History of Hendricks County, Indiana, her people, industries and institutions . successes of later days, would fartranscend the limits of this article. He has filled a large place in the ranksof the enterprising and public-spirited men of his day and has been an im-portant factor in the growth and development of North Salems, industrialand commercial interests. Samuel Barber, a prominent retired business man of Norih Salem, In-diana, was born April 25, 1840, in Montgomery county, this state, the sonof John and Annie (Cunningham) Barber, both of whom were born inBotetourt county, Virginia, wher
History of Hendricks County, Indiana, her people, industries and institutions . successes of later days, would fartranscend the limits of this article. He has filled a large place in the ranksof the enterprising and public-spirited men of his day and has been an im-portant factor in the growth and development of North Salems, industrialand commercial interests. Samuel Barber, a prominent retired business man of Norih Salem, In-diana, was born April 25, 1840, in Montgomery county, this state, the sonof John and Annie (Cunningham) Barber, both of whom were born inBotetourt county, Virginia, where they grew up and where they were mar-ried. Shortly after their marriage, they came to Indiana and entered gov-ernment land near Ladoga, Montgomery county, where they lived for aboutthirty-five years. .Some years before the Civil War they came to Hendrickscounty and settled about one and one-half miles north of North Salem, butafter a short time they went back to Montgomery county, and still later wentto Boone county, this state, where thev located on a farm near SAMUEL BARBER HENDRICKS COUNTY, INDIANA. 449 where thev lived for the remainder of their Hves. John Barber and his wifewere the parents of two children, Samuel and Eliza. Eliza married RolandAlexander and died about the year 1878. Samuel Barber lived with his parents until his marriage, at the age oftwenty. He was married September 9, i860, to Mary Ann Robbins, a nativeof North Carolina. Her parents, Jacob and Barbara Robbins, came fromNorth Carolina and settled three miles south of North Salem when was onlv about one year old. After his marriage Mr. Barber operateda farm near North Salem for about fifteen years, after which he engaged mthe lumber business at North Salem, which he followed for the rest of hisactive life. He was in partnership with F. M. Davis until the latters death,which occurred in 1887, and from that time until 1909 he managed the busi-ness alone. In the latter year Smith Dav
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