Middleton Barrow
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Middleton Pope Barrow (1839 - 1903)

Middleton Pope "Pope" Barrow
Born in Oglethorpe, Georgia, United Statesmap
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Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of — married 1884 in Savannah, Chatham Co., Georgia, United Statesmap
Died at age 64 in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United Statesmap
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Preceded by
Benjamin Harvey Hill
Middleton P. Barrow
US Senator (Class 2)
from Georgia
Seal of the US Senate
1882—1883
Succeeded by
Alfred H. Colquitt

Biography

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Middleton Barrow is Notable.

Middleton Pope Barrow was an American lawyer, judge and politician. Barrow served in the United States Senate representing Georgia. He also served in the Georgia House of Representatives.

Birth:Aug. 1, 1839 Oglethorpe County, Georgia, United States
Death:Dec. 23, 1903 Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, United States.

Parents:
David Crenshaw Barrow (1815 - 1899)
Sarah Eliza Pope Barrow (1821 - 1855)

Siblings
James Barrow (1841 - 1864)
Thomas Augustine Barrow (1843 - 1897)
Benjamin White Barrow (1851 - 1876)
David Crenshaw Barrow (1852 - 1929)
Henry Walker Barrow (1854 - 1876)


U.S. Senator. He graduated from the University of Georgia, in 1959, from the law department of the University of Georgia, in 1860, was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law in Athens, Georgia. During the Civil War, he served in the Confederate Army and after the war, resumed the practice of law. He was member of the Georgia State constitutional convention in 1877 and a member of the Georgia State House of Representatives, (1880-81). In 1882, he was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1882 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Benjamin H. Hill, serving until 1883. Not a candidate for re-election, he resumed the practice of law and was a judge of the eastern judicial circuit of Georgia, from 1902, until his death at age 64. (bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)[1]

Spouse: Sarah Craig (1844 - 1881)

Children: Elizabeth Church Barrow (1869 - 1919)

Burial:Barrow-Pope Cemetery
Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, USA

FindAGrave Memorial link[2]

Middleton P. Barrow on Wikipedia[3]

Gramstedt Genealogy[4]

Sources

  1. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
  2. Find A Grave: Memorial #7114550
  3. Middleton P. Barrow on Wikipedia
  4. Gramstedt Genealogy [1] ID#.


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