Levi Barber was a surveyor, court administrator, banker, and legislator who served two non-consecutive terms in the United States House Of Representatives in the early 19th century.
15 Facts About Levi Barber
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Levi Barber was born in Simsbury, Connecticut, the son of David Barber and Sarah Lawrence.
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Levi Barber's name appears on early survey records in what later became Monroe County, Ohio.
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Levi Barber surveyed many other places in Ohio, for example his name is listed as the surveyor in 1802 in Bethel Township in Miami county, Ohio, according to the original source document.
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On February 15,1803, in Washington County, Ohio, Levi Barber married Elizabeth Rouse of Massachusetts.
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Levi Barber was appointed Washington County surveyor in November 1805 and served until July 1816.
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Levi Barber was commissioned receiver of the United States land office in Marietta, Ohio, on April 1,1807.
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Levi Barber was elected from Washington County to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1806.
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Levi Barber served as clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and the court of Washington County from 1809 until 1817, when he resigned to take his seat in Congress.
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Levi Barber served as a Justice of the Peace and performed civil marriages.
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Levi Barber was elected in 1816 as a Democratic-Republican from Ohio's 3rd congressional district to the Fifteenth United States Congress.
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Levi Barber was unsuccessful in his 1818 bid for reelection.
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In 1819 Levi Barber was again elected from Washington and Athens counties to the Ohio legislature and held the certificate of election.
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Levi Barber was appointed Trustee of Ohio University in Athens, Ohio in 1822 and served until his death.
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Levi Barber was the fourth president of the Bank of Marietta, the first bank chartered in Ohio.