Ann Barker, 1807-1889

BARKER

Posted By: Emmet County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 7/28/2006 at 10:12:10

[October 4, 1889], of general debility and old age, Ann, wife of Jarvis Barker, aged 77 years, 5 months, and 22 days. The deceased was born in Cambridgeshire, England, on the 12th day of April 1807. She came to America in 1855, and to Emmet county in 1869. She outlived all of her children, but leaves eight grandchildren and her husband who will always lovingly revere her memory. Her taking away was in due time, as human life goes, having served out more than the allotted time to ordinary mortals. Like the "full corn in the ear," she was ripe for the harvest, like a day that is closed, she passed away. The relatives remember with gratitude, the kindness of friends during the period of their affliction.

Contributed by: Ruth Hackett. Source: The Northern Vindicator, Estherville, Emmet County, Iowa, October 11, 1889.