Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Family Group Sheet | CHILDREN | 1. | William BARKER Sr431 MALE | | BIRTH | 23 November 1803 | Madison, Kentucky, United States53,342,431,432,433 | 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 States431,433 | BURIAL | 1879 | Prairie Union Cemetery, Shubert, Richardson, Nebraska, United States433 | MARRIAGE | 9 June 1822 | Mary BARKER; William and Mary were cousins.; Estill, Kentucky, United States432 |
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