dau of
Gardner T Barker
Moriah NY
Helen White
Shoreham, Vermont
married Wm McRoberts
per death record
**married 1866 in Peoria Co
Ellen Barker spent her first 10 years in Peoria, IL, attending private schools. When she was 10, she went to reside with her Uncle Otis Barker on his farm in West Pittsfield MA.
She lived there for 7 years, and enjoyed the country life, including riding horses bareback. She attended the Maplewood school for young ladies in Pittsfield, MA. In October of 1860, an epidemic of Typhoid Fever broke out in the school and she returned to her parents in Peoria.
(Ellen can be found on the 1860 federal census in the home of both her Uncle Otis in MA, and her parents home in Peoria.)
She married Wm McRoberts, a distiller from Cincinnati, OH. They moved to that city, her husband lost his propery in the panic of 1873, and died in 1876. In a year uncertain, she returned to Peoria with her 3 children.
For some 20 years she lived in her parents home on the corner of North Adams and Eaton St. After they passed, she and her son Walter moved to their home on Knoxville Avenue, where she died in 1923. Walter was a breeder of blooded dogs and owner of the Richwoods Kennels in Peoria. Her son William was an attorney with the firm of McRoberts and Morgan in Peoria. Her daughter Helen died in 1877.
Ellen went to Paris in during the Exposition of 1867. For many years, up to 1917, she spent her summers at a seaside cottage near Boston.
Ellen played the piano, during the Civil War she would play patriotic tunes for the soldiers as they passed the Barker home.
Memorial services for Ellen were held at her and Walter's home at 1214 Knoxville Avenue. Interment in Springdale Cemetery.
Information condensed from her obituary in the Peoria newspaper.
****
Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915
Name: Otis Richmond Barker
Gender: Male
Birth Date: abt 1811
Birth Place: Mariah, N Y
Death Date: 18 Oct 1904
Death Place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
Age at Death: 93
Father: Gardner T Barker
Mother: Harriet Lyon
*****
Mrs. Ellen (Barker) McRoberts
Mrs. Ellen (Barker) McRoberts needs no introduction to the readers of this volume, for her entire life has been passed in Peoria, and she has been for many years a leading figure in social circles. She was born in this city October 28, 1843, a daughter of Gardner Thurston and Helen (White) Barker. Her father came to this city in 1838, casting in his lot with the pioneer settlers of a tiny town that was destined to rise to greatness owing to the efforts of Mr. Barker and his business associates and contemporaries. He stood as a splendid type of all that is admirable in citizenship and in manhood and a tribute to his worth and his memory is to be found on another page of this volume.
Mrs. McRoberts was sent to the east to continue her education, begun in the schools of Peoria, pursuing a course of study at Maplewood in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. She then returned to her parents' home in Peoria. Here in early womanhood her hand was sought in marriage by William McRoberts, a native of Ireland, who was born near Belfast, in August, 1824. His father, William McRoberts, Sr., was also a native of the Emerald isle. William McRoberts, Jr., emigrated to the United States in early manhood, making his way to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he secured a situation in the distillery of Boyle, Miller & Company. From a comparatively obscure beginning he worked his way upward, advancing through intermediate positions until he was at length admitted to a partnership, having in the meantime gained a masterful knowledge of the distilling business.
Following his marriage he became a partner of his father-in-law, Gardner Thurston Barker, in the distilling business and so continued until his death, which occurred in January, 1876. He left to his widow the care of two young sons, William Gardner and Walter. The former is a graduate of Cornell University and is now engaged in the practice of law in Peoria, while the latter is well known as a traveler and author. Mrs. McRoberts is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and her religious faith is that of the Episcopal church. She has a very wide acquaintance in Peoria and is esteemed by all who know her. The work of her father and her husband has connected her closely with the city's development and she has felt a keen personal interest in all that has pertained to its progress and prosperity. Moreover, she has been a witness of many of the events which have shaped its history and she has done not a little too mold and maintain its high social standard. Her own home has ever been the abode of warm-hearted hospitality and good cheer, its doors ever being open for the reception of her many friends.
Peoria City and County, a Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, Vol. II
The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago, 1912.
