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George and Sarah Ann (Peden) Barbour Witherbee


ANNIE'S FAMILY

In 1880 Christian County, Kentucky, John D. Peden is 53, Nancy H. Peden 41, Buford 21, William E. 18, Sarah 16, Pheba O. 13, Johnetta 9, Delia S. 7, and Maxey Peden 3.
John Dawson Peden 1827-1895 and Nancy Hughes Ellis 1839- 1903 dying in tulare California

Children

1. Buford Peden, b. 9 Jul 1858, Glasgow, Barren County, Kentucky, United States , d. 18 Mar 1940, Stockton, San Joaquin County, California, United States (Age 81 years)

2. Malinda Ellen Peden, b. 11 Feb 1860, Barren County, Kentucky, United States , d. 11 Sep 1860, Barren County, Kentucky, (Age 0 years)

3.William Ellis Peden, b. 8 Mar 1862, Barren County, Kentucky, d. 2 Jan 1949, Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, United States (Age 86 years)

4. Sarah Ann Elizabeth Peden, b. 24 Mar 1864, Barren County, Kentucky, , d. Yes, date unknown

5. Phoebe Olive Peden, b. 30 Sep 1866, Barren County, Kentucky, United States, d. 3 Aug 1947, Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, United States (Age 80 years)

6. Derastus Scott Peden, b. 22 Dec 1868, Barren County, Kentucky, United States , d. 21 Sep 1870, Barren County, Kentucky, (Age 1 years)

7. Johnnie Etter Peden, b. 13 Mar 1871, Barren County, Kentucky, United States , d. 1 Nov 1946 (Age 75 years)

8. Delia Shepherd Peden, b. 10 Mar 1873, Barren County, Kentucky, , d. 2 Jan 1959, Franklin, Simpson County, Kentucky, United States (Age 85 years)

9. Elzie Maxey Peden, b. 30 Jun 1876, Barren County, Kentucky, United States , d. 3 Feb 1954, Christian County, Kentucky, (Age 77 years)

10. George Gaither Peden, b. 21 Aug 1881, Christian County, Kentucky, , d. 27 Mar 1950, Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, (Age 68 years) "

William E. Peden cash-claimed a quarter in section 29, 7N 42W – Phillips County in 1891. -- J.A. McBeth, Register

GEORGE'S FAMILY
George R. Barbour was born January 13, 1854 in Barren County, Kentucky to Jas H. Barbour and Nancy J. Parsley.

James H. Barbour 1821-1907 is buried in Barren County # 124205916.

GEORGE AND ANNIE
He married ANNIE Peden abt. 1882. She was born in Kentucky


Land Office at Denver, Colorado, April 1, 1890
Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the clerk of the county court of Phillips County, Colorado, at Holyoke, Colorado, on may 10th, 1890, viz: GEORGE W. HILL, D.S. 32089 for the n 1/2 and se 1/4 of se qr sec 5 and ne 1/4 of ne qr sec 8 twp 6 n in range 42 w of 6 p.m.

He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon, and cultivation of, said land, viz: Buford Peden, Holyoke, Colorado George R. Barbour, Holyoke, Colorado John A.J. Buck, Holyoke, Colorado James Walker, Holyoke, Colorado


The 1900 census for Precinct No. 1, Denver City, Arapahoe County, Colorado listed George "Barber", age 47, head of the household, employed as a track repairer, his wife, Annie, age __, a daughter, Maud, age 17, a son, John, age 16, a daughter, Nellie, age 13, a son, Charles, age 10, a son, Roy, age 9, and a son, Ray, age 5. The couple had been married for approximately 18 years, and all six of their children were still living. The family lived on Humboldt Street. (Note: This census report was in poor condition and very difficult to read.)

(George R. Barbour and Sarah Ann Elizabeth Peden 1864-1941 married in Barren County, Kentucky on December 1, 1881>

George R. Barbour had timber-claimed a quarter in section 31, 5N 42W in 1902.

In 1902 Geo. H. Barbour was delinquent on Yuma County taxes for property in the southwest quarter of section 21, 5N 42W.

1908 "Mr. and Mrs. George Barbour and sons, John and Charley, came down from Denver last week and will make their home on his farm in the southeastern part of the county. Mr. Barbour was one of the early settlers of the county a number of years ago. He however had faith enough in the country to hold his land and is now well satisfied that he did so. The many oldtime friends of the family are pleased to see them return to our county."
The 1910 census for District No. 1, Phillips County, Colorado listed George R. Barbour, age 56, divorced, head of the household and a farmer, and his son, John P., age 25, a farm laborer.
He was living in Holyoke, Colorado at the time of his mother's death in 1911.
The 1920 census for Holyoke, Phillips County, Colorado listed George R. Barbour, age 66, a widower, a carpenter and head of the household, and his son, Raymond Barbour, age 25, a machinist. Also living in the household as lodgers were Harley Stephens, age 39, a lumberyard laborer, Edward Dobbs, age 45, a teamster, Daniel Calkins, age 58, a carpenter, and Cooper, age 37, a truck driver. George Barbour owned his place which was free of a mortgage.

