The Barbour family is an American

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origin from

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. The

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

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in the middle of the 17th century.

Summary of notable members

The Barbour family's more notable members included: * James C. Barbour (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

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from

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; * John Strode Barbour, Jr. (29 December 1820 – 14 May 1892), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from

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

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, 12th

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, and

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Members

* 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 ******Sally ****** John Strode Barbour Jr. (1820–1892) m. Susan Sewell Daingerfield (1865) ******

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

(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 Daniel (1858) ******Eliza Thompson () m. George G. Thompson ***** Frances Barbour Minor m. Henry Minor (1809) ******''11 children of Frances Barbour Minor and Henry Minor'' ***** Nancy Barbour Gist m. Thomas Gist ***** Maria Barbour Tillinghast Hogan m. (?) Tillinghast, m. J. B. Hogan ***** Mordecai Barbour *****Mary Walker () m. David Walker ******Mary Meade () m. R. K. Meade *******Helen Meade Call () m. William Call ******** Richard K. Call ********George W. Call m. Lucinda Lee *********

Wilkinson Call Wilkinson Call (January 9, 1834August 24, 1910) was an American lawyer and politician who represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1879 to 1897. Biography Wilkinson Call, nephew of Territorial Governor of Florida Richard K. Call an ...

******Fannie Gwynn () m. Humphrey Gwynn ******Helen Browder () m. ??? Browder ******James Volney Walker ******Jefferson Walker ******George Walker m. ??? *******''children'' ****** David S. Walker m. Philoclea Alston m. Elizabeth Duncan *******''children'' **** James Barbour **** Thomas Barbour m. Mary Taylor *****James Barbour *****Gabriel Barbour *****Nathaniel Barbour *****Ann Barbour *****Lucy Barbour *****Fanny Barbour *****Edwin Barbour **** Richard Barbour m. Mary Moore *****Maria Taylor () m. Jack Taylor *****Eliza Taylor () m. Robert M. Taylor *****Lucy Alexander () m. ??? Alexander *****James Barbour **** Gabriel Barbour m. Lucy Baylor *****Winona Cullen () m. ??? Cullen ****** George Appleton Cullen ****** Barbara Cullen **** Philip Barbour m. Lucy Taylor, m. Eliza Hopkins *****Lucy Glass () m. ??? Glass *****Elizabeth Jones () m. William L. Jones ***** Philip Norborne Barbour (1817–1846) m. Martha Hopkins *****Samuel Barbour m. ??? Clay *****James Mordecai Barbour m. Lydia A. Scott ****** Anna Cheney () m. Thomas F. Cheney *******Alice McDaniel (, born c. 1860) m. Alfred McDaniel *******Ruth Ringo () m. James M. Ringo *******Edith Cheney *******Philip B. Cheney *******Harry Cheney *******Robert Cheney **** Frances Barbour Moore m. John Moore (1798) *****James Barbour Moore (born 1800) *****William Catlett Moore (born 1802) m. Matilda Taylor *****John Throckmorton Moore (born 1807) m. Mary Crutchfield *****Gabrel Barbour (born 1810) *****Richard Barbour (born 1814) m. ??? Malloy m. Susan Crump *****Frances Crutchfield (, born 1816) m. A. G. Crutchfield **** Sarah Throckmorton Barbour Harrison m. John "James" Harrison *****James Harrison m. ??? Tablot ******''5 children'' *****James Harrison m. ??? Tablot **** Lucy Davis () m. ??? Davis **** Lucy Barbour Baylor m. Wythe Baylor (1798) *****Lucy Barbour m. Gabriel Barbour ***

Thomas Barbour Thomas Barbour (August 19, 1884 – January 8, 1946) was an American herpetologist. He was the first president of the Dexter School in 1926. From 1927 until 1946, he was director of the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) founded in 1 ...

