Lucinda A. Barber

1831 - 1883  (51 years)

• Name	Lucinda A. Barber
  Born	25 Oct 1831	Bath Township, Summit, Ohio, United States
  Gender	Female
  Died	20 Aug 1883	Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States
  Buried	22 Aug 1883	Rea plot, Riverside Cemetery, Oshkosh, Winnebago, Wisconsin, United States
  Person ID	P44551828	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	9 Mar 2012

  
  

  Father	John Barbour,   b. 1793, Virginia, United States ,   d. Aft 1860  (Age > 68 years)
  Mother	Judith Hall,   b. 1788, England ,   d. Bef 1860  (Age < 71 years)
  Married	10 Jan 1808	Jefferson County, Ohio, United States
  Family ID	F2390	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James Azel Rea,   b. 1827, Rea Homestead, Amberson Valley, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 31 Mar 1894, Alaska, Kent, Michigan, United States  (Age 67 years)
  Married	11 Apr 1852	Summit County, Ohio, United States
  Children	1. Ida Izona Rea,   b. 6 Feb 1853, Oshkosh, Winnebago, Wisconsin, United States ,   d. 1897, Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin  (Age 43 years)   2. Alfred Amberson Rea,   b. 16 Sep 1854, Oshkosh, Winnebago, Wisconsin, United States ,   d. 16 Dec 1913, City Hospital, Buffalo, Erie County, New York  (Age 59 years)   3. Lulilia E. Rea,   b. 5 Jun 1857, Oshkosh, Winnebago, Wisconsin, United States ,   d. 14 Dec 1866, Oshkosh, Winnebago, Wisconsin, United States  (Age 9 years)   4. Merchant Creighton Rea,   b. 6 Sep 1859, Oshkosh, Winnebago, Wisconsin, United States ,   d. 13 Mar 1940, Lakeland, Polk, Florida, United States  (Age 80 years)   5. Orvin James Rea,   b. 07 Mar 1862, Oshkosh, Winnebago, Wisconsin, United States ,   d. 08 Jun 1940, Lakeland, Polk, Florida, United States  (Age 78 years)   6. Clyde Weldon Rea,   b. Dec 1865, Oshkosh, Winnebago, Wisconsin, United States ,   d. Bef 1912  (Age < 46 years)   7. Pearl Ernest Rea,   b. Apr 1867, Oshkosh, Winnebago, Wisconsin, United States ,   d. 15 Feb 1937, Tracy, Lyon, Minnesota, United States  (Age 69 years)   8. Jessie Guy Rea,   b. 17 May 1872, Sparta, Monroe, Wisconsin, United States ,   d. 23 Sep 1939, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States  (Age 67 years)
  Last Modified	23 Jan 2011
  Family ID	F105	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  In the LDS' Pedigree Resource Files, there is a Lucinda Barbour, born in 1831, though the place of birth isn't given. This Lucinda was the daughter of Hiram Barbour and Mary Gates. Hiram was born in Bridgeport, Addison County, Vermont in 1799 tto John Barbour and Eunice Smith. John was born in Bridgeport, also, October 26, 1766 to John Barbour and Hannah Gray. This John was born in Worcester, Massachusetts December 23, 1731 and died in Bridgeport July 27, 1796. He was the son of Robert Barbour and Sarah Gray. Robert was born probably in Cappagh, County Tyrone, Ireland in 1700. Robert was a clothier and died in Worcester September 27, 1769. He was the son of James Barbour and Elizabeth Hide. The credibility of the LDS' data breaks down at this point, as James' birthplace is given as Weston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts in 1675, which contradicts Robert's birth in Ireland, unless it can be established that James, for whatever reason, went to Ireland from his native Massachusetts. The one factor that possibly saves this line as the most likely line of Lucinda's descent is the fact that the LDS' submitter is Lovanne Horsman of Columbus, Ohio. Another possibility is that Lucinda is descended from the Summit County Barbers who were originally from Connecticut. This line produced Ohio Columbus Barber, the founder of the Diamond Match Company and the Summit County town of Barberton, Ohio. However, I have, as yet, been unable to find any link between these Barbers and Lucinda. Still another possible origin is in Maryland. There was an elderly man, John Barbour, living with James and Lucinda at the Empire House Hotel in June of 1870, and he was from Maryland. It could be this was Lucinda's father. There was also a Johohn Barber living in Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio in 1840, according to the 1840 census. The 1840 census says he was 50 to 60 years old (if he was 52, then he'd have been 82 in 1870) and he had a daughter who was 10 to 15 years old (Lucinda was 11 in 1840). In her obituary, Lucinda is described as "stout built, five feet two inches tall, brown hair, steel gray colored eyes." When Lucinda died in Viroqua in 1883, she had probably been suffering in a hospital for several years with a long illness. This is evident in the 1880 census, which shows at least two of her youngest children living with their older siblings during the last few years of Lucinda's life. She was buried in the Rea plot at Riverside Cemetery in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, where her husband James joined her eleven years later, along with James' older brother Thomas, who had accompanied them to Oshkosh from Ohio in 1852, and their third child Lula, who died of diptheria at age 9. The 1880 census, however, shows Lucinda herself living in Marshall, Minneosta with her husband James, so she either wasn't sick yet at this time, and, perhaps, once she became ill, she moved to Viroqua, Wisconsin with Clyde and Pearl.[ADDENDUM, MARCH 11, 2006: According to ?Civil War Veterans of Winnebago County, Wisconsin, Vol. 2,? by David A. Langkau, Lucinda died of cancer on August 28, 1883 at Minneapolis. That?s two sources I?ve seen that say she died at Minneapolis and one that says she died in Viroqua. In either case, according to Langkau, James took Lucinda?s body back to Oshkosh for burial in Riverside Cemetery, ?as other relatives were already buried there.?] A death notice for Lucinda was published in the Oshkosh Daily Northwestern on August 23, 1883: "Death of Mrs. James Rea. James Rea, one of the old settlers of this city, and formerly proprietor of the Empire House, where the Beckwith Block now stands, arrived here last eveing with the remains of his wife for burial. Of late years Mr. ReRea has resided in Minnesota, latterly in Minneapolis, where Mrs. Rea died two days ago of cancer. Having family relatives buried here the remains were brought here for internment. They were placed in the vault overnight and the burial took place this forenoon, quite a number of old friends and acquaintances attending. The funeral services having been held in Minneapolis, only the committal services were held at the grave." Here is a photo I have of Lucinda Barber: http://www.familyoldphotos.com/4c/2l/lucinda_a_barber_rea.htm