Biographical Sketch of Wellington Barlow, Pulaski County, Missouri

>From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas,
 Pulaski, Phelps & Dent Counties, Missouri, Published 1889, Goodspeed
 Publishing Company.

Transcribed by: Penny Harrell (Incog3678@aol.com)

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Wellington Barlow, a farmer and nurseryman of Liberty Township, was
born in Washington County, VA., in 1822, and was the sixth in the
family of ten children born to Jacob and Dorcas (Gross) Barlow.
Jacob Barlow, who was a soldier in the War of 1812, died about 1830.
A part of the family subsequently removed to Kentucky, where the
mother died about 1850.  She was a member of the Baptist Church, and
was a daughter of John Gross, an Englishman.  Wellington received his
education in the common subscription schools, to which he was obliged
to walk several miles.  On January 1, 1845, he married Nancy Stamper,
daughter of Nathaniel Stamper, a native of North Carolina, but one of
the pioneers of Kentucky, where Mrs. Barlow was born.  Mr. Stamper
afterward removed to Missouri, where he lived until his death, which
occurred about 1883.  Of the twelve children born to Mr. and Mrs.
Barlow, six are now living:  Pennis, Joseph W., Sarah (wife of John
Nelson), R. Lincoln, Catherine and Sherman.  In 1848 Mr. Barlow re-
moved to near Burlington, Iowa, where he lived until 1866, then coming
to Pulaski County, MO., on the Gasconade, where he has since improved
and still owns a good farm of 160 acres, on which he established a
nursery, in 1868.  In this business he has been very successful.  He
raises some small stock, but pays particular attention to the growth
of apple and peach trees.  Mr. Barlow is a Democrat in politics, and
cast his first presidential vote for Polk in 1844.  He has been a
member of the Baptist Church since about 1840.  Mrs. Barlow died in 
the fall of 1877, having also been a member of the Baptist Church for
many years

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