| "But could Jacob have had
more than one wife? It is possible for there is a significant gap between Samuel and
Susannah. At this point I will anticipate the formal record and make a listing of
this unusual family: Father:
Jacob Bare, Sr.
Mother: Mary (Ann?) Steele
| Mary . |
b. 8 Jan
1801 |
| William S. b. |
1802 |
| Elizabeth |
8 May 1803 |
| Samuel |
died as infant |
| Susannah |
8 Nov 1807 |
| Jacob |
18 Mar 1808 |
| John |
26 Feb 1810 |
| Joseph |
1 May 1812 |
| Nancy |
5 Dec 1813 |
| David |
1814? |
| Martin |
20 Oct 1815 |
| Martha |
20 Aug 1817 |
| Alexander |
5 Jan 1821 |
| Harriet |
|
| Franklin |
|
|
Unless I am
the heir of unanticipated help the mystery will have to stand. The court house at
Woodsfield, Ohio, the county seat of Monroe County has been badly damaged by fire three
times and no part of the original building remains. Also the part of the county that
comprises Hannibal has, at various times, been within the perimeter of three other
counties: Belmont, Washington and Guernsey. Not only that but Hannibal has not
always been Hannibal. When Jacob, Sr. first inhabited the area, the place was called
Bare's Landing and the tiny village was located on the bank of the Ohio River. But
that land was very low and the first flood convinced everybody that they had better move
to higher ground. So the name was changed to Baresville and it was moved northwest
to where the terrain begins to rise abruptly (the move was less than 1/4 of a mile.)
The original town-site was later sold to the government to be the eventual location
of The Hannibal Locks. The
change in name from Baresville to Hannibal was arbitrary and may be laid at the door of
the US Post Office. They felt that the original name was too easily confused with
others in the same general area and that their employees were not equal to the task of
keeping them separate." |
