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Susan Homer McSween Barber the Cattle Queen of the area

Susan Homer McSween Barber

She was married to Alexander McSween, who was killed in the Lincoln County War. She later married George Barber and they owned a large ranch near White Oaks, New Mexico. In her later years, she was known as the “Cattle Queen of New Mexico.

” MARRIED ALEXANDER A.MCSWEEN AT AGE 29.ON 23 AUGUST 1873 IN ATCHINSON,KANSAS. SEE LINCOLN COUNTY WAR HISTORY OR BILLY THE KID HISTORY. ∼ She was married to Alexander McSween, who was killed in the Lincoln County War. She later married George Barber and they owned a large ranch near White Oaks, New Mexico. In her later years, she was known as the “Cattle Queen of New Mexico.”

name:	Susan Ellen Mcsween
Birth Date:	30 Dec 1845
Birth Place:	Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Death Date:	3 Jan 1931
Death Place:	Lincoln, Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States of America
Cemetery:	Cedarvale Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place:	White Oaks, Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States of America
Has Bio?:	Y
Father:	Peter Hummer
Mother:	Elizabeth Hummer
Spouse:	Alexander Angus McSween
URL:	https://www.findagrave.com/mem…

Family Members

Parents

Peter Hummer
1808–1886
Elizabeth Stauffer Hummer
1812–1851

Spouses

Alexander Angus McSween
1837–1878 (m. 1873)
George B. Barber
1846–1928

Siblings

Delilah Hummer Lerew
1834–1911
Rebecca Hummer Slaybaugh
1837–1915
Lydia Emmeline Homer Kirkness
1848–1895
Leander Homer
1851–1916
Hattie L. Hummer Baker
1870–1934

Half Siblings

Addison A. Homer
1852–1910
Clara V Hummer Hershey
1854–1934
Ida Leranda Hummer Wolf
1856–1955
Florella Estella Hummer Jacobs
1859–1928

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Lincoln County Ownership

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Type	Grantee	Rec	Book	Page	#	Date	Grantor	Description	Doc#
WD	BARBER SUSAN E	1	O	246	2	1892	LITTELL MARY		189210246
		1					LITTELL WILLIAM J		189210246
	Track	Unit	Block 37	Lot 4	Parcel	E/2	WHITE OAKS O P		189210246
WD	BARBER SUSAN E	1	F	311	2	1885	BATES SEBRIAN		188510311
	Section 33	Township 10S	Range 10E					NE/4 S/2 NW/4 SW/4	188510311
WD	BARBER SUSAN E	1	H	290	2	1887	CLARK CHARLES T		188710290
		1					CLARK LYLLIS N		188710290
	Track	Unit	Block	Lot 8	Parcel		CITY LODE-LINCOLN AVE W O		188710290
WD	BARBER SUSAN E	1	H	429	3	1887	GLASS ANNIE		188710429
		1					GLASS J GILBERT		188710429
	Track	Unit	Block 33	Lot	Parcel	LOTS 1-2 5	WHITE OAKS O P		188710429
WD	BARBER SUSAN E	1	H	432	2	1887	MCPHERSON E S		188710432
	Track	Unit	Block 38	Lot 6	Parcel		WHITE OAKS O P		188710432
	Track	Unit	Block 22	Lot 6	Parcel		WHITE OAKS O P		188710432
DEED	BARBER SUSAN E	1	A	163	1	1888	CRONIN M		188810163
	Track	Unit	Block 45	Lot 4	Parcel		NOGAL TOWNSITE		188810163
WD	BARBER SUSAN E	1	J	247	3	1888	TUCKER ADDIE		188810247
	Track	Unit	Block	Lot 9-10	Parcel		CITY LODE-PLACER ST W O		188810247
WD	BARBER SUSAN E	1	J	297	2	1888	HEMAN M LULU		188810297
		1					HEMAN THEODORE W		188810297
	Track	Unit	Block 13	Lot 8	Parcel		WHITE OAKS O P		188810297
WD	BARBER SUSAN E	1	J	306	2	1888	NUE AH		188810306
	Track	Unit	Block 38	Lot 1	Parcel	PART	WHITE OAKS O P		188810306
QCD	BARBER SUSAN E	1	J	308	2	1888	TALIAFERRO ELLA M		188810308
		1					TALIAFERRO JONES		188810308
	Track	Unit	Block 38	Lot 1	Parcel	PART	WHITE OAKS O P		188810308
WD	BARBER SUSAN E	1	J	457	2	1888	HAMILTON CHARLES M		188810457
		1					HAMILTON SARAH A		188810457
	Track	Unit	Block 30	Lot 7	Parcel	PART	WHITE OAKS O P		188810457
QCD	BARBER SUSAN E	1	K	29	1	1888	TRUBY BESSIE		188810029
		1					TRUBY CHARLES D		188810029
		1					TRUBY KATE		188810029
		1					TRUBY PHILLIP		188810029
	Track	Unit	Block 5	Lot	Parcel	LOTS 2 6	WHITE OAKS O P		188810029
WD	BARBER SUSAN E	1	K	30	2				188810030
		1					FRAZIER SUSAN A FKA		188810030
		1					TRUBY C DEC’D		188810030
		1					TRUBY SUSAN A		188810030
	Track	Unit	Block 5	Lot	Parcel	LOTS 2 6	WHITE OAKS O P		188810030
WD	BARBER SUSAN E	1	K	445	2	1889	PRICE ELMORE	OTERO COUNTY PROPERTY	188910445

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It was reported that in 1923 her home in White Oaks caught fire and Susan jumped out the second story window. Below is from the site here

…”In the summer of 1923 her house burned out from under her for the second time in her life, forcing her to jump from an upstairs window to safety. Unhurt but now nearly destitute, she moved a short distance into a shack on Lincoln Avenue. It was there in July 1926 that the Marshall Bond/Miguel A. Otero party, formed to interview and photograph survivors of the Lincoln County War, found her. Always charming and gracious, she continued to keep up appearances in spite of the spartan conditions in which she lived.10...”