John Henry Barrow
John Henry Barrow was a Congregational minister, journalist and South Australian politician.
Early life
Barrow was born in England, son of John Barrow. After he studied for the Congregational ministry at Hackney College, he took charge of the Congregational Church at Market Drayton in Shropshire, where he also ran a school.Career in Australia
Barrow emigrated to Adelaide, South Australia, in the hope that a change of climate would be beneficial to the health of his invalid wife, arriving in September 1853 on the Hannah Maria with his wife and four children, and obtained a position in the office of the South Australian Register. He also did work on the literary side and, when Andrew Garran went to Sydney, succeeded him as principal leader writer. He began preaching to an Independent congregation which met at "Maesbury House", the residence of John Roberts in Kensington, South Australia.He was, with Philip H. Burden and E. Jones, a tenant of Samuel R. and John H. Kearne's property "Oaklands".
He joined the seventh Henry Ayers ministry as Treasurer of South Australia in March 1872, holding the position until Ayers resigned in July 1873.
John Barrow was also the first Mayor of the newly created municipality of the Town of Unley, and was an active member of the South Australian Free Rifle Corps.
Late life
In mid-1873, Barrow's health declined; he died in Adelaide on 22 August 1874 of an effusion on the brain. He was married twice and left a widow, three sons and three daughters.Family
Barrow was married to Sarah Barrow née Liversedge. Their children included:- Sarah Ann Barrow married Edward "Ned" Jones of Oaklands, Yorke Peninsula on 29 January 1864
- John Thomas Barrow married Annie Jones in 1874, was a surveyor in Adelaide; land agent in Victoria; Inspector of Lands in Western Australia 1908–1913, lived South Perth. Annie was a daughter of Capt. T. P. Jones
- Mary Eleanore Barrow married Abraham Walter Bishop on 6 October 1872, lived in Nausori, Fiji, died in New Zealand.
- George L. Barrow, a journalist who was jailed for libel, then lived in Victoria, then Western Australia and Fiji, where he died.
- Margaretta Anna Barrow married Henry Lancaster Beddome on 17 February 1881. The two sisters died in the same week.
- Philip Henry Burden, Jr., the eldest adopted son, married Rachel Ann English on 25 February 1875. She was a daughter of Thomas English.
- Frederic Britten Burden married Ada Hallett on 20 May 1879. He was a businessman and newspaper editor in South Australia
- Annie Burden
- Florence Burden married Dr. William Thornborough Hayward on 26 June 1879. Florence, also writing as "Firenze", was a published author.