Robert Barclay Binford, son of Robert and Martha Hill Binford, was born March 4, 1850, and died May 14,1926. He was born in Blue River township, on the farm his parents cleared from the woods in the early history of Indiana.
He a one of a family of nine children, six boys and three girls. With his passing but two of the sons remain, William Penn and Nathan C. Binford. The sisters are Martha J. Elliott and Mary L. Bruner. of this city, and Alice A. Bacon, of Kansas.
Barclay received his early education in the district school. He learned farming and followed it as his occupation all his life, or as long as he was able to work. He developed organic heart disease and was in failing health for the past two years.
For two years he taught the colored school in the Beech. In the year of 1870 and '71 he attended Earlham College. In 1871 and '72 he taught an Indian school in Indian Territory, now Oklahoma.
In September, 1872, he was married to Deborah Ann Butler, and they began their home life on the farm where they continued to live until they moved into GreenfieId a year and half ago . Almost four years ago they celebrated their golden wedding anniversary, a very happy occasion.
He leaves his wife, three daughters, Nellie B. Luse, Dora E. Bond and Martha R. French, and one son, Justus R. Rinford, also eight grandchildrin, Mary Luse Phillips, Arthur, Caroline and Charles Luke, Ruth and Laura Bond, Howard Preston and Robert Binford Frech, two great-grand-children. Robert Barclay and Martha Josephine Phillips.
The death of their son, Ernest, of yellow fever in Old Mexico, in 1899, was a heavy blow and loosened some of the cords that bound him to this life and to the business world, and he gave more attention to making those about him happy and less to making money.
He was a loving husband, a kind father and a good neighbor. He lived his christianity in his every day life. None of us who were around him in his last sickness, would for a moment doubt his good. conscience. He always had a smile and a word of cheer, and did not complain even when suffering the greatest distress in getting his breath. We were reminded of Solon's answer to Croesus when he was pressing him to acknowledge him the happiest of mortals:
"Account no man happy before his death."
Barclay died like a philosopher. When he was that death was near, twenty-four hours before the end, he called his family around him, bade them all good-bye and gave them words of advice, said he was ready to go, had no regrets and for them now to go to their sleep and not worry. bur leave everything in God's hands. And his life slowly faded out in sleep.
"Let me die the death of the righteous and let my land end be like his."
Robert Barclay Binford, son of Robert and Martha Hill Binford, was born March 4, 1850, and died May 14,1926. He was born in Blue River township, on the farm his parents cleared from the woods in the early history of Indiana.
He a one of a family of nine children, six boys and three girls. With his passing but two of the sons remain, William Penn and Nathan C. Binford. The sisters are Martha J. Elliott and Mary L. Bruner. of this city, and Alice A. Bacon, of Kansas.
Barclay received his early education in the district school. He learned farming and followed it as his occupation all his life, or as long as he was able to work. He developed organic heart disease and was in failing health for the past two years.
For two years he taught the colored school in the Beech. In the year of 1870 and '71 he attended Earlham College. In 1871 and '72 he taught an Indian school in Indian Territory, now Oklahoma.
In September, 1872, he was married to Deborah Ann Butler, and they began their home life on the farm where they continued to live until they moved into GreenfieId a year and half ago . Almost four years ago they celebrated their golden wedding anniversary, a very happy occasion.
He leaves his wife, three daughters, Nellie B. Luse, Dora E. Bond and Martha R. French, and one son, Justus R. Rinford, also eight grandchildrin, Mary Luse Phillips, Arthur, Caroline and Charles Luke, Ruth and Laura Bond, Howard Preston and Robert Binford Frech, two great-grand-children. Robert Barclay and Martha Josephine Phillips.
The death of their son, Ernest, of yellow fever in Old Mexico, in 1899, was a heavy blow and loosened some of the cords that bound him to this life and to the business world, and he gave more attention to making those about him happy and less to making money.
He was a loving husband, a kind father and a good neighbor. He lived his christianity in his every day life. None of us who were around him in his last sickness, would for a moment doubt his good. conscience. He always had a smile and a word of cheer, and did not complain even when suffering the greatest distress in getting his breath. We were reminded of Solon's answer to Croesus when he was pressing him to acknowledge him the happiest of mortals:
"Account no man happy before his death."
Barclay died like a philosopher. When he was that death was near, twenty-four hours before the end, he called his family around him, bade them all good-bye and gave them words of advice, said he was ready to go, had no regrets and for them now to go to their sleep and not worry. bur leave everything in God's hands. And his life slowly faded out in sleep.
"Let me die the death of the righteous and let my land end be like his."
Family Members
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Benjamin Hill Binford
1838–1907
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Isaiah Binford
1839–1842
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James Chappell Binford
1841–1843
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John Hill Binford
1844–1912
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William Penn Binford
1846–1933
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Joseph L Binford
1852–1914
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Dr Mary Ladd Binford Bruner
1855–1942
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Martha J Binford Elliott
1858–1927
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Nathan Clark Binford
1859–1947
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Alice Ann Binford Bacon
1861–1934
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