Arabella (Griffith) Barlow
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Arabella Wharton (Griffith) Barlow (1824 - 1864)

Arabella Wharton Barlow formerly Griffith
Born in Somerville, Somerset, New Jersey, United Statesmap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 1861 (to 1864) in New York, United Statesmap
[children unknown]
Died at age 40 in Washington, District of Columbia, United Statesmap
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Biography

Arabella was born in 1824.

A respected governess and journalist, she met Francis Barlow on the eve of the War between the States. They were married the evening before he was to report for duty and, in order to serve her country and be closer to her husband, she enlisted in the United States Sanitary Commission as a nurse. She contracted typhoid fever while nursing Union soldiers in Virginia and sadly passed away in a military hospital in Washington City. Arabella Wharton Griffith Barlow was laid to rest in old Somerville Cemetery, Somerville New Jersey.

  • Fact: Residence (1850) Bridgewater, Somerset, New Jersey, United States[1]
  • Fact: Burial (1864) Somerville, Somerset, New Jersey, United States of America [2]

Sources

  1. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6MR-XR6 : 23 December 2020), Arabella D Griffith in household of Ann Griffith, Bridgewater Township, Somerset, New Jersey, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  2. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8849311/arabella-wharton-barlow : accessed ), memorial page for Arabella Wharton Griffith Barlow (29 Feb 1824–27 Jul 1864), Find A Grave: Memorial #8849311, citing Old Somerville Cemetery, Somerville, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA ; Maintained by DENIS RONAN (contributor 46483192) .

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