Many of the following details come from a brochure, The
Barringer Family In Catawba County [
Other family details for The Barringer Family In Cabarrus County
are available in a book The Natural Bent 1 , the
memoirs of Dr. Paul B. Barringer, M.D. This book includes the pioneer family of
John Paul Barringer from
A third book describing settlers in the western Piedmont area of North Carolina, including a portion of the Barringer Clan along with a photograph of the second Barringer house, is Carpenters A Plenty 2 by Robert C. Carpenter.
Some details of the Barringer family tree are available at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nccatawb/family/barringe.txt . More details are shown below to integrate the tree for my ancestors.
This genealogy effort is prepared for my son, Mathias Nesbit Barringer as a little Christmas present in 2001 to give him a whole-cloth idea of his ancestors. I provide this as a trust for keeping a record of life so it is clean, upright, and of a high standard so the Barringer name grows stronger.
Wilhelm [b ~1695, d. 1748, buried at sea] and Paulina [b.
~1699, d 1748, buried at sea] Behringer,
John Paul b.
married Catherine Blackwelder
(Schwartzsalder) in 1777.
Mathias b. 1730, d. 1776, married Margaret Bushart
George Henry b.
1732? Or 1723? Or 1725, married a Scotch lady
~1750
Annie Maria b. ?, married Christian Barnhardt
Catherine b. ~1725 married Christian Overcash? Or Aubenschein?
Dolly b. ~1727 to ~1731, married Nicholas Cook
John Paul, the oldest son, was born
Wilhelm and Paulina were old, but they decided to make their
immigration trip to
The ship “Palina” arrived at
About 1753 the family went to North Carolina (Dr. Barringer’s
book says: Pioneer John Paul Barringer, sometime before the year, 1750 traveled
down from Pennsylvania with a train of five or six wagons and camped near a
creek not far from the present site of Mount Pleasant, NC during the
confinement of his wife). They settled
on Dutch Buffalo Creek, in what today is identified as
To better fit in with their English neighbors, the Behringer’s changed their German name to the English
version of Barringer. John Paul
Barringer built his house and a mill (quarrying and cutting his first
millstones from local granite) and was reported to live a Baronial life (his
home was named
Mathias Barringer lived with his older brother John Paul on
Dutch Buffalo Creek for a number of years and was a Lieutenant in a company of
Royal Militia organized by his brother Captain John Paul Barringer. As I recall, Mathias worked for his brother
for 7 years as an indentured servant to pay for his passage from
Mathias is named in the Revolutionary War of Independence
(which lasted 8 ½ years)
Mathias married Margaret Bushart,
a German girl and they had two children.
Later, Mathias formed a militia unit at his home located near
Mathias,
Jr. b.
September 22, 1767--the first of my family tree to be
born
in
Catherine b.
John Setzer ~1777,
d.
County, NC and buried at Old St. Paul’s
Lutheran
Church Cemetery,
Captain John Paul presented many valuable gifts to his brother
Mathias and Margaret at their marriage.
The gifts included two Negro slaves, cows, two dogs for deer hunting,
and a large, new “Luther Bible” exactly like the one Mathias had brought John
Paul from
Mathias bought land in what today is known as Catawba County
from John, Earl of Granville about 1762, and he built a two-room log
house. The two-room house still
exists. The house was relocated to a
historical park in
Captain Mathias was made a member of the “Committee of
Safety” for the
At the beginning of the Revolutionary War both the English and the Americans sought Indian help and the British got help because they had defended the Indians previously and they supplied them with rifles 3 ! King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (ruled from 1760 to 1820) encouraged the Cherokee Indians to attack the settlers and burn their houses (particularly when they were considered revolutionaries working to the disadvantage of the King) as the British advertised the Americans would be unrestrained in their western expansion. General Rutherford of the Colonies was ordered to collect all companies in his district and drive the Indians beyond the mountains to the West. In the late summer of 1776, Captain Mathias Barringer with a small squad of soldiers was sent in advance of the army to search for the Indians. On John’s River [near Morganton, NC] they found the Indians as they came from ambush armed as well as the Militia—all men except one [Phillip Frye] were killed. General Rutherford ordered his men to bury the dead and no one knows of the final resting place for Captain Mathias Barringer who died at age 46.
