Identifier: historyofundergr00smed_0 (find matches)
Title: History of the Underground railroad in Chester and the neighboring counties of Pennsylvania
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Smedley, R. C. (Robert Clemens), 1832-1883
Subjects: Underground Railroad African Americans
Publisher: Lancaster, Pa., Office of the Journal
Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries

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ed in farming until about his fiftiethyear. In West Chester he engaged in the lumber busi-ness and the building of houses; and in Philadelphiain the manufacturing of bricks by steam and in real es-tate investments. He is now enjoying in retirement thefruits of an active life. The Barnards were all abolitionists. Richard M.Barnard, a brother of Simon, and occupying an adjoin-ing farm, rendered some effective service to fugitiveslaves, but he was more of a politician in those days,and more conservative. He was a representative in theLegislature at Harrisburg in 1837-38. He was aprominent and influential man of the neighborhood,and was much relied upon as an umpire in disputedquestions, being a clear-headed accountant, mathemati-cian, surveyor, conveyancer and man of affairs. EUSEBIUS BABNARD.(Born Seventh Month (July) 1802—Died 1865.) When the number of slaves that were forwarded byDaniel Gibbons to friends in Lancaster county and thenorthern part of Chester county, and by Thomas Gar-
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EUSEBIUS BARNARD. UNDERGROUND RAILROAD. 289 rett to Philadelphia and other places, became so greatas to necessitate another route through Chester county,Eusebius and Sarah P. Barnard, of Pocopsin, wereamong the first to make their residence an establishedstation on this new line of travel. Slaves came to theirplace chiefly from Thomas Garrett, Isaac and DinahMendenhall, Dr. Bartholomew Fussell and others. Ifthey arrived in the early part of the night, they werefed, and about two oclock in the morning were taken toother stations, generally by Eusebius himself, until hissons w^ere old enough to be sent on these hazardousmissions. During his absence on one occasion, his wifesent their oldest daughter Elizabeth. If fugitives ar-rived in busy seasons, or at other times when their laborwould be of service, and there was no immediate dan-ger, they remained a few days, worked, and w^ere paidthe customary wages. If women and children came,they were taken in a dearborn to other places. If there

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