> -----Original Message----- > From: Pam McKeen > Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 8:28 AM > To: Barber List (E-mail) > Subject: Arkansas Barbers > > Does anyone out there have any Barbers in Arkansas? Until this week, > we knew my grandmother, Mary Drucilla Barber, was from Arkansas, and > that her parents names were Buck Barber and Mary Chadwick. Thanks to > some great detective work by my cousin, we are almost sure we have > found her family on the 1880 census in New Hope Township, Izard > County, Arkansas. There are several families of Chadwicks living near > each other and in their midst. > > Then in the 1900 Census: > > William F.(?) Barber, Fulton Co, Cleveland (?) Township, 46 years old, > b. Dec 1853 in Tennessee > > Susan E. Barber, Wife, 35 years old, b. March 1865 in Arkansas (his > second wife) > > William Barber, Son, 18 years old, b. Nov 1881 in Arkansas > > Mary D. Barber, Daughter, 15 years old, b. Jan 1885 in Arkansas (my > grandmother) > > Zelmer (or Zelma) L. (?) Barber, Daughter, 11 years old, b. Nov 1888 > in Arkansas > > Preston Barber, Son, 9 years old, b. Nov. 1890 in Arkansas > > John A. W. ?, Son, 1 year old, b. June 1898 in Arkansas > > I then found John Thomas Porterfield and Wife "Molly" (Mary Drucilla) > (my grandfather and grandmother) > in the 1920 Arkansas census to compare, and looks like Mary did add a > couple years onto her age like you said Pam. > > 1920 Arkansas Census: > > John T. Porterfield, Fulton County, Arkansas, 64 years old, born in > Arkansas > > Mollie Porterfield, Wife, 38 years old, born in Arkansas > > Beulah Porterfield, Daughter, 16 years old, born in Arkansas > > Robert R. Porterfield, Son, 12 years old, born in Arkansas > > Hobart G. (?), son, 8 years old, born in Arkansas > > Edith Z. Porterfield, Daughter, 6 years old, born in Arkansas > > Delbert L. Porterfield, Son, 4 1/12 years old, born in Arkansas > > Chester M. Porterfield, Son, 1 1/12 years old, born in Arkansas. > > My mother told me Mary Drucilla Barber worked for a family in Missouri > as a nanny and then married John(?) Roffe and had three children, two > died when they were very young, and Robert died at the age of > nineteen. He is the Robert listed in the 1920 cenus as Robert R. > Porterfield. Mr. Roffe disappeared and was believed dead. Mary > Drucilla obtained a divorce from him before she married my > grandfather, because she did not believe he was dead. > > If anyone has any information about this family, we would sure > appreciate hearing from you. This is a big break for us, and now that > we know this much, we are anxious to learn about our William Barber > and his family.