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Stout St. Leger Barklow
Born: 13 Feb 1822 Enterprise Furnace, Greenup Co., KY
Married: 15 Aug 1844 Scioto Co., OH
Died: 03 Feb 1898 Portsmouth, Scioto Co., OH
Buried: Greenlawn Cemetery, Portsmouth, Scioto Co., OH
FATHER
MOTHER
Margaret Foster
WIFE
Sarah Jane Jeffords b. 19/Jan/1827 Cannonsburg, Greenup Co., KY
d. 10/Jan/1903 Portsmouth, Scioto Co., OH
CHILDREN
1. Margaret Jane Barklow b. 21 Oct 1845 Portsmouth, Scioto Co., OH see obit. on her page
d. 26 March 1919 Portsmouth, Scioto Co., OH
2. William Ezra Barklow b. June 1849 Portsmouth, Scioto Co., OH
d. 12 Nov 1913 Portsmouth, Scioto Co. OH
3. Benjamin S. Barklow b. 06 Aug 1852 Portsmouth, Scioto Co., OH
d. 04 May/ 864 Portsmouth, Scioto Co., OH
Burried: Greenlawn Cemetery, Portsmouth, Scioto Co., OH
4. Agnes Barklow b. 20 Oct 1854 Portsmouth, Scioto Co., OH d. After 1920 census for Wayne, Scioto Co. OH
m. 07 Dec 1893 Portsmouth, Scioto Co., OH
m. Benjamin E. Roe
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"The Portsmouth Times, Monday Jan 12, 1903
Called Home
Death of Mrs. Sarah Jane Barklow Last Night
Close of a Consistent Christian Life, Replete with Kind Deeds and Good Works
Last evening at 7:30 o'clock, Mrs. Sarah Jane Barklow, widow of Stout Barklow, passed from life at the homestead, 26 East Third street. She had suffered from a complication of ailments for two years, but she was usually up and around her duties, and the sudden fatal termination was not looked for by her family and friends.
At seven o'clock last evening she was more than usually cheerful and retired in a happy frame of mind and inside of thirty minutes the spark of life was extinct.
Deceased was born at Cannonsburg, Greenup county, KY., the daughter of Ezra Jeffords Sr. and Eliza Van Bibben (sic), and came with her parents to Portsmouth, when she was two years old, and resided here ever after. August 15, 1844, she was joined in marriage to Stout Barklow, who became one of our most prominent citizens and died about three years ago. Six children were born of the union, only three of who are living, namely: William E., Margaret J. and Mrs. Agnes Roe. These three all reside at the old homestead. Deceased was the last of a family of fourteen children. Hon. Eliza Jeffords, congressman, United States judge and well known Southern statesman, was a brother. He died suddenly in Vicksburg, a few years ago. Ezra Jeffords of East Eight street, and Josiah Jeffords of the West Side are cousins of the deceased.
A peculiarity of Mrs. Barklow's death was the fact the its occurrence was just ten days short of her 76th birthday anniversary, while her husband died twelve days before the 76th milestone was reached.
She was a member of the Christian church and had been for many years. She was prominent for piety and beloved by all for her good works and kind disposition. She possessed a remarkable memory, and was authority upon many matters connected with the early history of the city and county. She was of bright and cheerful disposition, and will be greatly missed by a large circle of friends. She came of the best of pioneer stock. This was on her fathers' side. On this side of her mother she came from the Vanbibbers, the famous iron masters of early Kentucky.
The funeral will take place from the house Wednesday at two p.m. standard time. Elder George P. Taubman will conduct the exercises."
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"Portsmouth Daily Times, Friday, Feb. 4, 1898
Death Claims One of the Oldest and Most Respected Citizens
Stout Barklow, Well Known by Almost Everyone
in the City, Died Last Night at his Late Residence on East Third Street, after a
Long Illness.
Death continues to make inroads upon our old citizens. Another one has been
called to answer the final summons, and to this call one of our best known
citizens was compelled to yield. The familiar figure of Stout Barklow will no
more be seen upon our streets. This makes sixteen of our old citizens who have
been called to the great beyond this winter.
