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Morgan dmorgan@efn.org ==================================================================== Chapter Eleven Allen Barber Allen Barber, born 1801, Georgia, was the son of James and Penelope Barber. Though not named in the will of James Barber,[1]86 he is listed as an heir in probate records. The names of Allen and James Barber appear on many deeds in Clarke County 1836-1841. Many thanks to [2]Dale Morgan and [3]Stephen Barber for updating my information. Take a look at Stephen's [4]Barber web page. Allen married Miss Frances H. Crawford, 11 November 1819 in Clarke County, Georgia.[5]87 Frances was born 17 December 1800 in South Carolina of Virginia born parents.[6]88 She died 25 July 1893 Polk County, Georgia. Allen Barber served as a Justice of the Peace in Clarke County, Georgia from 1836-1840. He and Frances and their eight children moved to Alabama in 1841.[7]89 Allen died at the home of his son Wiley C. Barber in August 1869, from Diabetes, in Van Wert, Polk County, Georgia. Frances, his widow, was living in Van Wert as late as 1880.[8]90 Children of Allen and Frances H. (Crawford) Barber 1. Wiley Crawford Barber, born 7 July 1820, married (1) Louisa C. Casey, 1840 (2) Elizabeth Emily Ammons, 1857, (3) Emily Gresham, 1861, and (4) Elizabeth B. Heslep, 1875. (see Chapter 12) 2. Silas H. Barber, born 28 April 1823, married (1) Sarah Ann Posey, 1846, (2) Mrs. Tinsley Elizabeth Stinson, (3) Mrs Mary E. Pullin, 1876. (see chapter 14) 3. James M. Barber, born 1826, Clarke County, Georgia, died 1855, Talladega County, Alabama. He married (1) Martha Ann _____, who was born 9 February 1826, and died 5 October 1852. She is buried beside her infant daughter Martha. (2) Martha A. Smith, 7 July 1853, Talledega County, Alabama.[9]91 A. Wiley C. Barber, born 1848, Talladega County, Alabama. B. Joshua H. Barber, born 1850, Talladega County, Alabama. C. Martha Barber, born and died 1852, Syllacauga Cemetery, Alabama. D. Margaret Frances Barber, born 1854, Alabama. E. James M. Barber Jr., born 1855, Talladega County, Alabama, married Loretta Simpson. Loretta, the daughter of Joseph Simpson, was born 15 August 1878 in Ochlochee, Georgia, died 14 September 1917 in Careyville, Washington County, Florida. James married (2) Mattie ____, no children, (3) ______? children? (new info from [10]Suzan Bird) James M. Barber Jr and Loretta Simpson a. Austin Barber, born 28 February 1901, died 1976, Acadia, Florida. b. Auttie M. Barber, born 28 February 1902, Camilla, Georgia, died July 1986, Florida. He married Willie Drawdy. She was born 8 March 1921, Desoto, Colorado, and had a son, Leroy Drawdy, born 27 February 1937, Acadia, Florida. aa. Jimmy Barber, born 27 September 1938, Immokales, FL bb. Robert Barber, born 23 March 1940, Immokales, FL cc. Audrey Barber, born 25 July 1948, Sebring, FL dd. Billy J. Barber, born 25 September 1949, Naples, FL c. Sarah Jane Barber, born 5 January 1908, Mitchell, Georgia, died 17 February 1988, New Orleans, Louisiana. She married (1) Edward Thomas Woolsey 14 February 1925. His parents were Charles Regan Woolsey and Stella (Gay) Woolsey. He was born 18 July 1884, Woolsey, Fayette County, Georgia, died 13 December 1939, Tampa, Florida. Sarah Jane married (2) Charles Raymond Thomas, who was born 19 March 1916, died 25 October 1952. Children are from first marriage. aa. Edward Thomas Woolsey, born 15 January 1926, Tampa, Florida, married Patricia Ann Cercy 30 December 1947 in Valdosta, Georgia. She was 13 when she got married, born 7 December 