NEWARK SKETCHES
Written by Andrew L. Brown
Edited and compiled by Elmer Dickson
"The Pioneers Whose Lives Are Spared"
Kendall County Record, February 14, 1906
Mrs. Phoebe Stowell Barrows is the only person now residing at Newark who can claim to have
trod these streets as far back as seventy-two years ago. She was one of the children of Walter
and Susan (Butler) Stowell and was born at Perry, Ashtabula County, Ohio, 84 years ago, on
March 22, 1822. In 1831, she came with her parents to DuPage County. At first they occupied a
double log house with one Paul Hawley and his family near the present site of Naperville. They
soon erected a log house of their own a mile from Hawley's on the Chicago and Ottawa road
and there kept a tavern and post office. In June 1832 they fled to Fort Dearborn from the
Indians. They were there three months and subsisted on the same rations as the soldiers. In
1834 the family came to Kendall County. For many years Walter Stowell was prominent as
tavern keeper, postmaster and farmer at Georgetown and Newark. In February 1839, Phoebe
Ann Stowell married George D. Barrows. He was a farmer and all-around mechanic at
Georgetown. The wedded life of this couple extended over a period of 65 years. They had five
sons and one daughter. Mr. Barrows died at Newark in February 1904. The widow looks a trifle
feebler now than twenty years ago, but her conversation is very interesting. She says among
other things that General B. F. Butler's father was her mother's brother. She has a good
recollection of Fort Dearborn and the Chicago of the early thirties.
Some Interesting Odds and Ends
Kendall County Record, April 11, 1906
One of our residents, Mrs. Barrows, says that at her native place in Ashtabula County, Ohio,
there was a family of the name of Naper, and she remembers them well. It was the Napers who
induced the Stowells to move to Illinois. Walter Stowell and his family, one of who was destined
to be this Mrs. Barrows, came all the way from that northeast corner of Ohio to Illinois in a
covered wagon. They sent most of the worldly goods ahead by way of the lakes on a vessel
whose Captain was their friend, Joseph Naper. This was in 1831 and the future Mrs. Barrows
was nine years old.
There was no Naperville then where the Stowells came to Illinois. Captain Naper quit sailing
about this time and took up his abode near the DuPage (River,) not far from the Stowell family.
The town that grew up around him was named Naperville after him. Another bit of history
mentioned by Mrs. Barrows is that Joseph N. Harris, now living near Yorkville was born in
Captain Naper's house in 1833. He was about a year old when her folks left Naperville and
came to Newark.
Written by Andrew L. Brown
Edited and compiled by Elmer Dickson
"The Pioneers Whose Lives Are Spared"
Kendall County Record, February 14, 1906
Mrs. Phoebe Stowell Barrows is the only person now residing at Newark who can claim to have
trod these streets as far back as seventy-two years ago. She was one of the children of Walter
and Susan (Butler) Stowell and was born at Perry, Ashtabula County, Ohio, 84 years ago, on
March 22, 1822. In 1831, she came with her parents to DuPage County. At first they occupied a
double log house with one Paul Hawley and his family near the present site of Naperville. They
soon erected a log house of their own a mile from Hawley's on the Chicago and Ottawa road
and there kept a tavern and post office. In June 1832 they fled to Fort Dearborn from the
Indians. They were there three months and subsisted on the same rations as the soldiers. In
1834 the family came to Kendall County. For many years Walter Stowell was prominent as
tavern keeper, postmaster and farmer at Georgetown and Newark. In February 1839, Phoebe
Ann Stowell married George D. Barrows. He was a farmer and all-around mechanic at
Georgetown. The wedded life of this couple extended over a period of 65 years. They had five
sons and one daughter. Mr. Barrows died at Newark in February 1904. The widow looks a trifle
feebler now than twenty years ago, but her conversation is very interesting. She says among
other things that General B. F. Butler's father was her mother's brother. She has a good
recollection of Fort Dearborn and the Chicago of the early thirties.
Some Interesting Odds and Ends
Kendall County Record, April 11, 1906
One of our residents, Mrs. Barrows, says that at her native place in Ashtabula County, Ohio,
there was a family of the name of Naper, and she remembers them well. It was the Napers who
induced the Stowells to move to Illinois. Walter Stowell and his family, one of who was destined
to be this Mrs. Barrows, came all the way from that northeast corner of Ohio to Illinois in a
covered wagon. They sent most of the worldly goods ahead by way of the lakes on a vessel
whose Captain was their friend, Joseph Naper. This was in 1831 and the future Mrs. Barrows
was nine years old.
There was no Naperville then where the Stowells came to Illinois. Captain Naper quit sailing
about this time and took up his abode near the DuPage (River,) not far from the Stowell family.
The town that grew up around him was named Naperville after him. Another bit of history
mentioned by Mrs. Barrows is that Joseph N. Harris, now living near Yorkville was born in
Captain Naper's house in 1833. He was about a year old when her folks left Naperville and
came to Newark.
