L. Lipps      Kinsman, Ohio   - invalid e-mail -

We are very interested in finding connections to my husband's grandparents: John Barlow and Mildred Carlson Barlow. She was born in 1900, he a little earlier possibly. They lived in Ashtabula and Trumbull County Ohio. So far we have very little information on the family.
Their children were:  Al Barlow, Elvira Barlow Lipps, Gladys Barlow Hopkins, James Barlow and Inez Barlow Penick.

Any suggestions as to where to go from here on the web? Many thanks in advance for any assistance you might be able to offer.