JOSEPH S. BARRON AND FAMILY, Smith County, TX ***************************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm Submitted by Jaunice York - njyork@flash.net 15 May 2001 ***************************************************************** JOSEPH S. BARRON AND FAMILY "Some Biographies of Old Settlers." Historical, Personal and Reminiscent. Volume I By Sid S. Johnson, 1900: Sid S. Johnson, Publisher, Tyler, Texas CHAPTER LI, Page 221-223 Joseph S. Barron was born in Troupe county, Ga., June 2nd, 1838. He moved with his parents when quite a boy to alabama. His parents were Smith and Lucy barron, his mother being the daughter of James B. Reeves, who was a noted baptist minister. The elder Barron married Miss Sarah G. Burns in 1854. Joseph S. Barron came to Smith county early in 1861, and soon joined Douglas' Texas battery, serving with this command until the end of the war. His first battle was at Elk Horn, when this battery made a fine reputation to the end of the war. Joe only missed one fight te battery made during the war, that of Richmond, Ky., and history gives an excellent account of Douglas' Texas battery during the great conflict between the States. He was a prisoner for several months, but made his escape from the Federals and worked his way back to the battery, rejoining his command at Iuka, Miss. His war record is a good one from the beginning to the end of the war. He married Miss Mary A. Tomlinson, of Pike county, Ala., and brought his wife to Texas in 1865, and has lived near Tyler since that date. He now lives two and one-half miles from Tyler and is engaged in farming. J. S. Barron and wife had born to them eight children, five boys and three girls -- W. S., John T., Joe N., N. E., George, Alice, Callie and adaline. These are the living children except Joe N., who is dead. W. S. Barron married Miss Anna Aams, daughter of Mr. Tate Adams of Mt. Sylvan, Texas. They have three children -- Claude, Lola and Laura. John T. Barron married Miss Millie Carlthrop, a daughter of Bruce Carlthrop of Henderson county. They had four children, Emmett, Long and twins, who died in infancy. Joe N. Barron married Miss Julia Barker, daughter of James barker. They have one child, a little girl. Joe N. Barron died Aug. 4th, 1870. N. E. Barron married Miss Jennie Bradford of Henderson county. They have three children -- Carl, Frank and Maud. George Barron married Miss Annie Day, the daughter of W. H. Day. The Three girls -- Alice, Callie and Adaline, quite accomplished young ladies, live with their parents two and half miles from Tyler. This is the Barron family, of the numerous Barrons of this family, that moved to Smith county before the war of this family, but since the war the Barron connection are more numerous today, perhaps, than any fam in Smith county, and I am pleased to state that no people stand higher in their respective communities than the Barrons. Joseph S. Barron and wife, and I believe nearly the entire family are members of the Tyler Baptist Church. Joseph s. is a deacon in the church and a Christian in practice and devotion. The Barrons soon after the war came to Texas and nearly every community in smith county is blessed with some of this family, and it is a marked fact that no people rank better than they do. Most of them are farmers and generally very successful in their chosen avocation. a community of such people as the Barrons would make an ideal community to live in, and Joe, the gallant soldier, the good citizen, is a chip "off the old block".