The Barbour family is a prominent American political family of Scottish origin from

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...

. The progenitor of the Barbour family was James Barbour, who emigrated to Virginia from

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a Anglo-Scottish border, border with England to the southeast ...

in the middle of the 17th-century.

Notable members

The Barbour family's more notable members included

James Barbour James Barbour (June 10, 1775 – June 7, 1842) was an American slave owner, lawyer, politician and planter. He served as a delegate from Orange County, Virginia in the Virginia General Assembly, and as speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates ...

(10 June 1775–7 June 1842),

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, 18th

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, and 11th

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; John Strode Barbour, Sr. (8 August 1790–12 January 1855), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 15th congressional district; John Strode Barbour, Jr. (29 December 1820–14 May 1892), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from

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and

; and Philip P. Barbour (25 May 1783–25 February 1841), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from

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, 12th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. * James Barbour I (born 1681) m. Elizabeth Taliaferro ** James Barbour II (1707–1775) m. Elizabeth Todd (1730), m. Sarah Todd (1733) *** Richard Barbour *** James Barbour III (1734–1804) m. Frances Throckmorton (1762) **** Mordecai Barbour (1764–1846) m. Elizabeth Strode, m. Sally Haskell Byrne ***** John Strode Barbour (1790–1855) m. Elizabeth A. Byrne ****** John Strode Barbour, Jr. (1820–1892) m. Susan Sewell Daingerfield (1865) ******

(1828–1895) m. Fanny Thomas Beckham (1857) ******* Ella B. Barbour Rixey (born 1858) m. John Franklin Rixey (1881) ******* Mary B. Barbour Wallace (born 1860) m. Clarence B. Wallace (1890) ******* James Byrne Barbour (1864–1926) ******* John Strode Barbour (1866–1952) m. Mary B. Grimsley (1894) ******* Edwin Barbour (1868–1902) m. Josie McDonald ******* A. Floyd Barbour (born 1868) ******* Fanny C. Barbour Beckham (born 1874) m. Benjamin Collins Beckham (1899) ****** Alfred Madison Barbour (1829–1866) m. Kate Daniels (1858) ***** Frances Barbour Minor m. Henry Minor ***** Ann Barbour Gist m. Thomas Gist ***** Maria Barbour Tillinghast Hogan m. (?) Tillinghast, m. J. B. Hogan ***** Mordecai Barbour **** James Barbour **** Thomas Barbour m. Mary Taylor **** Richard Barbour m. Mary Moore **** Gabriel Barbour **** Philip Barbour m. Lucy Taylor, m. Eliza Hopkins **** Frances Barbour Moore m. John Moore **** Sarah Barbour Harrison m. John (James) Harrison **** Mary Barbour Walker m. David Walker **** Lucy Barbour Baylor m. Wythe Baylor ***

Thomas Barbour Thomas Barbour (August 19, 1884 – January 8, 1946) was an American herpetologist. From 1927 until 1946, he was director of the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) founded in 1859 by Louis Agassiz at Harvard University in Cambridge, ...

(1735–1825) m. Mary Pendleton Thomas **** Richard Barbour ****

(1775–1842) m. Lucy Maria Johnson (1795) ***** Lucy Maria Barbour Taliaferro (1797–1843) m. John Seymour Taliaferro (1822) ***** Benjamin Johnson Barbour (1800–1820) ***** James Barbour (died 1857) ***** Benjamin Johnson Barbour (1821–1894) m. Caroline Homassel Watson (1844) ***** Frances Cornelia Barbour Collins m. William Handy Collins **** Lucy T. Barbour **** Philip P. Barbour (1783–1841) m. Frances Todd Johnson (1804) ***** Edmund Pendleton Barbour (1805–1851) ***** Philippa Barbour (1807–1860) ***** Elizabeth Barbour Ambler (1808–1857) m. John Jaquelin Ambler (1828) ***** Quintus Barbour m. Mary Elizabeth Somerville (1833) ****** Frances Todd Barbour Ewing m. D. B. Ewing ****** Cornelia Barbour Somerville m. James Somerville ****** Philip Barbour ****** Jane Barbour ****** Philip Pendleton Barbour ***** Sextus Barbour (1813–1848) ***** Septimus Barbour (1815–1816) ***** Thomas Barbour (1810–1849) **** Nelly Barbour **** Mary Thomas Bryan m. Daniel Bryan ***** Mariana Bryan Lathrop (1820–1893) m. Jedediah Hyde Lathrop ******

Bryan Lathrop Bryan Lathrop (August 6, 1844 – May 13, 1916) was an American businessman and art collector from Alexandria, Virginia, United States. He is known for his works in Chicago, Illinois, where his insurance and real estate dealings made him very we ...

(1844–1916) ****** Barbour Lathrop (1847–1927) ******Caroline Huntington Lathrop (1853–1854) ******Minna Byrd Lathrop (1857–1877) ******

Florence Lathrop Field Page Florence Lathrop Field Page (October 29, 1858 – July 6, 1921) was an American socialite and philanthropist. Born into the esteemed Barbour family, Page became a notable society figure and philanthropist. Page was considered a member of Amer ...

(1858–1921) m. Henry Field (1883) m.

Thomas Nelson Page Thomas Nelson Page (April 23, 1853 – November 1, 1922) was an American lawyer, politician, and writer. He served as the U.S. ambassador to Italy from 1913 to 1919 under the administration of President Woodrow Wilson during World War I. In his ...

(1893) ***** Mary Caroline Wylie (1825—1896) m. Andrew Wylie ****** Andrew Wylie (1847—1858) ****** Pendleton Wylie (1858–1869) ****** Horace Wylie (1868–1950) ****** Andrew S. Wylie (1870–1871) ***** Thomas Barbour Bryan (1828–1906) m. Jennie Byrd Bryan (1850) ******Daniel Page Bryan (????-1855) ****** Charles Page Bryan (1855–1918) ******

Jennie Byrd Bryan Payne Jennie Byrd Bryan Payne (1857–August 1, 1919) was an American philanthropist, artist and society figure. She was a member of the Barbour family. Biography Born Jennie Byrd Bryan in 1857 in Elmhurst, Illinois (at the time known as "Cottage ...

(1857—1919) m.

John Barton Payne John Barton Payne (January 26, 1855January 24, 1935) was an American politician, lawyer and judge. He served as the United States Secretary of the Interior from 1920 until 1921 under Woodrow Wilson's administration. Early life and career Payne ...

(1913) **** Sally Barbour *** Philip Barbour m. (?) **** (?) Barbour *** Ambrose Barbour (born c. 1733) m. Catherine Thomas **** Philip Barbour **** James Barbour m. Letitia Green ***** Catherine Barbour Vick m. J. Wesley Vick **** Lucinda Barbour Hardin m. Benjamin Hardin **** Richard Barbour **** Lucy Barbour Davis m. (?) Davis *** William Barbour *** Mary Barbour Harrison m. John Harrison *** Fanny Barbour Smith m. (?) Smith *** Betty Barbour Johnson m. Benjamin Johnson **** Lucy Johnson Barbour m.

(1795) **** Frances Todd Johnson Barbour m. Philip P. Barbour *** (?) Barbour Boyd m. James Boyd

References

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