1934, Tampa, Florida. aaa. Michael Thomas Woolsey, born 24 September 1948, Tampa, Florida, married Yvonne _____. aaaa. Michael Thomas Woolsey bbbb. Lorie Woolsey cccc. Kimberley Woolsey bbb. Linda Karen Woolsey, born 22 September 1949, Tampa, Florida, married Richard Franz. aaaa. Michael Christopher Franz, born 6 March 1979, Tampa, Florida. ccc. Vicki Ann Woolsey, born 21 December 1952, Tampa, FL married Larry Matthew. aaaa. Brian Matthew bbbb. Larry Alexander Matthew cccc. Corey Jason Matthew, born 1977. ddd. Darlene Woolsey, born 8 November 1955, Tampa, FL married Tommy Tomlinson. aaaa. Tommy Tomlinson, born 1976. eee. Patrick Thomas Woolsey, born 3 July 1968, Tampa FL bb. Zephaniah Woolsey, born 14 March 1927, Tampa, Florida, married Marguerite Naquin 23 May 1947 in New Orleans, LA She was born 7 October 1926 in Thibodaux, Louisiana, the daughter of Nolan Louis Naquin and Veirna La Graize Naquin. aaa. Timothy John Woolsey, born 3 May 1955, Hempsted NY bbb. Edward Thomas Woolsey, born 4 February 1959, New Orleans, LA, married Sharon Plaisance 9 December 1978. She was born 3 August 1956, New Orleans LA, died in 1997 in New Orleans. aaaa. Annette Woolsey, born 10 August 1980, New Orleans, LA. cc. Sarah Frances Woolsey, born 25 October 1929, Tampa, Florida, married John Casanova 5 December 1950 in Tampa, Florida (now divorced). John was born 18 October 1924 in New York City. His parents were Juan and Lucille (Watson) Casanova. aaa. Richard Allen Casanova, born 29 June 1951, San Antonio, Texas, married Janet Bybee 12 September 1975 in Ogden, Utah. Janet was born 24 March 1956, Ogden, Utah, daughter of Rex William Bybee and Norma Jean Harris Bybee. aaaa. Douglas John Casanova, born 11 August 1976, Ogden, Utah. bbbb. Mathew Allen Casanova, born 29 March 1983, Tacoma, Washington. cccc. Daniel Jefferson Casanova, born 15 June 1981, Inciflik Air Force Base, Turkey. bbb. Nancy Jean Casanova, born 14 August 1957, Fort Walton Beach, Florida, married Michael Wayne Capshaw 10 October 1975, Tacoma, Washington (now divorced). aaaa. Dustin Michael Capshaw, born 11 May 1976, Tacoma, Washington. aaaaa. Dustin Kyler Capshaw, born 6 March 1996. bbbb. Tyanna Sumer Capshaw, born 14 August 1978, Tacoma, WA. cccc. Sarah June Nicole Capshaw, born 21 July 1982 Tacoma, WA. ccc. Brinda Karin Casanova, born 24 July 1958, Biloxi Mississippi, married Rick Smith December 1979 in Tacoma, Washington (now divorced). aaaa. Nicholas Lee Casanova, born 15 March 1978, Tacoma, Washington. bbbb. Melissa Dawn Casanova, born 4 December 1979 Tacoma, Washington. ddd. [11]Suzan Gail Casanova, born 30 August 1953, San Antonio, Texas, married Bernard Ronald Bird 17 December 1977 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Bernard was born 10 July 1947 in Croydon, Kent, England, the son of Rose Clark and Charles Bernard Bird. aaaa. Rosanna Elizabeth Bird, born 1 June 1979, Calgary, AB, Canada. bbbb. Nathan Joseph Bernard Bird, born 21 August 1982, Calgary, AB, Canada. cccc. Michael Jonathan Bird, born 21 March 1993, Calgary, AB, Canada. eee. James Dale Casanova, born 3 July 1956, Anchorage, Alaska, married Ramona Antoinette Scott. She was born 11 January 1961, Rapid City, South Dakota, died 27 October 1993 in Vancouver, Washington. aaaa. Jamie Lee Casanova, born 26 April 1986, Vancouver, Washington. dd. Helen Louise Woolsey, born 6 October 1931, Tampa, FL married Lyle Scherf Jr. 10 August 1952 in Tampa Florida (divorced). He was born 9 March 1933 in Cohasset, Minnesota and died 30 October 1996. aaa. Marc Gilbert Scherf, born 12 November 