Gardner T Barker
Moriah NY
Helen White
Shoreham, Vermont
married Wm McRoberts
per death record
**married 1866 in Peoria Co
Ellen Barker spent her first 10 years in Peoria, IL, attending private schools. When she was 10, she went to reside with her Uncle Otis Barker on his farm in West Pittsfield MA.
She lived there for 7 years, and enjoyed the country life, including riding horses bareback. She attended the Maplewood school for young ladies in Pittsfield, MA. In October of 1860, an epidemic of Typhoid Fever broke out in the school and she returned to her parents in Peoria.
(Ellen can be found on the 1860 federal census in the home of both her Uncle Otis in MA, and her parents home in Peoria.)
She married Wm McRoberts, a distiller from Cincinnati, OH. They moved to that city, her husband lost his propery in the panic of 1873, and died in 1876. In a year uncertain, she returned to Peoria with her 3 children.
For some 20 years she lived in her parents home on the corner of North Adams and Eaton St. After they passed, she and her son Walter moved to their home on Knoxville Avenue, where she died in 1923. Walter was a breeder of blooded dogs and owner of the Richwoods Kennels in Peoria. Her son William was an attorney with the firm of McRoberts and Morgan in Peoria. Her daughter Helen died in 1877.
Ellen went to Paris in during the Exposition of 1867. For many years, up to 1917, she spent her summers at a seaside cottage near Boston.
Ellen played the piano, during the Civil War she would play patriotic tunes for the soldiers as they passed the Barker home.
Memorial services for Ellen were held at her and Walter's home at 1214 Knoxville Avenue. Interment in Springdale Cemetery.
Information condensed from her obituary in the Peoria newspaper.
****
Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915
Name: Otis Richmond Barker
Gender: Male
Birth Date: abt 1811
Birth Place: Mariah, N Y
Death Date: 18 Oct 1904
Death Place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
Age at Death: 93
Father: Gardner T Barker
Mother: Harriet Lyon
*****
Mrs. Ellen (Barker) McRoberts
Mrs. Ellen (Barker) McRoberts needs no introduction to the readers of this volume, for her entire life has been passed in Peoria, and she has been for many years a leading figure in social circles. She was born in this city October 28, 1843, a daughter of Gardner Thurston and Helen (White) Barker. Her father came to this city in 1838, casting in his lot with the pioneer settlers of a tiny town that was destined to rise to greatness owing to the efforts of Mr. Barker and his business associates and contemporaries. He stood as a splendid type of all that is admirable in citizenship and in manhood and a tribute to his worth and his memory is to be found on another page of this volume.
Mrs. McRoberts was sent to the east to continue her education, begun in the schools of Peoria, pursuing a course of study at Maplewood in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. She then returned to her parents' home in Peoria. Here in early womanhood her hand was sought in marriage by William McRoberts, a native of Ireland, who was born near Belfast, in August, 1824. His father, William McRoberts, Sr., was also a native of the Emerald isle. William McRoberts, Jr., emigrated to the United States in early manhood, making his way to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he secured a situation in the distillery of Boyle, Miller & Company. From a comparatively obscure beginning he worked his way upward, advancing through intermediate positions until he was at length admitted to a partnership, having in the meantime gained a masterful knowledge of the distilling business.
Following his marriage he became a partner of his father-in-law, Gardner Thurston Barker, in the distilling business and so continued until his death, which occurred in January, 1876. He left to his widow the care of two young sons, William Gardner and Walter. The former is a graduate of Cornell University and is now engaged in the practice of law in Peoria, while the latter is well known as a traveler and author. Mrs. McRoberts is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and her religious faith is that of the Episcopal church. She has a very wide acquaintance in Peoria and is esteemed by all who know her. The work of her father and her husband has connected her closely with the city's development and she has felt a keen personal interest in all that has pertained to its progress and prosperity. Moreover, she has been a witness of many of the events which have shaped its history and she has done not a little too mold and maintain its high social standard. Her own home has ever been the abode of warm-hearted hospitality and good cheer, its doors ever being open for the reception of her many friends.
