The 2nd Marriage of Barbara Lipe

Barbara Lipe was born 16 November 1795 in Montgomery County, NC, a daughter of Leonard Lipe and his wife Barbara Wentz. At age 19, she married Daniel Dry, son of Owen Ulrich and Eve Dry Dry, on 21 March 1815, in Montgomery County, North Carolina.

Shortly after their marriage they re-located to Perry County, Illinois. There they raised a family of eight children; six sons and 2 daughters. On 9 March 1836, at age 40, Daniel Dry passed away leaving Barbara a widow with children ranging in age from 3 years to 21 years of age. Seven of these children were under the age of 21; only the oldest had reached the age of majority.

On 19 January 1841, Barbara (Lipe) Dry married David H. Mead, a Merchant, in Perry County, Illinois.

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Marriage: Barbara (Lipe) Dry -David H. Mead

January 19^th 1841 marriage Licensee Ifsued to

David H. mead and Barbara Dry which

Was returned on 22^nd day of the

Same month with the following certificate

Written thereon, State if Illinois Perry

County The people of the State of Illinois

I am acting justice of the peace in

The County of Perry do hereby certify that

I Joined together as husband and wife

The within named David H. Mead and

Barbara Dry on the 19^th day of

January 1841.

                                                Wm. Williams JP {Seal}

No children have been identified from this marriage. In the 1850 and 1860 Census, David and Barbara are living in separate households. Barbara is with her son Daniel W. Dry and his family in 1850 Census and in the Household of Simon Pyle in the 1860 Census. Simon Pyle is her grandson, a son of her daughter Catherine Dry Pyle.  This separation doesn’t represents a healthy marriage.

Davis H. Mead served as a Private with Company D, 31st Illinois. His FindAGrave Memorial shows that he died in 1865; but,  this date is not validated with a tombstone shown on his grave.  No source for this date has been documented and no VERIFIED Death Date has been found. Another reason to give pause on his death is that his FindAGrave memorial says he is buried in Nine Mile Cemetery, Sunfield, Perry County, Illinois. Official Illinois Records says he is buried in the I.O.O.F Cemetery.

Barbara (Lipe) Dry Mead passed away in February 1880; Cause of Death: Apoplexy. Her death is documented in the 1880 Mortality Census.

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Barbara (Lipe) Dry Mead was the 1st Wife of Daniel Dry, my 1st Cousin 5X Removed.

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1. Marriage: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BG-W3GJ-W?cc=1803970

2. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 25 June 2020); Memorial page for Barbara Lipe Dry; (16 November 1795–26 February 1880); Find a Grave memorial # 34493490, Citing McElvain Cemetery; Du Quoin, Perry County, Illinois, USA.

3. 1850 U. S. Census, Perry County, Illinois, population schedule, District 7, Perry, Illinois, Page 370(Stamped), Line 10, Dwelling 508, Family 510, Household of Daniel W. DRY; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 25 June 2020); citing NARA.

4. 1860 U. S. Census, Perry County, Illinois, population schedule, Township 6 S Range 2 W, Perry, Illinois, Page 213(Penciled), Line 1,, Dwelling 1452, Family 1452;, Barbara MEAD; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 25 June 2020); citing NARA publication Roll: M_.

5. 1880 U. S. Census Mortality Schedule, Perry County, Illinois, population schedule, Du Quoin, Perry, Illinois, USA, enumeration district (ED) 73, Page 1, Line 25 [Actual Line 28], Barbara Dry; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 15 May 2022); citing National Archives Microfilm M1805.

6. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Daniel Dry (21 July 1795–9 March 1836), Memorial # 34493277.

7. 1850 U. S. Census, Perry County, Illinois, population schedule, District 7, Perry, Illinois, Page 375, Line#23, Dwelling 590, Family 594, Household of David H. MEAD; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 15 July 2022); citing NARA publication.

8. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 15 July 2022); Memorial page for David H Mead; (1797–1865); Find a Grave memorial # 225922955, Citing Nine Mile Cemetery; Sunfield, Perry County, Illinois, USA .