i. THOMAS J.³ BARLOW, b. 1839; d. 1918, TX.

Notes for THOMAS J. BARLOW:
Never married. He disappeared from the family. The family story claims he ran away after being jilted from his lover. He was never heard from again until right before his death in Texas.
Walter Sidney Barlow says Thomas was lazy and disappeared into Mississippi and was never heard from again.

'Uncle Tommy'

Once upon a time there lived on the banks of the Brazos River a man named Thomas Barlow (called "Uncle Tommy"). He lived in a little dugout that he made all by himself. It was neat and clean with newspapers and magazines all stacked in neat piles.

Uncle Tommy was an educated man and, as the story has been told, he grew up in Kentucky - a beautiful place. He and a young girl fell in love and were planning to marry on a certain Sunday. On Wednesday, just before that Sunday the girl suddenly took sick and died. That put an end to Uncle Tommy's dreams. Determined to put it all behind him, he left Kentucky and came to Texas. I do not know what mode of travel he used; I only know that he was in Mitchell Bend, Hood County, about 1870. It could have been earlier but he taught school there at that time. That school was one of the first in Hood County. The benches were made of logs and had no backs. I don't know about the floor, probably dirt.

Mama told us about going to school there when Uncle Tommy taught. She said that every day at noon Uncle Tommy would disappear off into the brush somewhere. Of course in Mitchell Bend at that time there were plenty of hiding places. The big boys all got curious about where their teacher was going and what he was doing. One day curiosity got the best of them and they followed him - at a distance, of course, and they were astonished to see what he was doing. He had cleared off a big space of ground real clean, surrounded by trees so that no one could see him (he thought). There was Uncle Tommy dancing! He who was so strict, so staid, and never smiling! dancing around and around! Was he capturing the dreams he had as a young man back in Kentucky? What else? But the boys never told him; they had too much respect.

And so - Uncle Tommy lived in his dugout on the banks of the Brazos River. Everyone thought of him as a hermit, but he visited people, and if anyone went fishing near where he lived he always enjoyed their company. Also, he told Uncle Will Poe he always went to the river to watch the boys swim and cavort in the water. Some of them were so daring, he said, that he feared for their lives. The old Brazos had "eddy-holes" where the water swirled around and around; every one knew they were dangerous.

Uncle Tommy was a tall man, stood erect (never stooped), always dressed in a black suit: black pants, black coat, black hat, white shirt, and shoulder length white hair.

As children going to school at Mambrino we very often saw Uncle Tommy going home with a 50 lb. sack of flour on his shoulder. He walked wherever he went. He visited the Crites, Hayworths, Snelsons, Uncle Will Poe, and others. Often we have seen him pass our house at 'Brino on a hot summer day dressed in a black suit: black pants, black coat, black hat, white shirt, and his shoulder length white hair.

It was on one of those summer days that he stopped by our house, unannounced. Mama greeted him at the door and asked him to sit near the south as that was the coolest place in the room. I am sure it was on a Monday as Mama was washing and Monday was always her wash day, rain or shine, come what may. She seemed a little flustered with her old school teacher coming in like this. She went all out to please him. After she had settled him and given him a book to read , she told me to "go to the well and bring Uncle Tommy a cool drink of water". So, I went to get the "cool drink of water."

I came back and stood near Uncle Tommy who was deeply interested in his book. As I stood there, barefooted and in an old everyday dress, I thought I was standing before a great man. Holding the big zinc bucketful of water with the dipper inside I said, "Uncle Tommy, do you want a cool drink?" Without a word he took the dipper and dipped deep into the bucket to get a big dipperful of water. He then put the dipper back and said very politely, "Thank you." I hurried to tell Mama about him being so polite. "Mama, he said 'Thank you"'. "Of course he did," she said, as she knew he was a very nice man.

Uncle Tommy had bee hives all around his little place and often brought a jar of honey to Uncle Will and Aunt Al Poe. He visited with them a great deal. One hot summer day he went to visit them, got sick, and died a few days later.