St. Leger Caud Stout Barklow, familiarly known as "Stout" Barklow, died at the
Barklow residence on East Third street last night at the age of seventy-six. The
deceased was born in Greenup county, Ky., near the old Enterprise furnace,
February 15th, 1829. At the age of five his parents moved to a farm opposite
Sciotoville, the residence standing on the river bank. The flood of 1832 driving
them to higher ground, a residence was erected nearer the hill. At the age of
sixteen he came to Portsmouth an engaged in draying. Later he went into the
Gaylord mill, becoming what is know as a "shingler." He soon became an expert a
this work and followed it until the great gold excitement in California. During
the days of the "Forty niners" he, with several others, purchased teams and a
general outfit at this place and started overland for the gold fields of the far
west. This at that time was a great undertaking. About six months was required
to make the journey, encountering many hardships and dangers. He remained away
about eighteen months when he returned by vessel. During the trip he was very
successful, and had he remained he would no doubt have been one of the
wealthiest men of the country. He owned and worked claims where now stands the
city of San Francisco. He had pre-empted the land where the suburb of San
Francisco, Oakland now stands. Here he expected to make his future home, improve
the land in the best style and eventually move his family there. For some cause
he thought best to come home, arriving here in 1852. He worked in the mill again
for a short time, then returned to California, remaining there for several
years, when he again returned to this city. During the war he was engaged in
boating pig iron to Cincinnati and Louisville. He was the owner of the propellor,
Brilliant, which burned in 1871, near Louisville.
Mr. Barklow came from Revolutionary stock. His grandmother on the paternal side
was born and raised at Princeton, New Jersey, and heard the thunder of
Washington’s guns when he routed the British. His grandfather on his mother’s
side was Job Foster, a Revolutionary soldier of considerable note.
On August 15th, 1844, the deceased was married to Sarah Jane Jeffords. To them
six children were born, three of whom are still living – William, Margaret Jane
and Mrs. Agnes E. Roe. Mrs. Barklow also survives her husband. Mr. Barklow as an
unusually strong man physically, being six feet three and one-half inches in
height. Fourteen years of his live at different periods he has been on the
police force of this city and was noted for his courage and close attention to
duty.
The funeral services will be held at the residence at 2 p.m., Sunday, Rev. Harp
officiating."
Biography from the History of Scioto County, by Nelson Evans
"Stout St. Leger Barklow was born February 15, 1822, at Enterprise Furnace, Greenup county, Kentucky. His grandmother wa Ruth Stout of New Jersey, who heard the guns at Trenton. His maternal grandfasther was Job Foster, a revolutionary soldier. His father, Benjamin Barklow kept a grocery on Second street, on the western part of the school lot. He was one of the founders of the Methodist Protestant church. In 1827, his parents moved to a farm in Kentucky opposite Sciotoville and lived there until the flood of 1832 reached them when they came back to Portsmouth. In 1838 our subject went to draying in Portsmouth. In 1841 he went into the Gaylord mill as a shingler. That is, to manage the trip hammer. The boss shingler was Peter Gardner. The elder T. G. Gaylord was then at the head of the mill. John Gould and Mr. Morrell held positions in the office. John Critzer was the engineer. A small nail mill was connected, in charge of Abraham Springer and William Miller. Miller got to be manager of the mill and Springer went to California in 1850. There were six knobbling fires, one boiling furnace and one scrap furnace. In 1844, more furnaces were built and the mill enlarged. While learning to shingle, our subject lost one eye. A spark from a muck ball when the hammer fell upon it, destroyed it. He kept at the work until be became boss Shingler.
In 1852, he went to California with John Sturgeon, David Price, Thomas Williams, Captain W. H. Williams, Andrew Robinson, William Sidney, Thomas Richardson, William Delaney and Thomas McAuley. They were joined by Captain John Clark, father of Mrs. P. C. Kenney, Giles Thornton, William Morton, Thomas Thompson, Leonard Alexander and Frank Johnson. Their wagons were made in Portsmouth and shipped to St. Jospeh Missouri. Barklow remained for two years and made money. In 1855, he went again and remained nearly five years. He owned very valuable property while out there the second time. In 1859, when he returned from California, he went back to the rolling mill and was a boiler for several years. Then he boatd iron for several more years. For fourteen years of his life at different times, he was on the police force of the city. He was married August 15, 1844, to Sarah Jane Jeffords, daughter of Ezra Jeffords, and brother of Henry Jeffords. He had three children; William, Agnes, the widow of B. E. Roe and Margaret Jane. He died February 3, 1898. Stout Barklow was like King Saul, head and shoulders above his fellows, and the tallest man in the county, being six feet three and a half inches high. He was a man of the highest courage and of strong will."
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