Taney County, Missouri Barbers
I am looking for any information on Barbers settling in Taney County, Missouri in the 1830-40's.My gr-grandfather was Joshua Levi Barber born there in 1840.His siblings were Mary Jane Barber, married to William Brumley of Christian County, Missouri, Henry, John, William and Robert.Joshua's father's name was Arby or Arby.They were from Overton County, Tennessee.Arby also shows up as Orbie in the Turnbo Manuscripts.Apparently Arby and his wife died soon after Joshua's birth because he was raised by friends of the family, W. P. Birchfield.We only recently found names of his siblings othr than Mary Jane.It's possible that Arby's real name was Abraham.Any help would be greatly appreciated.