Mathias Barringer, Jr. [b September 22,
1767 d. March 18, 1844 in
David b.
Catherine (Katie) Frye
Jonas b.
Andrew b. Januaary
12, 1803, d.
Joseph b. ?,
m.
Polly b.?, married David Hunsucker
Catherine b.?, married a Hallman
Peggy b.?
Mathias Barringer, Jr. was 9 years old when Captain Mathias was killed by the Indians and by customary English law, he inherited his father’s land. Mathias, Jr., became a well to do farmer, and a man of strong mind and integrity. The Barringer Muster was held once a year on the last Thursday, Friday, and Saturday in May. Thousands of people came for social pleasure and amusement with dancing every night in the upper story of the large Barringer house, which supplanted the original two room cabin, the where refreshments were served. Mrs. Barringer had her table set from Friday morning until late Saturday night for the great social days of the Muster. Family history records that Catherine Setzer Dellinger (she was the daughter of Catherine Barringer Setzer who was the sister of pioneer Mathias Barringer) risked her and her baby’s life by riding her horse across a flooded river to attend the dance at her uncles Mathias’ house during the Muster which indicates it must have been a great party.
In 1842, the North Carolina Legislature established
“Mathias Barringer House
In this log
structure
Then located 2
miles East,
And its first
court was held
Alexander b. 1828, d. ~1862, m. Sarah S. Huit
Alfred b. ?
Emaline (Eliza) b. ?, married Wade Rankin
Linnie b.
Manuel Monroe Cline b.
This generation would have participated in the Civil War, however, the family history does not contain any
details about this period with the exception that some uncles were disabled
during the war years. A few people from
Last Name| First Name| Unit| Rank|
Birth Date| Death Date| Burial Place| Reference**|*|*|*| Death Place| Notes
Barringer| H. A. |
18th-A| Pvt.| a—1828| 27 Nov 1862| NCT-6:310| D| | |
Barringer| Perry R.
| 46th-K| Cpl. | a---1836| 13 Dec 1862| NCT-11:229|K| |
Noah Barringer [b.
Mary
Jane b.
children:
Herbert, Ralph, Tate,
Henry Franklin b.
children: Charles, William Noah, Homer,
Annie,
Thomas, Mary, Helen Lucille, Sally, Margaret
Rhoda Ann b.
children: Lellie,
Lester, Pinkney, Everett, Fannie
Linnie
Catherine b.
children: Zettie,
Lela, Henry, Clayton, Lottie, Roland,
Lee, Marion, Dewey, Rose, Paul
David
Emanuel b. ?
1865, married Elizabeth Sigmon and had children:
Lela, Essie, Paul
Harriett
Eliza b.
children:
Maude, Dennis
John
Pinkney b.
children: Paul, Frank, Castle, Hazel, Lottie,
Libby,
Carl, John
Alfred
Tate b.
children: Hobart, Gertie,
Ray, Cecil, Mary Ruby
James Jordon b.
children: Carroll, Blanche, Emmitt Edgar,
John Earl,
Marshall Robert, Lillian
Ida
Belle b.
children: Herbert, Earl, Wade,
Ned, Cleo, Ruby, Henrietta, Louis
A
son b.
Minnie Cora b.
had children: Carrie Mae, Ora
Belle, Annie Lee,
Willie Edna, Fred Ray, Ralph Eugene, Roy
Robert,
Malcom Henry, James
Elmer, Gladys Cleo, Nellie
Lucille, Paul B. Freda Elaine
Perry Lester b.
Margie, John Coyte,
Hugh Perry, Guy Emmitt,
Phil Louis
Hamilton
Belton b.
children: William Sinclair, Russell, Robert,
Nellie, Smith,
Phil,
Effie
Ella b.
children Neva Gertrude, Edna Blanche, Clement
Eugene,
Loretta Estelle, Newell B., James Curtis
Lottie
Emma b.
children: Hershel, Grace
Bertha
Alda b.
children Glovys,
Alta, Mildred, G. Miles
Carrie
Lillian b.