My brother, Van P. Morrison, held Uncle Tommy's funeral. If I remember right Van told the story of Uncle Tommy's early life in Kentucky and why he had left there. He was laid to rest in the Nubbin Ridge Cemetery in 1918. His epitaph is "Faithful unto death."

Uncle Tommy was a Great Man!

Indeed he was! Troy Purselley recalls that Uncle Tommy was an inventor. One invention was a gadget that would tie the twine on bundles of feed as they were 'kicked out' by the harvester. Farmers were having to tie them by hand. Uncle Tommy asked Mr. Poe if he could put the gadget on his harvester to test it. They did use it and it worked! Mr. Poe thought that was great and his field was the first where the bundles were tied automatically. It was a wonderful time-saver!

Lena Ratliff

ii. MATTHEW HENRY BARLOW, b. April 23, 1841, Orange Co., NC; d. February 05, 1891, Warrens Bend, Cooke Co., TX; m. MARY AGNES MCCULLAR, Abt. 1866.

Notes for MATTHEW HENRY BARLOW:
Records of Little River Presbyterian Church:
Infants baptized in the church of Little River:
1839-Matthew Henry Barlow, son of Joseph Barlow
Matthew chartered a freight car and took his family, possessions, furniture, teams, farming implements and settled in Warrens Bend, Texas. He had bought a home in Gainesville and planned on putting the children in school there at the time of his death.(From the website of Susan Barlow Holmes)

"A little history of Warrens Bend

My great grandfather Matthew Henry Barlow came to Gainesville Texas sometime after the Civil War looking for a place to start a farm and a cotton gin. When he stood on the hill overlooking the Red River, he thought the area reminded him of his home in Shiloh, Tennessee, so he bought 500 acres of the land that included the site of the Barlow Cemetery.

My grandfather, J.L. Barlow, at one point owned the land and when he sold it, donated the Barlow Cemetery land to Cooke Co who maintains the cemetery today."

1870 Hardin Co., TN census
Savannah, Dist. 15 page 499
BARLOW Henry, 31, farmer, 700-500 NC
Mary, 29, keeps house, AL
John,             3, TN
Celina?,        2 TN
Samuel Thomas, 25 farm laborer, AL
James McCuless?, 16, farm laborer, TN
1880 Hardin Co., TN census Dist. 15, page 160
BARLOW M.H., 39, farmer, NC
Mary,           42, keeps house, AL
John,           13, TN
Rosalene,   11, TN
Marcus,         5  TN
Walter,          3  TN

More About MATTHEW HENRY BARLOW:
Burial: 1891, Barlow Cem. Gainesville, TX
Cause of Death: typhoid fever
Military service: CSA for one year.

Notes for MARY AGNES MCCULLAR:
Records of Shiloh Methodist Church, Hardin Co., TN
Membership Roll of the Shiloh Society, Purdy Circuit, Memphis Conference, Methodist Church South, Nov. 8, 1868, Hardin Co., TN
Joseph Barlow, married, baptized
Lucinda, married, baptized
M. Susan Barlow, single, baptized
Mary A. Barlow, married, baptized (not sure this is same Mary A.???)
More About MARY AGNES MCCULLAR:
Burial: 1894, Barlow Cem., Gainesville, TX
iii. CHARLOTTE ANN BARLOW, b. 1842; d. 1903; m. UNKNOWN BROWDER.

Notes for CHARLOTTE ANN BARLOW:
Records of Little River Presbyterian Church:
Infants baptized in Little River Church:
1843 Charlotte Barlow, daughter of Joseph Barlow

iv. LUCINDA JANE BARLOW, b. March 07, 1845, Hillsborough, Orange Co., NC; d. October 12, 1882, Hardin Co., TN; m. JAMES WARREN LEDBETTER, November 17, 1864, McNairy Co., TN.

