Abraham Barbour and Jane Moore

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Husband Abraham Barbour ¹

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           Born: 1775 - New Jersey 1
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           Died: 1858 - ? Washington Co, PA 1
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       Marriage:  - New Jersey

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Wife Jane Moore ¹

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           Born:  - New Jersey
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           Died: 1859 1
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Children

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1 M Cornelius Barbour ¹

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           Died: Bef 1893
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2 F [Unk] Barbour ¹

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           Died: while young
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3 M John Barbour ¹

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            AKA: John Barber 2
           Born: 1800 - Jefferson Twp, Washington Co, PA 1
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           Died: 30 Jun 1873 1
         Buried:  - Cross Creek Cemetery, Cross Creek Twp, Washington Co, PA

         Spouse: Elizabeth Moore (1803-1892) 1

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4 F Jane Barbour ¹

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           Died: Bef 1893
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         Spouse: George Stewart (      -      ) 1

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5 F Eleanor Barbour ¹

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           Died: Aft 1893
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         Spouse: William Allen (      -Bef 1893) 1

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6 M Abraham Barbour ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Abraham Barbour

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He was born of English parents and his wife's parents were also of English extraction. Soon after their marriage they, with his father-in-law and family, started to seek a home in western Pennsylvania. The party came together across the mountains in a large, six-horse wagon, which contained the passengers and their entire stock of worldly goods. When coming down hill, in the absence of a lock, the men would cut down a small tree, attaching it to the rear end of the vehicle to drag on the ground and hold back the wagon. Other teams having adopted the same scheme, huge piles of such material were soon collected at the foot of the steep hills. On arriving at Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, William Moore and his family concluded to remain there, and made a location in that vicinity, but Abraham Barbour and his bride went farther west, locating in the territory then called Cross Creek township, but which later became Jefferson township. There he bought a farm by making a small cash payment, and in order to pay the amount of his indebtedness then began the traffic of packing salt over the mountains, bringing it from Winchester, Virginia. He would start with his two or three horses and so many sacks of feed, leaving the grain at various places along the road, and on the return trip would feed his horses at the same places. This business proved a profitable one, for he was soon freed from debt, and devoted the remainder of his life to "tilling the virgin soil." In politics he was a Democrat, and was one of the highly-respected citizens of Jefferson township.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 524.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 497.