Noah
Clayton b.
children: Thelma, Lorine,
Harold Maron, Willard Grady,
Helen Loyce,
Charles Clifford
Noah had 19 children of
which, 18 survived. He had 9 children by
his first wife and 10 by his second wife.
Noah was a farmer, business man, and on the Catawba County Board.
Generation 6-
Perry Lester Barringer [b
John Coyte b.
September 20, 1903, d. June 17, 1970, m Ruth Marie
Herth and had children
Ruth Marie b. November 1,
1929, m. Lewis Allen Raibley,
John Lewis Barringer,
b. February 12 , 1932, m Nancy Gertrude Shereer,
Richard Kirk Barringer, b March 21, 1940 m.
Mary Carol Campbell
Hugh Perry b. April 14, 1905, d. March 6,
1956, m. Edna
Lenora Coogler, b
June 3, 1903, d July 14, 1989 and
had children: Hubert Paul and Larry Edward
Margie
Elizabeth b.
Guy Emmett b.
McClurd and had
child: Peggy, b.
m. Richard Shull and Robert Baum, m October
2, 1989. Peggy was an
actress using the stage name Peggy Winslow
Phil Louis b.
August 4, 1916, d. October 25, 2004 m. Regina Wilson and had children:
Regina Elizabeth b. September 7, 1950, m.
Allen Lee,
Eileen Ernestine b. December 2, 1951, m.
David Mullis,
Phil Louis Jr. b. December 13, 1953, m Cindy
Regal,
Martha Wilson b. February 22, 1955, m. Danny
Norwood,
Mark Wilson b. February 13, 1957, m. Lisa
Lawrence
and Susan Owens,
Phil Louis was also married to Vivian Parker Finigan
on September 2, 1990.
Perry Barringer worked on the railroad (my father Hugh Barringer was born in Frankfort, KY), was a carpenter, and a builder. Details for this family genealogy summary were provided as a gift from Dr. Phil Louis Barringer, M.D. to my father, Rev. Hugh Barringer, ThD. in 1953.
Tom Brokaw, a television news anchor for the NBC Nightly News, wrote a book in December 1998 called the Greatest Generation. He describes how “this generation [the children of Generation 6] was united by common purpose, common values of duty, honor, economy, courage, service, love of family and country, and above all, responsibility for oneself” as this generation persevered through a depression and World War II.
Coyte and Hugh were too old for World War II. Margie was an accomplished biology schoolteacher, and helped her mother Lena run a boarding house to keep body and sole together after Perry Barringer died from a brain tumor.
Thus the burden of World War II warrior fell to:
Guy Barringer, US Navy, PT boats—just the right spot for a motorcycle rider
(before they were popularized) who later was a full time motorcycle policeman;
and to
Phil Barringer 4 , front line battle surgeon for tank
destroyers during the European campaign including the Battle of the Bulge. Tank destroyers were in heavy demand and
assigned to all armies when they called for help. Tank destroyers were equipped with 110mm long
guns on their tanks which also had extra armor hung from the standard tank
armor—so they went into battle looking like a junk pile. The lightly armored standard
Hugh Perry Barringer [b April 14, 1905, d. March 6, 1956] and Edna Lenora Coogler [b. June 3, 1908, d. July 14, 1989]
Hubert Paul b. July 12, 1936, m. Martha Sue
Edwards and had child:
Mathias Nesbit
Larry
Edward b. September 1, 1937,
m. Jo-Ann Noblett and had children:
Leigh Ann b. October 28, 1961 and James Larry
b. July 1, 1964
Hugh Barringer was a Lutheran minister. Edna Coogler Barringer was a public school teacher. You can read a brief bio about H. Paul Barringer at http://www.barringer1.com/bio.htm . Larry Edward Barringer graduated from the US Naval Academy, served two tours of warrior duty for Naval Air duty in Viet Nam as bomber pilot and Air Boss on the FDR aircraft carrier. Captain Larry E. Barringer retired from his last duty station on Captains Row at the US Naval Academy and lives in Bessemer City, NC with JoAnn where they run a craft business.