1922

"Mrs. Julia Ann Peden died age 68. Husband: John Peden. Formerly Julia Ann Barbour, daughter of John Barbour. First married to Elliott Matthews, who died many years ago. Their children were J. C. Nuckels, Auburn, Ill; Luther and Will Matthews of Morrison Park section. She married second John Peden. Brothers: Theo R. Barbour of Holyoke, Col. J. W. Barbour of Pekin, Ill, Link and Josh Barbour of Morrison Park section. Member of the Methodist Church. Interred Peden Cemetery."
4 December 1858 - 26 Sept 1926"
(This is probably the Julia A. E. Barbour born Nov 5, 1857 in Barren County to J. F. Barbour and Nancy J. Pursley, marrying W. E. Mattheew on January 29,l 1878 in Glasgow, Kentucky._
Her father was JAMES, and the Theo. R. would be George R.


ANNA'S SECOND MARRIAGE

In 1910 Weld County, Colorado, Anna Claycomb,is 46, married seven years to Taylor Claycomb, 48, both born in Kentucky, second marriage for both. Anna has had six kids, five living.

In 1925 Anna Claycomb (wid Taylor) is living at 1054 10th in San Diego.

In 1934 Anna (wid Taylor) is living at 2123 Julian Avenue, San Diego.

In 1940 San Diego, Anna Claycomb is widowed, 76, born in Kengtucky, with a lodger Jesse Kinnison 42 born in Kentucky.

Anna died Sept 11, 1941, and was buried in Denver # 31648988, with Taylor Claycomb 1861-1916.

NELLIE

Nellie G. Barbour and George W. Maynard of 2233 Grant, Denver, married in Denver on May 14, 1905 at the Augustana Lutheran Church.

In 1910 Nellie 27, and George 29 born in Colorado, are farming near Lyons, Boulder County, with Robert 2 born in Colorado. Ray "Claycomb" 15 is a hired man - so he must have taken the name of Taylor Claycomb - his stepfather.

In 1920 George is an internal revenue agent in Denver, 37, with Nellie 36, Robert 12, and George Jr. 8 born in Washington.

In 1930 Denver, George is a CPA, Nellie a typist, with Robert 22 and George 19 both traveling salesmen.
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Nellie is buried in Denver, 1885-1951 # 97424245, with George W. 1882-1957.

Robert R. Maynard, son of Nellie Gray Barbour and George W. Maynard, married Elvina t Christopherson on April 1, 1929 in Toole County, Montana.

(Elvina married a Tuten in 1926, and her third husband was Frank Joseph Clark. Elvina 1912-1965 is buried in Turlock, California, dying in Havre, Montan)

Robert R. Maynard and Elsie Loos married in Denver on May 14, 1932.

In 1940, Robert is an accountant in Denver, 32, with Elsie 25, Jean 5, Joan 5, and Joyce 3.

Robert Richard Maynard, born Jan 13, 1908, died in Orange County, California on March 12, 1981.

Elsie Loos Maynard, born in Denver April 8, 1915 to Louis H Loos and Emma Schneider, died January 15, 2000.

Joan Maynard, 21 and Harold T. Blymiller, 28, married in Los Angeles on June 23, 1956.

Joan and Thomas Blymiller are in Medford Oregon in 1959, living on Renault Street.

Jean Maynard Harsch, born March 21, 1935 in Denver, died October 20, 1992.

George is single, in a boarding house, in 1940 Denver, a commercial hydrographer.

George B. Maynard 1911-1989 is buried in Denver # 97424242, with Mabel L. 1909-2003 # 97424244.


Joan Maynard Blymiller, born March 25, 1935 in Denver, spouse of Samuel Moore, died August 29, 2013.

JOHN

In 1939 Holyoke, when Mrs. Cora B. (Mathers) Show died "Burial was made in the Holyoke cemetery. The pallbearers, six nephews, were John Barbour, Milo Kepler, Ralph Newman, Harold Peter, Ira Kepler and Julius W. Show of Akron."

In 1920 Chase County, Nebraska, John P. Barbour is farming, 35, with Mamie J. 29, and laura L. 7.

