Reported age at time of death was about 46 yeas, so evidently born around 1842. James W. BARBER married 06 MAR 1867 in Muscogee County, Georgia, to Mary A. HUNLEY.
"Judge BARBER Dead. // Justice James W. BARBER died at his residence, No. 1 Sixth street, at 4 o'clock yesterday morning. He was taken sick yesterday one week ago with pneumonia, and from the first he never rallied. He was about forty-six years of age, and was born and raised in Columbus. Mr. BARBER was a well-known and prominent citizen, being Clerk of the Superior Court and Justice of the Peace for several years. At one time he was a prisoner in connection with the killing of a radical named ASHBURN. Over one hundred men were arrested, but a subsequent investigation proved that the Judge had nothing to do with the murder. [Note that the case was dismissed in a political deal allowing for Georgia to adopt a new state constitution so that it could be re-admitted to the Union following Reconstruction.] He leaves a wife and several children to deplore his early demise." [Columbus (GA) Enquirer-Sun newspaper, Sunday, 09 DEC 1888, p. 5.]
Mary Jane Galer's list of persons interred in the New Cemetery area of Linwood shows: J. W. BARBER, male, died of pneumonia; buried 09 DEC 1888 in Section 2, Lot 1149 - Sexton Abraham ODOM.
Contributor Hutch, who created this memorial, reported that BARBER's unit of service is believe to be the 13th Alabama Regiment, most likely Cavalry.
"Judge BARBER Dead. // Justice James W. BARBER died at his residence, No. 1 Sixth street, at 4 o'clock yesterday morning. He was taken sick yesterday one week ago with pneumonia, and from the first he never rallied. He was about forty-six years of age, and was born and raised in Columbus. Mr. BARBER was a well-known and prominent citizen, being Clerk of the Superior Court and Justice of the Peace for several years. At one time he was a prisoner in connection with the killing of a radical named ASHBURN. Over one hundred men were arrested, but a subsequent investigation proved that the Judge had nothing to do with the murder. [Note that the case was dismissed in a political deal allowing for Georgia to adopt a new state constitution so that it could be re-admitted to the Union following Reconstruction.] He leaves a wife and several children to deplore his early demise." [Columbus (GA) Enquirer-Sun newspaper, Sunday, 09 DEC 1888, p. 5.]
Mary Jane Galer's list of persons interred in the New Cemetery area of Linwood shows: J. W. BARBER, male, died of pneumonia; buried 09 DEC 1888 in Section 2, Lot 1149 - Sexton Abraham ODOM.
Contributor Hutch, who created this memorial, reported that BARBER's unit of service is believe to be the 13th Alabama Regiment, most likely Cavalry.
Reported age at time of death was about 46 yeas, so evidently born around 1842. James W. BARBER married 06 MAR 1867 in Muscogee County, Georgia, to Mary A. HUNLEY.
"Judge BARBER Dead. // Justice James W. BARBER died at his residence, No. 1 Sixth street, at 4 o'clock yesterday morning. He was taken sick yesterday one week ago with pneumonia, and from the first he never rallied. He was about forty-six years of age, and was born and raised in Columbus. Mr. BARBER was a well-known and prominent citizen, being Clerk of the Superior Court and Justice of the Peace for several years. At one time he was a prisoner in connection with the killing of a radical named ASHBURN. Over one hundred men were arrested, but a subsequent investigation proved that the Judge had nothing to do with the murder. [Note that the case was dismissed in a political deal allowing for Georgia to adopt a new state constitution so that it could be re-admitted to the Union following Reconstruction.] He leaves a wife and several children to deplore his early demise." [Columbus (GA) Enquirer-Sun newspaper, Sunday, 09 DEC 1888, p. 5.]
Mary Jane Galer's list of persons interred in the New Cemetery area of Linwood shows: J. W. BARBER, male, died of pneumonia; buried 09 DEC 1888 in Section 2, Lot 1149 - Sexton Abraham ODOM.
Contributor Hutch, who created this memorial, reported that BARBER's unit of service is believe to be the 13th Alabama Regiment, most likely Cavalry.
"Judge BARBER Dead. // Justice James W. BARBER died at his residence, No. 1 Sixth street, at 4 o'clock yesterday morning. He was taken sick yesterday one week ago with pneumonia, and from the first he never rallied. He was about forty-six years of age, and was born and raised in Columbus. Mr. BARBER was a well-known and prominent citizen, being Clerk of the Superior Court and Justice of the Peace for several years. At one time he was a prisoner in connection with the killing of a radical named ASHBURN. Over one hundred men were arrested, but a subsequent investigation proved that the Judge had nothing to do with the murder. [Note that the case was dismissed in a political deal allowing for Georgia to adopt a new state constitution so that it could be re-admitted to the Union following Reconstruction.] He leaves a wife and several children to deplore his early demise." [Columbus (GA) Enquirer-Sun newspaper, Sunday, 09 DEC 1888, p. 5.]
Mary Jane Galer's list of persons interred in the New Cemetery area of Linwood shows: J. W. BARBER, male, died of pneumonia; buried 09 DEC 1888 in Section 2, Lot 1149 - Sexton Abraham ODOM.
Contributor Hutch, who created this memorial, reported that BARBER's unit of service is believe to be the 13th Alabama Regiment, most likely Cavalry.
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