Mordecai Barbour

Who was Mordecai Barbour?

Mordecai Barbour was a Culpeper County Militia officer during the American Revolutionary War and a prominent Virginia statesman, planter, and businessperson. Barbour was the father of John Strode Barbour, Sr., member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 15th congressional district; and the grandfather of John Strode Barbour, Jr., member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 8th congressional district and United States Senator; James Barbour, prominent Virginia statesman and planter; and Alfred Madison Barbour, Superintendent of the Harpers Ferry Armory during John Brown's raid.