(1735–1825) m. Mary Pendleton Thomas (1771) **** Richard Barbour **** James C. Barbour (1775–1842) m. Lucy Maria Johnson (1795) ***** Lucy Maria Barbour Taliaferro (1797–1843) m. John Seymour Taliaferro (1822) ******James Barbour ******Lucy Maria ******Frances Cornelia ******Ann B. Barbour ******Lindsey Waters () m. William Smith Waters (1863) *******John Seymour Taliaferro Waters m. Mary Town Donaldson *******Lucy Penniman () m. Charles F. Penniman (1892) ********William S. W. Penniman ***** Benjamin Johnson Barbour (1800–1820) ***** James Barbour (died 1857) ***** Frances Cornelia Barbour Collins m. William Handy Collins ***** ''1 additional daughter and 1 additional son of James Barbour and Lucy Johnson Barbour'' ***** Benjamin Johnson Barbour (1821–1894) m. Caroline Homassel Watson (1844) ******James Barbour (1846–1851) ******Anne Watson Barbour (1847–1851) ******George Watson Barbour (1849–1858) ******Benjamin Johnson Barbour Jr. (1851–1853) ******Thomas Barbour (1854–1938) ******Lucy C. Barbour (1856–1863) ******George Watson Barbour (1859–1937) ******Caroline H. Ellis (, 1859–c.1943) m. J. H. Ellis ******William C. Barbour (1865–????) ******Elise Collins Graves (, 1865–????) m. James Graves ******Frances Cornelia Christian (, 1870–1940) m. William G. Christian **** Lucy Newman () m. Thomas Newman ***** Veranda Welch () m. Nathaniel J. Welch (1818) ******Nathaniel Welch (1822–1857) m. Julia Dorothy Coates (1844) Roberts *******Ella Welch (1851–1934) *******Sue Tompkins Welch (1847–1930) *******Joyce Evelyn Welch (1855–1943) *******William Tunstall Welch (born 1853) m. Louise Lee ***** Lucetta Macon () m. James Mason Macon ***** James Babrour Newman m. Sarah "Sallie" Battaile Fitzhugh (1830) ******''several children'' ******Julia Newman (1831–1876) ******Laura Newman (born 1832) ******Thomas Henry Newman ******Conway Newman ******James Barbour Newman m. Fannie Tabitha Gordon (1870) *******Alice Newman (1870-???) *******Elizabeth Thornton () m. Arthur Presley Thornton ********Barbour Newman Thornton (1903–1981) m. Jane Riddle ********* Mary Moylan Thornton Oppenhimer m. (?) Oppenheimer *********Tabb Thornton Farinholt ********Frances Gordon Thornton Milton Folkes (1909–2007) m. William Byrd Lee Milton m. Mintree Folkes (1945) ********* Elizabeth Milton Hunnewell m. Frances Oakes Hunnewell **********Susannah Hunnewell Weiss ********** Evelyn Byrd Lee Hunnewell **********Oakes Hunnewell Jr. ******Rosa Newman ******Fitzhugh Newman *****Thomas Newman *****Wilhelma C. Newman **** Philip P. Barbour (1783–1841) m. Frances Todd Johnson (1804) *****Edmund Pendleton Barbour (1805–1851) m. Harriet Stewart ******Philippa Barbour ******Mary Conway Barbour ******Edmonia de Peyen des Bellisle () m. Rene de Peyen des Bellisle ***** Philippa Field (, 1807–1860) m. R. H. Field ******Philip Field (d. 1862) ******Fanny Norville () m. Charles Norville ***** Elizabeth Barbour Ambler (1808–1857) m. John Jaquelin Ambler (1828) ******John J. Ambler m. Bessie B. Davis ******Philip B. Ambler m. Miss Willie Nicholas *******Nicholas Ambler ******Ella Nicholas () m. John Nicholas ***** Quintus Barbour m. Mary Elizabeth Somerville (1833) ****** Philip Pendleton Barbour II (1839–1914) ****** Frances Todd Barbour Ewing m. D. B. Ewing ****** Cornelia Barbour ****** James Somerville Barbour ****** Jane F. Barbour ***** Sextus Barbour (1813–1848) ***** Septimus Barbour (1815–1816) ***** Thomas Barbour (1810–1849) m. Sarah Ann Strother ******Fanny Gray () m. (?) Gray ******Thomas Barbour m. (?) Gamble ******John Barbour ***** ''9 other children of Philip P. Barbour and Mary Pendleton Thomas'' **** Nelly Nolle () m. Martin Nolle ***** Philip P. Nolle m. Elizabeth Wallace ***** Cordelia Hidden () m. Joseph Hidden ***** Edmonia Major () m. William Major ***** Fanny Hansborough () m. John C. Hansborough ***** Martinet Hansborough () m. Blucher W. Hansborough ***** Lucetta Bouton () m. George Bouton ***** Josephine Clarke () m. Edward M. Clark ***** Edmund P. Nolle m. Miss Wallace m. Miss Robertson ***** Sarah Scott () m. Garrett Scott ***** Mary Willis () m. Richard A. Willis ***** John Nolle ***** James Barbour Nolle **** Mary Thomas Bryan (1795–c. 1852) m. Daniel Bryan (1818) ***** Mariana Bryan Lathrop (1820–1893) m. Jedediah Hyde Lathrop ****** Bryan Lathrop (1844–1916) ****** Barbour Lathrop (1847–1927) ******Caroline Huntington Lathrop (1853–1854) ******Minna Byrd Lathrop (1857–1877) ****** Florence Lathrop Field Page (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 List of United States ambassadors to Italy, U.S. ambassador to Italy from 1913 to 1919 under the administration of Presiden ...