1953, Tampa, Florida, married Pamela Jean Hamaan 15 September 1975 in Bellingham, Washington. She was born 7 December 1952, Bellevue, Washington. aaaa. Wynne Louise Scherf, born 18 September 1981 Lincoln, Nebraska. bbbb. Kelly Jane Scherf, born 18 January 1986, Seattle, Washington. cccc. Tyler Jaye Scherf, born 3 August 1988 Tacoma, Washington bbb. [12]Donna Jean Scherf, born 1 September 1955, Grand Rapids, Minnesota, married (1) Richard Lee Branum, (2)Kim Gregory Rosiar 10 December 1979, in Tacoma, Washington. Kim was born 16 June 1955 in BadConstatt, Germany, the son of John Rosiar and Marlene Overmeyer. aaaa. Kristen Aubrey Branum, born 7 July 1979, Tacoma, WA, was adopted by Kim G. Rosiar January, 1981. bbbb. Emi Brooke Rosiar, born 20 March 1982, Tacoma, Washington. cccc. Samantha Jane Rosiar, born 27 September 1983, Tacoma, WA. ccc. Karen Louise Scherf, born 19 August 1964, Grand Rapids, Minnesota, married Richard James Hall 10 October 1992, Tacoma, Washington (now divorced). He was born 12 May 1969. aaaa. Kate Elisabeth Hall, born 2 January 1995, Tacoma, Washington. ddd. Julie Ann Scherf, born 28 October 1969, Tacoma WA Her children: aaaa. Destiny Ann Scherf, born 10 July 1988 Tacoma bbbb. Dean Allen Scherf, born 6 July 1991 cccc. Cheyenne Rose Scherf, born 3 August 1995 eee. Beth Ann Scherf, born 28 October 1969, twin of Julie. Her children: aaaa. Ronald Lyle Scherf, born 9 April 1988 Tacoma bbbb. Alex Scherf, born 22 April 1990 Tacoma WA cccc. Monique Scherf, born 6 January 1992 Tacoma fff. Byron Eugene Scherf, born 3 August 1958, Grand Rapids, Minnesota. ggg. David Wayne Scherf, born 1 January 1968, Tacoma married Marybeth Baum 24 July 1993 in Seattle. She was born 20 September 1968 in Edmonds, Washington, the daughter of Neal Baum and Colleen Parker. aaaa. Jacob Michael Scherf, born 16 August 1994 Edmonds, Washington. bbbb. Joshua David Scherf, born 11 April 1996 Edmonds, Washington. d. Ethel Barber (adopted by Charles Life and name changed to Louisa) married Abner Clarence Wilkerson. She died 15 October 1979, Tampa, Florida. aa. Carol Wilkerson bb. Marjorie Wilkerson cc. Eddie Wilkerson e. Gladys Barber, (adopted by Charles Life and name changed to Elizabeth) married Roy Pond. aa. Betty Pond 4. Susan Jane Barber, born 1828, Clarke County, Georgia, married Samuel S. Holliday, 12 December 1843, Tallapoosa County, Alabama. Silas H. Barber served as bondsman.[13]92 Samuel Holliday was the son of John Holladay Jr, born 1780, died 1891 in Chambers County, Alabama, and his wife Latisha or Letitia Beasley, born 1786 in South Carolina, died 1865. (new info from [14]Wynelle Beavers A. Silas B. Holliday, born 1845, Alabama. B. John W. Holliday, born 1848, Alabama, maried Bettie _____. C. Mary Holliday, born 1851, Alabama. D. Louisa Holliday, born 1852, Alabama. E. Allen C. Holliday, born 1854, Alabama, married Hessey A. ___, living in Haralson County, Georgia in 1880.[15]93 a. H. Glaca Holliday, born 1876, Georgia (son) b. T. Leonard Holliday, born 1879, Georgia. F. Susan Holliday, born 1856, Alabama. G. Sarah (Sally) Ann Holliday, born 1859, Alabama, married Miles Marion Jones as his second wife. Sally Holliday Jones with her granddaughter, Hettie Irene Jones, about 1921 a. Allie Jones, born 1890, died 1977 never married, was a secretery for the Nunnally Candy Company in Rockmart, Georgia b. Miles Robert Jones, born August 1891, died 21 August 1977, buried Fulton County, Georgia, married Hettie Jane King in 1917 in Newton County, Georgia. She died 11 October 1976. Miles Robert Jones aa. Hettie Irene Jones, born 