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Barbara (Lipe) Mead (1795 - 1880)

Barbara "Barbary" Mead formerly Lipe aka Dry
Born in Montgomery, North Carolina, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 21 Mar 1815 in Montgomery County, North Carolinamap
Wife of — married 19 Jan 1841 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at age 84 in Perry, Illinois, United Statesmap
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Profile last modified | Created 29 May 2011
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Biography

Barbara "Barbary"[1] Lipe

Origin

Barbara was born 16 November 1795 at Montgomery County, North Carolina.[2] She was one of at least seven children of Leonard Lipe and Barbara Wentz.[2]

Family

Barbara married twice.[2]

  • She married on 21 March 1814[3] or on 01 March 1815[2] at North Carolina, as her 1st, to Daniel M. Dry. Barbara and Daniel Dry had eight children between 1817 and 1833, but only four: Catherine, Lawrence, Lydia and Daniel lived to adulthood.[2]
  • She married on 19 Jan. 1841,[3] as her 2nd, to David H. Mead. The marriage was recorded at Perry County, Illinois as "DRY, Barbary [Mrs] 19 Jan 1841."[1]

Children of Barbara and Daniel Dry:[2]

  1. Wilson Dry
  2. Catherine Dry
  3. Owen Monroe Dry
  4. Lawrence Dry
  5. Lydia Dry
  6. Daniel Washington Dry
  7. Jacob Dry
  8. Aaron Dry

Death and Legacy

Barbara died 26 February 1880 at Perry County, Illinois.[2]

Interestingly, her headstone read:

Wife of Daniel Dry
Born Nov 16, 1795
Died Feb 26, 1880[2]
According to a post by Karen Grubb, Barbara and David Mead were divorced before 1850, as shown in the US Census for that year.[4]

Sources

[2] [3] [1] [4]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Perry County Clerk, "Marriages -- Perry Co., IL From 1827 to 1850." contributed by James Stephenson to USGenWeb Archives, accessed June 11, 2015
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Williamson, Bonnie Ward, Find a Grave: Barbara Lipe Dry Memorial# 34493490, March 05, 2009, accessed June 11, 2015.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Pankow, John Field, Find a Grave: Barbara Wentz Lipe Memorial# 91508207, Jun 07, 2012, accessed June 11, 2015.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Grubb, Karen, Re: David H Mead N Y >Illinois June 28, 2001, accessed June 11, 2015






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