Sunday, September 9, 2012

John M. Barron Jr. (1800- ?)

John M. Barron Jr. was born 1800 in Pittsylvania Co.Virgina. I have no idea when he died. I believe he may have died in Astoria Fulton Co. Ill. between 1860 - 1865 due to he was on the 1860 census record but wasn't on the 1865 one. He married Sally Twidwell on 18 Sept. 1820, according to Hardin Co. Kentucky marriage records. I have found many family trees on Ancestry.com has her listed as Sarah Tweedell, or Sarah Tredwell, she is best known as Sarah, there seems to be many spelling to her last name. She was born 1802 in Pittsylvania Co. Virgina. She died 11 Apr 1880 in Astoria Fulton Co. Ill.

The census records before 1850  isn't too easy to read due to they don't have the relatives names on them, just head of household and boxes where there is slash marks of the age groups. This means you have to figure out who is who according to age.

I found a federal census record for 1840 for Astoria Fulton Co. Illinois This was real hard for me to figure out who is who due to Barron's was a very big family. This is the best I can figure out with this census record.
This is how it reads out (I am using X's to mark the blank spaces) The census goes males first.
2 2 2 1 X X 1 X X X X X X X 2 1 X X 1
John being 40 yrs old, Sarah being 38 yrs old. There is one slash mark for 15-20 age group, Joseph would have been 17 yrs old. There is 2 slash marks for the age group of 10-15 I am guessing this would Benjamin and Matthew age 15 & 13. There is 2 slashes for females of the age group of 10-15 I am guessing this to be Sarah and Mary 12 & 11. There is 2 slash marks for males 5-10 I am guessing John to be 10 yrs old. I have no idea who the other male child would be. Susan 9 yrs old. (don't see her marked down, could have been marked as a male rather than female mistakes are known to happen) There is 2 slash marks for under 5, I am guessing that it was Jenkins who would have been 5yrs old and Thomas T. being a year old. I count those who lived past 20 yrs old, not the ones who doesn't have a death date to them. Like Thomas who was born in 1921 (since there is 2 Thomas's I think the one that was born in 1839 replaced the other one by name, due to when one dies, there is another who has the same name) I think John may have lived longer than 1840, he seemed to fit the age group when the census was taken. Pasty I don't have a death date for her; she may have died very young. Same goes with Anthony.

I haven't found a 1850 Federal census record for the family yet.

I came across an 1855 Astoria Fulton Co. Illinois census record; there is a John Barron on it. There is one male child under the age of 10. I would guess this to be of Miles at the age of 7. There is 3 male children between the ages of 10-20 I would guess them to be David age 11, Thomas age 16 and Jenkins age 19. There is one male at the age of 50-60, I take it to be John around the age of 55 yrs. There is one female around the age of 50-60 I think this is Sarah around the age of 53. 

I found them on the 1860 federal census record, if you look at the record on ancestry.com the photo of it is so bad, you really cant tell who is on it. According to it John was 60 yrs old, born in Virginia and was a farmer with real estate value of 1500 and personal value at 75. Sarah was 57 yrs. old born in Virginia. They had a son name David living with them he was 15 yrs old and was born 1845 in Ill. and another son name Miles age 12 born 1848 in Ill.  Also there was John and Sarah daughter (Susan Barron born 1831 in Fulton Ill. died  in Ill.) family living with them her husband Jeremiah Bryant 34 yrs old, son Samuel J 5 yrs old, another son John J 3 yrs old and a daughter Sarah E. 1 yr old. ( I am not too sure what happen to Susan, she may have passed away)

According to the 1870 census record, Sarah was living with the Falkensteins at the age of 68. I have no idea what is the relationship is between her and them. John W.H Ludlum age 17 is living with them also which he is the son of John Quincy Ludlum (The Ludlum's * and Barron's are close to each other, there is a couple marriages between the two families) and is a neighbor of the Falkenstein's. Along with David Barron ( son of Sarah and John) who lived a couple doors down from them. When I find the connection between the families I will be posting it on here.

Sarah Twidwell Barron Land Ownership Map, she is at the lower right hand side.



John and Sarah had 17 children:

Thomas born 1821 in Elizabethtown Hardin Co. Kentucky
Joseph Born in 1823     "            "           "             " 
Matthew K born 1823 died 11 Dec 1899 ( maybe in the same location as the others) Married Eusebia Chapman she was born 1827 in Schuyler Ill.
Benjamin Franklin born Aug n  19 Jul 1825 Licking River Hardin Co Kentucky died 8 Nov 1893 Astoria Fulton Co. Ill Married Jane Linsey she was born on 27 June 1830 and died 16 Apr 1910 Monmouth Warren Ill. They had 13 Children.
Sarah Martha born 7 March 1828 Elizabethtown Hardin Co. Kentucky died 16 March 1904 Browning Schuyler Co. Ill. Married William Powell he was born 1826 died 1912 they had a son name William Lincoln.
Mary Polly born 15 Oct 1829 Elizabethtown Hardin Co Kentucky died 28 March 1883 Elsmore Allen Co. Kansas Married John Quincy Ludlum he was born 9 Oct 1828 Calhorn Ill. died 29 Jul 1905 Elsmore Allen Co. Kansas. They had 4 children John W.H. 1829-1883 Benjamin Franklin 1859-1908 William T. 1859-1859 R ( unknown) 1868-1868
John born 1830 Licking River Hardin Co. Kentucky died 18 June 1922 Oray Ouray Co Colorado **
Susan born 1831 Ill died Nov 1860 Fulton Co. Ill Married Jeremiah Bryant.
Patsy born 1832
Jenkins Rogers born March 1835 Ill died 30 March 1909 Fulton Co. Ill Married Susan Lindsey born 1839 died 1911 Their children Amy born 1859 David born 1865 Dora May 1874-1928 Hannah born 1876 Lulu V. born 1880
William Harrison born 1835 Kentucky died 26 April 1862 St. Louis Missouri *** Married Sarah Ann Ludlum born 1834 died 1876 Their children Mary V died 1878 Matthew born 1857 Sarah Almira 1859-1927 William Harrison 1861-1937.
Anthony E. born 1836 Elizabethtown Ky ***
Thomas T born 27 Oct 1839 Schuyler Ill. died 15 Dec 1927 Arcata Humbolt Co California Married Elizabeth Wittingham she was born 1847
Robert born 1842 Fulton Ill.
David born Aug 1844 Fulton Ill Married Emaline Wantz she was born 1850 their children William Dilman born 1870 Minnie born 1891
James born 1847 Ill
Miles Knowlton born 19 Aug 1848 Fulton Co Ill. died 1923 married Martha Jane Caldwell she was born 1842 their children Minnie born 1869 Charles E. born 1870 James born 1872 George born 1874 Jessie M born 1880 
Miles also married Josephine she was born 1858

I have found that John & Sarah sons have fought in the Civil War, they were on the Union side.
They enlisted in Astoria Ill.
David Barron enlist on 20 Feb 1865 he was a private 20 yrs old. he was in Company G, 155th infantry mustered out on 4 Sep 1865 at Nashville TN. he was 5'8 black hair grey eyes and was a farmer.
Jinken Barron enlist 15 Aug 1861 Private 25 yrs old, Company H 28th infantry on 24th Aug 1861. Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corp. 29 Apr 1864 mustered out 16 Aug 1864 he was 5'9 black hair dark eyes married.
Thomas F Barron enlist 15 Aug 1861 Corporal 21 yrs old Company H 28th infantry 24 Aug 1861 reduce to private. Discharged (term ended) on 26 Aug 1864 at Natchez MS He may have became a SGT Co I 31L Cav Con 10 Mar 1865, he was 5'10 brown hair grey eyes he was single and a farmer. 
William H Barron enlist 15 Aug 1861 Corporal 28 yrs old Company H 28th infantry on 24 Aug 1861 died 26 Apr 1862 at St. Louis MO from wounds received at Shiloh. He was 6' 3/4 tall dark hair hazel eyes married and he was a farmer
Benjamin F Barron Private Company I 3IL US Cav Con lived in Beardstown Cass Co. Ill. He was 39 yrs old 6' black hair hazel eyes. He was a copper. Joined 11 Mar 1865 in Jacksonville Ill. I yr mustered in m13 Mar 1865 muster out 10 Oct 1865 Fort Snelling MN. 
Joseph Barron ( I have him on a civil war draft registrations class 2 9th district he was 40 yrs old ( his brother Benjamin was on the record also at age 38 both of them were farmers)

John Ludlum* enlist 15 Aug 1861 Corporal 32 yrs old Company H 28th infantry on 24 Aug 1861 Discharged 26 Aug 1864 at Natchez MS he was 5'7 light hair blue eyes married worked as a copper


* The Ludlum Family has been neighbors with the Barron's in Ill. There are at least 3 marriages between the Barron's and Ludlum's. Mary Polly Barron to John Quincy Ludlum, William Harrison Barron married to Sarah Ann Ludlum, Hattie Ward married John Taylor Barron who was the daughter of Versilla Ludlum *

** At first we thought John was John McHenry, but I am not too sure. I need to double check this, there is a John McHenry born in KY on the eastern side of the state that lived and died in Colorado **

*** The names and date of the children came from other family trees on ancestry.com, Anthony and William being born in KY while the ones before where born in Ill, doesn't make much sense to me, don't know if these are really the true locations of they were born at. It seems odd to me unless Sarah came back to KY and was living there during that time period. Or others may have the wrong information on their tree. Will have to research this out more.***

Here is a an interesting tid bid Abe Lincoln was born in Hardin Co. KY he was there 2 yrs before the Barron's were there. 




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