Notes for LUCINDA JANE BARLOW:
Records of Little River Church:
Infants baptized in the church:
1845 Lucretia Jane Barlow, daughter of Joseph Barlow
Marker of Lucy reads: "Her many virtures form the noblest monument to her memory."
Notes for JAMES WARREN LEDBETTER:
1870 McNairy Co., TN census
Purdy post office, page 246
LEDBETTER James W., 27, grocer, 1000-500
Lucy J.,                 25
Thomas A.,            4
Mary J.,                  2
(all born in TN)
1880 McNairy Co., TN census page 75 A Dist. 5
LEDBETTER J.W., 36, dry goods merchant, TN
Lucy J.,              31, NC
Thomas A.,       13, TN
Mary J.J.,          10, TN
Joseph A.,          6, TN
Benton          6/12, TN
Chewalla, McNairy Co., TN
A settlement 20 miles southeast of Purdy, the county seat of McNairy County.
Express, Southern. Mail, daily. F.L. McCuller, postmaster.
Business Directory 1878:
J.W. Biggs, grocer
D.W. Eaker, blacksmith
Hurley Brothers, general store
J.W. Ledbetter, general store
McCullar & Co., flour mill
W.R. Ramer, physician
Walker & Co., grocers

Administration
State of Tennessee
McNairy County

We, B.W.T. Derryberry, J.W. Ledbetter and W.R. Ramer are bound to the State of Tennessee in the penalty of 1500.00.
Witness our hands this 4th day of Oct. 1880.

The condition of this obligation is such, that, whereas, the above bound B.W.T. Derryberry has been appointed administrator of I.C. Derryberry, deceased.

Now, if the said B.W.T. Derryberry shall well and truly as such administrator perform all the duties which are or may be required by law, this obligation shall void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.

Examined and approved Oct. term 1880 John W. Stumph, chairman.
signed: B.W.T. Derryberry
J.W. Ledbetter
W.R. Ramer
Job Bell, County Court Clerk
Business directory 1890-1891
D.W. Eaker, blacksmith
J.F. Gurley, grist mill, saw mill and cotton gin
Hurley Brothers, general store
Ledbetter & Co., general store
F.S. McCuller, railroad and express agent
W.R. Ramer, physician

v. SAMUEL PAISLEY BARLOW, b. April 25, 1847, Orange Co., NC; d. April 29, 1937, McNairy Co., TN; m. (1) SARAH JANE CHURCHWELL, October 25, 1869, Hardin Co., TN; m. (2) AMERICA UNKNOWN, Aft. 1897.

Notes for SAMUEL PAISLEY BARLOW:
1870 Hardin Co., TN census page 501 District 15 (from Susan Barlow Holmes website)

BARLOW Samuel, 23, NC
Sarah                18, TN
1880 Hardin Co., TN census page 115 District 11 (from Susan Barlow Holmes website)
BARLOW S.P.33 NC
Sarah J.           24 TN
Caldonia J.        9 TN
Geo. J.               7 TN
Osborne            5 TN
Icey                    2 TN

Hardin County-History of Tennessee
The Goodspeed Publishing Co. 1887
Samuel P. Barlow, a well known farmer and resident of the 11th District, was born in Orange Co., NC April 25, 1847. His father, Joseph Barlow, was also a native of the same state, and came to Hardin Co., TN in 1859, settling in the 15th district. He was married to Lucinda Crossett, of Caswell Co., NC. To them were born 10 children, of whom the subject of our sketch was the fifth.

He received such education as the common schools of Hardin County afforded in its primitive days. Soon after leaving school he began farming with his father, and so continued until the age of 23.

He was married to Miss Sarah J. Churchwell, of Hardin County Oct. 25, 1869. Six children have been born to them; those living are: Cally J., George J., Osborne L., Alice I., and E. and Luke E. (deceased).

In 1872 Mr. Barlow purchased the farm upon which he now lives, consisting of between 250 and 300 acres, which is valuable and productive. He is a staunch Democrat, and was elected magistrate of the 11th district in 1882 and served for 4 years.

