Mary Ann SMITH 2nd w/o Frederick BARROW1830-1901IL
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Mary Ann SMITH 2nd w/o Frederick BARROW
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The Gibson Courier, Gibson City, Illinois
Friday May 24, 1901 Death of Mrs. Frederick Barrow
After many weeks of patient and hopeless illness, Mrs. Frederick Barrow, one of Ford county's pioneer settlers, passed quietly away in this city last Saturday morning at 6:15 o'clock, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. K. Jones. The end had been expected almost daily for a long time, and Mrs. Barrow's tenacious hold on life was considered remarkable at her advanced age. The funeral was held on Monday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Jones, Rev. M. W. Everhart presiding, assisted by Rev. S. E. Fisher. It was largely attended.
Mrs. Fredrick Barrow, whose maiden name was Mary Smith, was born April 16, 1830, in Frederick county, Virginia, near Winchester. Among the hills of old Virginia she grew to womanhood and developed the sterling traits of character for which she is now remembered and revered. At the age of 16, on the 29th of December 1846, she was married to Frederick Barrow at Winchester. Mr. Barrow was a widower at the time with two sons, Ham Barrow, now of this city, and John Barrow, now of Kinmundy, Ill.
To Mr. and Mrs. Barrow were born eight children, four daughters and four sons. All these lived in this immediate neighborhood and were present at the funeral Monday. They are as follows: Mrs. O.P. Hagin of Elliot, and Mrs. J. K. Jones, Mrs. A. C. Wade and Mrs. Sam Preston, all of this city, and Messrs. A. A., A. W., C. F. and W. L. Barrow, all of whom are farmers near this place with the exception of C. F. Barrow, who lives in town.
Mrs. Barrow came west with her husband and children in the fall of 1867, and the family settled on the old Barrow homestead two miles east of Gibson. This was then a piece of unbroken prairie land and the town of Gibson had not been thought of. Mrs. Barrow and her daughters remained in Bloomington while her husband and sons built the house on the farm. From this homestead Mrs. Barrow watched the growth and development of this magnificent farming community, and saw Gibson grow from a grain station to a modest little city. Her children grew to manhood and womanhood and married and settledaround her and her life seemed filled to the full with God's choicest blessings. In 1882 she moved to town with her husband, who died in 1885 at the home on Church street. Nine years longer Mrs. Barrow kept house for herself, when the last son married and started a household of his own. Since that time she has made her home with the families of her children, going from one to the other, and always finding a welcome place at their fireside.
Last January Mrs. Barrow came to town from the country home of her son, Will, who lives on the family homestead, and stopped at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J.K. Jones. She had not been well for a year previous and shortly after her arrival she was compelled to take to her bed. She grew rapidly worse, and it was soon evident that she could not survive. She hovered for weeks between life and death, and the end finally came peacefully last Saturday morning. Throughout her life Mrs. Barrow was a woman of strong religious convictions. She was a member of the U. B. church, but usually attended the Methodist church, which was her husband's choice. In a ripe old age, in the fullness of time, she has gone to her reward, and her children and her children's children live to bless her memory.
Father: Lewis F. Smith b: ABT. 1793
Mother: Susan