Miss Jennie Chashe, a daughter of David and Emma (Lampman) Chashe, and they became the parents of five children : Cora, now the wife of W. Huff; Jessie, the wife of Clinton Warfield, by whom she has one child, Selma Louise; Glenn Irvin; David Earl; and Effie Winnefred.
Mr. Barker is a self-made man, whose prosperity has been gained through his own well directed efforts. Possessing at the outset of his career good business talent, he took advantage of opportunities as they were presented and gained a position 0f respect and responsibility. He has displayed many traits of character which are recognized as belonging to the best citizenship and he assisted to the extent of his ability in the development of Story county. Today he is enjoying the results of many years of labor, in the course of which he assisted many others less fortunate than himself. Politically Mr. Barker gives his adherence to the republican party. He is not connected with any religious denomination but is friendly toward them all.
LOUIS HERMANN PAMMEL.
Louis Hermann Pammel, occupying the chair of botany in the Iowa State College, is numbered among those whose work has been most effective and resultant in giving to the college its high standing among such institutions of learning in the country. He is also widely and favorably known because of his contributions to scientific literature. In Dr. J. McKeen Cattell's American Men of Science Dr. L. H. Pammel's name appears among the American men of science as one who has won distinction as an investigator. It is also a recognition of the work done in Iowa State College as he is the only man so selected from the college whose name is starred.
He was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin, April 19, 1862, his birthplace being one of the first brick houses erected in that city. His father, Louis Pammel, was a native of Hoxter, Germany, and in 1853 came to America, settling first in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He afterward returned to Germany for his bride, who in her maidenhood was Sophie Freise, a native of Stade, Germany. Following his return to the United States he took up his abode in what was then the small city of La Crosse, where he engaged in the meat business until 1867, when he removed to a farm three miles from the city on the state road between Madison and the Mississippi river. Three sons and three daughters were born unto Louis and Sophie Pammel, namely: Louis; Hermann; Gustaf; Mathilda; Dora; and Emma, who became the wife of Professor N. E. Hansen, but is now deceased.