Ref: Get Dallas City Review, Dallas City, IL, 23 Apr. 1903, pg. 5.
Ref: Ellison Genealogy by M. H. Seigfried – Mary attended the local schools, first the one in the southwest corner of Sec. 8, Rock Creek Twp., and then the Lincoln School, which was built in the late 1850's. Her schooling was limited as she worked and made her own way from the time she was big enough to wash dishes and rock a cradle. When she was eight years old, she stayed with her Aunt Mary Whitcomb to help with the work and go to school since Lincoln School was barely a quarter mile away. When her sister Alice was born she became homesick, and her mother let her come home for a while.
When she was eleven years old, she and her sister, Isadora, went to work for a family by the name of Baxter in Nauvoo. Isadora was to do the housework while Mary looked after the children so that Mrs. Baxter could help her husband in the vineyard. While they were working there, Mrs. Baxter died. Her sister, the wife of Dr. R. B. Hamilton, took the baby to her home, and Mary was taken along to help care for it.
After that she worked for three years in the home of young Joseph Smith, son of the Prophet, who had several small children. She always spoke well of this family and said there was no finer man living than Joseph Smith, Jr. She worked for some time at the Mansion house where her sister had also worked. When the Smiths moved to Missouri they wished to take her with them, but she refused to go so far from home.
She next worked for the Ohler family and then for the Austin family, but these families were not so pleasant. The Ohlers had a daughter older than her, and she felt they did not need help. Young Austin wanted to marry her, but she refused his hand.
Pleasures and recreations were few and far between in her life, but she did find time to attend a "Singing School" at the Douglas School in Rock Creek Township. Itinerant teachers with a little knowledge of music brought culture and recreation into isolated rural communities in those primitive times with these "Singing Schools," which ran nightly for several weeks.
Here her future husband, one Alfred Ernest Barnard lately arrived from Canada, came into her life. He was staying with his brother, Heman Barnard, and availed himself of the few social opportunities the community afforded to make friends of his own age. It was love almost at the first sight, for she told friends she was going to "set her cap for him," and he was indeed soon going to see her.
About this time her mother was stricken with her last illiness, and Mary remained at home to care for her. Her mother had a large tumor and was bedfast for many weeks. She was very fond of Alfred Barnard, for her always came to see her when he called on Mary and would often help her out of bed and help her walk about the room when she was so tired of lying in bed. After her mother's death in Oct., 1866, Mary went to her sister Lizzie Terry's for a while and then to her Uncle Matt Ellison's to sew for Aunt Nancy. She was a very good seamstress.
On May 28, 1867, she and Alfred Barnard were married at Ft. Madison, IA. He was the son of John and Freelove Barnard and was born at Rockville, Ontario, Canada, July 14, 1841. They lived upstairs in the home of his brother Heman Barnard for a while and then he bought a farm in Sonora Twp., Hancock Co., IL, and built a small house. They had six children, the first two boys born in Sonora Twp., 1868 and 1870 lived but a short time. They were probably buried in the Old Rosseter Cem., in Sec. 12, Sonora Twp.
In 1874 the family moved to the new village of Adrian, IL, where he and Dr. Wimmer operated a drug store. Later Alfred Barnard sold his interest to Dr. Wimmer and bought 40 acres of land one half mile east of Adrian. Six years later he sold it to Mike Kelley and moved back to Adrian, buying a house just north of the Burlington Depot. He also bought land northwest of Adrian which he soon sold to Wes Bradford and bought the Roseberry farm one and a half miles east and three-fourths mile north of Adrian, to which they moved and whre their youngest son Grover was born. The 40 acres north of Adrian was bought in 1881 for $1350.00, about a tenth its present price. After a few years he sold the Roseberry farm to a Mr. Biddeaux and moved back to Adrian. He purchased the McGee house south of the Methodist Church, and the family moved there. He built an addition to the house and in 1897 built a store building.
He served as Justice of he Peace in Rock Creek Twp from 1876 to 1880.
After Alfred died, Mary Barnard lived in the home at Adrian for several years and laer made her home with her children. She kept house for her son Grover after the death of his wife in 1918. He was at that time a telegraph agent for the Burlington RR at West Point, IL.
In 1921, she went to the home of her oldest daughter Gertrude Long at Dayton, WA, where she spent the remainder of her life. She remained active and in good health until she was 91 years of age. In the summer of 1941, her health began to fail, and on Aug. 9 she suffered a fractured hip from which she never recovered. She passed away Aug. 23 of that year. Her remains wre brought to the Martin Funeral Home at Dallas City, IL, where services were held, and she was buried besides her husband in Thornber (Powellton) Cemetery.
