369. Bradford Kenyon⁸ BARBER (Benjamin B.⁷, Thomas⁶, Thomas⁵, Moses⁴, James A.³, James², Thomas¹) (#113) was born in Galway,, Saratoga Co.,, NY 25 OCT 1815. Bradford died 11 NOV 1886 in Monroe Co., WI, at age 71. after 1880, as he was 64 in the 1880 census. Newpaper records list his death as Sept 1886 His body was interred 1886 in Monroe Co., WI. buried in the Warren Cem.

He married twice. He married Rowena Ann WEST 1842 in NY. (Rowena Ann WEST is #681.) Rowena was born CA 1826 in Westerly, Washington Co., RI. Rowena was the daughter of Abraham Vantile WEST and Minerva FAY. Rowena died 1882 WI, at age 56. Need to trace her family tree to see if she has a connection to Susanna West Barber wife of Moses Barber

The 1850 Census, Galway, Saratoga Co., NY list born New York

1850 Census, Galway, Saratoga, NY 1860 Census, Douglas, Marquette, WI, she is absent from family 1870 Census, Sumpter, Sauk, WI, she is absent from family 1880 Census, Lincoln, Monroe, WI, she is absent from family

She may have had a brother Thaddeus or William West, and I suspect she is a descendant of Bartholomew West of New Jersey who Bartholomew West was a brother to Francis West. "Bartholomew West moved to New Jersy settling the town of Monmouth. Some of Bartholomew's descendants eventually moved back to Massachusetts and then to the Saratoga area in New York." also "Bartholomew West, born 1627. He married Catherine Almy in 1653 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island. If this is proved then B.K. Barber and R.A. West would be about 4th cousins?

He married Mary BRUMLEY 1861 WI. (Mary BRUMLEY is #6987.) Mary was born 1826. Mary died 30 SEP 1876 in Monroe Co., WI, at age 50. Bradford K.Barber was a Baptist Clergy. He remarried to a Mary Brumley after the departure of his first wife Rowena Ann West. Possibly there are two more children but not proven. 1. Olive A. Barber bn 1845 2. Joseph Barber bn 1850 These two show up in later but I cannot connect them, some do suspect they are connected. They could be neice and nephew? 1850 Census, Galway, Saratoga, NY 1860 Census, Douglas, Marquette, WI 1870 Census, Sumpter, Sauk, WI 1880 Census, Lincoln, Monroe, WI

By his grt grt grandson Daniel F. Barber, Moline, IL and additional information provided by Barbara Anne Regling Jordanger:

Bradford attended Union College (NY), was an ordained minister in New York (Northampton), and lived and preached in rural Saratoga and Montgomery communities before coming to Wisconsin. "Uncle George" Warren and Grandfather West (a veteran of the War of 1812) had been given land "script" for homesteading, and earlier had come to this part of Wisconsin to claim land. They came by way of the Erie Canal and Great Lakes, arriving in Milwaukee and continuing their journey by ox team and wagon. Near Fox Lake they came upon rolling prairie ("with prairie grasses up to the backs of the ox team") with rich, black soil, and wrote back to New York to tell relatives of their find. Bradford then brought his family to Wisconsin in 1856, first settling in Sauk Prairie, then in Dodge County, where he lived with Uncle George and Aunt Mary Warren until land could be located. He later relocated to Westfield (Marquette County) where he built a log cabin, preached in the community, and homesteaded 80 acres.

Bradford was intelligent, well educated, and was said to be an accomplished orator and student of the English language. People "took heed" when he spoke, and he was a very forceful and successful "hell and damnation" preacher. As farming proved not to be a successful venture, he eventually secured a pastorate in the area of Taylor's Falls and Osceola (on the St. Croix river) in northwestern Wisconsin.

His wife, Rowena, only 17 years old when she married Bradford in 1843, had three children: William Alonzo (see biography above), Cordelia Calista (b. 1845 in Galway, NY; d. 1903 Fox Lake, WI; married to James Gamble (1840 - 1913), and Bradford Oscar (b. Northville, NY 4/30/1848; married Jane "Jennie" Hamilton in 1867). Apparently tired of hard life on the farm and existence as a poor Baptist preacher's wife, Rowena eloped with a Dr. Jackson. Not much is known of her thereafter, although son Oscar kept in touch, apparently to the disdain of his father. Bradford never mentioned her name, and the incident was only referred to as her "departure."

In 1861 Bradford married Mary BRUMLEY b. 01/07/1828, daughter of Adin and Baradel Brumley of Albany, NY, d. 09/30/1876, now buried in the town cemetery at Warrens, WI. It's reported that Alonzo felt his stepmother was "all a mother could be" to the family, and he especially did not approve of "stepmother" jokes that appeared in print from time to time.

From The Tomah Journal, Sept 10, 1886; Warren Mills & vicinity

- Rev. B.K. Barber, aged 71 years, died Sept. 1st, at the residence of his son, W.A. Barber, after a brief illness. The funeral services were held Sept. 3rd, Rev. L.B. Catchpole officiating, assisted by Rev. McKillipps of Eau Claire. - Mr. and Mrs. James Gamble and daughter Effie, who were in attendance at the funeral of Mrs. G's father, returned to their home in Dodge County Monday. - Fred Barber and Warren Gamble took train No. 2 for Fox Lake Sunday evening. - O.B. Barber is away on one of his periodical business visits to Chippewa Falls. - Warren's farm near Fox Lake. - W. A. Barber was in Madison Wednesday attending the State convention as a delegate.

Bradford Kenyon BARBER and Rowena Ann WEST had the following children:

William A. Barber with friend and partner Howard Colman, founders of the Barber Colman Company

+ 498 i. William Alonzo⁹ BARBER was born JAN 1843.

+ 499 ii. Cordelia Calista BARBER was born MAR 1845.

+ 500 iii. Oscar Bradford BARBER was born ca 1847.

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