Bernard Barrow, Bill's father, came from a family of ten children, seven boys and three girls. He was born on 15 December 1874 and raised on a plantation, which later became Poale, Virginia. He attended preparatory school at Randolph-Macon Academy, a military academy, in Bedford, Virginia. When Bernard graduated, his father gave him a house and land to help establish him as a plantation owner. Bernard, who wanted to study medicine rather than farm, sold the land in order to go to the University of Maryland Medical School (Davey 1990). Thus Bernard chose what was the more "modest life" of a country doctor. He graduated medical school in 1898, second highest in his class (R. G. Barrow 1987). He was in one of the first classes to do internships as part of their medical education. He interned in Pennsylvania, specializing in the study of ear, nose, and throat diseases. He did research during this internship to develop sanitary standards for barbershops, which at the time still practiced a few forms of medical treatment. Bernard was interested in the ideas of a sterile surgery and saw barbershops as "filthy and disease producing." the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was not interested in promoting these standards at the time, but Bernard's standards were the basis for those eventually adopted in Maryland (Davey 1990).
Bernard married Sallie Virginia Archer in 1898. She was raised in Petersburg, Virginia. Her father, Alfred Archer, while in the Confederate Army was wounded and taken prisoner at the age of 16 in 1864 during the siege of Petersburg. Her father died at a relatively young age because of his war wounds. Sallie had wanted to attend Wellesley College, but her family could not afford it. Instead she graduated in 1895, one of 14 in her class, from Davis College, a women's college in Petersburg. She was described as being very popular and a good pianist who also sang (Davey 1990).
After their marriage, Bernard and Sallie lived in an ordinary, country house in eastern Brunswick County outside the small town of Dundas, where he was the local doctor. Their home was about 12 miles from Blackstone, the nearest town of any size. Sarah, their first child was born in 1901. Their son, Bill was born three years later (Davey 1990).
Bernard's practice among the country farmers was not lucrative. The Barrows supplemented their income by using the land surrounding their own house for sharecropping tobacco, cattle, chickens, vegetables, and lumbering. Their land had sharecropper's cabins, sheds, outbuildings, an icehouse, dug ponds, and woods. William Archer Barrow, one of Bill's twin sons, remembers his grandparents' family home nostalgically. "There was plenty to play in and build around for a boy interested in building and engineering." Bernard and Sallie were buried on their land in a private graveyard in a wooded area in sight of their home (W. A. Barrow 1987).
Bernard married Sallie Virginia Archer in 1898. She was raised in Petersburg, Virginia. Her father, Alfred Archer, while in the Confederate Army was wounded and taken prisoner at the age of 16 in 1864 during the siege of Petersburg. Her father died at a relatively young age because of his war wounds. Sallie had wanted to attend Wellesley College, but her family could not afford it. Instead she graduated in 1895, one of 14 in her class, from Davis College, a women's college in Petersburg. She was described as being very popular and a good pianist who also sang (Davey 1990).
After their marriage, Bernard and Sallie lived in an ordinary, country house in eastern Brunswick County outside the small town of Dundas, where he was the local doctor. Their home was about 12 miles from Blackstone, the nearest town of any size. Sarah, their first child was born in 1901. Their son, Bill was born three years later (Davey 1990).
Bernard's practice among the country farmers was not lucrative. The Barrows supplemented their income by using the land surrounding their own house for sharecropping tobacco, cattle, chickens, vegetables, and lumbering. Their land had sharecropper's cabins, sheds, outbuildings, an icehouse, dug ponds, and woods. William Archer Barrow, one of Bill's twin sons, remembers his grandparents' family home nostalgically. "There was plenty to play in and build around for a boy interested in building and engineering." Bernard and Sallie were buried on their land in a private graveyard in a wooded area in sight of their home (W. A. Barrow 1987).
Bernard Barrow, Bill's father, came from a family of ten children, seven boys and three girls. He was born on 15 December 1874 and raised on a plantation, which later became Poale, Virginia. He attended preparatory school at Randolph-Macon Academy, a military academy, in Bedford, Virginia. When Bernard graduated, his father gave him a house and land to help establish him as a plantation owner. Bernard, who wanted to study medicine rather than farm, sold the land in order to go to the University of Maryland Medical School (Davey 1990). Thus Bernard chose what was the more "modest life" of a country doctor. He graduated medical school in 1898, second highest in his class (R. G. Barrow 1987). He was in one of the first classes to do internships as part of their medical education. He interned in Pennsylvania, specializing in the study of ear, nose, and throat diseases. He did research during this internship to develop sanitary standards for barbershops, which at the time still practiced a few forms of medical treatment. Bernard was interested in the ideas of a sterile surgery and saw barbershops as "filthy and disease producing." the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was not interested in promoting these standards at the time, but Bernard's standards were the basis for those eventually adopted in Maryland (Davey 1990).
Bernard married Sallie Virginia Archer in 1898. She was raised in Petersburg, Virginia. Her father, Alfred Archer, while in the Confederate Army was wounded and taken prisoner at the age of 16 in 1864 during the siege of Petersburg. Her father died at a relatively young age because of his war wounds. Sallie had wanted to attend Wellesley College, but her family could not afford it. Instead she graduated in 1895, one of 14 in her class, from Davis College, a women's college in Petersburg. She was described as being very popular and a good pianist who also sang (Davey 1990).
After their marriage, Bernard and Sallie lived in an ordinary, country house in eastern Brunswick County outside the small town of Dundas, where he was the local doctor. Their home was about 12 miles from Blackstone, the nearest town of any size. Sarah, their first child was born in 1901. Their son, Bill was born three years later (Davey 1990).
Bernard's practice among the country farmers was not lucrative. The Barrows supplemented their income by using the land surrounding their own house for sharecropping tobacco, cattle, chickens, vegetables, and lumbering. Their land had sharecropper's cabins, sheds, outbuildings, an icehouse, dug ponds, and woods. William Archer Barrow, one of Bill's twin sons, remembers his grandparents' family home nostalgically. "There was plenty to play in and build around for a boy interested in building and engineering." Bernard and Sallie were buried on their land in a private graveyard in a wooded area in sight of their home (W. A. Barrow 1987).
Bernard married Sallie Virginia Archer in 1898. She was raised in Petersburg, Virginia. Her father, Alfred Archer, while in the Confederate Army was wounded and taken prisoner at the age of 16 in 1864 during the siege of Petersburg. Her father died at a relatively young age because of his war wounds. Sallie had wanted to attend Wellesley College, but her family could not afford it. Instead she graduated in 1895, one of 14 in her class, from Davis College, a women's college in Petersburg. She was described as being very popular and a good pianist who also sang (Davey 1990).
After their marriage, Bernard and Sallie lived in an ordinary, country house in eastern Brunswick County outside the small town of Dundas, where he was the local doctor. Their home was about 12 miles from Blackstone, the nearest town of any size. Sarah, their first child was born in 1901. Their son, Bill was born three years later (Davey 1990).
Bernard's practice among the country farmers was not lucrative. The Barrows supplemented their income by using the land surrounding their own house for sharecropping tobacco, cattle, chickens, vegetables, and lumbering. Their land had sharecropper's cabins, sheds, outbuildings, an icehouse, dug ponds, and woods. William Archer Barrow, one of Bill's twin sons, remembers his grandparents' family home nostalgically. "There was plenty to play in and build around for a boy interested in building and engineering." Bernard and Sallie were buried on their land in a private graveyard in a wooded area in sight of their home (W. A. Barrow 1987).
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