NEWARK SKETCHES
Written by Andrew L. Brown
Edited and compiled by Elmer Dickson
"The Pioneers Whose Lives Are Spared"
Kendall County Record, February 14, 1906
Mrs. Phoebe Stowell Barrows is the only person now residing at Newark who can claim to have
trod these streets as far back as seventy-two years ago. She was one of the children of Walter
and Susan (Butler) Stowell and was born at Perry, Ashtabula County, Ohio, 84 years ago, on
March 22, 1822. In 1831, she came with her parents to DuPage County. At first they occupied a
double log house with one Paul Hawley and his family near the present site of Naperville. They
soon erected a log house of their own a mile from Hawley's on the Chicago and Ottawa road
and there kept a tavern and post office. In June 1832 they fled to Fort Dearborn from the
Indians. They were there three months and subsisted on the same rations as the soldiers. In
1834 the family came to Kendall County. For many years Walter Stowell was prominent as
tavern keeper, postmaster and farmer at Georgetown and Newark. In February 1839, Phoebe
Ann Stowell married George D. Barrows. He was a farmer and all-around mechanic at
Georgetown. The wedded life of this couple extended over a period of 65 years. They had five
sons and one daughter. Mr. Barrows died at Newark in February 1904. The widow looks a trifle
feebler now than twenty years ago, but her conversation is very interesting. She says among
other things that General B. F. Butler's father was her mother's brother. She has a good
recollection of Fort Dearborn and the Chicago of the early thirties.
Some Interesting Odds and Ends
Kendall County Record, April 11, 1906
One of our residents, Mrs. Barrows, says that at her native place in Ashtabula County, Ohio,
there was a family of the name of Naper, and she remembers them well. It was the Napers who
induced the Stowells to move to Illinois. Walter Stowell and his family, one of who was destined
to be this Mrs. Barrows, came all the way from that northeast corner of Ohio to Illinois in a
covered wagon. They sent most of the worldly goods ahead by way of the lakes on a vessel
whose Captain was their friend, Joseph Naper. This was in 1831 and the future Mrs. Barrows
was nine years old.
There was no Naperville then where the Stowells came to Illinois. Captain Naper quit sailing
about this time and took up his abode near the DuPage (River,) not far from the Stowell family.
The town that grew up around him was named Naperville after him. Another bit of history
mentioned by Mrs. Barrows is that Joseph N. Harris, now living near Yorkville was born in
Captain Naper's house in 1833. He was about a year old when her folks left Naperville and
came to Newark.
Written by Andrew L. Brown
Edited and compiled by Elmer Dickson
"The Pioneers Whose Lives Are Spared"
Kendall County Record, February 14, 1906
Mrs. Phoebe Stowell Barrows is the only person now residing at Newark who can claim to have
trod these streets as far back as seventy-two years ago. She was one of the children of Walter
and Susan (Butler) Stowell and was born at Perry, Ashtabula County, Ohio, 84 years ago, on
March 22, 1822. In 1831, she came with her parents to DuPage County. At first they occupied a
double log house with one Paul Hawley and his family near the present site of Naperville. They
soon erected a log house of their own a mile from Hawley's on the Chicago and Ottawa road
and there kept a tavern and post office. In June 1832 they fled to Fort Dearborn from the
Indians. They were there three months and subsisted on the same rations as the soldiers. In
1834 the family came to Kendall County. For many years Walter Stowell was prominent as
tavern keeper, postmaster and farmer at Georgetown and Newark. In February 1839, Phoebe
Ann Stowell married George D. Barrows. He was a farmer and all-around mechanic at
Georgetown. The wedded life of this couple extended over a period of 65 years. They had five
sons and one daughter. Mr. Barrows died at Newark in February 1904. The widow looks a trifle
feebler now than twenty years ago, but her conversation is very interesting. She says among
other things that General B. F. Butler's father was her mother's brother. She has a good
recollection of Fort Dearborn and the Chicago of the early thirties.
Some Interesting Odds and Ends
Kendall County Record, April 11, 1906
One of our residents, Mrs. Barrows, says that at her native place in Ashtabula County, Ohio,
there was a family of the name of Naper, and she remembers them well. It was the Napers who
induced the Stowells to move to Illinois. Walter Stowell and his family, one of who was destined
to be this Mrs. Barrows, came all the way from that northeast corner of Ohio to Illinois in a
covered wagon. They sent most of the worldly goods ahead by way of the lakes on a vessel
whose Captain was their friend, Joseph Naper. This was in 1831 and the future Mrs. Barrows
was nine years old.
There was no Naperville then where the Stowells came to Illinois. Captain Naper quit sailing
about this time and took up his abode near the DuPage (River,) not far from the Stowell family.
The town that grew up around him was named Naperville after him. Another bit of history
mentioned by Mrs. Barrows is that Joseph N. Harris, now living near Yorkville was born in
Captain Naper's house in 1833. He was about a year old when her folks left Naperville and
came to Newark.
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