(1893) ***** Mary Caroline Wylie (1825—1896) m. Andrew Wylie Jr. ****** Andrew Wylie (1847—1858) ****** Pendleton Wylie (1858–1869) ****** Horace Wylie (1868–1960) m. Katherine Virginia Hopkins (1895) m. Elinor Hoyt Hichborn (1916) *******Craig Wylie (1908–1976) m. Angela Ludlow Fowler (1938) ******** Andrew Wylie (b.1947)"Craig Wylie" by Henry A. Laughlin in Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Third Series, Vol. 88, 1976 pp. 135–140 m. Christina (1969) m. ''second wife'' (1980) ********* Nikolas Wylie *******''5 other children of Horace Wiley and Katherine Hopkins'' ****** Andrew S. Wylie (1870–1871) ***** Sally Brown () m. ???? Brown *****

Thomas Barbour Bryan Thomas Barbour Bryan (December 22, 1828 – January 26, 1906) was an American businessman, lawyer, and politician. Born in Virginia, a member of the prestigious Barbour family on his mother's side, Bryan largely made a name for himself in Chic ...

(1828–1906) m. Jennie Byrd Bryan (1850) ******Daniel Page Bryan (????-1855) ****** Charles Page Bryan (1855–1918) ****** Jennie Byrd Bryan Payne (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) ***** William Bryan **** Sally Gray () m. Grabriel Gray *****Rebecca Lake () m. Sheton Lake *****Martha Anderson () m. William L. Anderson *****Philippa Anderson () m. R. W. Anderson ******John Gray Anderson *****Lucy Cowles ( *****John Gray *** Philip Chesterfield Stanhope Barbour Sr. (born circa 1737) m. (?) **** Philip Chesterfield Stanhope Barbour Jr. (c. 1787–1861) m. Margaret Pollock *****Jane Pollock Taylor (, born circa 1810) m. William Dabney Strother Taylor ******Hancock Taylor (born 1838–c. 1920) m. Mary Hooe Wallace *******Arthur Wallace Taylor (1866–1898) m. Bessie S. Roberson *******Margaret Barbour Wallace () m. Arthur Maxwell Wallace *******Letitia "Letty" Taylor Grafton (1870–1825) m. Thomas Buie Grafton ********Arthur Wallace Grafton Sr. (1907–1985) m. Paola Castanendo Copeland m. Betty Lou Mikell *********Arthur Wallace Grafton Sr. (1937–1923) ********Cornelius Warren Wallace (1909–1982) m. Vivian Boisseau Harnsberger *******Hancock Taylor Jr. (1872–1904) m. Sarah "Sadie" Downer Wilcox (c. 1903) *******Marie Strother Taylor (1874–1971) *******Fanny Tarlton Taylor (1876–1876) *******Willie Pollock Taylor (1877–1963) *******Hellen Lee Wallace Quarles () (born 1881) m. James Cowardin Quarles *****Philip David Barbour (c. 1818–1881) m. Comfort Ann Dorsey (1842) m. Frances B. "Fannie" Newman (1852) ******John Dorsey Barbour (1843–1918) ******Philip Chesterfield Stanhope Barbour (1845–1899) m. Rebecca Owings Tarleton (1868) *******Mary Comfort Barbour (1869–1870) *******Richard Tarleton Barbour (1871–1872) *******Philip David Barbour (1873–1950) *******Anne Tarleton Barbour (1875–1964) ******Mary E. C. Barbour (1847–1884) ******James P. Barbour (1853–1890) ******William S. Barbour (1853–1890) ******Richard Newman Barbour (1857–1902) ******Sallie A. Barbour (1859–1888) ******Margaret P. Barbour (1860–1934) ******Sheridan Lee Barbour (1864–1950) m. Maude Elizabeth Hitte Hill *******Maud Hite Barbour (1897–1897) *******Elizabeth Randolph Barbour (1898–1984) *******Alice Muriel Chapman (, 1903–1925) m. Walter Gibbs Chapman (1920) ********Elizabeth "Betty" Barbour Chapman Brannin (1926–2018) m. Jafie R. Brannin *********Jeffrey L. Brannin *********Bonnie Brannan Lander m. Art Lander Jr. **********Laura Powers m. (?) Powers ***********James Powers ***********Charlotte Powers **********John Lander m. (?) **********Maggie Lander ********Edith Chapman Nerone (, 1932–1992) m. Francis A. Nerone (1954) ******Edmond Randolph Barbour (1868–1916) ******Fannie Butler Barbour (1871–1923) *** Ambrose Barbour (born c. 1733) m. Catherine Pendleton Thomas **** Philip Barbour (died 1794) **** James Barbour m. Letitia Green *****Catherine Ann Barbour Vick (1818–1867) m. John Wesley Vick (1845) ******John Wesley Vick ******Kate ******Martha ******Nanie ******Amanda *****James Barbour m. Elizabeth Foster ******James F. Barbour m. Elizabeth Taylor ******John Green Foster Barbour *****Martha Hobson () m. B. M. Hobson ******Barbour Hobson ******Lewis Green Hobson ***** Lewis Green Barbour (1829–1907) m. Elizabeth Ann Ford (1854) ******Philip Foster Barbour (1867–1944) m. Jessie E. Lemont (1891) *******Ruth Barbour (born 1892)Year: 1900; Census Place: Louisville Ward 6, Jefferson, Kentucky; Roll: 530; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0060; FHL microfilm: 1240530 *******Margaret Barbour (born 1894) ******* Philip Lemont Barbour (1898–1980) m. Consuelo Seggerman (1926) ******James Barbour"Death of Mr. Barbour", Lexington Intelligencer (July 27, 1907) ******Bessie ******Caroline **** Lucinda Barbour Hardin m. Benjamin Hardin ***** Lucinda B. Hardin m. John L. Helm (1830)Multiple sources: * * ****** Benjamin Hardin Helm (1831-1863) m. Emilie Pariet Todd (1856) ****** Lucinda Barbour Helm ******''9 other children of Lucinda Barbour Helm and John L. Hardin'' *****''other children of Lucinda Barbour Hardin and Benjamin Hardin'' **** Richard Barbour **** Lucy Barbour Davis m. (?) Davis *** William Barbour *** Mary Barbour Harrison m. John Harrison ****??? Mason () m. ??? **** James Barbour Mason Sr. m. ??? Logan ***** James Barbour Mason Jr. *** Fanny Barbour Smith m. (?) Smith *** Elizabeth Barbour Johnson m. Benjamin Johnson **** Lucy Johnson Barbour (, 1775–1860) m.

(1795) *****''(see earlier for offspring; spouses were first-cousins)'' **** Frances Johnson Barbour () m. Philip P. Barbour (1804) *****''(see earlier for offspring; spouses were first-cousins)'' *** (?) Barbour Boyd m. James Boyd

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Barbour Family Political families of the United States American families of Scottish ancestry Scottish families Families from Virginia