Family Group Sheet

HUSBAND
William BARKER Sr⁴³¹
BIRTH	23 November 1803	Madison, Kentucky, United States^{53,342,431,432,433}
CENSUS	10 October 1850	Holt, Missouri, United States³⁴²
MIGRATION	about 1861	The Barker family came from Kentucky to Lafayette Co., MO. and later Johnson Co., MO. where they met the Bolejack family. William and Mary were cousins. Mary's father was a slave owner. When Mary and her sisters married, he gave them the choice of a slave or $1,000. Mary took the money as she did not believe in slavery. James and Lucinda moved to a farm near Barada, Nebraska in 1861 or 1862 (# 809) to avoid the slavery conflict in Missouri. Lucinda's parents and James' brother Dewitt also moved to Nebraska. ; Richardson, Nebraska, United States
CENSUS	17 August 1870	Aspinwall Precinct, Nemaha, Nebraska, United States⁴³²
DEATH	13 May 1879	Aspinwall, Nemaha, Nebraska, United States^431,433
BURIAL	1879	Prairie Union Cemetery, Shubert, Richardson, Nebraska, United States⁴³³
MARRIAGE	9 June 1822	William and Mary were cousins.; Estill, Kentucky, United States⁴³²
FATHER
MOTHER

WIFE
Mary BARKER⁴³¹
BIRTH	16 February 1804	Madison, Kentucky, United States^{53,342,431,432,433}
DEATH	6 September 1890	Shubert, Richardson, Nebraska, United States^53,431,433
BURIAL	1890	Prairie Union Cemetery, Shubert, Richardson, Nebraska, United States⁴³³
FATHER	James BARKER
MOTHER	Mary NOLAND


CHILDREN
1.	John N BARKER³⁴² MALE
	BIRTH	8 February 1828	Estill, Kentucky, United States^66,342,431
	MISC		The Barker family came from Kentucky to Lafayette Co., MO. and later Johnson Co., MO. where they met the Bolejack family. William and Mary were cousins. Mary's father was a slave owner. When Mary and her sisters married, he gave them the choice of a slave or $1,000. Mary took the money as she did not believe in slavery. Three children of William and Mary Barker married three children of Samuel Bolejack: James Bolejack (B5A4) married Lucinda Barker; Dewitt Clinton Bolejack (B5A7) married Paulina Barker; William Barker married Mary Bolejack (B5A9). In addition, one grandchild married a Bolejack: Elizabeth “Lizzie” Barker, daughter of John Barker, married Samuel M. Bolejack (B5A2B).;
	CENSUS	21 June 1870	Falls City, Richardson, Nebraska, United States⁶⁶
	DEATH	29 May 1900	Concordia, Cloud, Kansas, United States
	BURIAL	June 1900	Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Concordia, Cloud, Kansas, United States
	MARRIAGE	3 February 1853	Marilda Jane BOATMAN; Buchanan, Missouri, United States

2.	Lucinda BARKER-B5A4/W/^53,342 FEMALE
	BIRTH	14 December 1832	Lexington, Lafayette, Missouri, United States^53,65,66,342
	DEATH	24 November 1919	Richardson, Nebraska, United States³⁴³
	BURIAL	26 November 1919	Prairie Union Cemetery, Shubert, Richardson, Nebraska, United States^65,343
	REF #		B5A4/W/;
	MARRIAGE	31 March 1859	James Alexander "Jim Boley" BOLEJACK-B5A4; at her father's home in Johnson Co., MO. by John B. Chapman, Justice of the Peace., Johnson, Missouri, United States^65,66

3.	Paulina BARKER-B5A7/W/³⁴² FEMALE
	BIRTH	31 January 1835	Lafayette, Missouri, United States^67,342
	MISC	1871	Richardson, Nebraska, United States
	MISC		Paulina was a quiet woman who helped her children grow up the right way. She was a good cook and seamstress.;
	MIGRATION	1887	Because her son Henry's (B5A7B) health was not good and northwest Nebraska was beginning to be settled, Paulina sold the farm in Richardson County. In the spring of 1886, Paulina, Henry, William and his new bride Cora started west in a covered wagon. Near the present-day site of Broken Bow, they camped one night with the Jesse Kennedy family. Jesse and his older sons had already been west to scout the area and had returned for the rest of his family. As the Bolejacks were alone, he suggested they travel together. As the trip progressed, Henry became acquainted with Cora Kennedy whom he later married. The family's first home was on the homestead they had entered. The land was treeless, so they plowed up strips of sod to build a two room house. It had a board floor and shingled roof. A plaster made of mud and alkali from the lakes nearby covered the inside of the thick walls, which kept the house warm in winter and cool in summer. Cora made rag rugs to place in front of various pieces of furniture. She later crocheted rags until she covered the entire floor, join the smaller rugs into the whole. They hauled firewood from Pine Ridge (Nebraska), a day's journey away. Water had to be hauled in barrels as the water was too deep to dig a well. The thick grass made good pasture for cattle. When the sod was plowed, the land grew vegetables well, especially potatoes. However, if the local market became glutted, there was no other place to sell the produce. The Sioux Indian Reservation was not far to the north of their claim. The Indians had been restive several years because of broken promises and broken treaties. When gold was discovered in the Black Hills, white men invaded their land. There were sporadic fights between the Indians and the U.S. Army. They had heard the gunfire from the battle of Wounded Knee on 29 Dec 1890. The Indian trouble made the settlers nervous. ; Broken Bow, Custer, Nebraska, United States⁴³⁴
	MIGRATION	about 1891	Because alkali proved bad for Henry, worsening his health, they decided to give up their claims and return to southeast Nebraska. There they survived the great panic of 1893 with hard times for all.; Richardson, Nebraska, United States
	DEATH	1 September 1894	dropsy and heart disease; Shubert, Richardson, Nebraska, United States⁶⁷
	BURIAL	September 1894	Prairie Union Cemetery, Shubert, Richardson, Nebraska, United States⁶⁷
	REF #		B5A7/W/;
	MARRIAGE	about 1861	Dewitt Clinton BOLEJACK-B5A7; probably Johnson Co, MO;
	MARRIAGE	19 September 1875	Alvin WALRATH; Richardson, Nebraska, United States

4.	William BARKER-B5A9/H/^342,432 MALE
	BIRTH	1840	Kentucky, United States^8,15,75,435
	BIRTH	1841	Lafayette, Missouri, United States^342,432
	CENSUS	8 June 1880	Lincoln Township, Washington, Kansas, United States⁴³⁶
	CENSUS	1 March 1895	Lincoln Township, Washington, Kansas, United States⁴
	DEATH	1897	^8,15,75
	BURIAL		Mound Cemetery, Barnes, Washington, Kansas, United States^8,15,75
	REF #		B5A9/H/;
	MARRIAGE	after 20 July 1860	Mary Ann BOLEJACK-B5A9; ⁵²
	MARRIAGE	13 July 1865	Nancy Ellen BOATMAN; Nebraska ?; Doniphan, Kansas, United States^8,431,432