Pope Barrow

Pope Barrow was born August 1, 1839, at the home of his maternal grandfather, Mr. Middleton Pope, in Oglethorpe County, Ga. He is a son of David Crenshaw Barrow, who was born at Milledgeville, Ga., July 26, 1815. David was a son of James Barrow, who was born in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, January 31, 1757. James was the son of Thomas Barrow, who was born in Southampton County, Virginia, on the Nottaway River. He (Thomas) was the son of Thomas Barrow, who was born in England, in the year 1640, and died in Southampton County, Va., over ninety years of age.

Pope Barrow was educated at the University of Georgia, from which he graduated finally in the law department in 1860. He entered the army in April, 1861, as a lieutenant in the Troup artillery. At the expiration of his twelve months’ service in that battery he was appointed aide-de-camp to Gen. Howell Cobb, in which capacity he served until he was taken prisoner near the close of the war. Upon his release he returned home, and, after a short residence in Oglethorpe County, commenced the practice of law in Athens, which he has continued ever since. In 1867 he was married to Sarah Church Craig, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Stevenson Craig, U. S. A., and Elizabeth Church. She was the mother of five children, and died December 28, 1881. June 24, 1884, he was married to Cornelia Jackson, daughter of Gen. Henry R. Jackson and Cornelia Davenport. She is the mother of two children.

In 1877 Mr. Barrow was elected a member of the constitutional convention of the State of Georgia, representing the county of Clarke in the delegation from the Twenty-seventh district. In 1880 he was elected to the legislature from the county of Clarke. In 1882 he was elected by the legislature to the United States Senate to fill the unexpired term left vacant by the death of Hon. B. H. Hill. He is a lawyer engaged in active practice. Mr. Barrow’s grandfather, James Barrow, entered the Revolutionary war under Gen. Washington as a private soldier when he was eighteen years of age. When he was only twenty years of age he went through the famous winter at Valley Forge and was one of those who endured the sufferings of that historic winter throughout. He was in most of the battles of the southern part of the United States and as in the engagements at Brandywine and Germantown.

Mr. Barrow’s paternal grandmother was Patience Crenshaw, of Hancock County, Georgia. His paternal great-grandmother was Elizabeth Atkinson, of Southampton County, Virginia.

He has two brothers living, Thomas Agustine Barrow, of Decatur County, Ga., and David Crenshaw Barrow, Jr., who lives at Athens. One of his brothers, James Barrow, who was lieutenant-colonel of the Sixty-fourth Georgia regiment, was killed in battle at Olustee during the late war between the States. Two of his brothers, Benjamin White and Henry Walker, died young. Two of his sisters, Lucy Cobb (wife of Capt. John A. Cobb) and Clara Elizabeth Barrow have also died. He has one sister living, Mrs. Nelly Spalding, widow of Capt. Bourke Spalding, of Sapelo Island, who died in 1884.

On the paternal side Mr. Barrow’s family have great longevity. His father is still living at the age of seventy-three. His grandfather, James, died at the age of seventy-two. His great-grandfather, Thomas, lived to be over seventy, and his great-great-grandfather, Thomas, lived to be over ninety.

His mother was Sarah Eliza Pope, daughter of Middleton Pope and Lucy Lumpkin. Middleton Pope was a son of Henry Augustine Pope, of Oglethorpe County, Georgia. Lucy Lumpkin was a daughter of Wilson Lumpkin, of Athens, who was a member of the national house of representatives, a member of the United States Senate and twice governor of Georgia.

Mr. Barrow has seven children: Pope, Jr., Elizabeth Church, James, David Crenshaw, Craig, Florence Barclay and Lucy Lumpkin.

BIOGRAPHICAL SOUVENIR OF THE STATES OF GEORGIA & FLORIDA
Containing biographical sketches of the representative public
& many early settled families in these states
F.A. Battey & Company, 1889