Hi Howard,

I think Marion might have been married before he married Barbara.

Marion Gousnell
Born: abt. 1855
Residence: Newton Co. AR
Married:3 Sept 1874, Newton Co
India Johnson, 15
Residence: Newton Co. AR
Source: Arkansas County Marriages Index 1837-1957

1880 Jackson, Newton, AR
Marion Gasnel, b. Ar, 25, farmer
Barbry, wife, b. AR, 25
E. Gasnel, mother, b. IL, 48, widow, unemployed

Barbara/Barbry must have died after the 1880 and before the 1900 Census.

1900 Osage, Newton, AR
Francis Gosenell, b. MO, 45, M6yrs, farmer
Mary A., wife, b. AR Aug 1870, 4/2 children
Columbus, b. AR, Aug 1886, farm laborer
Roxey B., b. AR, 12
Myrta E., b. AR Jan 1899

You can do a Google search for Newton County Arkansas Cemeteries and look for Barbara/Barbry in the inventoried cemeteries.

The Newton County Historical Society, http://newtoncountar.com/ might be willing to look up her death notice, her death date and cemetery info.

If they can't or won't, county microfilm is at the Arkansas Archives and includes Probate Courts Records 1866-1913, Probate Court Docket 1878-1910 and Probate Records: Will Record 1866-1919. You can contact the Archives and order copies of her will/probate record(s). Successful Searching!