Nathaniel b ca 1774 in New Jersey was of Welsh extraction. He married Anna Clark ca 1796 in Westfield, Union, NJ. She was born ca 1779 in Westfield. Anna died 20 Dec 1797 in Westfield.
In 1856, Nathaniel moved to Davenport, Scott, IA from Elizabethtown, Union, NJ to live with dtr Ann. He died in Davenport at age 87 and is buried in the Willard Barrows lot here.
Ann b 9 Aug 1808 in Westfield and married Willard Barrows in 1832 in Elizabethtown.
Willard was born 1806 in Monson, Hampden, MA and received his education and became a teacher in Elizabethtown. He next became a surveyor of Indian lands for the government. In 1837, while surveying in the West, he met Duncan Campbell Eldridge who persuaded Mr. Barrows to leave NJ and bring his family to Davenport.
Barrows New Map of Iowa, published in 1854, attracted many families where the land agency of Barrows and Millard sold thousands of acres of land to settlers and speculators. Willard traveled to California, Central America dn the Carribean, and toward the end of his life, he was active in the Montana banking business and Idaho gold fields.
Ann died in Omaha, Douglas, NE. Willard died of enlargement of the heart in Davenport. They are both buried here.
Nathaniel b ca 1774 in New Jersey was of Welsh extraction. He married Anna Clark ca 1796 in Westfield, Union, NJ. She was born ca 1779 in Westfield. Anna died 20 Dec 1797 in Westfield.
In 1856, Nathaniel moved to Davenport, Scott, IA from Elizabethtown, Union, NJ to live with dtr Ann. He died in Davenport at age 87 and is buried in the Willard Barrows lot here.
Ann b 9 Aug 1808 in Westfield and married Willard Barrows in 1832 in Elizabethtown.
Willard was born 1806 in Monson, Hampden, MA and received his education and became a teacher in Elizabethtown. He next became a surveyor of Indian lands for the government. In 1837, while surveying in the West, he met Duncan Campbell Eldridge who persuaded Mr. Barrows to leave NJ and bring his family to Davenport.
Barrows New Map of Iowa, published in 1854, attracted many families where the land agency of Barrows and Millard sold thousands of acres of land to settlers and speculators. Willard traveled to California, Central America dn the Carribean, and toward the end of his life, he was active in the Montana banking business and Idaho gold fields.
Ann died in Omaha, Douglas, NE. Willard died of enlargement of the heart in Davenport. They are both buried here.
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