[BARKER, STEPHEN ELLISON]
Adams County Free Press (Corning, Iowa), Saturday, August 16, 1924
Stephen E. Barker was born in Grant County, Kentucky August 8, 1845. Died in the hospital at Savannah, Mo., August 7, 1924.
When he was six years of age his parents moved to Missouri where he spent most of his life. When seventeen years old he enlisted in the Union army and served two years.
He was married to Miss Elizabeth A. Holt June 8, 1868. Ten children were born to them. They are: Lewis B., John D., Frank M., James R. [ichard], all of Lenox vicinity, Iowa; Mrs. Laura Cain, Pickering, Mo.; Mrs. Nettie Blain, Centerville, Ia.; Mrs. Mollie Hayes, Burlington, Ia. Two daughters died in their infancy.
Mr. Barker moved to Iowa about ten years ago where they have made their home in the vicinity of Lenox. He has been a sufferer for several years with cancer.
Funeral services were held on the lawn at his home five miles northwest of Lenox, Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Homer Caskey. The interment was made in the Lenox cemetery.
Thus closes the life of a highly respected citizen, a very devoted husband and father. He leaves his faithful wife and the children named above. Forty-two grandchildren, twenty-four great grandchildren, other relatives and a host of friends who will mourn his departure.
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Adams County Free Press (Corning, Iowa), Saturday, August 16, 1924
Stephen E. Barker was born in Grant County, Kentucky August 8, 1845. Died in the hospital at Savannah, Mo., August 7, 1924.
When he was six years of age his parents moved to Missouri where he spent most of his life. When seventeen years old he enlisted in the Union army and served two years.
He was married to Miss Elizabeth A. Holt June 8, 1868. Ten children were born to them. They are: Lewis B., John D., Frank M., James R. [ichard], all of Lenox vicinity, Iowa; Mrs. Laura Cain, Pickering, Mo.; Mrs. Nettie Blain, Centerville, Ia.; Mrs. Mollie Hayes, Burlington, Ia. Two daughters died in their infancy.
Mr. Barker moved to Iowa about ten years ago where they have made their home in the vicinity of Lenox. He has been a sufferer for several years with cancer.
Funeral services were held on the lawn at his home five miles northwest of Lenox, Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Homer Caskey. The interment was made in the Lenox cemetery.
Thus closes the life of a highly respected citizen, a very devoted husband and father. He leaves his faithful wife and the children named above. Forty-two grandchildren, twenty-four great grandchildren, other relatives and a host of friends who will mourn his departure.
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[BARKER, STEPHEN ELLISON]
Adams County Free Press (Corning, Iowa), Saturday, August 16, 1924
Stephen E. Barker was born in Grant County, Kentucky August 8, 1845. Died in the hospital at Savannah, Mo., August 7, 1924.
When he was six years of age his parents moved to Missouri where he spent most of his life. When seventeen years old he enlisted in the Union army and served two years.
He was married to Miss Elizabeth A. Holt June 8, 1868. Ten children were born to them. They are: Lewis B., John D., Frank M., James R. [ichard], all of Lenox vicinity, Iowa; Mrs. Laura Cain, Pickering, Mo.; Mrs. Nettie Blain, Centerville, Ia.; Mrs. Mollie Hayes, Burlington, Ia. Two daughters died in their infancy.
Mr. Barker moved to Iowa about ten years ago where they have made their home in the vicinity of Lenox. He has been a sufferer for several years with cancer.
Funeral services were held on the lawn at his home five miles northwest of Lenox, Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Homer Caskey. The interment was made in the Lenox cemetery.
Thus closes the life of a highly respected citizen, a very devoted husband and father. He leaves his faithful wife and the children named above. Forty-two grandchildren, twenty-four great grandchildren, other relatives and a host of friends who will mourn his departure.
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Adams County Free Press (Corning, Iowa), Saturday, August 16, 1924
Stephen E. Barker was born in Grant County, Kentucky August 8, 1845. Died in the hospital at Savannah, Mo., August 7, 1924.
When he was six years of age his parents moved to Missouri where he spent most of his life. When seventeen years old he enlisted in the Union army and served two years.
He was married to Miss Elizabeth A. Holt June 8, 1868. Ten children were born to them. They are: Lewis B., John D., Frank M., James R. [ichard], all of Lenox vicinity, Iowa; Mrs. Laura Cain, Pickering, Mo.; Mrs. Nettie Blain, Centerville, Ia.; Mrs. Mollie Hayes, Burlington, Ia. Two daughters died in their infancy.
Mr. Barker moved to Iowa about ten years ago where they have made their home in the vicinity of Lenox. He has been a sufferer for several years with cancer.
Funeral services were held on the lawn at his home five miles northwest of Lenox, Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Homer Caskey. The interment was made in the Lenox cemetery.
Thus closes the life of a highly respected citizen, a very devoted husband and father. He leaves his faithful wife and the children named above. Forty-two grandchildren, twenty-four great grandchildren, other relatives and a host of friends who will mourn his departure.
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