Peoria City and County, a Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, Vol. II
The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago, 1912.
dau of
Gardner T Barker
Moriah NY
Helen White
Shoreham, Vermont
married Wm McRoberts
per death record
**married 1866 in Peoria Co
Ellen Barker spent her first 10 years in Peoria, IL, attending private schools. When she was 10, she went to reside with her Uncle Otis Barker on his farm in West Pittsfield MA.
She lived there for 7 years, and enjoyed the country life, including riding horses bareback. She attended the Maplewood school for young ladies in Pittsfield, MA. In October of 1860, an epidemic of Typhoid Fever broke out in the school and she returned to her parents in Peoria.
(Ellen can be found on the 1860 federal census in the home of both her Uncle Otis in MA, and her parents home in Peoria.)
She married Wm McRoberts, a distiller from Cincinnati, OH. They moved to that city, her husband lost his propery in the panic of 1873, and died in 1876. In a year uncertain, she returned to Peoria with her 3 children.
For some 20 years she lived in her parents home on the corner of North Adams and Eaton St. After they passed, she and her son Walter moved to their home on Knoxville Avenue, where she died in 1923. Walter was a breeder of blooded dogs and owner of the Richwoods Kennels in Peoria. Her son William was an attorney with the firm of McRoberts and Morgan in Peoria. Her daughter Helen died in 1877.
Ellen went to Paris in during the Exposition of 1867. For many years, up to 1917, she spent her summers at a seaside cottage near Boston.
Ellen played the piano, during the Civil War she would play patriotic tunes for the soldiers as they passed the Barker home.
Memorial services for Ellen were held at her and Walter's home at 1214 Knoxville Avenue. Interment in Springdale Cemetery.
Information condensed from her obituary in the Peoria newspaper.
****
Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915
Name: Otis Richmond Barker
Gender: Male
Birth Date: abt 1811
Birth Place: Mariah, N Y
Death Date: 18 Oct 1904
Death Place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
Age at Death: 93
Father: Gardner T Barker
Mother: Harriet Lyon
*****
Mrs. Ellen (Barker) McRoberts
Mrs. Ellen (Barker) McRoberts needs no introduction to the readers of this volume, for her entire life has been passed in Peoria, and she has been for many years a leading figure in social circles. She was born in this city October 28, 1843, a daughter of Gardner Thurston and Helen (White) Barker. Her father came to this city in 1838, casting in his lot with the pioneer settlers of a tiny town that was destined to rise to greatness owing to the efforts of Mr. Barker and his business associates and contemporaries. He stood as a splendid type of all that is admirable in citizenship and in manhood and a tribute to his worth and his memory is to be found on another page of this volume.
Mrs. McRoberts was sent to the east to continue her education, begun in the schools of Peoria, pursuing a course of study at Maplewood in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. She then returned to her parents' home in Peoria. Here in early womanhood her hand was sought in marriage by William McRoberts, a native of Ireland, who was born near Belfast, in August, 1824. His father, William McRoberts, Sr., was also a native of the Emerald isle. William McRoberts, Jr., emigrated to the United States in early manhood, making his way to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he secured a situation in the distillery of Boyle, Miller & Company. From a comparatively obscure beginning he worked his way upward, advancing through intermediate positions until he was at length admitted to a partnership, having in the meantime gained a masterful knowledge of the distilling business.
Following his marriage he became a partner of his father-in-law, Gardner Thurston Barker, in the distilling business and so continued until his death, which occurred in January, 1876. He left to his widow the care of two young sons, William Gardner and Walter. The former is a graduate of Cornell University and is now engaged in the practice of law in Peoria, while the latter is well known as a traveler and author. Mrs. McRoberts is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and her religious faith is that of the Episcopal church. She has a very wide acquaintance in Peoria and is esteemed by all who know her. The work of her father and her husband has connected her closely with the city's development and she has felt a keen personal interest in all that has pertained to its progress and prosperity. Moreover, she has been a witness of many of the events which have shaped its history and she has done not a little too mold and maintain its high social standard. Her own home has ever been the abode of warm-hearted hospitality and good cheer, its doors ever being open for the reception of her many friends.
Peoria City and County, a Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, Vol. II
The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago, 1912.