9 April 1918, married Fred Howell (Callaway) Garner 24 November 1940. Fred was the son of William Jackson Gallaway and wife Annie Pearl Jenkins. Fred took the last name of his step-father, John Malcom Garner. Fred and Irene are buried in Mozley Memorial Gardens, Cobb County, Georgia. aaa. [16]Hedy Wynelle Garner, born 1942, married Glenn A. Beavers. Wynelle and Glenn Beavers aaaa. Paul Anthony Beavers, born 1963. bbb. James Howell Garner, born 1945, married (1) Linda Taylor, (2) Patsy Caldwell aaa. James Howell Garner Jr. born 1968. bbb. Christopher Garner, born 1972. ccc. Pamela Jewell Garner, born 1950, married William R. Pair. ddd. Bobbie Jane Garner, born 1953, married Ronald Lands. aaaa. Windle Justin Lands, born 1981. eee. Patricia LaRose Garner, born 1959, married Michael Hunt. aaaa. LeeAnn Hunt, born 1980. bbbb. Brian Hunt, born 1988. fff. Elizabeth Ann Garner, born 1961, married Rodney Self. aaaa. Michael Self, born 1985. bbbb. Shawn Self, born 1989. bb. Ruby Jewell Jones, born 17 March 1923, married Howard B. Lilly in 1941. They live in Cobb County, Georgia. cc. Miles Robert Jones Jr, born 26 May 1925, married Dorothy Allen, live in Monks Corner, South Carolina. c. James (Jim) Jones 5. William H. Barber, born 1830, Clarke County, Georgia, married Martha A. William served in Company E., 11th Georgia Cavalry, Confederate States of America. He was 5'8' tall, blue eyes, dark hair, fair complexion. He died circa 1871, Lumpkin County, Georgia, and is buried in the Mt. Hope Cemetery in Dahlonega, burial place marked by a C.S.A. stone.[17]94 A. Mary Barber, born 1856, Georgia. B. William Barber, born 1859, Georgia. C. Susan Barber, born 1860, Georgia. D. James Barber, born 1865, Georgia. E. Robert Barber, born 1869, Georgia. 6. Robert Sanford Barber, born 6 June 1832, Clarke County, Georgia, married Harriett Elizabeth Hudson, 8 May 1855, Rusk County, Texas. (see chapter 13) 7. Allen F. Barber, born 1834, Clarke County, Georgia, died without leaving descendants. An Allen F. Barber married Martha A. Hargraves, 31 August 1856, Cherokee County, Texas. And an Allen F. Barber was killed at Ft. Donelsen, Tennessee, in 1862, as a confederate soldier. It is not known at this time whether this was the same man, and the son of Allen and Frances Barber. Allen F. Barber or descendants were not named in probate records on Allen Barber. 8. Mary F. Barber, born 1840, Clarke County, Georgia, married Andrew Hickman, who was born 1840. They had no children by 1870, and were living in Van Wert, Polk County, Georgia.[18]95 Allen Barber was a wagon maker by trade, and at least four of his sons followed that trade, Silas, James, William and Robert. Wiley was a school teacher at the age of 20, and later a Judge. One son-in-law, Andrew Hickman, was also a wagon maker. Proof on Children of Allen Barber Talladega County ) Alabama ) To the Hon. Geo. P. Plowman, Judge of Probate Minute Book L ) Said Court. Pages 125-126 ) Your petitioner, J. M. N. B. Nix, administrator of the Estate of Allen Barbour Deceased, Respectifully represents that more than eighteen months have elapsed since he was appointed by this Court to said administration, and that he believes said estate is solvent. Your petitioner further represents, that the heirs of the said decedent are: W. C. Barbour, residing at Van Wert, Polk, Georgia; S. H. Barbour, residing in Mount Calm, Texas---Mrs. Holladay and her husband S. J. Holladay---Van Wert, Georgia, R. S. Barbour, Springfield, Texas--- and Mrs Hickman and her husband A. J. Hickman--- Van Wert, Polk County, Georgia, all