He is a good neighbor, a worthy citizen and an esteemed man.

Letter from Elizabeth Barlow Mills (Memphis, TN) in 1997 states, "We have no Barlow pictures except the generation of Samuel Paisley and Sara Jane Churchwell Barlow and only a few of them. Grandpa Barlow's house burned in 1921 just after the death of his second wife. They were cleaning house and burning unwanted items in a fireplace, as was the custom when a death occurred and the sparks ignited the wood roof and the house was completely consumed. Only a small part of the furnishings were saved and I suspect any pictures he might have had were lost. By the way, we have no pictures of the house but from all accounts I've heard it was quite a show place for the time and locality. It was two story with a "widow's watch" on it. The house that he replaced it with-or the remains-still stands but wasn't anything as nice as the one that burned. His place was sold at auction back in the spring. He willed it to Aunt Icie Good's family and they sold it soon after and was rented out and badly abused. It is now just a beat up old house not habitable and will be torn down I'm sure. Property was divided into lots and sold."

Little River Presbyterian Church Minutes:

Infants baptized into the church:
October 17, 1847, Samuel Paisley, son of Joseph Barlow
Settlement with J.R. Hurley as adm. of the estate of J.C. Hurley, deceased

Made 24th April 1884
Credit: by amount paid S.P. Barlow $8.35
1900 Hardin Co., TN census District 7 page 144
S.P. Barlow, head born April 1847 age 53, married 30 years NC NC NC
America Barlow,        wife, March 1861 age 39 years, married 0 children 0 living TN TN TN
Osborne L.                  son July 1875 age 24, single TN
Icy,                                dau. Oct. 1878 age 21, single TN
Clarence,                     son Sept. 1892?, age 7, single, TN
Meredith Elizabeth,    boarder
Buch???(can't read), boarder
Kennedy Samuel?     boarder
WALKER Jas. H.,      boarder

Administration
State of Tennessee
McNairy County

We, S.P. Barlow, L.E. Farris and R.T. Blanton are bound to the State of Tennessee in the penalty of 750.00.
Witness our hands, this 4th day of March 1905.
The condition of this obligation is such, that, whereas the above bound S.P. Barlow has been appointed admr. of Earl Riggs, deceased.
Now, if the said Barlow shall well and truly as such admr. perform all the duties which are or may be required by law, this obligation shall be void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.

Signed: S.P.Barlow
L.E. Farris
R.T. Blanton
J. Moore County Court Clerk
1910 Hardin Co., TN census District 7 page 120 (from Susan Barlow Holmes website)
BARLOW Samuel P., 62, NC
Eiscenlio? A., wife, age 50?, TN (This would be the second wife, America.)
Clarence H., son, 17 TN
1920 Hardin Co., TN census District 7, page 227 (from Susan Barlow Holmes website)
BARLOW S.P., 72, NC
America, wife 60 TN

More About SAMUEL PAISLEY BARLOW:
Burial: 1937, Crump Cem., Hardin Co., TN
Census: 1870, Hardin Co., TN
Medical Information: Died at 90 years and 4 days.
More About SARAH JANE CHURCHWELL:
Burial: 1897, Crump Cem., Hardin Co., TN
Medical Information: Died at 44 years, 10 months, 12 days.

vi. JOSEPH JEROME BARLOW, JR., b. March 26, 1849, Orange Co., NC; d. April 01, 1926, Adamsville, Hardin Co., TN; m. MARY C. "POLLY" LEDBETTER.

More About JOSEPH JEROME BARLOW, JR.:
Burial: 1926, Ledbetter Cem., Adamsville, Hardin Co., TN.
More About MARY C. "POLLY" LEDBETTER:
Burial: 1914, Ledbetter Cem., Adamsville, TN
vii. WILLIAM P. BARLOW, b. July 17, 1851; d. August 28, 1861, McNairy Co., TN.

