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RICHARD BARBER early pioneers of Normanby Township in the person of Mr. Richard Barber, who passed away about 6 o'clock Monday evening at his home here, following an illness of only five days. The late Mr. Barber was born March 3, 1850, and had he lived until next March would have been 79 years of age. Mr. Barber was one of the vbest known men of Normanby Township and for over 20 years was a member of the Township Council and actively identified himself in the progress of the township during his whole life time, practically all of which was spent on the homestead five miles south of Durham, on which he was born and which is now occupied by his son, Mr. Bert Barber. In his early years the deceased taught school, receiving his education at the Rock wood academy, near Guelph, but this was the only break in his long resid ence in this neighborhood. _ A little over two years ago Mr. and Mrs. Barber moved to Durham, the rigors of farm life proving too much for a man of his years and physical condition, and since taking up his residence here, he had always been in more or less failing health. On Wed nesday of last week he fell and frac tured his hip and though his con dition seemed normal at times, the shock and suffering were too much and he failed to rally, passing away early on Monday evening. Mr. Barber was maried in 1890 to Miss Georgina Hay of Egremont, youngest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Hay, who during the clos ing years of his life and recent illness was his constant attendant and will, with the members of the family, re ceive the sympathy of many Durham and vicinity friends in their sorrow. The union was blessed with a family of six children all of whom, with Mrs. Barber, survive. They are Mrs. Thomas C. Morton (Florence), Lew van, Sask.; Mrs. Melbourne McKay (Hazel), Inwood; Bert, on the old homestead in Normanby; Mrs. (Rev.) W. H. Hill (Ella), Oak Park, Mr. Percy, Alvinston, Ont. and Mrs. Wayne Babcock (Winnie), Morris, Ill., all of whom were able to come home and be present at the funeral this afternoon. One brother and three sisters also survive: Matthew, in Eg remont, a mile south of Barber's Corners; Mrs. Carrie Grant and Mrs. John Newry, both living in Detroit, and Mrs. William Henstridge, in Ham ilton. Mr. Barber was a prominent mem ber of the local Camp of the Sons of Scotland and at the time of his death and for many years previous was the Chief of the Camp. The funeral is being held this af ternoon at 2 o'clock from his late residence and interment will be made in Maplewood cemetery, part of the original Barber homestead and just across the road from where the great er part of his life was spent. The late Mr. Barber, having been an almost continuous resident of this locality since his birth in 1850 may well be said to be one of our oldest pioneers, and in the many years of his residence saw this country pass from the prime val forest of the early days to its pre sent prosperous condition. «We sym pathise with Mrs. Barber and family in the loss of a kind husband and father.
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Durham Chronical and Grey County Advertiser
Durham, Ontario, CA
Thu, Nov 08, 1928
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