ASA LANDON’S BARNARD DESCENDANTS

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ASA LANDON’S BARNARD DESCENDANTS

 John R. Swanson

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One branch of the Landon descendancy comes down through Asa Landon’s daughter Electa, who married Alexander Barnard. I am a descendant of Electa and Alexander, through their son Samuel, and wrote this article to introduce this part of the Landon heritage.

 

Electa was the seventh of Asa and Jerusha Landon’s eleven children. She was born on August 9, 1770, in Salisbury, Connecticut. Alexander Barnard was a United Empire Loyalist, like his father-in-law. He first appears on June 14, 1781, at the age of seventeen, when he was either in Albany, New York, serving under Captain Myers in Major Roger’s Company, or had already arrived with the Company in St. Johns, Quebec. He was rewarded for his Loyalist service in 1784 with a land grant in Augusta Township. Electa and Alexander were married there around 1788 all of their nine children were born in that area.

The children were Jerusha, Hannah, John, Eleanor, Sarah ("Sally"), Samuel, Elizabeth, Ann, and Electa Catherine ("Polly"). They all received 200 acre land grants as sons and daughters of a Loyalist.

 

1. Jerusha Barnard

Jerusha married John Gordon. Her land grant, awarded in August 1810, was in Ernestown, Lennox and Addington County. Later that year, she and John sold the land to Hamilton Walker. We have no more information on them.

 

 

2. Hannah Barnard

Hannah was born June 14, 1788, in Ontario. She married Isaac Nichols before 1807 and died on June 24, 1851, in Oswegatchie, St. Lawrence County, New York. Hannah’s land grant, issued on February 13, 1811, was in Leeds and Grenville County. Apparently she and Isaac had already moved to New York by then, as their eldest son William was born there in 1807. They had seven children, all of whom were born in Oswegatchie.

William N. Nichols was born September 29, 1807 and Electa on June 11, 1809. In 1850 Electa and her parents were in the household of her brother Benjamin. She died in Oswegatchie on either March 13, 1874 or March 8, 1875. Hannah’s third child, Lucy, was born June 29, 1811, and died at 22 years of age on August 5, 1831. Alex was born November 4, 1813.

Born on October 11, 1815, Benjamin Nichols was a farmer. He married Rhoda Barnum. They had four children, Hannah, John, Elizabeth, and Mary. Benjamin died in Oswegatchie on December 3, 1861. His will gave a tract of land known as "Isaac Nichols Farm" to his wife and his son John.

Robert Nichols was born March 9, 1818, and died on December 2, 1861, in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. We know of one son, William, who was also buried in Fond du Lac.

The last child, John Nichols, was born January 31, 1820. He moved to Wisconsin in 1845 and at one time owned an inn at Sheboygan Falls. On September 24, 1855, he married Esther Bartlett in Quebec. John died in Fond du Lac on December 21, 1899. He and Esther had a son named Robert.

 

3. John Barnard

John Barnard was born January 21, 1789, in North Augusta, Grenville County, Ontario. John’s land grant, dated April 9, 1816, was in Portland, Frontenac County, Ontario. A John Landon had a nearby lot. John married Freelove Thomas on January 28, 1823, in Augusta Township. On September 25, 1823, he sold what may have been his land grant to Parker Smith of Ernestown, Ontario. John died in Augusta on February 10, 1861.

John and Freelove had nine children, all born in Ontario. The eldest, Alexander, was born March 16, 1824, and died six years later, on April 7, 1830, also in North Augusta.

Olivia was born January 13, 1826 and married H. N. Davies. She was in Elizabethtown, Leeds County, in 1851, and in 1891 was back in Augusta with the family of her daughter Clara. She died in North Augusta on December 11, 1899. Olivia and H. N. Davies had two daughters, Hester and Clara Amelia.

The third child of John and Freelove Barnard was George, born January 15, 1828. He was in Elizabethtown in 1851, but disappeared as a young man.