Notes for WILLIAM P. BARLOW:
Marker reads: "Nip'd in the opening bloom of youth
With scarce a moment given
Summoned early from the earth
To grace with smiles the court of Heaven"

More About WILLIAM P. BARLOW:
Burial: 1861, Prospect Cem., McNairy Co., TN.
Medical Information: Died at 10 years, 1 month, 11 days.

viii. MARY SUSIE BARLOW, b. May 22, 1854, Hillsborough, Orange Co., NC; d. November 16, 1912, Stantonville, McNairy Co., TN; m. DAVID "DAVE" N. ERWIN, January 21, 1874.

Notes for MARY SUSIE BARLOW:
Little River Presbyterian Church Minutes:
Infants baptized into the church:
Oct. 15, 1854 Mary Susan Barlow, daughter of Joseph and Louisinda Barlow
Records of Shiloh Methodist Church, Hardin Co., TN
Membership Roll of the Shiloh Society, Purdy Circuit, Memphis Conference, Methodist Church South, Nov. 8, 1868, Hardin Co., TN
Joseph Barlow, married, baptized
Lucinda, married, baptized
M. Susan Barlow, single, baptized
Mary A. Barlow, married, baptized
1880 Hardin Co., TN census
15th District
Erwin D. age 29, farmer TN TN TN
Mary 26 wife keeping house NC NC NC
Thomas 5 son TN
Mary 1 dau. TN
BARLOW Joseph 78, father NC NC NC
Moore? Malinda? 60 boarder TN

Notes for DAVID "DAVE" N. ERWIN:
1880 Hardin Co., TN census District 15, page 158 Dist. 15
ERWIN Dave N., 29, farmer, TN
Mary (was a BARLOW), 26, wife, NC
Thomas,   son, 3, TN
Mary,         dau., 1, TN
BARLOW Joseph, age 78, father, NC
MOORE Malina, boarder, age 60, TN
1900 Hardin Co., TN census, District 7, page 145 (from Susan Barlow Holmes website)
ERWIN David M., Nov. 1849, age 46 TN
Susie,     wife, May 1854, age 46, NC
Lee?,      dau. Nov. 1878 age 21, TN
Oscar J., son Aug. 1880, age 19 TN
Luther,    son Oct. 1882, age 17 TN
Lacy,       son July 1889 age 10 TN
Ora,         dau. July 1893, age 6 TN
1910 McNairy Co., TN census, Dist. 10 page 103 (from Susan Barlow Holmes website)
ERWIN Dave N., 59 TN
Mary S.,     54, NC
Luther,       27 TN
Lacy,          20 TN
Ora,           18 TN

ix. EMMA F. BARLOW, b. May 05, 1856, McNairy Co., TN; d. March 28, 1930; m. BENTON WESLEY THOMAS DERRYBERRY, December 24, 1878, McNairy Co., TN.

Notes for EMMA F. BARLOW:
Little River Presbyterian Church Minutes:
Infants baptized into the church:
Sept. 7, 1856 Emma F. Barlow daughter of Joseph and Lousinda Barlow

Notes for BENTON WESLEY THOMAS DERRYBERRY:
1880 McNairy Co., TN census Dist. 5 page 75
DERRYBERRY B.W.T. age 38 head MS TN TN merchant
Emmer F.          24 wife NC NC NC housekeeper
Laurance C.        3 months male TN MS NC

Administration
State of Tennessee
McNairy County

We, B.W.T. Derryberry, J.W. Ledbetter and W.R. Ramer are bound to the State of Tennessee in the penalty of 1500.00.
Witness our hands this 4th day of Oct. 1880.
The condition of this obligation is such, that, whereas, the above bound B.W.T. Derryberry has been appointed administrator of I.C. Derryberry, deceased.
Now, if the said B.W.T. Derryberry shall well and truly as such administrator perform all the duties which are or may be required by law, this obligation shall void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.

