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Levi Edwin Barrows (1846 - 1846)

Levi Edwin Barrows
Born in Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York, United Statesmap
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Died at age 0 in Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York, United Statesmap
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Levi, son of Abner and Lucy (Call) Barrows, was born in Luzerne, March 26, 1804, and was educated in the schools of that place. There he remained until in- his young manhood he went to Glens Falls, New York. \\-’hile there, November 7, 1823, he was commissioned by Governor Joseph C. Yates as ensign of militia, a rank corresponding to the present rank of lieutenant. He was then nineteen years of age. July 30, 1827, he received a commission from Governor De Witt Clinton in the same service as captain. He went from Luzerne to Chautauqua county in 1832, and purchased land in the town of Stockton in that county, cut down the timber. built a log cabin, and cleared a small tract, which he planted in grain the same season. In his youth he had assisted his father, who was a farmer. Levi gained his experience as a sawyer from his employer, Mr. Rogers, of Luzerne. He was induced to settle in Jamestown, by his brother-in-law, Smith A. Brown. With Mr. Brown he was partner in the Dexter Mill, They contracted later with the firm of Scott & Rogers, and, after six years with them, bought the Rogers interest. This was about the year 1838. Scott & Barrows were engaged in lumbering and the manufacture of sash and blinds, shipping their product down the Allegheny and Ohio rivers, as the custom was then, by rafts and flat boats. They were very successful, and gradually acquired considerable land. In 1856 they dissolved partnership and divided their possessions. Mr. Scott took the landed estate they owned, and Mr. Barrows the mill business, associating with himself in that venture his sons, Ransom J. and Henry R., which partnership continued until March 10, 1863, when the elder Barrows died.

  • He married (first) July 6, 1828, at Luzerne, Abigail Putnam Ransom, daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Nichol) Ransom.

Children:

    • Mary Jane, born April 12, 1829;
    • Maria Louise, March 30, 1830;
    • Ransom J., of whom further;
    • Sally Ann, June 5, 1834;
    • Henry Rogers, January 30, 1836;
    • Mercy, November 9, 1838;
    • Melissa, June 26, 1840;
    • Orton, September 23, 1844;
    • Levi Edwin. April 26, 1846.
  • Levi Barrows married (second) Sally E. Canfield, born April 15, 1810, a sister of the first wife.

Children:

    • Antoinette, born July 26, 1848, deceased;
    • Herbert L. and Albert A., twins, born November 1, 1850, both now living.
  • The father died March 1o, 1863.

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Sources

  • DEATH: 11 days old [2]
  1. https://books.google.com/books?pg=PA1049&lpg=PA1049&dq=barrows+genealogy+of+luzerne+new+york&sig=HPEVKT_RugMiIn-Pza9Xtj7m_Fw&id=Ru0pAQAAMAAJ&output=text
  2. "New York Deaths and Burials, 1795-1952," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FD13-B4F : 8 March 2018), Levi Edwin Barrows, 07 May 1846; citing Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York, reference ; FHL microfilm 1,411,633.




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