Elihue G. Barker

BARKER, LEE

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 9/10/2004 at 11:56:01

E. G. Barker, (Capt.), Grand River twp.; farmer, P. O. Macksburg; was born in Indiana in 1836, and was raised there on a farm until he came to this county with his parents in 1853; he enlisted in the First Iowa Calvary and served two-and a-half years, and afterward was in the Infantry service; while a resident of Arkansas, he represented the 5th Senatorial District in the State Senate; he owns 700 acres of land, and held the office of county treasurer four years; he married Miss Alice Lee November 23, 1871; she was a native of New York; they have two children: Guy and Maud.

Taken from the book, "The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1879" page 589