The Barbour family is an American political family of Scottish origin from Virginia.[1] The progenitor of the Barbour family was James Barbour, who emigrated to Virginia from Scotland in the middle of the 17th-century.[1]

Barbour
Current regionVirginia
Place of originScotland
MembersJames Barbour
John S. Barbour
John S. Barbour, Jr.
Philip P. Barbour
Connected familiesPendleton family
Taliaferro family
Estate(s)Barboursville

Notable members

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The Barbour family's more notable members included James Barbour (10 June 1775–7 June 1842), United States Senator, 18th Governor of Virginia, and 11th United States Secretary of War; John Strode Barbour, Sr. (8 August 1790–12 January 1855), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 15th congressional district; John Strode Barbour, Jr. (29 December 1820–14 May 1892), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 8th congressional district and United States Senator; and Philip P. Barbour (25 May 1783–25 February 1841), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 11th congressional district, 12th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Members of the Barbour family
  • James Barbour I (born 1681) m. Elizabeth Taliaferro
    • James Barbour II (1707–1775) m. Elizabeth Todd (1730), m. Sarah Todd (1733)
      • Richard Barbour
      • James Barbour III (1734–1804) m. Frances Throckmorton (1762)
        • Mordecai Barbour (1764–1846) m. Elizabeth Strode, m. Sally Haskell Byrne
          • John Strode Barbour (1790–1855) m. Elizabeth A. Byrne
            • John Strode Barbour, Jr. (1820–1892) m. Susan Sewell Daingerfield (1865)
            • James Barbour (1828–1895) m. Fanny Thomas Beckham (1857)
              • Ella B. Barbour Rixey (born 1858) m. John Franklin Rixey (1881)
              • Mary B. Barbour Wallace (born 1860) m. Clarence B. Wallace (1890)
              • James Byrne Barbour (1864–1926)
              • John Strode Barbour (1866–1952) m. Mary B. Grimsley (1894)
              • Edwin Barbour (1868–1902) m. Josie McDonald
              • A. Floyd Barbour (born 1868)
              • Fanny C. Barbour Beckham (born 1874) m. Benjamin Collins Beckham (1899)
            • Alfred Madison Barbour (1829–1866) m. Kate Daniels (1858)
          • Frances Barbour Minor m. Henry Minor
          • Ann Barbour Gist m. Thomas Gist
          • Maria Barbour Tillinghast Hogan m. (?) Tillinghast, m. J. B. Hogan
          • Mordecai Barbour
        • James Barbour
        • Thomas Barbour m. Mary Taylor
        • Richard Barbour m. Mary Moore
        • Gabriel Barbour
        • Philip Barbour m. Lucy Taylor, m. Eliza Hopkins
        • Frances Barbour Moore m. John Moore
        • Sarah Barbour Harrison m. John (James) Harrison
        • Mary Barbour Walker m. David Walker
        • Lucy Barbour Baylor m. Wythe Baylor
      • Thomas Barbour (1735–1825) m. Mary Pendleton Thomas
        • Richard Barbour
        • James Barbour (1775–1842) m. Lucy Maria Johnson (1795)
          • Lucy Maria Barbour Taliaferro (1797–1843) m. John Seymour Taliaferro (1822)
          • Benjamin Johnson Barbour (1800–1820)
          • James Barbour (died 1857)
          • Benjamin Johnson Barbour (1821–1894) m. Caroline Homassel Watson (1844)
          • Frances Cornelia Barbour Collins m. William Handy Collins
        • Lucy T. Barbour
        • Philip P. Barbour (1783–1841) m. Frances Todd Johnson (1804)
          • Edmund Pendleton Barbour (1805–1851)
          • Philippa Barbour (1807–1860)
          • Elizabeth Barbour Ambler (1808–1857) m. John Jaquelin Ambler (1828)
          • Quintus Barbour m. Mary Elizabeth Somerville (1833)
            • Frances Todd Barbour Ewing m. D. B. Ewing
            • Cornelia Barbour Somerville m. James Somerville
            • Philip Barbour
            • Jane Barbour
            • Philip Pendleton Barbour
          • Sextus Barbour (1813–1848)
          • Septimus Barbour (1815–1816)
          • Thomas Barbour (1810–1849)
        • Nelly Barbour
        • Mary Thomas Bryan m. Daniel Bryan
        • Sally Barbour
      • Philip Barbour m. (?)
        • (?) Barbour
      • Ambrose Barbour (born c. 1733) m. Catherine Thomas
        • Philip Barbour
        • James Barbour m. Letitia Green
          • Catherine Barbour Vick m. J. Wesley Vick
        • Lucinda Barbour Hardin m. Benjamin Hardin
        • Richard Barbour
        • Lucy Barbour Davis m. (?) Davis
      • William Barbour
      • Mary Barbour Harrison m. John Harrison
      • Fanny Barbour Smith m. (?) Smith
      • Betty Barbour Johnson m. Benjamin Johnson
      • (?) Barbour Boyd m. James Boyd

References

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  1. ^ a b Green, Raleigh Travers; Philip Slaughter (1900). Genealogical and historical notes on Culpeper county, Virginia. R.T. Green.