Examined and approved Oct. term 1880 John W. Stumph, chairman.
signed: B.W.T. Derryberry
J.W. Ledbetter
W.R. Ramer
Job Bell, County Court Clerk

1900 Hardin Co., TN census, Dist. 7 page 161 (from Susan Barlow Holmes website)
DERRYBERRY Benton W., March 1842, age 58, MS
Emmer F.        May 1856, age 44
Virgil M.,          Oct. 1889 TN
1910 Hardin Co., TN Dist. 7, page 121 (from Susan Barlow Holmes website)
DERRYBERRY Benton W., age 68, TN married 31 yrs., 2 children, 1 living
Emma F.,        age 54 NC
(Virgil lived next door with his wife, Voncil J., and child, Nettie E., age 2)
1920 Adamsville, McNairy Co., TN census Dist. 15, page 164 (from Susan Barlow Holmes website)
DERRYBERRY Ema F., age 63, widow, NC
Virgil M., married, age 30, TN
(No wife is listed)

More About BENTON WESLEY THOMAS DERRYBERRY:
Occupation: Merchant

x. ELIZABETH ALICE BARLOW, b. 1862, TN; d. March 30, 1940, Chewalla, McNairy Co., TN; m. LEANDER ALLEN HURLEY, April 21, 1880, McNairy Co., TN.

Notes for ELIZABETH ALICE BARLOW:
Aunt Rue gave me an envelope that Gebo had written some dates on:
Mrs. L.A. died March 30, 1940 age 78 years.
Religion: Chewalla Baptist Church.

Notes for LEANDER ALLEN HURLEY:
Momma (Ouida Smith Burress) remembers L.A. having strokes and never working. She remembers him being hateful. He was wheelchair bound and enjoyed being an invalid, but could get up and walk when no one was looking! He attended Chewalla Baptist Church but may not have been a member. Later he got mad and stopped going.
Chewalla, McNairy Co., TN
A settlement 20 miles southeast of Purdy, the county seat of McNairy County.
Express, Southern. Mail, daily. F.L. McCuller, postmaster.
Business Directory 1878:
J.W. Biggs, grocer
D.W. Eaker, blacksmith
Hurley Brothers, general store
J.W. Ledbetter, general store
McCullar & Co., flour mill
W.R. Ramer, physician
Walker & Co., grocers
1880 McNairy Co., TN census Dist. 5
HURLEY J.K. (should be J.R.) 55 head TN AL AL farmer
Martha                  54 wife AL SC SC housekeeper
Rebecca              24 dau. TN AL SC at home
Jo Leadner A.     19 son TN AL AL farm hand (THIS IS LEANDER-MY LINE.)
Eler                      15 dau. TN AL AL
Cynth E.              12 dau. TN AL AL
Tempa L.            10 dau. TN AL AL
Elizabeth E. 17 daughter-in-law TN NC NC assistant housekeeper (this was Elizabeth Alice Barlow, wife of Leander)
Business directory 1890-1891
D.W. Eaker, blacksmith
J.F. Gurley, grist mill, saw mill and cotton gin
Hurley Brothers, general store
Ledbetter & Co., general store
F.S. McCuller, railroad and express agent
W.R. Ramer, physician
1900 McNairy Co., TN census Dist. 14
HURLEY Lee A. Sept. 1861 age 38 married 20 yrs. head TN TN TN farmer
Elizabeth Sept. 1861 age 38 married 20 yrs. wife TN NC NC 2 children/2 living
Arch R. Nov. 1889 age 10 son TN TN TN
1910 McNairy Co., TN census Dist. 14
HURLEY L.A. head age 48 married 29 yrs. TN TN TN farmer
E.H. wife age 49 married 29 yrs. TN NC NC 4 children/2 living

(NOTE: Don't know the name of the other 2 children that Elizabeth lists here.)
Aunt Rue gave me an envelope that Gebo had written some dates on:
L.A. died Sept. 19, 1939 age 78 years 3 days.

More About LEANDER ALLEN HURLEY:
Burial: 1939, Indian Creek Cem., McNairy Co., TN.
Namesake: In one census he is listed as Jo Leander Allen Hurley.
Occupation: Farmer