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Frances Pendleton Barker^1,2,3

Parents

Key Events:

• Frances Pendleton Barker was born on 5 Apr 1865 in Christian Co., Kentucky.^4,5,6
• Frances married Morris Kerr Clark, son of Micajah Henry Clark and Elizabeth Watts Kerr, on 26 Apr 1887 Christian Co., Kentucky, in a double wedding with her twin sister, Susan. The wedding took place in their father's "elegant country home," "Glenburnie", and was officiated by Rev. Dr. Stringfellow, of Montgomery, Alabama, in the ritual of the Episcopal Church.^7,8
• Frances died on 15 May 1888 at age 23.^9,10
• She was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.¹¹

Citations

1. Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 52873653, Frances Pendelton Barker Clark, includes tombstone photo, difficult to read but seems to say Frances Pendelton, wife of Morris K. Clark.
2. "Descendants of John Walton Barker and His First Wife Mary Meriwether", shows name as Frances Pendleton Barker.
3. Chas. T. Barker household, 1870 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, shows name as Fannie P. Barker.
4. Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 52873653, Frances Pendelton Barker Clark, shows date and includes tombstone photo, difficult to read but seems to show same, and includes transcript of inscription showing county and state.
5. "Descendants of John Walton Barker and His First Wife Mary Meriwether", shows date.
6. Chas. T. Barker household, 1870 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, shows age 5 and state.
7. "The Glenburnie Double Wedding," Clarksville Weekly Chronicle, 30 Apr 1877.
8. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 32, shows date.
9. Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 52873653, Frances Pendelton Barker Clark, shows date and includes tombstone photo, difficult to read but seems to show same.
10. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 32, shows died, all other children of Chiles Terrell Barker then living.
11. Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 52873653, Frances Pendelton Barker Clark, includes tombstone photo.