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Name	Benjamin Franklin Barrow
Born	Apr 24, 1807	Opelousas, Saint Landry parish, Louisiana, USA [3]
Gender	Male
Birth	May 14, 1836	Louisiana, USA
Died	Feb 07, 1877	Turtle Bayou, Chambers county, Texas, USA
Death	Between Jun 14, 1890 and 1899	Chambers, Texas, USA
Buried	Benjamin Barrow Family Cemetery, Chambers, Texas, USA
Notes	Handbook of Texas Online -- BARROW, BENJAMIN (1808-1877). Benjamin Barrow, "Ben the Bearhunter," an early settler, rancher, and official of Chambers County, the son of Reuben and Mary Jane (Johnson) Barrow, Sr., was born on April 24, 1808, near Opelousas, Louisiana. Although he may have traveled to Texas with family members as early as 1824, he did not permanently settle there until 1827. In 1838 he received a headright near the site of present Devers in Liberty County, but he does not appear to have lived on the grant. He was married on June 4, 1835, to Permelia Jane White, daughter of cattleman James Taylor White.qv Family legend has it that Benjamin was caught in a rainstorm around 1830, stayed at White's home for the night, and resolved to wait until Permelia, then about ten, was old enough to marry. They had nine children. After Permelia died in 1861, Barrow married Mrs. Mary Jane Middleton Bryan. They had no children. Barrow received a pension for service in the Texas army from May 10 to August 10, 1836. He is also listed as a second lieutenant in a Liberty militia company organized during the Republic of Texas period. He established a cattle ranch on Turtle Bayou five miles northeast of Anahuac and became one of the county's largest ranchers and wealthiest men. He was a substantial slaveholder and raised cattle, blooded horses, swine, and sheep on his ranch. His upside-down-wineglass brand was a familiar sight on the prairies of Southeast Texas. A number of legends revolve around Barrow's bear-hunting exploits. On one occasion when his dogs surrounded a bear in a briar patch, he is said to have climbed into the briars and killed the bear with a knife in order to save his hounds. Family members recall that he also kept pet bears around his house. Barrow was elected justice of the peace in 1843 and county commissioner in 1854. In April 1868, during Reconstruction,qv he was appointed district clerk, a position he held for a year. He died during a smallpox epidemic on February 7, 1877. Mrs. Barrow died of the same disease three days later. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Jewel Horace Harry, A History of Chambers County (M.A. thesis, University of Texas, 1940; rpt., Dallas: Taylor, 1981). Margaret S. Henson and Kevin Ladd, Chambers County: A Pictorial History (Norfolk, Virginia: Donning, 1988). http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fbabh
Person ID	I36906	mykindred
Last Modified	Jul 18, 2013

Father	Reuben Barrow, b. 1758/59, Beaufort, North Carolina, USA , d. Aft 1820, Louisiana, USA (Age > 62 years)
Mother	Mary Jane Johnson, b. 1772, North Carolina, USA , d. Between 1807 and 1815, Louisiana, USA (Age 35 years)
Married	Bef 1790	Opelousas, Saint Landry parish, Louisiana, USA [3]
Family ID	F13446	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Permelia Jane White, b. Oct 16, 1820, Saint Martin parish, Louisiana, USA , d. Sep 11, 1861, Chambers county, Texas, USA (Age 40 years)

Married Jun 05, 1835 Saint Landry parish, Louisiana, USA

Children

	1. John Shadrack Barrow, b. May 14, 1836, Louisiana, USA , d. Between Jun 14, 1890 and 1899, Chambers county, Texas, USA (Age 54 years)
	2. Benjamin Franklin Barrow, Jr., b. Nov 30, 1838, Turtle Bayou, Chambers county, Texas, USA , d. May 12, 1896, Chambers county, Texas, USA (Age 57 years)
	3. Sara Barrow, b. Apr 04, 1842, Chambers county, Texas, USA , d. Dec 17, 1865, Chambers county, Texas, USA (Age 23 years)
	4. Mary Ann Barrow, b. Jan 03, 1845, Chambers county, Texas, USA , d. Oct 13, 1864, Chambers county, Texas, USA (Age 19 years)
	5. Josephine Barrow, b. Jan 17, 1848, Turtle Bayou, Chambers county, Texas, USA , d. Jan 02, 1929, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA (Age 80 years)
	6. Solomon Barrow, b. Nov 14, 1850, Chambers county, Texas, USA , d. Nov 26, 1915, Jefferson county, Texas, USA (Age 65 years)
	7. Robert Cade Barrow, b. Nov 25, 1852, Chambers county, Texas, USA , d. Jul 18, 1864, Chambers county, Texas, USA (Age 11 years)
	8. Permelia Jane Barrow, b. Feb 10, 1856, Chambers county, Texas, USA , d. Apr 19, 1944, Jefferson county, Texas, USA (Age 88 years)
	9. Eugenia Hortense Barrow, b. Nov 21, 1860, Chambers county, Texas, USA , d. Aug 1884, Chambers county, Texas, USA (Age 23 years)

Family ID F13285 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2	Mary Jane Middleton, b. Apr 16, 1834, Quebec, Canada , d. Feb 10, 1877, Chambers, Texas, USA (Age 42 years)
Family ID	F13471	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Sources
[S633] Gedcom - Waldron, Mickie.

[S651] Gedcom - 1523699.ged.

[S634] Southwest Louisiana Records, Vol. I--1756-1810.

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