Ref: Ellison Genealogy by M. H. Seigfried – Mary attended the local schools, first the one in the southwest corner of Sec. 8, Rock Creek Twp., and then the Lincoln School, which was built in the late 1850's. Her schooling was limited as she worked and made her own way from the time she was big enough to wash dishes and rock a cradle. When she was eight years old, she stayed with her Aunt Mary Whitcomb to help with the work and go to school since Lincoln School was barely a quarter mile away. When her sister Alice was born she became homesick, and her mother let her come home for a while.
When she was eleven years old, she and her sister, Isadora, went to work for a family by the name of Baxter in Nauvoo. Isadora was to do the housework while Mary looked after the children so that Mrs. Baxter could help her husband in the vineyard. While they were working there, Mrs. Baxter died. Her sister, the wife of Dr. R. B. Hamilton, took the baby to her home, and Mary was taken along to help care for it.
After that she worked for three years in the home of young Joseph Smith, son of the Prophet, who had several small children. She always spoke well of this family and said there was no finer man living than Joseph Smith, Jr. She worked for some time at the Mansion house where her sister had also worked. When the Smiths moved to Missouri they wished to take her with them, but she refused to go so far from home.
She next worked for the Ohler family and then for the Austin family, but these families were not so pleasant. The Ohlers had a daughter older than her, and she felt they did not need help. Young Austin wanted to marry her, but she refused his hand.
Pleasures and recreations were few and far between in her life, but she did find time to attend a "Singing School" at the Douglas School in Rock Creek Township. Itinerant teachers with a little knowledge of music brought culture and recreation into isolated rural communities in those primitive times with these "Singing Schools," which ran nightly for several weeks.
Here her future husband, one Alfred Ernest Barnard lately arrived from Canada, came into her life. He was staying with his brother, Heman Barnard, and availed himself of the few social opportunities the community afforded to make friends of his own age. It was love almost at the first sight, for she told friends she was going to "set her cap for him," and he was indeed soon going to see her.
About this time her mother was stricken with her last illiness, and Mary remained at home to care for her. Her mother had a large tumor and was bedfast for many weeks. She was very fond of Alfred Barnard, for her always came to see her when he called on Mary and would often help her out of bed and help her walk about the room when she was so tired of lying in bed. After her mother's death in Oct., 1866, Mary went to her sister Lizzie Terry's for a while and then to her Uncle Matt Ellison's to sew for Aunt Nancy. She was a very good seamstress.
On May 28, 1867, she and Alfred Barnard were married at Ft. Madison, IA. He was the son of John and Freelove Barnard and was born at Rockville, Ontario, Canada, July 14, 1841. They lived upstairs in the home of his brother Heman Barnard for a while and then he bought a farm in Sonora Twp., Hancock Co., IL, and built a small house. They had six children, the first two boys born in Sonora Twp., 1868 and 1870 lived but a short time. They were probably buried in the Old Rosseter Cem., in Sec. 12, Sonora Twp.
In 1874 the family moved to the new village of Adrian, IL, where he and Dr. Wimmer operated a drug store. Later Alfred Barnard sold his interest to Dr. Wimmer and bought 40 acres of land one half mile east of Adrian. Six years later he sold it to Mike Kelley and moved back to Adrian, buying a house just north of the Burlington Depot. He also bought land northwest of Adrian which he soon sold to Wes Bradford and bought the Roseberry farm one and a half miles east and three-fourths mile north of Adrian, to which they moved and whre their youngest son Grover was born. The 40 acres north of Adrian was bought in 1881 for $1350.00, about a tenth its present price. After a few years he sold the Roseberry farm to a Mr. Biddeaux and moved back to Adrian. He purchased the McGee house south of the Methodist Church, and the family moved there. He built an addition to the house and in 1897 built a store building.
He served as Justice of he Peace in Rock Creek Twp from 1876 to 1880.
After Alfred died, Mary Barnard lived in the home at Adrian for several years and laer made her home with her children. She kept house for her son Grover after the death of his wife in 1918. He was at that time a telegraph agent for the Burlington RR at West Point, IL.
In 1921, she went to the home of her oldest daughter Gertrude Long at Dayton, WA, where she spent the remainder of her life. She remained active and in good health until she was 91 years of age. In the summer of 1941, her health began to fail, and on Aug. 9 she suffered a fractured hip from which she never recovered. She passed away Aug. 23 of that year. Her remains wre brought to the Martin Funeral Home at Dallas City, IL, where services were held, and she was buried besides her husband in Thornber (Powellton) Cemetery.
