Edward BARNARD

Father: Levi BARNARD
Mother: Polly MILKES

Family 1: Elizabeth Jane HOUSTATER

(1) Portrait and biographical album of Ionia and Montcalm counties, Mich.; Chapman Brothers. Chicago: Chapman bros., 1891. p.514, and 517. 
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Notes

Updated April 17, 2017. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) 1850 United States Census for New York, Niagara Co., Cambria: Page 739; August 26, 1850.

Edward BARNARD is the son of Levi and Mary BARNARD. He is 26 years old, born in New York and is a farmer.

(2) 1855 New York State Census for Niagara Co., Town of Cambria: June 11, 1855.

Edward BARNARD is the son of Levi and Mary BARNARD. He is 30 years old, born in Orleans Co., and is a farmer. He is listed as married.

(3) 1860 United States Census for Michigan, Ionia Co., Orange (Orange Post Office): Page 317, September 22, 1860.

Edward BARNRD is head of household, married to Elizabeth J. [HOUSTATER] BARNARD. He is 34 years old, born in New York and is a farmer with real estate valued at $2,510 and personal estate valued at $600.

(4) 1870 United States Census for Michigan, Ionia Co., Orange Twp. (Ionia Post Office): page 5; June 2, 1870.

Edward BARNARD is head of household, married to Elizabeth J. [HOUSTATER] BARNARD. He is 40 years old, born in New York and is a farmer with real estate valued at $5,000 and personal estate valued at $2,300.

(5) 1880 United States Census for Michigan, Ionia Co., Orange: Supervisor's District 2; Enumeration District 99; page 28; June 21-22, 1880.

Edward BARNARD is head of household, married to E. Jane [HOUSTATER] BARNARD. He is 55 years old and was born in New York, with his father born in Connecticut and his mother born in New York. He is a farmer.

(6) 1900 United States Census for Michigan, Ionia Co., Orange Twp.: Supervisor's District 5; Enumeration District 23; Sheet 2A; June 2-4, 1900.

Edward BARNARD is head of household, married to Elizabeth J. [HOUSTATER] BARNARD.

- Birth date: July 1824; age 75
- Number of Years of Present Marriage: 50 years
- Birthplace: New York, with his parents born in Connecticut
- Occupation: Farmer
- Home: Owns his farm, free of mortgage

(7) Michigan, Death Records via Ancestry.com

- Name: Edward BARNARD
- Date of Death: Feb 13, 1908; 8:30 pm
- Cause of Death: Bronchitis
- Place of Death: Orange, Ionia Co., Michigan
- Date of Birth: July 15, 1825
- Age: 82 years; 6 months; 28 days
- Marital Status: Married
- Age at Marriage: 24
- Number of Children: None
- Birthplace: New York
- Father: Levi BARNARD
- Father's Birthplace: Connecticut
- Mother: Polly MILKES
- Mother's Birthplace: New York
- Occupation: Farmer

(8) Find a Grave

- Name: Edward BARNARD
- Birth: 1824
- Death: 1908
- Spouse: Elizabeth Jane HOSTETTER BARNARD (1831 - 1912)
- Burial: Portland Cemetery; Portland, Ionia County, Michigan, USA
- Plot: Section EMD 496 27

(9) Transcription of Last Will & Testament of Philip Houstater, December 13, 1862. Niagara Co., NY (courtesy of Mathews family records).

- Lists "Elizabeth Jane BARNARD, wife of Edward BARNARD" as his child.

(10) Mathews family records, November 29, 2001.

(11) Portrait and biographical album of Ionia and Montcalm counties, Mich.; Chapman Brothers. Chicago: Chapman bros., 1891. p.514, and 517.

EDWARD BARNARD

This gentleman resides on a farm on Section 27, Orange Township, Ionia County. He belongs to a family of Scotch origin. His father, Levi BARNARD, a native of Connecticut, was born in 1780, and combined with the business of a farmer the trades of wagonmaker and shoemaker. His mother, Polly (MILKES) BARNARD, was a native of Rome, Oneida County, N.Y., and was a Pennsylvania Dutch descent. Her father was a remarkable man physically, being a giant in stature and strength, weighing three hundred and forty pounds and well-proportioned. He could life enormous weights and accomplish prodigious tasks.

