Tuesday, October 05, 2010

Great Great Great Grandparents

We are in Staunton, Virginia tonight, home of my great great great grandmother, Julia Ann Sowers, who married James Turner Barclay in 1830.  They lived in Monticello, where my great great grandfather John Judson Barclay was born.  Later, they lived in Scottsville Virginia, in this house, where we went this morning:

Dr. James Turner Barclay was a trained pharmacist, medical doctor, and the first minister of the Scottsville Disciples of Christ church in 1846.  Dr. Barclay continued his ministry and lived next door in the Barclay House until 1851 when he went to Jerusalem as his Church's first missionary.  


The church next door to their house (visible on the left in this photo)  is now the Scottsville Museum, which was unfortunately not open today.