Noyes Barber

Noyes Barber
United States Representative for Connecticut's at-large congressional district
In office March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1835
Preceded by	Elisha Phelps
Succeeded by	Isaac Toucey
Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
In office 1818
Personal details
Born	(1781-04-28)April 28, 1781 Groton
Died	January 3, 1844(1844-01-03) (aged 62) Groton
Resting place	Starr Cemetery, Groton
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Catherine Burdick Barber
Children	Adeliade Barber Bestsey Ann Barber Copp John Starr Barber
Occupation	merchant lawyer politician
Military service
Allegiance	Connecticut United States
Unit	8th Connecticut Regiment
Battles/wars	War of 1812

Noyes Barber (April 28, 1781 – January 3, 1844) was an American military veteran and politician who served seven terms as a United States representative from Connecticut from 1821 to 1835.

Biography

Barber was born in Groton, Connecticut son of John and Elizabeth (Denison) Barber. He attended the common schools and engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was a major of the Eighth Connecticut Regiment in the War of 1812 where he was detailed to defend the coast towns during the blockade by the British Fleet. He married Catherine Burdick in 1801 and they had two children, Adeliade Barber & Betsey Ann Barber Copp. Catherine died in 1813 and he married Mary Chester Smith in 1814 and they had two children, Mary Elizabeth Barber Whitman and John Starr Barber.

Career

Barber was a member of the Connecticut State House of Representatives in 1818.

Congress

He was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Seventeenth Congress, an Adams-Clay Republican to the Eighteenth, an Adams candidate to the Nineteenth and Twentieth, and an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-first through the Twenty-third Congresses, serving from March 4, 1821 to March 3, 1835. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1834 to the Twenty-fourth Congress.

After Congress

He resumed mercantile pursuits and was also a member of all Whig conventions from 1836.

Death

Barber died in Groton on January 3, 1844 (age 62 years, 250 days). He is interred at Starr Cemetery, Groton, Connecticut. He was the uncle of both Edwin Barber Morgan and Christopher Morgan. Both of these men served as Representatives in the United States Congress.

External links

• United States Congress. "Noyes Barber (id: B000125)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
•  Johnson, Rossiter, ed. (1906). "Barber, Noyes". The Biographical Dictionary of America. Vol. 1. Boston: American Biographical Society. p. 209.
• Noyes Barber at Find a Grave