Mr. and Mrs. Levi BARNARD were married in Rome, N.Y. and from there they emigrated to Canada, where for about six years they kept a tavern. They then returned to New York, settling in Orleans county upon a timbered farm, becoming pioneers of that region; they then proceeded to improve the farm upon which they lived for sixteen years. Their next removal was to Niagara County, where they made their home upon a farm until their death in 1863. Sixteen children blessed their home, only two of whom are now living. One daughter, Mrs. Mary Ann HORTON, still resides in Niagara County, N.Y, The parents were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the father was very active in church matters. He was also deeply interested in politics, being a Whig in the early years, but with many other Whigs joined the Republican party upon its formation. At one time he held the office of the Supervisor, also that of Justice of the Peace.

Edward BARNARD was born July 15, 1825, in Orleans, N.Y. At sixteen years of age he removed with his parents to Niagara County, and there he resided until 1849, when he came to Michigan to visit his brother, Esquire BARNARD, who was a pioneer settler here. After his return home he was united in marriage March 14, 1850, with Elizabeth Jane HOUSTATER, a daughter of Phillip and Mary (SADDLESARM) HOUSTATER, natives of Pennsylvania, and on both sides belonging to Pennsylvania Dutch families, all being engaged in the business of farming, and descendants of very early settlers of that state. The maternal grandfather of Mrs. BARNARD was over one hundred years old at the time of his death, while the family on her paternal side were also long lived. Mr. and Mrs. HOUSTATER were the parents of seven children, four of whom are now living. Mrs. HOUSTATER died in 1855 and her husband followed her in 1863. Their daughter, Mrs. BARNARD, was born September 21, 1831, in Niagara County, N.Y.

The newly married couple made their wedding trip to Michigan and set up housekeeping in a log shanty on section 27, entering at once upon the improvement of forty acres of raw land. That poverty in youth does not preclude an honest, industrious, capable man from acquiring wealth, is proved in the history of this prosperous farmer. They were at the time of their marriage very poor and to get here had to borrow $100, upon which they paid seven percent interest. Only $30 remained in the family purse when they reached their new home, and they had to go in debt for the land. Besides this sum of money, they had their own sturdy independence, good health, and forty acres of encumbered land to begin with. Mr. BARNARD cleared off thirty acres and cultivated it. To this he added eighty acres of raw land of which he has cleared and put under cultivation sixty-five acres. The early cultivation of land with the pioneers of Ionia County, included a general clearance of their acreage from stumps and stones. There were no settled roads then, and plenty of Indian neighbors and wild animals abounded, but Mr. BARNARD had a happy faculty of getting along well with the Indians.

Mr. BARNARD has always carried on his farming actively and has widely chosen to follow mixed husbandry. He devotes considerable attention to stock-raising and has on his farm the Short-horn and Devon cattle. After residing on this place for three years he removed back to the old home in New York, where he remained for two and a half years. and then made his permanent home in Michigan. He now has one hundered and sixty aces of land, located at section 22, 27, and 28. His present residence he erected in 1870, at a cost of $2100, besides his own labor and supervision. All the improvements now on the farm have been placed there by himself. He is a member of the Patrons of Industry, also of the Independent Order of Odd Fellow and the Masonic fraternity, both at Portland.

In the early days Mr. BARNARD was a Road Overseer, and many of the good roads in the county were made by him, and were cut through heavy timber. In those days they were glad to get a market for their eggs at five cents a dozen and their butter at five cents a pound. Mrs. BARNARD assisted her husband bravely in all his outside work; he would sow the wheat and then she followed him to drag it in. An ox-team was his only motive power and for three years his best vehicle a sled as he was too poor to buy a wagon. This beautiful home has never been blessed with children. Mr. BARNARD takes an interest in public affairs and has always voted the Republican ticket. His judgment is considered sound and he has been chosen sixteen times to serve as juror in both State and United States Courts. His brothers, Esquire, Levi, and James, died in this and Berlin Townships. Mr. BARNARD stands as one of the representative men of Orange Township, and is highly esteemed in the community which has so long been his home.