HUSBAND: Mathias A. BARRIER  	
Born: 	 10 Sep 1826         Place:    	
Marr:       	             Place: 	
Died:    1861  	             Place: Killed in battle	
Burial:		             Place: unknown
Father:	 John BARRIER               See Family Group Sheet No. 10660
Mother:	 Easter SIDES


WIFE:  	 Mary "Polly" SHOE
Born:    10 Jun 1830         Place: Cabarrus Co., NC
Died:	 14 May 1901         Place:		
Burial:     	             Place: Bear Creek, Cabarrus Co., NC	
Father:	 John SHOE
Mother:	


CHILDREN:

1. Name: Henry Davidson BARRIER     See Family Group Sheet No. 10664 for 1st marriage
                                    See Family Group Sheet No. 10665 for 2nd marriage
   Born: 4 Apr 1849	     Place:		
   Marr:         	     To:    (1st) Elizabeth BARRIER
                                    (2nd) Eliza Jane BOST 		
   Died: 1 May 1936          Place:		

2. Name: John Wesley BARRIER
   Born: 5 Nov 1850	     Place:		
   Marr:        	     To:    		
   Died: 16 May 1926   	     Place:		

3. Name: Juliana BARRIER
   Born: 20 Dec 1851	     Place:		
   Marr:  		     To:   		
   Died:  		     Place:		

4. Name: David Monroe BARRIER
   Born: 17 Jun 1852         Place:		
   Marr:     	             To:    		
   Died: 		     Place:		

5. Name: William Columbus BARRIER    See Family Group Sheet No. 10666
   Born: 29 May 1856	     Place:		
   Marr:                     To:     Sarah Elizabeth SIDES		
   Died: 23 Apr 1928	     Place:		

6. Name: Mary Ann Matilda BARRIER
   Born:  		     Place:		
   Marr:       	             To:		
   Died:      	             Place:		

7. Name: Jacob Lafayette BARRIER
   Born: 30 Sep 1859         Place:		
   Marr:     	             To:		
   Died: 6 Dec 1932	     Place:		

8. Name: George Beauregard BARRIER
   Born: 15 Oct 1861         Place:		
   Marr:       	             To:		
   Died: 21 Nov 1937         Place:		

(A) Members of this family line used various spellings of thier surnames. The names, BARRIER, BERRIER, BEHRINGER, BERGER & BARGER all appear on documents in Pennsylvania and North Carolina which were executed by, or which related to these people.

(B) John Wesley Barrier managed the home farm of Jack Bost.

(C) The sons, who were known as "Polly Barrier's Boys," were well known for making good molasses.

(D) John Wesley "Wes" Barrier, David Monroe Barrier, Mary Ann Matilda Barrier, Jacob "Jake" Lafayette Barrier, Juliana Barrier and George Beauregard Barrier never married.

(E) This family is related to the following North Carolina families:

(1) Hahn, George Franklin. Barrier, Berger, Barger Families: Some of Their Relatives and Related Places and Events Events of Their Time. Salisbury, NC: Privately Printed. 1977 - (Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah. FHL US/CAN Film 1036548 Item 8)

See Barger Family History Society Membership List. Member(s) B254, B340, B375, B601

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