Heman Barnard was born April 2, 1830. He and his brother Alfred came to the United States in 1849 and after short stays in Gloversville, New York, and in Ohio went to Montrose, Iowa. There they worked as coopers. Heman married Sarah Wheeler in Montrose and they settled on a farm in Rock Creek Township, Hancock County, Illinois. Heman died there on December 3, 1893 in Rock Creek Township. Most of Heman’s descendants have lived in the Midwest, primarily in Illinois and southeastern Iowa. Heman and Sarah had thirteen children, Elizabeth Ellen, John, Katharine, Franklin Wheeler, Ruth, Alfred E., Eva Ann, Laura, Lucy, Abigail, Vernita, Samuel, and Caroline.

Asa Barnard, John’s and Freelove’s next child, was born May 6, 1832. He married Ann Jane Tackaberry. Asa was a carpenter and lived on a farm in Oxford-on-Rideau Township, Grenville County, Ontario. During the 1870’s, he and his son Ormond helped construct the town hall and Asa then served as its caretaker. He died in Oxford Township on November 8, 1888. Asa and Ann had nine children, Heman, Ormond, Martha, John Morton, Lucy, Wesley, Bruce, Oliva, and Margaret.

 

 

John’s and Freelove’s sixth child, John Barnard, was born January 17, 1836, in Elizabethtown, Ontario. He married Eleanor Eva ("Ellen") Wright and may have had a second wife named Pearl. John was a farmer. He and Ellen were in Illinois in 1870, but by the time of the 1880 census they had moved to Sedgwick County, Kansas. John died there, in Derby, on March 17, 1888. He and Ellen had twelve children, Emily, Blanche Elma, Catherine, Maude, Eleanor, Amelia, Elmer, Pearl, Amelia Augusta, Grace, a son whose name is not known, and Eleanor.

 

Ruth, the seventh child, was born March 8, 1838. She married Snell Robbins. They lived in Gloversville, New York. It seems likely either that they moved to Gloversville with her brothers Heman and Alfred, or that the brothers went to Gloversville because Ruth and Snell were there. Ruth and Snell had a son named George who also lived in Gloversville.

The eighth child of John and Freelove was Anne, born July 5, 1840, in New Dublin, Grenville County, Ontario. She married John Earl, who raised race and saddle horses. Anne died on December 28, 1912, in Elizabethtown. She and John had seven children, Reuben, Albert Earnest, Frederick, Adda Louise, John D., Jennie Maud, Ida May, and Charles Roy.

The ninth child, Alfred Earnest, was born July 14, 1842, in Brockville, Ontario. As noted above, Alfred went to Illinois with Heman, and worked there as a farmer and a carpenter. He married Mary Hannah Alston. In 1870, they lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, then settled on a farm near Adrian, Hancock County. Alfred died there on April 20, 1903. His obituary described him as "a strong supporter of W. J. Bryan and democracy." Alfred and Mary had four children, Gertrude Anna, Frances S., George Ernest, and William Grover.

  1. Eleanor ("Nellie") Barnard

The only information we have on Eleanor at this point is that she married Sumners Walker on June 16, 1818, in Ontario.

 

5. Sarah ("Sally") Barnard

Sally Barnard was born around 1796 in Ontario. She married William L. Hamblin on October 27, 1816. They moved to New York in 1823, where William was listed in the 1830 Census in Jefferson County, next door to Sally’s brother Samuel. William and Samuel sponsored each other’s applications for citizenship in September 1834. A year later, in October 1835, Sally received a land grant in Enniskillen Township, Lambton County, Ontario, which they sold to William Spalding on December 7, 1839. Around 1865, Sally and William moved to Michigan, probably to be with or near their son Alexander. Sally died on April 7, 1890, in Battle Creek.

Their eldest child, their son Alexander, was born December 10, 1817, in Ontario. He married Sarah A. Walton and moved to Battle Creek, where he was a very successful banker until his retirement in June 1888. His contributions to the Battle Creek community included the opera house, several business blocks, residential areas, and two bridges, the latter paid for from his own pocket. He died in Battle Creek from liver and stomach troubles on May 21, 1897. Alexander and Sarah had three children, Mary A., Alice Theresa, and Samuel H. Hamblin.

