The first member of this family was Joseph Barber b.11-20-1783 in an area near London called New South Gate. Joseph married Sarah unknown and had a son Joseph H. Barber. This son, the Rev. Joseph H. Barber b.2-5-1826 d.1904, came to this country from England with his father sometime between 1826 and 1852. The senior Joseph Barber died 4-3-1852 and was buried in the Asbury Cemetery, West Phila., PA.   They apparently lived in the Philadelphia area until about 1860 when they moved to the Dubois area of Pennsylvania. A church news article written in March 1922 speaks of Rev. Barber as follows: "As a deacon the Rev. Joseph Barber served faithfully as an itinerant missionary for nineteen years. Not only at Sugar Hill but all along the Low Grade Division of the Allegheny Valley Railroad, he ministered at Lawsonham, Oak Ridge, Fairmont, Reynoldsville, DuBois and by his fruitful labors purchased unto himself a good degree and was advanced to the Priesthood by Bishop Whitehead on March 28, 1871. He died in 1904 aged seventy eight leaving a rich legacy of good work done for God." This church was Episcopalian and probably in DuBois, PA.

Rev. Joseph Barber b.2-5-1826 d.1904 married on 4-9-1847 Sarah Robinson b.9-3-1822 d. xxxx. Sarah Robinson was the daughter of John Robinson 1793-1853 and Hannah Leigh 1795-1857, formerly natives of Cheshire, England. Just found out that Hannah Leigh, of the parish of Cheadle married John Robinson by banns (?) 26 January 1817. (My middle name is LEIGH for Hannah). John Robinson was the son of John Hubbs Robinson (not sure of this, John Hubbs Robinson may have been Sarah Robinson's brother. Sure would like some help on Robinson and Leigh). Joseph and Sarah had 9 children:

