My guesses at the Bare family research
The 1880 census lists an Em Brown as living with John and “Dier” Bare. She is listed as a sister-in-law and was 20 years old. Em Brown could not be John’s sister since her father was born in Alabama, and John’s father was born in Tennessee (or Illinois as indicated on other census records), unless they are ½ siblings. It seems that if she were married to John’s brother her last name would have been Bare, unless the census taker recorded her maiden name (unlikely since it seems the census takers always used a woman’s married name).
She also couldn’t be “Dier’s” sister because Dier’s father was born in Illinois, unless they are ½ sisters (both their mothers were born in Tennessee).
It seems most likely that Em Brown was married to a brother of Dier and was maybe widowed, or for some reason was living with the Bares without her husband. Em is not a relation of Dicey. She was a relation of the woman Joshua Bare (John’s eldest half-brother) married.
UPDATE 8/26/11: I believe I found Dicie Bare’s maiden name. I found a Dicie Harris who was living in Greene County, Arkansas during the 1870 census. The age matches and according to the census she was born in Tennessee, which matches the birth place of Dicie in the 1880 and 1900 census. Greene County was later divided and Clay County began from Greene.
UPDATE 11/14/11: I found Dicey’s death certificate. She died in 1928 in Malden, MO and was buried in Piggott, AR. Her maiden name WAS Harris which means her father was Joshua John Harris and her mother was Martha. According to the death certificate Dicey was born in Weakley County, TN.
UPDATE 7/31/12: I believe “Em” Brown is actually E. G. Brown. According to the 1880 census this EG Brown was a 10 year old female living in the household of W. E. Brown. She is listed as a daughter of WE and Luiza Brown. Also in the same household is Dicey’s brother G. M. Harris, aged 21. The reason I believe they are the same person is because the handwriting on the census very much looks like “EM.” Upon close examination you can tell it’s E. G. The age of E. G. matches the age that “Em” would have been in 1880- 20.
A handwritten note in my mother’s handwriting has the word ‘rape’ written near John Bare’s name. When asked about this my mother couldn’t remember exactly why- she was taking notes as my Grandma Stricklin talked. According to my mother, my grandmother did not like talking about her family.
“Ending in Piggott, Clay County, Arkansas, where my father Robert James Bare was born, I was able to trace the family back through Missouri, Indiana, Ohio and ending in Virginia. The key character is (William) Jacob Bare who founded the Massanutten Church in the 1600s and which still stands today. He married Nancy Copple who is related to the newsman Ted Copple… Some of the records will be challenging, if not impossible to get for two reasons. One, the boundaries between the states changed so you have to know which year and in which state. Second, there was a fire in the courthouse in Missouri which burned many of the old records.”
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JOSHUA BARE, farmer and stock raiser of St. Francis Township, is a fair sample of what can be accomplished by industry and perseverance. Although starting life with a limited amount of this world's goods, he is now one of the substantial farmers of the county, and is the owner of 240 acres of land in the home place, with 160 acres cleared, on which he has good buildings. Aside from this he is the owner of another tract of land in the township, one and a quarter miles from the home place, consisting of 160 acres of timber land. He also possesses some 320 acres in the St. Francis bottoms, with about 100 acres cleared, and has an interest in 205 acres of other lands, all the result of industry and good management. Mr. Bare was born in Crawford County, Ind., December 13, 1833, and is the son of Jacob Bare and Nancy (Copple) Bare, the latter of German descent. The father was born in Virginia but was reared in Indiana. After marriage he settled in Crawford County of that State, where he followed farming until about 1843, when he moved to Illinois and settled in Jefferson County. He resided there up to 1868, when he came to Arkansas, and located in what is now Clay County. Here he died in February 1877. He served as sheriff and deputy sheriff in Indiana, and was quite a prominent man. Joshua Bare was reared in Jefferson County, Ill., and came to Arkansas in 1855, locating in Clay County, but what was then Greene County, and entered eighty acres of land. He then bought eighty acres near Brown's Ferry, resided there about fifteen years, after which he sold this, and bought the place where he now lives. He has been four times married; first to Miss Susan Williams; then to Nancy Brown, who bore him one daughter, Peggy A., wife of John Nettle; his next marriage was to Mrs. Nettle, a widow, who bore him four children: Clarissa (wife of Wiley Thomas, Joshua, Bettie and Arabella. Mr. Bare's fourth marriage was to Mrs. Marietta Sarver, a widow, and the daughter of Jacob Sarver. Three children were born to this union: Jacob, Mattie and John Harry. When Mr. Bare first came to the State it was a comparative wilderness, and for about eleven winters he was engaged in trapping. He has killed bear, wolves, wild cats, lots of deer, turkey and small game. He would average about $200 worth of furs annually at that business. Mr. Bare has been a member of the I. O. O. F. for thirteen years. Mrs. Bare belongs to the Christian Church. An interesting volume might be written of many of Mr. Bare's hunting expeditions, but space will permit mention of only the following: In 1867, one of his neighbors, Billy Maner, a single man, had struck camp some seven miles south of where our subject lived in a wild locality on Old River. Mr. Bare went on one occasion to spend the night with him, but found the unsuccessful hunter without food. Starting the next morning with a determination to return only after he shot something, he traveled some distance, occasionally seeing game which could not be secured. Later on, while not far from camp, he killed tow wolves, and being a humorous disposition, the thought was suggested to pass off this meat upon the unsuspecting Billy as venison. Bringing a portion of the animal to headquarters (together with a squirrel), and assuring him that a large buck had been killed, the mess was eaten by the victim of Mr. Bare's joke, with a casual remark as to the toughness, etc. Subsequently the truth was told. Imagination rather than words can picture the result of such a revelation. In 1876 a three-days' hunt was indulged in by Mr. Bare, two of his nephews and a little negro boy.(note: If this is John Bare’s uncle, John Bare would have been 21 years old) (8/16/11: It appears that John Bare was a half-brother of Joshua’s) Starting with a cart and yoke of oxen, they drove into a bottom farm, proceeding horse-back until about a mile from their camping ground, when fresh bear tracks were discovered. Before very long an effort to secure bruin was commenced, and proved fruitful. While waiting for help to remove the animal (which weighed about 400 pounds) a large buck was killed by Mr. Bare. These furnish but mere instances of his good fortune with the gun and rifle.
Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas, Goodspeed Pub. Co, c1891, p. 198-199.
RE: John Bare… I’m having a difficult time establishing that the John Bare in Piggott, AR during the 1880 census is the son of William Jacob Bare. John claims on the 1880 census that he was born in Tennessee. However, in subsequent censuses both Dicie and David claim he was born in Illinois. I did find a John Bare, son of William Jacob and Elizabeth Williams, whose age matches John Bare, born in Jefferson County, Illinois on the 1860 census. I found a reference to the VA/TN/IN/IL/AR Bares having passed through Jefferson County, Tennessee on their way to Indiana. I believe it was here that William Jacob Bare was born. I checked the 1860 census in Jefferson County, TN but did not find a John Bare. I need to establish that John Bare was actually born in Illinois and not Tennessee like the 1880 census says.
5/24/12: For the first time I viewed the actual 1900 census. Dicey said that John was born in Tennessee.
Update 11/1/11: According to Una she believes John is Joshua’s half-brother and Una has also uncovered evidence that confirms this. Una says that the census shows John was born in IL, not TN. Una lives in Piggott, AR and has access to the records.
Nora Hardin (Adaline Bare’s daughter): The 1910 Census in Payne, Clay County, Arkansas, lists Nora Hardin, age 15, as living with a family called Farmer. Is this the same person?
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