Sally and William Hamblin also had five daughters. Sarah married a Tupper, Emeline a Clark, and Martha a Collins. They were still alive at the time of Alexander’s death in 1897, as was the fourth daughter, Elvira. She was born around 1825, Alexandria Bay, Jefferson County, New York, and died on May 17, 1902, in Battle Creek. Elvira did not marry. Another daughter, Elizabeth, is listed in the 1850 census, when she was 23 years old, but does not show up in Alexander’s will.

 

6. Samuel Barnard

Samuel Barnard was born September 11, 1803, in Ontario. He moved to New York in 1820 and married Anna Babbitt Tallman in St. Lawrence County, in 1829. As noted above, he was naturalized on September 4, 1834, in Jefferson County, New York, sponsored by his brother-in-law William L. Hamblin. Samuel received his land grant, in Elizabethtown, Leeds County that same year, when he was already in New York. In 1830 and 1835 he was in Alexander Bay. In 1840, the family was in Oswegatchie, and in 1850 in De Peyster, New York. They moved to Wisconsin in 1855 and are listed in that year’s state census in Woodville, Calumet County. Samuel died there the next year, on August 25, from a gangrenous knee injury suffered when he was chopping wood. Samuel and Anna had twelve children.

Benjamin Nichols Barnard, their eldest son, was born on May 17, 1830, in Alexander Bay. He married Marietta Hotchkiss. During the Civil War he joined the 21st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment and was wounded in the hip in the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, resulting in his discharge in 1862. He then worked as a teamster and by 1870 he and Marietta had settled in Omro, Winnebago County, Wisconsin. Benjamin died there on June 26, 1907. He and Marietta had five children, Mary Ella, Simeon Tallman, Nancy Anna, Elizabeth Margaret, and Millie Valeria.

Lucy Nichols Barnard was born August 28, 1831, in Alexander Bay. She married Stephen Decatur Austin. They lived in Langlade County, Wisconsin, and Lucy was still there in late 1900 when her mother died. Lucy herself died on July 3, 1914, in Shelton, Mason County, Washington. Lucy and Stephen Austin had ten children, Stephen Henry, William D., Eva E., Clara, Maria E., Lucretia Viola, Rosa, Nellie T., William, and James E.

Samuel’s and Anna’s third child was Simeon Tallman Barnard. He was born January 12, 1833, in Toronto, during the family’s brief return to Canada. He moved to Calumet County, Wisconsin in 1854 and brought his parents and family there the following year. In June 1861, Simeon enlisted as a private in Company K, 4th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, but was discharged a short time later due to a disability that may have resulted from a leg injury. He married Maria Lenerville on June 2, 1861, in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Like Benjamin and Marietta, Simeon and Maria were settled in Omro by 1870, where Simeon was a farmer. They apparently spent a short time in Spink County, South Dakota, around 1900, but then went back to Omro, where Simeon died on October 31, 1920. Simeon and Maria had nine children, Benjamin Franklin, Charles, George, Samuel, Edwin, Earl Ernest Ray, Valeria Gay, Jennie Lee, and Sherman Tallman.

The fourth child of Samuel and Anna Barnard, Elizabeth Hannah, was born November 13, 1834, in Alexander Bay, New York. She married Smith Hotchkiss on December 31, 1854, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and died sometime after the 1860 census. At that time, they were living in the household of Smith Hotchkiss’ father with two sons, David and George. By 1880, however, Smith has a new wife, Charlotte, and additional children named Ervin, Milly, and Katie. We do not know at this time whether any, or which, of these children were Elizabeth’s.

The next child was Sarah Electa. She was born February 2, 1836, in Alexander Bay, and married George A. Paradis in Brillion, Wisconsin, around 1861. George was a physician. They lived in Racine, where Sarah still resided at the time of the death of her brother Simeon. Sarah and George had four children, Frank, Anna, Georgia, and Adell ("Della").

