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Barbara Ann Barker^1,2,3

Parents

Key Events:

• Barbara Ann Barker was born on 11 Mar 1819.^4,5
• Barbara married Judge Alexander Mosby Clayton on 10 Jan 1839 in "Clover Lands", Kentucky.^4,6,7
• She died on 13 Jul 1879 at sunrise, en route to Canada in Michigan City, Indiana, at age 60.^4,8
• She was buried in Holly Springs, Mississippi.⁹

Citations

1. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows name as Barbara Anne Barker.
2. "Descendants of John Walton Barker and His First Wife Mary Meriwether", shows name as Barbara Ann Barker.
3. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 32, shows name as Barbara Ann Barker.
4. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows year.
5. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 32, shows date.
6. "Descendants of John Walton Barker and His First Wife Mary Meriwether", shows married.
7. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 32, shows date and place.
8. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 33, shows date and place.
9. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 33.

Nancy Minor Barker^1,2,3

Parents

Key Events:

• Nancy Minor Barker was born on 17 Nov 1820.^4,5
• Nancy married Robert French Ferguson, son of Robert French Ferguson and Hannah C. Babcock, on 25 Aug 1842.^4,6
• Nancy died on 9 Sep 1884 in "Summer Trees", Montgomery Co., Tennessee, at age 63, her residence, 10 mile N. E. of Clarksville.^7,8
• She was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.⁹

Citations

1. Williams, Eleanor, Cabins to Castles, pg 8, shows name as Nancy M. Barker.
2. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 33, shows name as Ann Minor Barker; pg 47 shows name as Nannie Barker.
3. "Descendants of John Walton Barker and His First Wife Mary Meriwether", shows name as Nannie Barker.
4. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 33, shows date.
5. Williams, Eleanor, Cabins to Castles, pg 8, shows year, as 1822.
6. "Descendants of John Walton Barker and His First Wife Mary Meriwether", shows married.
7. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 33, shows date and place.
8. Williams, Eleanor, Cabins to Castles, pg 8, shows date and place.
9. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 33.

Judge Alexander Mosby Clayton^1,2,3

Key Events:

• Judge Alexander Mosby Clayton was born in 1801 in Mississippi.^4,5
• Alexander married Barbara Ann Barker, daughter of John Walton Barker and Mary Minor Meriwether, on 10 Jan 1839 in "Clover Lands", Kentucky.^6,7,8
• Alexander died in 1889 at age ~88.⁹

Citations

1. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows name as Alexander M. Clayton.
2. "Descendants of John Walton Barker and His First Wife Mary Meriwether", shows name as Juge Clayton.
3. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 32, shows name as Judge Alexander Mosby Clayton.
4. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows date and state.
5. "Descendants of John Walton Barker and His First Wife Mary Meriwether", shows of Mississippi.
6. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows year.
7. "Descendants of John Walton Barker and His First Wife Mary Meriwether", shows married.
8. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 32, shows date and place.
9. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998.

Edward Otho Cresap^1,2,3

Parents

Key Events:

• Edward Otho Cresap was born on 24 Nov 1782 in Cresaptown, Allegany Co., Maryland.^4,5,6
• Edward married Sarah Story Briscoe, daughter of Hanson Briscoe and Mary Nappler Jordan, on 28 Sep 1807 in Allegany Co., Maryland.^7,4,8
• Edward died on 2 Jan 1817 in Caldwell Co., Kentucky, at age 34.^4,9,6
• He was buried in Riverview Cemetery, Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.³

Citations

1. Hanson Briscoe Cresap grave marker, Eddyville Cemetery, shows name as Edward Otho Cresap.
2. Smith, William, transcript of family pages from Sarah (Briscoe) Cresap Bible, shows name as Edward O Cresap.
3. Edward Otho Cresap grave marker, Eddyville Cemetery.
4. Smith, William, transcript of family pages from Sarah (Briscoe) Cresap Bible, shows date.
5. Cresap, Joseph Ord; Cresap, Bernard, History of the Cresaps, pg 300, shows date, town, and state.
6. Edward Otho Cresap grave marker, Eddyville Cemetery, shows date.
7. "Maryland Marriages, 1667-1899," Ancestry.com, record for Sally Briscoe and Edward O. Cresap, shows date, county, and state.
8. Hanson Briscoe Cresap grave marker, Eddyville Cemetery, shows date.
9. Cresap, Joseph Ord; Cresap, Bernard, History of the Cresaps, pg 300, shows date, county, and state.

Robert French Ferguson^1,2,3

Parents

Key Events:

• Robert French Ferguson was born on 18 Feb 1815 in Springfield, Massachusetts.^4,5
• Robert married Nancy Minor Barker, daughter of John Walton Barker and Mary Minor Meriwether, on 25 Aug 1842.^6,7
• Robert died on 12 May 1882 at age 67.^6,8
• He was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.⁹

Citations

1. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 33, shows name as Robert French Ferguson.
2. "Descendants of John Walton Barker and His First Wife Mary Meriwether", shows name as Robert Ferguson.
3. Williams, Eleanor, Cabins to Castles, pg 8, shows name as Robert French.
4. Borris, Cynthia, in "Re: Meriwether-Gordon connection?" listserve message 20 Feb 2000, shows date, as 18th, town, and state.
5. Williams, Eleanor, Cabins to Castles, pg 8, shows date, as 10th, and state.
6. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 33, shows date.
7. "Descendants of John Walton Barker and His First Wife Mary Meriwether", shows married.
8. Williams, Eleanor, Cabins to Castles, pg 8, shows date.
9. Williams, Eleanor, Cabins to Castles, pg 8.