Ref: Get Dallas City Review, Dallas City, IL, 23 Apr. 1903, pg. 5.
Ref: Ellison Genealogy by M. H. Seigfried – Mary attended the local schools, first the one in the southwest corner of Sec. 8, Rock Creek Twp., and then the Lincoln School, which was built in the late 1850's. Her schooling was limited as she worked and made her own way from the time she was big enough to wash dishes and rock a cradle. When she was eight years old, she stayed with her Aunt Mary Whitcomb to help with the work and go to school since Lincoln School was barely a quarter mile away. When her sister Alice was born she became homesick, and her mother let her come home for a while.
When she was eleven years old, she and her sister, Isadora, went to work for a family by the name of Baxter in Nauvoo. Isadora was to do the housework while Mary looked after the children so that Mrs. Baxter could help her husband in the vineyard. While they were working there, Mrs. Baxter died. Her sister, the wife of Dr. R. B. Hamilton, took the baby to her home, and Mary was taken along to help care for it.
After that she worked for three years in the home of young Joseph Smith, son of the Prophet, who had several small children. She always spoke well of this family and said there was no finer man living than Joseph Smith, Jr. She worked for some time at the Mansion house where her sister had also worked. When the Smiths moved to Missouri they wished to take her with them, but she refused to go so far from home.
She next worked for the Ohler family and then for the Austin family, but these families were not so pleasant. The Ohlers had a daughter older than her, and she felt they did not need help. Young Austin wanted to marry her, but she refused his hand.
Pleasures and recreations were few and far between in her life, but she did find time to attend a "Singing School" at the Douglas School in Rock Creek Township. Itinerant teachers with a little knowledge of music brought culture and recreation into isolated rural communities in those primitive times with these "Singing Schools," which ran nightly for several weeks.
Here her future husband, one Alfred Ernest Barnard lately arrived from Canada, came into her life. He was staying with his brother, Heman Barnard, and availed himself of the few social opportunities the community afforded to make friends of his own age. It was love almost at the first sight, for she told friends she was going to "set her cap for him," and he was indeed soon going to see her.
About this time her mother was stricken with her last illiness, and Mary remained at home to care for her. Her mother had a large tumor and was bedfast for many weeks. She was very fond of Alfred Barnard, for her always came to see her when he called on Mary and would often help her out of bed and help her walk about the room when she was so tired of lying in bed. After her mother's death in Oct., 1866, Mary went to her sister Lizzie Terry's for a while and then to her Uncle Matt Ellison's to sew for Aunt Nancy. She was a very good seamstress.
On May 28, 1867, she and Alfred Barnard were married at Ft. Madison, IA. He was the son of John and Freelove Barnard and was born at Rockville, Ontario, Canada, July 14, 1841. They lived upstairs in the home of his brother Heman Barnard for a while and then he bought a farm in Sonora Twp., Hancock Co., IL, and built a small house. They had six children, the first two boys born in Sonora Twp., 1868 and 1870 lived but a short time. They were probably buried in the Old Rosseter Cem., in Sec. 12, Sonora Twp.
In 1874 the family moved to the new village of Adrian, IL, where he and Dr. Wimmer operated a drug store. Later Alfred Barnard sold his interest to Dr. Wimmer and bought 40 acres of land one half mile east of Adrian. Six years later he sold it to Mike Kelley and moved back to Adrian, buying a house just north of the Burlington Depot. He also bought land northwest of Adrian which he soon sold to Wes Bradford and bought the Roseberry farm one and a half miles east and three-fourths mile north of Adrian, to which they moved and whre their youngest son Grover was born. The 40 acres north of Adrian was bought in 1881 for $1350.00, about a tenth its present price. After a few years he sold the Roseberry farm to a Mr. Biddeaux and moved back to Adrian. He purchased the McGee house south of the Methodist Church, and the family moved there. He built an addition to the house and in 1897 built a store building.
He served as Justice of he Peace in Rock Creek Twp from 1876 to 1880.
After Alfred died, Mary Barnard lived in the home at Adrian for several years and laer made her home with her children. She kept house for her son Grover after the death of his wife in 1918. He was at that time a telegraph agent for the Burlington RR at West Point, IL.
In 1921, she went to the home of her oldest daughter Gertrude Long at Dayton, WA, where she spent the remainder of her life. She remained active and in good health until she was 91 years of age. In the summer of 1941, her health began to fail, and on Aug. 9 she suffered a fractured hip from which she never recovered. She passed away Aug. 23 of that year. Her remains wre brought to the Martin Funeral Home at Dallas City, IL, where services were held, and she was buried besides her husband in Thornber (Powellton) Cemetery.
