Background
Barbour, Henry Merlin was born on May 29, 1848 in at Columbus, Indiana, United States. Son of Honorary Heman Humphrey and Frances E. (Merrill) Barbour.
Barbour, Henry Merlin was born on May 29, 1848 in at Columbus, Indiana, United States. Son of Honorary Heman Humphrey and Frances E. (Merrill) Barbour.
Brother of Thomas Seymour B. and half brother of Clarence Augustus B. (both governor). Bachelor of Arts, Trinity College, Connecticut, 1870, A.M., 1873.
Deacon, 1872, priest, 1873, Protestant Episcopal Church. Assistant minister Trinity Church, Tivoli, New York, 1872-1873. Rector St. John’s, Newark, New Jersey, 1873-1875, Trinity Church, Trenton, New Jersey 1875-1895, Church of the Beloved Disciple, New York, since 1895.
Chaplain 7th Regiment, National Guard of New Jersey, 1881-1895. Prelate emeritus, Coeur de Lion Commandery, K. T., New York.
Member Psi Upsilon.
Married Harriet Grosvenor Wilson, of E. Hartford, Connecticut, June 27, 1872.