John Barkalow
John Barkalow, as stated above, was born in Maysville, Ky., in the year 1801, and came with his parents to Warren County, Ohio, in 1804. In 1821 he married Catharine De Nise, and in 1823 removed to Shelby County and settled on a tract of wild land in Orange Township. This land he cleared and cultivated, and built a good dwelling, where he resided until 1861, when his dwelling and household goods were almost totally destroyed by fire, and in his efforts to save his family, in which he succeeded, he came near losing his own life. He then removed to the town of Sidney, where he resided until his death, September, 1872. His widow survived him until January 31, 1882, when she died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. S. De Nise. They raised a family of eight children, whose names and date of birth are as follows: Mary A., born Sept. 21, 1822; James D., Sept. 12, 1824; Eleanor, May 2, 1827; Sarah, May 22, 1829; Lydia M., Feb. 26, 1832; Celina, May 6, 1834; Nancy D., Nov. 19, 1836; and George D., March 4, 1839.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883