1. Hannah Complin Barber b.4-2-1848 d. 7-30-1849
2. Mary Elizabeth Barber b. 10-29-1849 d. 11-10-1849. Buried Asbury Burying Ground, West Phila. PA.
3. Florence Barber b. 9-17-1850 d. 10-13-1850. Buried Asbury Burying Ground, West Phila. PA.
4. John Edward Barber b.2-8-1854 d. xxxx, never married.
5. George Barber b. 11-3-1855 d. 11-4-1855. Buried in Machpelah (?) Cemetery, Philadelphia.
6. Sarah Ellen Barber b. 2-14-1857 d. xxxx, never married.
7. Joseph Leigh Barber
b. 3-11-1859 d. 8-18-1899 m. Mary Jane Hays 1866-1941 and they had 4 girls:
1. Letitia 'Lettie' Ophelia Barber b.11-10-1889 d.1-25-1979 m. 4/9/1913 in DuBois, PA Oliver Cromwell Tice b.5-12-1886 d.4-2-1935. They had 4 girls and lived in Tazewell, VA.
• Mary Elaine "Betty" Tice b.4/21/1914 d.xxxx m. George L. Strong b.3/29/1910 d.11/19/1960. Betty was born in Yukon, WV and George was born in Japan. No children.
• Martha Jane 'Jane' Tice b.2/5/1917 d.xxxx m. on 6/2/1943 Rev. Warren Boyd Gaw b.7/7/1918. Jane was born in Yukon, WV m. in Tazewell, VA. Warren was a Presbyterian Minister. Jane and Warren had 3 children:
• Barbara Boyd Gaw b.5/22/1944 in Bluefield, WV. m. Henry Ellison Pusser b.12/1/1942. Barbara and Henry live in Black Mountain, NC and have 3 children:
• Elissa Suzanne Pusser b.11/22/69
• Wendy Jane Pusser b.9/6/1972
• Benjamin Ellison Pusser b.10/2/74
• Robert Cromwell Gaw b.4/21/1947 in Louisville, KY m. on 11/6/71 Mary Anne Fears b.11/22/48. Robert and Mary Anne live in Winder, GA and have one child:
• Matthew Warren Gaw b.1/17/88
• Letitia Jane Gaw b.3/25/1953 in Charolotte, NC m. Martin Laval McIntyre b.12/30/1952. Letitia and Martin live in Corpus Christi, TX and have one child:
• Virginia Anne McIntyre
• Frances 'Fran' Leigh Tice b.10/3/1921 d.1/5/1976 m. Francis Lyle Lodwick b.3/25/1922 d.5/25/1974. Fran was born in Yukon, WV and Lyle was born in Chicago, IL. Frances worked at the United Nations Bldg. Fran and Lyle had 2 children:
• Christopher Jay Lodwick b.12/24/1953 in New York City.
• Elizabeth Curtis Lodwick b.3/4/1958 in Greenwich, CT.
• Marjorie June Tice b.6/14/1925 m. Robert Camm Jackson b.10/3/1925 d.xxxx. Marge and Robert had 5 children:
• Carol Ann Jackson b.12/16/1949 in Washington, DC
• Martha Jane Jackson b.8/21/1951
• Virginia Ellis Jackson b.10/11/1952
• Kathryn Leigh Jackson b.12/27/1955
• Keith Edward Jackson b.3/5/1958
2. Mary Oleta Barber b.5-23-1891 d.4-26-1960 m. Marion Williams Gilliam b.4-31-1890 d.1-8-1963. They lived in Williamson, WV (KY)? and had 4 children.
• David Marshall Gilliam b.12/3/1919 m. Patricia Hollis. David and Pat had 2 children:
• Diane Gilliam b.1949
• David Michael Gilliam b.1952
• Margaret 'Peggy' Gilliam b.8/23/1922 d.9/3/1991 m. John Philip Tice b.11/5/1916. John Tice is not related to the Tices' above. Peggy was born in Williamson, WV and John was born in Hazard, KY. Peggy and John lived in Mullens, WV and they had 3 children:
• John Philip Tice, Jr. born in Tazewell, VA 9/6/1948.
• Pamela Elaine Tice b.11/5/1950 in Mullens, WV.
• James Robert Tice b.8/20/1955 d.8/26/1975 in Mullens, WV.
• Robert Leigh Gilliam b.10/20/1926 m. on 2/13/1953 Dora Lee Chadwick b.10/24/1933. Bob and Dora had 4 children all born in Williamson, WV. All four sons currently living in KY and working in WV.
• Marc Chadwick Gilliam b.11/12/53 d.11/25/53
• Robert Leigh 'Tad' Gilliam, Jr. b.12/7/1955 m.on 6/23/1978 Sheila Henry b.3/5/56. They have two children:
• Staci Anne Gilliam b.2/18/81
• Robert Leigh Gilliam, III b.6/8/83
• Thomas Allen Gilliam b.11/24/1956 lives in Belfry, KY.
• Matthew Holman Gilliam b.3/19/1962 m. on 7/7/1990 Malinda 'Mandy' Hileman b.7/2/61. Matthew and Mandy live in Forest Hills, KY and have one child:
• Jessica Dawn Gilliam b.6/8/86
• Marion Williams Gilliam III b.11/9/1967 lives in Forest Hills, KY.
• Marion Williams Gilliam, Jr.  b.12/19/1930 m. Carolyn 'Carol' Batton Gilliam b.3/29/1935 in Jacksonville, FL. Marion and Carol had 4 children:
• Stephen Preston Gilliam b.12/27/1956 m. Wanda Spooner b.10/23/1957 in Miami, FL.
• Terrence Edward Gilliam b.5/31/1959 in Winter Park, FL.
• Paul Robertson Gilliam b.8/7/1960 d.8/31/1978.
• John Richardson Gilliam b.3/13/1964.
3. Nina Elaine Barber b.8-22-1893 d.10-17-1948 m. Dr. Frederick Weber Bilger b.xxxx d.7-14-1965. Doctor in the coal fields of southern West Virginia. No children. I spent many summers with them in Mayberry and McComas, WV. Also, spent time at Falls Mills, VA where they had a cabin on the lake.
4. Sarah Kathryn Barber
b.5-20-1898 d.11-28-1976 m. Seaton Tinsley Preston Sr. b.3-29-1892 d.3-20-1977. Lived in Pikeville, KY, Princeton, WV. and Charleston, WV. They had 3 sons. For more info see Link to Seaton Preston.
• Seaton Tinsley Preston, Jr.
• James Brainard Preston
• Frederick Leigh Preston
8. William Henry Barber b. 10-21-1861 d. xxxx
9. Alice Barber b.7-29-1864 d. xxxx never married.

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