Sharon, congratulations on your recent marriage and new name, and thanks for posting this. It is very interesting. I can't find much information on Washington Lindley Barre except that in 1860, when he was the town marshal of Bowling Green, he was also co-editor of the Bowling Green Gazette. The only titles that I've been able to find that he authored are these three: Life and Public Services of Millard Fillmore (Buffalo, NY: Wanzer, McKim & Co., 1856) Speeches and Writings of Hon. Thomas F. Marshall (Cincinnati: Applegate & Co., 1858) Lives of Illustrious Men of America, 2 vols. (Cincinnati: W.A. Clarke Co., 1859). The first two titles are at Googlebooks but the second one isn't. He died at just 47, so I wonder if you know what happened to him. This was three or four weeks before the great yellow fever epidemic of 1878 was in fullblown outbreak, with 5,000 or more deaths. So while that was my initial thought, he probably died too early for that to be the reason. The epidemic spread from New Orleans northward up the Mississippi River a month later. Two his poems, “Marcia Lindley,” dated April 4, 1875, and “Threescore Years and Ten,” are also refereced in the Kentucky Digital Library as being in the Strange Collection, Western Kentucky University. I wonder if Marcia Lindley was a real person, if you happen to know, and perhaps related to him? ---------------------------------------- > From: sidallman2010@hotmail.com > To: isbell@rootsweb.com > Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 21:45:30 -0800 > Subject: [ISBELL] Michael Barre and Lettice Livingston Isbell > > > > > > > > Lettice Livingston Isbell was the sister of Temple Elliott > Isbell and the wife of Michael Barre. Michael Barre was born about 1792 in TN > and died after August 6, 1870 prob. Bowling Green. Lettice Livingston Isbell > was born abt. 1788 in NC and died after September 4, 1860 in KY. > > The known children of Michael Barre and Lettice Isbell were: > Matilda Franklin Barre born Dec. 16, 1816 in NC or VA > died Nov. 17, 1912 in Warren Co., KY > married Benjamin T. Johns > buried Old Union Cemetery > > > Minerva F. Barre born abt. 1820 > died after June 22, 1880 married George W. Perry > > Mary Ann Barre born 1825 in KY died August 9, 1896 Warren Co., KY buried Fairview Cemetery, Bowling Green > found no marriage > > Susannah M. Barre born May 1825 Warren Co., KY > died after June 12, 1900 Union Co., KY? > married George W. Crane > > Malinda Jane Barre born abt. 1827 Warren Co., KY > died before June 12, 1900 > married Jackson F. Cole > > > > William K. Barre born January 1829 in KY occupation in 1860 was a printer occupation in 1880 was a carpenter > died August 12, 1906 Warren Co., KY buried Fairview Cemetery, Bowling Green marriage not found > > Washington Lindley Barre born July 28, 1830 Warren Co., KY > died July 10, 1878 Warren Co., KY > married Zarelda Sheets September 20, 1852 Warren, KY > married Mollie Johns abt. 1870 > published author of several books before his death > town marshall of Bowling Green in 1860 > > Martin M. Barre born 1833 Warren Co., KY died April 2, 1888 Warren Co. > buried Fairview Cemetery, Bowling Green > > There is little known about this lineage but I have confirmed my research with the University of Kentucky, with what they have on author W.L. Barre (Washington Lindley Barre) and his mother and siblings as well as census data found online and Death Records for Kentucky. > Sharon > > _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469226/direct/01/