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James Knox Polk Barron

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James Knox Polk Barron

Birth
Turkey Cove, Lee County, Virginia, USA
Death
14 Mar 1919 (aged 74)
Virginia, USA
Burial
Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Previously buried in Barron Cemetery in Seminary, Turkey Cove, VA and moved to Glencoe with 4 others.

I finally got this transcribed, so it's easier to read. Perhaps you could post it to his find a gravesite if you'd like.
TyConner

James Knox Polk Barron
Obituary
26 Mar 1919
Big Stone Gap Post, Big Stone Gap, Big Stone Gap, Virginia

James K. Barron was born January 7, 1845 in the old Barron home in Turkey Cove, Lee county where he died March 14, 1919 of a complication of diseases.

He was the last living son of William N.G . Baron, who came to Lee County and settled in the spring of 1818 during the early Pioneer days the Homestead, where he settled has with, but little change in the construction been occupied by father and son for a century.

The mother of Polk told the writer of this article that when she first came and settled in Turkey Cove, her nearest neighbor, lived 2 miles away, and when she let the fire go out, would have to go that distance to get a chunk and frequently had to stop and build up a new fire before she could get home with her chunk.

At the age of 17, Mr. Barron volunteered in the Confederate Army and served in the old « Stonewell Brigade , » participating in many of the most important battles of the war, including Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, Gettysburg, and many others. He was descended from a long and famous line of warriors. He was a great nephew of Commodore James Barron, one of the most distinguished naval officers of his day, having been commissioned by President Jefferson, and becoming senior officer of the US Navy before his death.

Mr. Barron was married in 1875 to Rebecca Anna Scott, daughter of John Wingfield Scott, and granddaughter of Captain Moses Scott, who served in the war of 1812. To this union were born, three daughters, Alice Barron, who married Mr. L. L. Hodge of Austin, Texas, Anna Lee Barron, who married John B. Collier, a prominent merchant, and Margaret Barron, who married, George L Taylor, a member of the law, firm of Bullitt and Chalkley, of Big Stone Gap. Mrs. Barron died in 1886 and Mr. Barron some years later, married Miss Rebecca Horton Flannery, who died in 1914.

Mr. Barron is survived by one daughter, Mrs. George L. Taylor, of Big Stone Gap, and six grandchildren, namely, Mrs. John P. Marrs of Quanah, Texas, and Hampton Hoge of Dallas, Texas; Misses Reba and Anna Barron Collier, James Polk Taylor, and little Ann Scott Taylor.
Mr. Barron was a leader in the church and educational life of his county and was a loyal Mason, having joined the order when he was a young man having lived in Ashland, Oregon, and afterwords transferred his membership to Big Stone Gap lodge No. 208.
And in all the walks of life, he was indeed, a man, amongst men, and an honor to his day and generation. He was a man of lofty patriotism, as he proved, on many a bloody field, and in his death, the state and Lee county loses, one of its old is citizens.
Previously buried in Barron Cemetery in Seminary, Turkey Cove, VA and moved to Glencoe with 4 others.

I finally got this transcribed, so it's easier to read. Perhaps you could post it to his find a gravesite if you'd like.
TyConner

James Knox Polk Barron
Obituary
26 Mar 1919
Big Stone Gap Post, Big Stone Gap, Big Stone Gap, Virginia

James K. Barron was born January 7, 1845 in the old Barron home in Turkey Cove, Lee county where he died March 14, 1919 of a complication of diseases.

He was the last living son of William N.G . Baron, who came to Lee County and settled in the spring of 1818 during the early Pioneer days the Homestead, where he settled has with, but little change in the construction been occupied by father and son for a century.

The mother of Polk told the writer of this article that when she first came and settled in Turkey Cove, her nearest neighbor, lived 2 miles away, and when she let the fire go out, would have to go that distance to get a chunk and frequently had to stop and build up a new fire before she could get home with her chunk.

At the age of 17, Mr. Barron volunteered in the Confederate Army and served in the old « Stonewell Brigade , » participating in many of the most important battles of the war, including Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, Gettysburg, and many others. He was descended from a long and famous line of warriors. He was a great nephew of Commodore James Barron, one of the most distinguished naval officers of his day, having been commissioned by President Jefferson, and becoming senior officer of the US Navy before his death.

Mr. Barron was married in 1875 to Rebecca Anna Scott, daughter of John Wingfield Scott, and granddaughter of Captain Moses Scott, who served in the war of 1812. To this union were born, three daughters, Alice Barron, who married Mr. L. L. Hodge of Austin, Texas, Anna Lee Barron, who married John B. Collier, a prominent merchant, and Margaret Barron, who married, George L Taylor, a member of the law, firm of Bullitt and Chalkley, of Big Stone Gap. Mrs. Barron died in 1886 and Mr. Barron some years later, married Miss Rebecca Horton Flannery, who died in 1914.

Mr. Barron is survived by one daughter, Mrs. George L. Taylor, of Big Stone Gap, and six grandchildren, namely, Mrs. John P. Marrs of Quanah, Texas, and Hampton Hoge of Dallas, Texas; Misses Reba and Anna Barron Collier, James Polk Taylor, and little Ann Scott Taylor.
Mr. Barron was a leader in the church and educational life of his county and was a loyal Mason, having joined the order when he was a young man having lived in Ashland, Oregon, and afterwords transferred his membership to Big Stone Gap lodge No. 208.
And in all the walks of life, he was indeed, a man, amongst men, and an honor to his day and generation. He was a man of lofty patriotism, as he proved, on many a bloody field, and in his death, the state and Lee county loses, one of its old is citizens.


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