John Peden Barbour, born Dec 13, 1884, died in Holyoke June 23, 1960.
"John P. Barbour, a resident of this community for many years, passed away in his sleep at his home here last Wednesday night or early Thursday morning. He was 75 years old.
Funeral services were held at the Holyoke Baptist church Sunday afternoon, with Rev. Roland Reed officiating. Interment was at Holyoke Memorial Park. Arrangements were in charge of the Lewis Funeral Home.
John Peden Barbour, son of George R. and Sarah Barbour, was born at Glasgow, Kentucky, December 13, 1884. He departed this life on June 23, 1960 at his home in Holyoke, Colorado, at the age of 75.
The Barbour family homesteaded in Northeastern Colorado in 1886. They moved to Denver in 1895 and John Barbour returned to this community in 1908.
In 1911 he was united in marriage to Mary Jane Mathers. To this union was born one daughter, Laura. They lived on the homestead until 1918 when they moved 20 miles southeast of Holyoke. They were engaged in farming and ranching interests from which they retired in 1944 to make their home in Holyoke.
Mr. Barbour was a resident of the county for 63 years and a member of the Holyoke First Baptist Church for 49 years.
Surviving are his wife; one daughter, Mrs. R. Jack Duff, El Paso, Texas, and one brother, Ray Barbour, LaMesa, California. Mr. Barbour was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and two sisters.
People from a distance who attended the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. R. Jack Duff, El Paso, Texas; Edward Mathers, Sweet Home, Oregon; Fred Mathers, Rupert, Idaho; Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Worley and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bullock, Fort Collins; Mr. and Mrs. Whitney Borland, Wheat Ridge; Mr. and Mrs. Willard Earl, Maywood, Nebraska; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rupert and Mr. and Mrs. Rogers, Holbrook, Nebraska; Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Klein and Mrs. Moe Wallin, Imperial, Nebraska and Mrs. Della Ford, Lamar, Nebraska.

January 1, 1973 El Paso "Jack Duff, 824 Twin Hills Drive, passed away Saturday. He had been a resident of El Paso for 20 years and was a member of the Methodist Church. He had been a member of the Masonic Lodge, the Scottish Rite Bodies, the Shrine, and the Lions Club. He was associated with the New York Life Insurance Company.
Survivors wife Mrs. Vada C. Duff, El Paso, daughters Mrs. Caroline Barnswell of New Orleans Louisiana, Mrs. Jane O'Kelley of Atlanta Georgia, mother Mrs. Miniie Duff of El Paso.
Funeral services will be held at 11 am Tuesday in the Harding Orr McDaniel Montana Avenue Chapel, Dr. Brodace Elklns officiating. He will be sent to Dardanelle Arkansas for interment in the Brearley Cemetery."

Barbara Barbour was born August 10, 1912 in Holyoke to John P. Barbour and Mary J. Mathers, name Hawes in 1939, Duff in 1964, dying Sept 12, 1995.

MAUD
Maud B. Barbour, born in Kentucky, died in Denver March 19, 1903, buried in Riverside Cemetery.

CHARLES

Charles B. Barbour is farming in Sedgwick County, Colorado in 1920, 30, with Myrtle g. 29, Howard E. 5 and newborn Lois.

In 1930 Phoenix, Arizona, Charles is widowed, working at an auto agency, 42, Howard 16, and Lois 10.

