Montgomery County PA Archives Biographies.....Barlow, Andrew M. October 16, 1858 - 
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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

ANDREW M. BARLOW. The earliest ancestor of the family of 
whom there is any authentic information was John Barlow, 
great-grandfather of Andrew M. Barlow, who was born May 16, 
1763. By his marriage to Phoebe Bolton, who was born March 
10, 1761, the following named children were born: Mahlon, 
born January 3, 1788, died April 28, 1809; John, born August 
12, 1790, mentioned hereinafter: Abner, born December 28, 
1792; Nathan, born January 27, 1795: Rebecca, born October 
3, 1797: Joel, born February 18, 1799, died March 15, 1832; 
and Phoebe, born May 18, 1802, became the wife of David 
Evans. 

John Barlow, grandfather of Andrew M. Barlow, was born in 
Limerick township, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, August 
12, 1790.  He was educated in the common schools of that 
day, and for a number of years thereafter he was employed in 
farming on the homestead. Later he purchased a farm in his 
native township, which he operated until his death, in 1848. 
He was a successful business man, and enjoyed the respect 
and confidence of his fellow-citizens. He married Anna 
Evans, of Limerick township, a representative of an old 
family of Welsh descent, the ancestors having come to 
Pennsylvania in the time of William Penn. 

They were the parents of the following named children: 
Mahlon, Mary, Charlotte, and James Barlow.

James Barlow, father of Andrew M. Barlow, was a native of 
Limerick township, Montgomery county. He was educated in the 
school adjacent to his home, and throughout the years of his 
active career devoted his attention exclusively to farming 
pursuits. In politics he was a Democrat, always taking an 
active part in behalf of the interests of his party. He 
married Sophia Markley, daughter of Andrew Markley, a farmer 
of New Hanover township, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania. 

Their children are: Elizabeth, who became the wife of Warren 
Kuyler, a farmer of Limerick township. Richard, who married 
Elizabeth Neiman, and after her death married Mary H. 
Cochran, of New York city; they reside at Linfield. J. 
Calvin, born January 9, 1854, on the old homestead; he was 
educated at the common schools and at Washington Hall at 
Trappe, and followed teaching for ten years in Limerick 
township, after which he worked in the city of Philadelphia 
in the Kline & Company, stove foundry, for three years was 
clerk for the Marsh & Brownback Stove Company at Linfield, 
and during the year 1903 for the Royersford Trust Company. 

He is a Free Mason, and a Knight of the Golden Eagle. He is 
a Democrat in politics, and during President Cleveland's 
administration was appointed postmaster of Linfield; he also 
served for nine years as assessor of Limerick township. His 
church membership is with the Lutheran church of Limerick 
township. For the past fourteen years he has made his home 
with his brother, Andrew M.Brooke M. resides at Limerick 
Square, is assessor of the township, and a director in the 
Royersford Trust Company; he married Savilla Walt. Andrew 
M., mentioned hereinafter. James Barlow, father of these 
children, died January 25, 1881, aged sixty years; his wife 
died October 24, 1903.

Andrew M. Barlow was born in Limerick township, Montgomery 
county, Pennsylvania, October 16, 1858. He obtained his 
education in the public schools and at Washington Hall at 
Trappe. He then resided in the home of an uncle with whom he 
learned the blacksmith trade. On completing his 
apprenticeship he went to Stempton, where he entered the car 
shops and worked at his trade, remaining there one year, 
after which he returned to his old home in Limerick 
township. He then learned telegraphy, and in 1879 entered 
the employ of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company, 
remaining until 1890, when he removed to his present farm, 
which he purchased in 1886. In politics Mr. Barlow is a 
Democrat, and aside from serving as school director for five 
terms has never sought or held office. He is a member of the 
Masonic order; a Knight of the Golden Eagle; and a member of 
Humane Fire Company, No. 1, of Royersford.

On December 3, 1881, Mr. Barlow married Ida M. Yeager, 
daughter of William Yeager, a farmer of Limerick township. 
Their children, both of whom reside at home, are: Florence 
S., born October 19, 1882; and William Y., born January 6, 
1885. Mr. Barlow was confirmed in the Swamp Lutheran church, 
April 14, 1877, and is still a member of that congregation. 
His wife and family were confirmed in the St. Vincent 
Reformed church, Chester county, Pennsylvania, and are 
members of that congregation.

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