Gardner T Barker
Moriah NY
Helen White
Shoreham, Vermont
married Wm McRoberts
per death record
**married 1866 in Peoria Co
Ellen Barker spent her first 10 years in Peoria, IL, attending private schools. When she was 10, she went to reside with her Uncle Otis Barker on his farm in West Pittsfield MA.
She lived there for 7 years, and enjoyed the country life, including riding horses bareback. She attended the Maplewood school for young ladies in Pittsfield, MA. In October of 1860, an epidemic of Typhoid Fever broke out in the school and she returned to her parents in Peoria.
(Ellen can be found on the 1860 federal census in the home of both her Uncle Otis in MA, and her parents home in Peoria.)
She married Wm McRoberts, a distiller from Cincinnati, OH. They moved to that city, her husband lost his propery in the panic of 1873, and died in 1876. In a year uncertain, she returned to Peoria with her 3 children.
For some 20 years she lived in her parents home on the corner of North Adams and Eaton St. After they passed, she and her son Walter moved to their home on Knoxville Avenue, where she died in 1923. Walter was a breeder of blooded dogs and owner of the Richwoods Kennels in Peoria. Her son William was an attorney with the firm of McRoberts and Morgan in Peoria. Her daughter Helen died in 1877.
Ellen went to Paris in during the Exposition of 1867. For many years, up to 1917, she spent her summers at a seaside cottage near Boston.
Ellen played the piano, during the Civil War she would play patriotic tunes for the soldiers as they passed the Barker home.
Memorial services for Ellen were held at her and Walter's home at 1214 Knoxville Avenue. Interment in Springdale Cemetery.
Information condensed from her obituary in the Peoria newspaper.
****
Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915
Name: Otis Richmond Barker
Gender: Male
Birth Date: abt 1811
Birth Place: Mariah, N Y
Death Date: 18 Oct 1904
Death Place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
Age at Death: 93
Father: Gardner T Barker
Mother: Harriet Lyon
*****
Mrs. Ellen (Barker) McRoberts
Mrs. Ellen (Barker) McRoberts needs no introduction to the readers of this volume, for her entire life has been passed in Peoria, and she has been for many years a leading figure in social circles. She was born in this city October 28, 1843, a daughter of Gardner Thurston and Helen (White) Barker. Her father came to this city in 1838, casting in his lot with the pioneer settlers of a tiny town that was destined to rise to greatness owing to the efforts of Mr. Barker and his business associates and contemporaries. He stood as a splendid type of all that is admirable in citizenship and in manhood and a tribute to his worth and his memory is to be found on another page of this volume.
Mrs. McRoberts was sent to the east to continue her education, begun in the schools of Peoria, pursuing a course of study at Maplewood in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. She then returned to her parents' home in Peoria. Here in early womanhood her hand was sought in marriage by William McRoberts, a native of Ireland, who was born near Belfast, in August, 1824. His father, William McRoberts, Sr., was also a native of the Emerald isle. William McRoberts, Jr., emigrated to the United States in early manhood, making his way to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he secured a situation in the distillery of Boyle, Miller & Company. From a comparatively obscure beginning he worked his way upward, advancing through intermediate positions until he was at length admitted to a partnership, having in the meantime gained a masterful knowledge of the distilling business.
Following his marriage he became a partner of his father-in-law, Gardner Thurston Barker, in the distilling business and so continued until his death, which occurred in January, 1876. He left to his widow the care of two young sons, William Gardner and Walter. The former is a graduate of Cornell University and is now engaged in the practice of law in Peoria, while the latter is well known as a traveler and author. Mrs. McRoberts is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and her religious faith is that of the Episcopal church. She has a very wide acquaintance in Peoria and is esteemed by all who know her. The work of her father and her husband has connected her closely with the city's development and she has felt a keen personal interest in all that has pertained to its progress and prosperity. Moreover, she has been a witness of many of the events which have shaped its history and she has done not a little too mold and maintain its high social standard. Her own home has ever been the abode of warm-hearted hospitality and good cheer, its doors ever being open for the reception of her many friends.
Peoria City and County, a Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, Vol. II
The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago, 1912.
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