Hubert Paul Barringer [b. July 12, 1936, m. December 23, 1960] and Martha Sue Edwards [b. April 17, 1935]
Mathias
Nesbit b. December 12, 1961, m.
Mary Sandra Wranosky
in Portland, Texas
In the Mathias Barringer portion of the family tree, Mat is
the next named Mathias after generation 3’s Mathias Barringer, Jr. He and Dr. Mary Barringer, PhD (neural
psychology) live in Bryan Texas where Mat is a Mechanical Engineer and
Mathias Nesbit Barringer [b.
Nothing to report
Mathias and Mary have no children. Likewise, Mathias cousin James Larry Barringer mentioned in Generation 7 has no children. Therefore the Barringer family line of almost 300 years from 1730 ends with Generation 9 for this lineage.
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Notes:
1. The Natural Bent, the memoirs of Dr.
Paul B. Barringer, M.D. chairman of the faculty at University of Virginia (then
equivalent ot president) from 1895-1903 and later
president of Virginia Polytechnic Institute (now Virginia Tech) see
http://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/databook/text/chap3/3_2.htm [a descendent of of the German born John Paul Barringer-brother of Mathias
Barringer-who settled in Cabarrus County, NC].
The Natural Bent was published in 1949 [with a copyright by his
daughter Anna Barringer of
Dr. Paul B. Barringer was named after his grandfather General Paul B. Barringer
(b. March 12, 1776, d. March 29, 1835 in
General Rufus Barringer was the first Southern General that Abraham Lincoln
met. When President Lincoln was
assassinated, the authorities found General Barringer’s
card in Lincoln’s coat pocket, and this started an immediate conspiracy theory
of who [General Barringer] was behind the assassination that resulted in an
unruly mob. The angry mob attacked the
jail holding General Barringer with intention to lynch him. The mob was repelled by Union troops—General
Barringer said it was the only time in his life when he was glad to see Yankee
troops coming after him!
General Rufus Barringer fought in 76 engagement, had two horsed killed from
under him, and was wounded three times.
Dr. Paul B. Barringer said “He left [his home to join the CSA] as a man
of 39, in the prime of life and returned an old man and was never really strong
again, through leading an active and able life.
Four and a half years of sustained combat had taken their toll”. Rufus Barringer was a Union supporter but was
among the first to volunteer when North Carolina seceded. General Rufus Barringer’s
papers are described at http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv//b/Barringer,Rufus.html. Rufus Barringer is buried in
An article in the State, January 1995, page 13, describes how Dr. Barringer as
an 8-year-old boy was living at the house of his uncle, Victor Clay Barringer,
in
2. A book describing settlers in the western
Piedmont area of
3. Johnson, Paul, A History Of The American People, HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., NY, 1997, page 168.
4. A short resume of Phil Louis Barringer, A.B., B.S., M.D., M.S., F.A.C.S-
Education:
Hickory, NC City Schools, Lenoir Rhyne College, A.B. in Biology and Chemistry,
Medical School:
University of NC at Chapel Hill, NC-B.S.
in Medicine in 1940; Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, MD in 1942.
Graduate School:
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education
and Research University of Minnesota, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN-Master of
Science in Surgery 1951.
Occupation:
Rotating General Surgical Internship,
Battalion Surgeon United States Army
European Theater, 801st Tank Destroyer Battalion and the 34th
Tank Battalion, 1943-1947 discharged with ranko of
Major.
Fellowship in General Surgery, Mayo
Clinic, Rochester, MN 1947-1950
Resident Surgeon Colonial Hospital (now
Methodist Hospital), Rochester, MN 1950-1951
Martin Memorial Hospital, Mt. Airy, NC
1951 (6 months)
General Surgeon, Danbury Hospital,
Danbury, CN 1951-1952
General Surgeon, Chief of Staff, Bertie
Memorial Hospital, Windsor, NC 1952-1954
General Surgery, Monroe, NC 1955 to
retirement in August 1986
FAA Flight Examiner
1955 to 1985
Article Published:
“A New Approach to the Venous Spread of
Carcinoma of the Colon”, February 1952
Return to Generation 6
Last revised 12/30/2007 as a genealogy work in progress by H. Paul Barringer
© Barringer & Associates, Inc. 2001