BIOGRAPHIES - BARBEE, Fielding, Bourbon County, Kentucky From: Bob Francis http://www.shawhan.com Date: 07 Feb 2000 The biographies are taken primarily from William Perrin's "The History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky" and E. Polk Johnson's "The History of Kentucky and Kentuckians," Vol. III. Many Bourbon County, Kentucky, researchers have pointed out mistakes and they are notated. Name: Fielding BARBEE _________________________________________ Birth: September 4, 1832, Scott County, Kentucky Father: Nathaniel BARBEE Mother: Catharine BRADFORD Spouses _________________________________________ 1: Susan E. MOORE Father: Abram/Abraham MOORE (1789-) Mother: Betsy JAMESON Marriage: April 25, 1861 Children: John Fielding FIELDING JOSEPH BARBEE,1 farmer and stock raiser; P. 0. Paris; proprietor of Glon Echo farm, was born in Scott County, Sept. 4, 1832, to Nathaniel and Catharine (Bradford) Barbee; she a daughter of Judge Fielding Bradford, who was Judge of the Court of that county, and one of the first settlers of the same; from Virginia; the family is also prominent in the history of Kentucky. Nathaniel was a son of Joseph Barbee, who came from Virginia; among the first settlers of Scott County; he was an industrious and thorough agriculturist; he arose to a considerable degree of prominence in the early history, and at one time represented the county in the State Legislature. The subject of this sketch received a liberal education, attending for a while the Western Military Institute, which was under the supervision of Thornton F. Johnson as President, with a corps of assistants, such as Profs. Forbes, Nevins, Burchard, Johnson, James G. Blaine and others. The children of Nathaniel were: Charles M., engaged in farming in Missouri; Julius, engaged in farming near Nashville, Tenn.; Emma, now deceased, became the wife of Dr. Barbee; Geo. L., farming in Fayette County; Sophia C., married Joshua Arnold, farming near Eminence, Henry County, Ky.; Alexander died in young manhood of yellow fever in New Orleans while on a visit; Sidney B., residing in Fulton County, Mo., farming; F. J.; Wm. H., farming at Georgetown, Ky. Our subject was married, April 25, 1861, to Miss Susan E. Moore, daughter of Abraham and Mrs. Elizabeth (Jameson) (Allen) Moore. Abraham Moore was a prominent man as a large land-holder, and well known throughout the South as a trader. The fruits of the marriage was one child, John Fielding, born Jan. 29, 1862; attending college at Millersburg. M. Barbee is extensively engaged in breeding fancy stock of all kinds; one fancy team of horses he sold to the Japanese Minister, Jiro Ogura, to go to Japan; Cotswold sheep, descendants of imported stock; registered Jersey cattle, and the most popular strains of short-horns, such as the Flora, Branch of Rose of Sharon, Craggs, Young Phyllis, Young Mary's, Imp. Jessamine, London Duchess 15, for which he paid $4,000; Imp. Josephine, Imp. Amelia, and other popular families. Mr. Barbee is one of the most important breeders of the "Region;" his sales, both public and private, have been very large in numbers, and have aggregated very many thousand dollars. He was at one time one of the Directors of the Bourbon County Agricultural Society; from 1855 to 1860 was engaged in the the goods business in Lexington with Elliott & Co., and during the war was extensively engaged in shipping mules to the South. Sources 1. Perrin, pp. 506-507 ------------------------------ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.