of the above being over twenty one years of age; also, three children of J. M. Barbour deceased, names and ages unknown, two of whom reside at Huntsville, Alabama, said J. M. Barbour being a son of said Allen Barbour deceased; also, the heirs of W. H. Barbour--- lately residieng at Dahlonega, Georgia, names, ages and sex unknown. Your petitioner further staes that the lands of said estate consists of a tract or parcel of land described as follows--- NW 1/4 or NW 1/4 of Sec. 32, Township 21, Range 4E, in Coosa land district, containig forty acres, more or less, which is so situated that it cannot be equitably divided among said heirs. Your petitioner therefore states that he believes that the interests of all persons concerned in said land will be best promoted by a sale therof, and a distribution of the proceeds amond said heirs, according to their rights. Wherefor your petitioner prays your Honor to authorize him to sell said land for cash for the purpose of making a division of said estate among said heirs, according to the statute in such case made and that such proceeding, order, and decrees may be had and made in the premises as may be sufficient to effect such sale, for said purpose according to law. And as in duty bound, vc. J. M. N. B. Nix April 23, 1872 Geo. P. Plowman Judge of Probate Estate of James M. Barber Talladega County ) Alabama ) This day came Martha A. Barber Probate Book B. ) widow of James M. Barber deceased, and filed Page 537 ) her petition in Court for an order to have the homestead of her dec'd husband appraised that the same may be allowed to said widow and deceased's children, exempt from sale as provided for which said petitions is as follows viz. To the Honorable Wm. H. Thornton Judge of Probate Talladega County Alabama. The petition of Martha A. Barber, widow of James M. Barber dec'd and as administrator with Allen Barber adm of said deceased estate, showeth unto Your honor that her late husband died seized and possessed of Ten acres of land off of the south end of that portion lying west of the Antral plank Road, of the E 1/2 of the WP Sec. 10, Townshp 21, Range 4 in county of Talladega, upon which said 10 acres of land the said Jaems M. Barber reside at the time of his death, that being all the land or Real Estate that was owned by the said James M. at the time of his death as far as petitioner is informed and believes. Your petitioner further states that is will ____ the whole of the personal estate of said dec'd, to pay the debts of his estate and that to provision of said estate will, or can be made for the support of the petitioner and her two small children by her said husband, and his two children by a former wife, and that be as such widow and adm, as foresaid has selected the said ten acres of land as a homestead for herself and the children of her deceased husband, but in as much as the value of the same has not been affixed, Your petitioner prays that upon the comming in of such appraisement, if the same should not exceed the sum of Five Hundred dollars, that the said Ten acres of land with the tenements and appertenances therunto belonging may be taken and held an confirmde by your honor Court as the estate of this petitioner and Wiley C., Joshua H., Margaret F., and James M. Barber children of said deceased, according to the statute in such cases made and founded. her Martha A. Barber mark Wm H. Thornton, Judge 25 Oct. 1856 *** Judgement was made in favor of Martha A. Barber and the children of James M. Barber, and they were allowed to keep the land.