Roena Keziah Barnard was born September 13, 1840, in St. Lawrence County, New York. She married Byron Ketchingman on May 30, 1863, in Kewaunee, Wisconsin. Byron was a railway conductor. They also settled in Racine. Roena died there in September 1937. She and Byron had five children, Bertie, Claude, Ruby M., Pearl M., and Anna.

Samuel’s and Anna’s next child, Lucretia Willard Barnard, was born July 16, 1842, in Oswegatchie, New York. She married William P. Ferguson on May 3, 1859, in Calumet County, Wisconsin. William was also a railway conductor. In late 1900, Lucretia lived in Chicago, where she died on April 26, 1928. She and William had four children, Fred, Jennie, May, and Nellie.

 

Samuel’s and Anna’s daughter Nellie was born October 16, 1844, in Oswegatchie. She married Benjamin Colwell around 1871. They lived in Langlade County, Wisconsin. Nellie was living in Shawano County, Wisconsin, at the time of her mother’s death in 1900. She herself died October 21, 1920, in Walla Walla, Washington. She and Benjamin had five children, Justin ("Jesse"), Lucie Elizabeth, Benjamin, Hiram M., and Nellie.

Charles Alfred Barnard was born June 18, 1846, also in Oswegatchie. He married Priscilla Fox on August 6, 1871. They lived in Brillion, Wisconsin, where Charles was a veterinarian. He died in Brillion on July 9, 1920. Their six children were Samuel Henry, George A., William, Anna Elizabeth, Charles R., and Maebell ("Mae").

The next child was Rosalinda Pratt Barnard, born August 18, 1849, in De Peyster, St. Lawrence County, New York. In 1870, Rosalinda was working in a shingle mill in Omro, Wisconsin. The next year, on June 1, she married Joe Dumas in Berlin, Wisconsin. They lived in Eau Pleine, Wisconsin, at the time of the 1880 and 1900 censuses. She died in January 1925 in Chicago. Rosalinda and Joe had seven children, Edward, Mary (May or Mae), Maude, Lillian, George, Julia, and Joseph.

 

The last of Samuel’s and Anna’s children was Mary C. Barnard, born July 18, 1850, in De Peyster, New York. She married Benjamin Rollins on July 3, 1870, in Iowa County, Wisconsin, and they lived in Arena, in the same county. They had six children, Rena, Esther, Bert, Donald, Gertrude, and Hazel.

 

7. Elizabeth Barnard

Elizabeth was born in Canada. She married Elwick Randall on July 23, 1830, in Ontario. Her land grant was in Melanchton, Ontario, in July 1830. She and Elwick sold half the land to Edward McLernan on June 28, 1837, and the other half in February 1847 to Benjamin Fletcher. In 1840 Elwick was listed in the census as living in Elizabethtown Township, Leeds County, Ontario. We only know of their son William, who was born around 1831 and married a woman named Jane in Leeds County, Ontario. They had four children, Sarah, Hannah, Isabella, and Minerva.

 

8. Ann Barnard

Ann married Peter Thomas on August 16, 1818, in Ontario. Her land grant, in 1836, was also in Melanchton Township. They sold it to William Nichols in June 1837. Ann and Peter lived in Ernestown, Ontario, and had three children, one with the initial "D," David Daly, and George. David Daly was born around 1827 and married a woman named Emeline, with whom he had seven children, Joel Smith Thomas, William Henry, Octavia, Charles, Ira, Amelia, and Evaline. George was born around 1831 and married a woman named Margaret. They had four children, Hannah, Catherine, John, and Overton.

 

9. Electa Catherine ("Polly") Barnard

Without a birthdate, it is not clear where Polly came in this family’s birth order, but her marriage date suggests she was one of the youngest. She married Peter Grant Carpenter on August 19, 1828, in Ontario. A William Landon witnessed her land grant petition. Electa died May 7, 1838. Peter was still in Augusta in 1848. We know of two children from this marriage, Hiram and Daniel W. Carpenter. Hiram was born around 1834 and married Lydia Reed in November 1860. Daniel married Sarah E. Pennock in March, 1868.


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