Bennington

BARNARD, Alonzo

Vermont Historical Magazine, No XI, October 1867, p 212

Alonzo BARNARD, son of Josiah BARNARD, was born in Peru [Bennington County, 
Vermont]. When a lad of fourteen or fifteen years, his father [Josiah 
BARNARD] went to Ohio to live. Alonzo graduated at Oberlin [Oberlin College 
in Lorain County, Ohio], and became a Pioneer Missionary, at Red Lake and 
vicinity [Minnesota?]; and has undergone hardships almost unparalleled.

[On the same page, in the section dealing with the history of Peru, the 
following is found regarding the brothers Josiah, Benjamin, and Stowell 
BARNARD: "In the early settlement of the town [Peru, Bennington County, 
Vermont], three BARNARD brothers: Josiah, Benjamin, and Stowell; three 
BATCHELDER brothers: John, Israel, and Edmund; and three STONE brothers: 
Samuel, Josiah, and Joseph, came into the place. Of these nine but three are 
now living in town; but their descendants form quite an important portion of 
the inhabitants." The three BARNARD brothers were likely the children of 
Benjamin BARNARD, Sr., born in 1750, and Lucy WOOD, born in 1752. Bracketed 
material added by submitter, who is not researching these surnames, to 
support or clarify information given in the biography and to raise questions.]

Submitted by Cathy Kubly