Ann H. Williams, dtr of Nathaniel and Anna Yeoman Williams, married Willard Barrows in 1832 in Elizabethtown, Union, NJ. Ann had an older brother, Charles Clark b 29 Nov 1797 in Westfield, Union, NJ who came to Iowa in Aug 1844.
Willard was born 1806 in Monson, Hampden, MA. He became a school teacher in E-town. He next became a surveyor of Indian lands for the US.
In 1837 while surveying in the West, he met Duncan Campbell Eldridge who persuaded Willard to leave NJ and bring his family to Davenport.
"Barrows New Map of Iowa" published in 1854 attracted many families to the state where the land agency of Barrows and Millard sold 1000s of acres to settlers and speculators. Willard traveled to California, Central America and the Carribean, and toward the end of his life, he was active in the banking business in the Montana and Idaho gold fields. He died in Davenport.
He and Ann Williams Barrows had 4 children: Sarah J b ca 1834 in NJ, Carie G [Caroline] b ca 1837 in NJ, Benjamin H b 20 Dec 1847 in Davenport, and Willard Jr b June 1849 in Davenport, d 2 Aug 1849 age 2 mo.
Willard was born 1806 in Monson, Hampden, MA. He became a school teacher in E-town. He next became a surveyor of Indian lands for the US.
In 1837 while surveying in the West, he met Duncan Campbell Eldridge who persuaded Willard to leave NJ and bring his family to Davenport.
"Barrows New Map of Iowa" published in 1854 attracted many families to the state where the land agency of Barrows and Millard sold 1000s of acres to settlers and speculators. Willard traveled to California, Central America and the Carribean, and toward the end of his life, he was active in the banking business in the Montana and Idaho gold fields. He died in Davenport.
He and Ann Williams Barrows had 4 children: Sarah J b ca 1834 in NJ, Carie G [Caroline] b ca 1837 in NJ, Benjamin H b 20 Dec 1847 in Davenport, and Willard Jr b June 1849 in Davenport, d 2 Aug 1849 age 2 mo.
Ann H. Williams, dtr of Nathaniel and Anna Yeoman Williams, married Willard Barrows in 1832 in Elizabethtown, Union, NJ. Ann had an older brother, Charles Clark b 29 Nov 1797 in Westfield, Union, NJ who came to Iowa in Aug 1844.
Willard was born 1806 in Monson, Hampden, MA. He became a school teacher in E-town. He next became a surveyor of Indian lands for the US.
In 1837 while surveying in the West, he met Duncan Campbell Eldridge who persuaded Willard to leave NJ and bring his family to Davenport.
"Barrows New Map of Iowa" published in 1854 attracted many families to the state where the land agency of Barrows and Millard sold 1000s of acres to settlers and speculators. Willard traveled to California, Central America and the Carribean, and toward the end of his life, he was active in the banking business in the Montana and Idaho gold fields. He died in Davenport.
He and Ann Williams Barrows had 4 children: Sarah J b ca 1834 in NJ, Carie G [Caroline] b ca 1837 in NJ, Benjamin H b 20 Dec 1847 in Davenport, and Willard Jr b June 1849 in Davenport, d 2 Aug 1849 age 2 mo.
Willard was born 1806 in Monson, Hampden, MA. He became a school teacher in E-town. He next became a surveyor of Indian lands for the US.
In 1837 while surveying in the West, he met Duncan Campbell Eldridge who persuaded Willard to leave NJ and bring his family to Davenport.
"Barrows New Map of Iowa" published in 1854 attracted many families to the state where the land agency of Barrows and Millard sold 1000s of acres to settlers and speculators. Willard traveled to California, Central America and the Carribean, and toward the end of his life, he was active in the banking business in the Montana and Idaho gold fields. He died in Davenport.
He and Ann Williams Barrows had 4 children: Sarah J b ca 1834 in NJ, Carie G [Caroline] b ca 1837 in NJ, Benjamin H b 20 Dec 1847 in Davenport, and Willard Jr b June 1849 in Davenport, d 2 Aug 1849 age 2 mo.
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