Ira
Barber
Born in Onslow, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Son of John Barber Jr.
and Mary (Gibson) Hancock
Brother of
Thomas Barber
Husband of
Nancy M. (Leath) Barber
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
John M. Barber and James Thomas Barber
Died
at age 64
in Calloway, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Jul 2019
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Biography
Ira Barber (1801-1866) was a farmer who lived in Bedford County, Tenn., and Calloway County, Ky.
Born in Onslow County, N.C. on May 11, 1801, Ira was the son of John Barber and Mary Gibson Barber. By 1811 the family had relocated to Wilson County, Tennessee.
On 17 December 1819 in Wilson County, Ira married Nancy Leath (his father served as bondsman), and the couple soon took up residence in Bedford County, Tennessee. Ira appears in Bedford County in the censuses of 1830 and 1840, as well as the Bedford County tax lists of 1836, 1837, and 1838 (which indicate that he lived in District 5). Between 1840 and 1842 Ira sold three parcels of land in Bedford County and relocated to Calloway County, Ky. On 19 July 1842, Ira Barber and Thomas W. Clanton sold 102 acres in District 5 of Bedford County to John Taylor and John M. Barber[1]; the sale included livestock and furniture items.
The 1850 and 1860 censuses show Ira living with his family in Calloway County, Ky., owner of a farm worth $3700 by 1860. Ira died there on 16 April 1866 per his tombstone. He is buried in a family plot designated Barber Cemetery.[2] The cemetery is located just off US Highway 641 about four miles south of Murray, Ky. Nancy survived until 1888 and was buried in the same cemetery.
1860: Calloway County, Kentucky[3]
| Name | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
| Ira Barbor | M | 59 | farmer | N. Carolina |
| Nancy Barbor | F | 55 | Georgia | |
| Albert L Barbor | M | 22 | Tennessee | |
| Isaac Barbor | M | 20 | Tennessee | |
| Albert Barbor | M | 16 | Tennessee |
Sources
- ↑ Bedford County, Tennessee deed books and index, 1808-1966, images, FamilySearch (image 218 of 738 : accessed 1 Mar 2024); citing Tennessee > Bedford > Deeds > Vol. LL, p. 393-94; Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville; FHL microfilm 008322880.
- ↑ Find A Grave Index, database, FamilySearch (QVVD-Q58B : 10 September 2021), Ira Barber; Calloway, Kentucky, United States of America, Barber Cemetery; citing Memorial ID 13673641, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
- ↑ United States Census, 1860, database with images, FamilySearch (MZB9-71N : 18 February 2021), Ira Barbor, 1860.
See also:
- United States, Kentucky, Agricultural Schedules, 1850-1880, database, FamilySearch (68QT-6RVS : 28 December 2021), Ira Barbour, 1860.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ira by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ira:
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