U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Barbe, John M. (1860-1936) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Ritchie County by Minnie Kendall Lowther Wheeling News Litho. Co., Wheeling W.Va., 1911 Pages 494-495 J. M. Barbe has been a useful and prominent citizen of this town for a number of years, and in this quiet little corner he merits a place. He is the brother of the Hon. Waitman T. Barbe, of Morgantown, and is a native of Marion county, though he was reared in Monongalia where he was educated in the common schools. His father, John Barbe, was of German lineage, and of Virginia birth. And his mother, Mrs. Margaret E. Robinson Barbe, was born in Monongalia county of Scotch-Irish parentage. In January 1881, in his early manhood, he came to Harrisville, and the following winter, entered the profession of teaching, and later attended the State University at Morgantown for a term or so. At the age of twenty-four years he was married to Miss Lillie Heaton, daughter of the late John Heaton, and the first years of his married life were spent in clerical work. He has three times been commissioned as post-master of Harrisville, and, since 1903, has been the assistant cashier of the Peoples' Bank. He has been a communicant of the Methodist Episcopal church since he was a boy of thirteen years, and has filled the office of Sunday-school superintendent of the Harrisville school for sixteen years; was President of the County Sunday-school work for four years, and was twice elected as delegate to the annual Conference. He is the father of two children, Mabel and Raymond Barbe. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Ritchie County, WV #2991 FULL-NAME: John M. Barbe BIRTH-DATE: August 4, 1860 BIRTH-PLACE: Marion Co., W.Va. DEATH-DATE: February 5, 1936 (at age 75y-6m-1d) DEATH-PLACE: Harrisville, Union District, Ritchie County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married (Della V. Barbe) OCCUPATION: retired banker FATHER: John Barbe (born in Va.) MOTHER: Margaret Robinson (born in Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Heart trouble INFORMANT: Mrs. Della Barbe (of Harrisville, W.Va.) BURIAL: I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Harrisville (1st wife of John M. Barbe) From Death Certificate, Ritchie County, WV #7139 FULL-NAME: Lillie D. Barbe BIRTH-PLACE: Harrisville DEATH-DATE: March 16, 1920 (at age 56y-5m-13d) DEATH-PLACE: Harrisville, Union District, Ritchie County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married FATHER: John Heaton (born in Ritchie Co.) MOTHER: Sarah Stevens (born in W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Heart-trouble or Brights disease BURIAL: Harrisville, W.Va. Marriage License, Ritchie County, WV (Page 211) John M. Barbe age 61 years, widower born in Marion County, West Virginia residence is Harrisville, West Virginia Della V. Curry age 43 years, divorced born in Ritchie County, West Virginia residence is Harrisville, West Virginia were married on April 30, 1922 at Harrisville, WV by H. K. Riffe, a Minister of the Gospel ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Ritchie County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/ritchie/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------