James Newton Barker 1839-1919

BARKER, SHORT, STOUT, GRIFFITH, BUCHNER, MOORE

Posted By: Volunteer - Karen DaPra
Date: 5/16/2004 at 00:14:16

JAMES NEWTON BARKER

James Newton Barker, son of James and Anna Barker, was born at Belleville, Indiana, Dec. 20, 1839, passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. A. F. Short, four miles south of Cantril, Iowa, on Nov. 13, 1919, after an illness of eleven weeks, aged 79 years, 10 months, 23 days.

He, with his widowed mother, three brothers and two sisters, came to Iowa in 1852, and settled on a farm near Kirksville. He was united in marriage to Rachel Jane Stout, Nov. 29, 1860, at her home near Fremont, Iowa. To this union were born eight children, Elmer, Josie, Ida, Stella, Cora, Fred, Nellie and Nelson. Elmer, Nelson and Cora preceded him in death.

He leaves to mourn his loss a wife, one son, Fred, of Savage, Montana, and four daughters, Mrs. Josie Griffith of Cleburne, Texas; Mrs. Ida Buchner, St. Petersburg, Florida; Mrs. Stella Moore of Iowa City, Iowa, and Mrs. Nellie Short, of Cantril, Iowa. Also one brother, J. H. Barker, Savage, Montana, twenty-six grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.
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(Photocopy of this obit found on page 227 of Obit Book "A" of the Van Buren County, Iowa, Genealogical Society's collection at the Keosauqua Public Library as of May 2001. Name and date of newspaper not given.)

I am NOT related and am posting this obit for those who may find this person in their family history.

(Originally posted 9 May 2001)