Montgomery County PA Archives Biographies.....Barlow, Joel October 9, 1833 - 
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Source: Biographical Annals of Montgomery County Pennsylvania, T. S. Benham & Company and the Lewis Publishing Company, 1904
Author: Ellwood Roberts, Editor

  JOEL BARLOW, a prominent farmer in Lower Pottsgrove 
township, was born in Montgomery county on October 9, 1833. 
He is the son of Joel and Susan (Holabush) Barlow.

  Joel Barlow (father) had been a resident of Schuylkill 
county for a number of Years at the time of his death. He 
was a farmer and a coal miner. He married Susan Holabush, 
daughter of Henry Holabush, of Montgomery county. She died 
in 1884, some years after her husband. 

  The father of Joel Barlow is buried in Schuylkill county, 
Pennsylvania. Joel and Susan Barlow had five children, two 
of whom are now deceased. They are: Washington(deceased); 
Sarah, married Daniel Marsh, a farmer in Montgomery county; 
Phoebe, married, and teaches school near Philadelphia; Joel, 
Jr.; John (deceased).

  Joel Barlow went to school until he was eighteen years of 
age, when he began to learn the carpenter trade, and 
followed that occupation for six years. After his marriage 
he and his wife removed to the farm which he owns to-day, 
and where they have lived ever since. The farm has within 
its limits six excellent springs, and many other points of 
interest. There is a vein of copper crossing the land which 
is at present being worked by a Philadelphia company.

  He is a Democrat in politics. Mr. Barlow has attended the 
Philadelphia market for thirty-one years.  He married Miss 
Mary Christman, daughter of George Christman and Sarah 
(Doris) Christman, of Linfield, Montgomery county. George 
Christman was a boatman and a farmer for many years. He was 
a Democrat, and a member of the Reformed church. Mrs. George 
Christman died fifty-four years ago, and her husband ten 
years ago, of old age.

  Mr. and Mrs. Joel Barlow had one son, Harvey Barlow, who 
married Elizabeth Shaffer, of Lower Pottsgrove township.

  Harvey Barlow is engaged in the feed business at 79 
Franklin street, Pottstown, where he has been established 
for many years. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Barlow have one 
daughter, Evelyn.

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