Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 3/17/1924

BARBER-At Memorial hospital. March
16th, 1934, Walter H. Barber In his
65th year. He leaves one brother, A. M.
Barber of Sanborn.' N. Y. Funeral from
Daggett's undertaking parlors.' Wednesday
at 2:0O p.m. Interment Mountview
cemetery, Pekin, N.Y.

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 10/20/1905

THOMAS M. BARBER.
in the death of Thomas M. Barber,
who was buried from his late home In
Sanborn Sunday afternoon, Niagara
County lost one of the oldest, if not
the oldest, of her pioneer citizens.
It was In 1824. 81 years ago, that the
elder Barbers made the journey from
Connecticut' with ox teams and covered
wagons. James Barber, at that
time 7 years of age, was detailed to
drive a large part of the distance, one
of the slow-going teams of oxen,
trudging along for hundreds of miles
beside the patient beasts. The family
took up land near what is now the
Tuscarora Indian reservation-, a short
distance west of Sanborn. There they
endured all the hardships that belonged
to the pioneers era. and young
Barber grew up inured to toil.
In 1837, during what was known as
the Mackenzie Rebellion in Canada,
Thomas Barber served in the American
militia which guarded the border
to prevent the rebelling forces from
getting a foothold in this country. For
services rendered at that time he received
a government grant of several
hundred, acres in Iowa, upon which a
son, Edgar, now lives.
In the spring of 50, when the gold
fever swept the country. Mr. Barber
went with the flood of fortune hunters'
to the coast. He returned a few
years later and again took up his work
a t Sanborn, where-he owned several
farms.
Mr. and Mrs. Barber recently cele-
brated their diamond wedding. the
deceased passed away suddenly after
a brief illness of but a week. Besides
Mrs. Barber, four sons survive. They
are Edgar, who is living in Iowa, and
Matthew, Eugene, and Walter of San
born.

Thomas married BRIGGS, Samantha about 1835. Samantha was born about 1822 in New York; died on 6 Feb 1907 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 2/9/1907

Sanborn. Feb. 9.— Mrs. . Thomas
Barber passed away after a lingering
sickness Wednesday .afternoon, February
6th. 1907. In her 85th year, at
the residence of her son Mr. Mathew
Barber, who lives about two miles
east of Sanborn. Mrs. Barber was
the widow of the. late Thomas Bar-
bar, who died about two years ago.
but not until this couple had passed
the 7 5 th mile stone In their wedded
life, which occasion they celebrated
with a "diamond wedding." They
have living four sons, Edgar who re-
sides West: Matthew and Eugene of
Sanborn, and Walter of Niagara
F a l l s . Mrs. Barber's maiden name
was Samantha Briggs... whose early
life was spent in this region. For years
t h ey owned and lived on their farm
about one mile west of the village
until old age compelled them to sell
it and move Into the village of San-
born where she died. Pioneer set
tlers they were for Thomas Barber
in 1824 made tho Journev from Con
necticut with ox-teams and covered'
wagons with his father when he was
but 7 vears of age. and drove a large
part of the distance.
Mrs. Barber for more than 8 years
has suffered wtih cancer which
finally caused her death. Her
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Ella Barber,
who has been her constant attendant
for over a year says: "She bore her
affliction without murmuring. She
will be missed and mourned by a
large circle of relatives and neigh-
bors. She was a good woman, a lov-
inc mother, and a faithful wife, and
leaves a blessed memory."
She was a member of the M. E.
church from her girlhood days. The
funeral service was conducted from
her son's home by her pastor.
., an old friend of tne fam-
ily a n d the burial was in Pekin
cemetery by the side of her husband.
The Methodist church choir sang. The
I. O. O. F. attended the service of
which Mr. Barber Is Noble Grand.
"Servant of God, well done;
Thy glorious warfare's past.
The battle's fought, the race is won.
And Thou art crowned at last."