March 4, 1937 Holyoke

Funeral rites for Mrs. C.R. Barbour of Phoenix, Arizona, a former Phillips County superintendent of schools and a homesteader and resident here most of her life, took place in the Baptist Church of Holyoke on Tuesday afternoon with interment following in the Holyoke cemetery.
Mrs. Barbour, who, as Miss Edna Youtsey, taught in many schools of the county for years before taking public office, died suddenly last Friday morning at about eight o'clock from heart failure at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Youtsey, at St. Peters, a small settlement south of Fleming. She had come from Phoenix about three weeks ago because of the critical illness of her mother, and her death was a shock to all of the members of her family and to her friends.
Relatives stated that she arose with a severe headache Friday morning, and after she had been left sitting alone in the kitchen of the Youtsey home while her sister, Mrs. Maude Donnelly, took care of the mother in an adjoining room, Mrs. Donnelly returned to the kitchen to find her dead.
Her husband and other relatives were summoned immediately, Mr. Barbour arriving from Phoenix Sunday evening.
Hundreds of persons came from all corners of the county and from more distant points to pay their respects to the memory of Mrs. Barbour at the services held Tuesday afternoon. The church was well filled, and masses of flowers were in evidence as expressions of the esteem in which she was held by her many friends. At the Radford Funeral Parlors, where the body lay preceding the funeral services, friends were calling constantly. Since Mrs. Barbour was a former county official, the courthouse doors were locked from 12 until 2 p.m. and the officers and employees attended the services in a body. Since her parents were unable to attend the funeral, her body was taken from the Haxtun funeral parlors back to St. Peters Tuesday so that Mr. and Mrs. Youtsey might see her once more before the funeral party came to Holyoke.
N.F. Horn, pastor of the Church of Christ, officiated at the funeral services, and musical numbers were furnished by a male quartet composed of the voices of C.A. Mowry, W.H. Rouse, Jesse Taylor and Billie Sprague. Honorary pall bearers were D.E. Hofmeister, W.C. Goddard, Gus Anderson, Ray E. Crosby, Arthur Falk and B.B. Williams of Haxtun.
Edna Youtsey Barbour was born at Gallatin, Missouri, July 18, 1887. She was educated in the Denver schools and at Denver University. Her teaching career began in the Englewood schools and she later taught at several schools in Phillips County: namely, the Holyoke and Haxtun grade schools, and the Fairfield, Liberty, Paoli and Lakeside schools. She homesteaded about eight miles southwest of Holyoke near the Lakeside school slightly more than twenty years ago. W.C. Goddard now farms this land. She served as superintendent of school in Phillips County for three consecutive terms, taking office in January 1927 and retiring four years ago.
On June 11, 1934 she was married to C.R. Barbour of Phoenix, Arizona, a former Holyoke resident, at Flagstaff, Arizona and since that time she has resided at Phoenix. She was an active member of the Holyoke chapter of the P.E.O. sisterhood at the time of her death, and she also belonged to the Royal Neighbors of America lodge of Holyoke. She had her church membership in the Christian church of Denver.
Mrs. Barbour is survived by her husband and her parents, three sisters, Mrs. Elma Douhan of Holyoke, Mrs. Maude Donnelly of Renssalaer, Indiana and Mrs. Myrtle Sandy of Denver, four nieces and one nephew, two step children, Howard Barbour of Safford, Arizona and Lois Barbour of Phoenix, and other relatives. Mrs. Barbour and Mrs. Douhan were twin sisters.
Mr. Barbour and son, Howard, are leaving today after having come last Sunday. They arrived in Denver from Phoenix Sunday morning, and were accompanied to St. Peters that afternoon by Mrs. Sandy and daughter, Jean, who returned to their home in Denver immediately after the funeral services. They returned to Denver with Roy Barbour and Laura Barbour-Hawes, brother and niece respectively of C.R. Barbour. They came Tuesday morning for the funeral services as did Mr. Barbour's sister, Mrs. Nell Maynard, and Mrs. Sandy's daughters, Gwendolyn and Elaine Sandy, but these three did not return to Denver until Wednesday morning.
Mrs. Alma Giltner, Mrs. Rosie Shaw and daughter and Chester and Anna Jo Martin, all of Enid, Oklahoma are other relatives from a distance who attended the funeral. Mrs. Giltner and Mrs. Shaw are sisters of Mrs. James Youtsey, while Mr. Martin is her half brother. These persons came because of Mrs. Youtsey's illness as well as because of the death of Mrs. Barbour. They arrived in Holyoke Monday night, going to St. Peters the following morning. Mrs. Donnelly came from her home in Indiana a short time ago because of her mother's illness.

Charles is a building maintainence man in 1940 Phoenix, 51, with Lois 20.

Charles R. Barbour, born September 1889 in Holyoke, died August 9, 1955 in San Diego County. FindaGrave # 175870263 says he was born in Aurora, Colorado, marrying Myrtle (Sand) Barber in 1912. She died in Phoenix, Arizona on November 21, 1925 # 55182921.

Lois Claire Royster, born Jul 3, 1919 in Colorado, died January 12, 1997 in San Diego County.

ROY

Merle C. Enos and Roy N. Barbour married in Denver on APril 2, 1914.

In 1920 Holyoke, Roy is running a cafe, 28, with Merle C. 29, and Bruce W. 4.

July 1922 Creede, Colorado "Mrs. R. N. Barbour and children arrived from Holyoke Sunday and will go to housekeeping in the city. Mr. Barbour is with the Creede Mercantile Company."

In 1930 Denver, Roy is a meat cuttter, 39, born in Nebraska, with Maude 40 in Colorado, father in Pennsylvania, mother in New Jersey. Bruce 14 and Dorothy 5 were born in Colorado.

Merle Clara Barbour, divorced, a resident of Engle (probably Englewood), Colorado, daughter of Benjamin Enos and May Haines, died in Houston, Texas on February 19, 1981, to be cremated at Memorial Oaks Crematory.

Roy N. Barbour 1891-1959 is buried in Longmont # 60876586, with Maude 1891-1982.

Walter Bruce Barbour died December 6, 1999 in Harris County, Texas.


RAY

Raymond B. Barbour, 31, married Florence Bailey, 34, on January 9, 1926 in Littleton, Colorado.

They're in Denver in 1930.

Raymond married Helen D. Garard on Nov 19, 1939 in Maricopa County, Arizona.
He and Helen are in Tucson, Arizona, in 1940, and he died in May 1967, last residence Longmont.


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