Mr. Francis W. Barlow - McHenry County Illinois
I am trying to learn more about some Barlow families I have found in McHenry County Illinois Census records.According to the census indexes at the Woodstock Illinois library, in 1840 there were no Barlow families located in McHenry County.
In the 1850 census for Greenwood Township family number 73 was F.W. Barlow (age 33, born NY), wife Lana (age 37, born NY) and daughter Mary H. (age 1, born IL).
Family 74 in Greenwood Township of 1850 was E. Barlow (age 63, born MA), wife Jane (age 55, born MA), son John (age 15, born MA), and daughter Nancy (age 16, born MA)
In the 1860 Census for Greenwood Township family 46 is Ira A. Barlow (age 40, born MA), wife Mary J. (age 33, born MA), Henry C (age 16, born MA), Clara (age 15, born MA), Ira (age 5, born IL), and Willard (age 3, born IL).Included in the family listing were also Eunice A. Drake (age 13, born MA) and Francis M. Drake (female age 10, born MA).
Also in Greenwood Township family 109 is Francis Barber (age 42, born MA), wife Laura (age 47, born NY), Mary (age 10, born IL), and Alice (age 5, born IL).Included in the family listing were also Richard Grainer (age 15, born NY) and Clara Barlow (age 15, born MA, listed as domestic).
Listed in Coral Township is family 242 Nathanial Barlow (age 32, born VT), wife Sarah (age 28, born VT), Caroline (age 10, born VT) and Leulla (age 1, born IL).
In the 1870 census for Door Township, Woodstock City, is Henry Barlow (age 24, born NY), wife Ann (age 25, born NY), and son Willie (age 1, born IL).
In Greenwood Township is Francis W. Barlow (age 52, born MA) and wife Tabetta A. (age 51, born NY).
I have a copy of the marriage license for Alice Barlow and Jerome Fay dated Feb. 1, 1870.Jerome Fay is listed under Lucinda Fay in the 1870 McHenry County census in Alden Township with Alice (age 15, born IL) listed as daughter-in-law.
Reading the census directly, the name in the 1860 census could be Francis Barber or Barlow, but there is some difference between the surname for Francis and Clara in that family group.
My feeling is that F.W. Barlow in 1850, Francis Barber in 1860, and Frances W. Barlow in 1870 are all the same person, and that he was born in MA.I think he was married to Laura and had children Mary and Alice.By 1870 he had remarried Tabetta.I also have a feeling that he was the son of E. Barlow and Jane.Anyone that has information supporting or disproving this please contact me.