Today is the last day of the month of July 2022. I would be remiss if I neglected to post the only recorded death and burial of this very young woman to have taken place on July 14th, 1846.
Frances Jane Barbour was born sometime in November of 1831 to George (1804 - 1888) and Emma Knight Barbour (1804 - 1893), the second child of the four children born to the couple.
Frances died at the tender age of 15 years and 8 months, according to the death record taken from her tombstone ( no longer exists). Unfortunately, the record reveals nothing about her cause of death, and there is no obituary that I was able to find.
We do recognize that Frances Jane, and all the Barbours trace their family lineage to John and James Barbour, originally from Scotland who are named among the "fifteen" men who contributed to the re-settlement of Portland, then called Falmouth, in 1718.
Frances Jane Barbour's maternal grandparents were Zebulon Knight (1784 - 1848) and Marion 'Mary Ann' Sawyer ( 1784 - ?). Her paternal grandparents were John M. Barbour (1773 - 1850) and Anna Huston Wilson (1774 - 1829).
Frances Jane Barbour is buried at the Presumpscot/Grand Trunk Cemetery near her uncle John Barbour and her cousin Mary Ann Barbour.
