Jennie M. BARNARD

1845 - 1932  (87 years)

• Name	Jennie M. BARNARD
  Birth	24 Mar 1845	Bloomfield, CT
  Gender	Female
  Death	1 Dec 1932
  Burial	St. Andrews Cemetery, Bloomfield, CT
  Person ID	I1265	Descendants of Francis Barnard
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	John BARNARD,   b. 1821, Bloomfield, CT d. 24 Dec 1847 (Age 26 years)
  Mother	Martha Griswold BARNARD
  Family ID	F522	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gordon Clark WILLOUGHBY
  Marriage	3 Jan 1866	North Bloomfield, CT
  Children	1. Infant Son WILLOUGHBY   d. 18 Jul 1875 + 2. John Gordon WILLOUGHBY,   b. 8 Jan 1867, near Tariffville, CT d. 1912 (Age 44 years) + 3. William Barnard WILLOUGHBY,   b. Jul 1870, Simsbury, CT   4. Martha C. WILLOUGHBY,   b. 12 Dec 1877   d. 2 Aug 1946 (Age 68 years) + 5. Edward C. WILLOUGHBY,   b. Nov 1887, CT d. 1950 (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F523	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Jennie M. Barnard Willoughby (24 Mar. 1845 - 1 Dec. 1932), per Connecticut Headstone Inscriptions p. 588 , St. Andrews (Scotland) Cem., where she is interred as "Jennie M. Barnard Willoughby, wife of Gordon C." She is apparently the very same individual identified as Martha Jane Barnard, born 1845 and only daughter of John Barnard and Martha Griswold Barnard as listed in 1850 and 1860 federal censuses. Jennie M. Willoughby, born Mar. 1845 CT, 55 years of age, widowed, mother of 2 children, 2 children living, both parents born CT, per 1900 federal census East Granby, Hartford, CT, Roll 135, Book 2, p. 207 Commemorative Biographical Records of Hartford County, Connecticut: J. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1901, p. 1344; "a lady of culture and refinement, who is much esteemed for her many virtues. She was born in Bloomfield, attended the Bloomfield public schools, and later the academy at that place, from which she was graduated, and for four years successfully engaged in teaching." Jennie married Gordon Clark Willoughby (14 Mar. 1837 in Bloomfield - 4 Aug. 1898; interred St. Andrews (Scotland) Cem.,Bloomfield) 3 Jan. 1866 in North Bloomfield, per CBR, p. 1344 Jennie M. Barnard, 21, born and residing Bloomfield, married Gordon C. Willoughby, 28, born Simsbury, residing East Granby, 3 Jan. 1866, per Record of Marriages, vol. A, p. 87, Bloomfield Vital Statistics, LDS Roll 314449 Commemorative Biographical Records of Hartford County, Connecticut: J. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1901, p. 1343-44; Gordon "received a good practical education attending both public and select schools in early life. Throughout his active business life he engaged in farming and tobacco raising, and was also interested in milling, erecting the first gristmill at Tariffville, and operating it successfully for many years. He was a man of good business ability and sound judgment, and, being a great reader, he was always well posted on the leading events of the day, as well as political interests andissues. In connection with his other business interests he engaged in packing tobacco quite extensively, and in all hisundertakings met with well-merited success. He had one of the finest homes in East Granby, and everything about the place was in perfect harmony with it. The Republican party always found in him an ardent supporter of its principles, and in 1880 he was elected by a large vote to represent East Granby town in the State Legislature, being the first Republicanto fill that office in the town. He was a man of temperate habits, and was liberal in his religious views, but always adhered strictly to the Golden Rule. He was well liked and universally respected, and in his death, which occurred Aug. 4, 1898, the community realized that it had lost one of its most valuable citizens..."