Ref: Ellison Genealogy by M. H. Seigfried – Mary attended the local schools, first the one in the southwest corner of Sec. 8, Rock Creek Twp., and then the Lincoln School, which was built in the late 1850's. Her schooling was limited as she worked and made her own way from the time she was big enough to wash dishes and rock a cradle. When she was eight years old, she stayed with her Aunt Mary Whitcomb to help with the work and go to school since Lincoln School was barely a quarter mile away. When her sister Alice was born she became homesick, and her mother let her come home for a while.
When she was eleven years old, she and her sister, Isadora, went to work for a family by the name of Baxter in Nauvoo. Isadora was to do the housework while Mary looked after the children so that Mrs. Baxter could help her husband in the vineyard. While they were working there, Mrs. Baxter died. Her sister, the wife of Dr. R. B. Hamilton, took the baby to her home, and Mary was taken along to help care for it.
After that she worked for three years in the home of young Joseph Smith, son of the Prophet, who had several small children. She always spoke well of this family and said there was no finer man living than Joseph Smith, Jr. She worked for some time at the Mansion house where her sister had also worked. When the Smiths moved to Missouri they wished to take her with them, but she refused to go so far from home.
She next worked for the Ohler family and then for the Austin family, but these families were not so pleasant. The Ohlers had a daughter older than her, and she felt they did not need help. Young Austin wanted to marry her, but she refused his hand.
Pleasures and recreations were few and far between in her life, but she did find time to attend a "Singing School" at the Douglas School in Rock Creek Township. Itinerant teachers with a little knowledge of music brought culture and recreation into isolated rural communities in those primitive times with these "Singing Schools," which ran nightly for several weeks.
Here her future husband, one Alfred Ernest Barnard lately arrived from Canada, came into her life. He was staying with his brother, Heman Barnard, and availed himself of the few social opportunities the community afforded to make friends of his own age. It was love almost at the first sight, for she told friends she was going to "set her cap for him," and he was indeed soon going to see her.
About this time her mother was stricken with her last illiness, and Mary remained at home to care for her. Her mother had a large tumor and was bedfast for many weeks. She was very fond of Alfred Barnard, for her always came to see her when he called on Mary and would often help her out of bed and help her walk about the room when she was so tired of lying in bed. After her mother's death in Oct., 1866, Mary went to her sister Lizzie Terry's for a while and then to her Uncle Matt Ellison's to sew for Aunt Nancy. She was a very good seamstress.
On May 28, 1867, she and Alfred Barnard were married at Ft. Madison, IA. He was the son of John and Freelove Barnard and was born at Rockville, Ontario, Canada, July 14, 1841. They lived upstairs in the home of his brother Heman Barnard for a while and then he bought a farm in Sonora Twp., Hancock Co., IL, and built a small house. They had six children, the first two boys born in Sonora Twp., 1868 and 1870 lived but a short time. They were probably buried in the Old Rosseter Cem., in Sec. 12, Sonora Twp.
In 1874 the family moved to the new village of Adrian, IL, where he and Dr. Wimmer operated a drug store. Later Alfred Barnard sold his interest to Dr. Wimmer and bought 40 acres of land one half mile east of Adrian. Six years later he sold it to Mike Kelley and moved back to Adrian, buying a house just north of the Burlington Depot. He also bought land northwest of Adrian which he soon sold to Wes Bradford and bought the Roseberry farm one and a half miles east and three-fourths mile north of Adrian, to which they moved and whre their youngest son Grover was born. The 40 acres north of Adrian was bought in 1881 for $1350.00, about a tenth its present price. After a few years he sold the Roseberry farm to a Mr. Biddeaux and moved back to Adrian. He purchased the McGee house south of the Methodist Church, and the family moved there. He built an addition to the house and in 1897 built a store building.
He served as Justice of he Peace in Rock Creek Twp from 1876 to 1880.
After Alfred died, Mary Barnard lived in the home at Adrian for several years and laer made her home with her children. She kept house for her son Grover after the death of his wife in 1918. He was at that time a telegraph agent for the Burlington RR at West Point, IL.
In 1921, she went to the home of her oldest daughter Gertrude Long at Dayton, WA, where she spent the remainder of her life. She remained active and in good health until she was 91 years of age. In the summer of 1941, her health began to fail, and on Aug. 9 she suffered a fractured hip from which she never recovered. She passed away Aug. 23 of that year. Her remains wre brought to the Martin Funeral Home at Dallas City, IL, where services were held, and she was buried besides her husband in Thornber (Powellton) Cemetery.
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