Samuel Barber: Though written in 1997, this still represents my best thinking about Samuel
Barber's life from the time he joined the Army in 1801 until he left Louisiana
for Texas in 1829. Sam_LA.pdf (166 kB).
David
Levi Kokernot: My
research focus for the past two years has been on David Levi Kokernot, my fourth
great grandfather. Here are excerpts from my work on his life from his arrival in New Orleans in
1817, his service as river pilot at the Balize, his life at sea, and his early
years in Texas. Updated as of September, 2005.
Samuel Barber in Maryland. This, too, dates from 1997, and is what I know about Samuel's origins before he joined the army and the story picks up in Sam_LA.pdf, above. Sam_MD.pdf (68 kB).
Here's
an article I wrote for the Bonner County (Idaho) History Book about my
grandparents, Vic and Elmah Barber. Vic_ElmahBonnerCoHist.pdf
(104 kB).
This
one was written for the Bonner County History Book, too, but about my parents,
Vernon and Gerry Barber. MomDadBonnerCoHist.pdf
(93 kB).
A persistent Barber family legend holds that Samuel Barber's mother was a sister to Bunker Hill hero Joseph Warren and that she herself was once abducted by Indians and recovered. Here's what I learned back in 1993. BarberWarrenIndians.pdf (92 kB)
Here's an early account I wrote of Samuel Barber's life from his birth to Louisiana. Ignore the speculation about getting to Louisiana by way of Tennessee or Kentucky. See Sam_LA.pdf (above) for the truth about that. The other family lore in here is still true as far as I know. SamVAtoLA.pdf (253 kB).
In 1807 my fifth great grandfather, Reuben Barrow, was sued by a neighbor, John Lyon, for defamation. Lyon asked for $500 compensation for a poem Barrow had written accusing him of hog stealing. Barrow countersued for $1000. Lyon won but the court records in Opelousas, Louisiana, don't say if he collected. Read the poem and some of the court records. Barrow_LyonLawsuit.pdf (55 kB).
A short letter my great grandfather, A. V. "Jake" Carothers, wrote his wife from the hospital. He died seven months later. AVCarothersLastLetter.pdf (37 kB)
Virginia Carothers, "Aunt Jen," wrote these notes covering the events of her life from the 1880's to the early 1920's. Jen was an older sister to my grandmother, Elmah Carothers Barber. JensStory.pdf (63 kB).
Cornelia Lawrence, who married Amos Joshua Barber, a first cousin to my third greatgrandfather John Albert Barber, wrote these memoirs reflecting life in East Texas where the Barbers lived in the last half of the nineteenth century. I transcribed and formatted these for the South Texas Genealogical Society, who published them in 1996. CorneliaLawrenceMemoirs.pdf (147 kB).
A short "Introduction" explaining how I got started in genealogy. Intro.pdf (57 kB).
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