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John Walton Barker II^1,2,3

Parents

Key Events:

• John Walton Barker II was born on 26 Oct 1843 in "Glenburnie", Virginia.^4,5,6
• John married Mary Frances Elliott, daughter of William Henry Elliott and Frances Elizabeth Hill, on 27 Feb 1868.^7,8,9
• John died on 31 Jul 1926 in Christian Co., Kentucky, at age 82.^10,11,12

Citations

1. "Descendants of John Walton Barker and His First Wife Mary Meriwether", shows name as John Walton Barker II.
2. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 32, shows name as John Barker.
3. Chiles T. Barker household, 1850 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, shows name as John W. Barker.
4. "Descendants of John Walton Barker and His First Wife Mary Meriwether", shows date, place and state.
5. Chiles T. Barker household, 1850 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, shows age 6 and state.
6. John Barker household, 1900 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, shows month, year, age 56, and state.
7. Saunders, James Edmonds, and Stubbs, Elizabeth Saunders Blair, Early Settlers of Alabama, pg 386, shows date.
8. "Descendants of John Walton Barker and His First Wife Mary Meriwether", shows month, and year, as 1867.
9. Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 49423290, William Henry Elliott, includes transcription of obituary from 3 Jan 1895 Daily Tobacco Leaf Chronicle showing Mrs. John Barker as his daughter.
10. "Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000," Ancestry.com, record for Jno W Barker, citing vol 35 cert. #17021, shows date and county.
11. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows year, as 1926.
12. "Descendants of John Walton Barker and His First Wife Mary Meriwether", shows year, as 1925.

Louisa Minor^1,2,3

Parents

Key Events:

• Louisa Minor was born on 3 Aug 1787 in Virginia.^4,5,6
• Louisa married Elijah Hutchison on 21 May 1822 in Louisa Co., Virginia, Minister William Crawford officiating, surety paid by James Minor.^7,8,9

Citations

1. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 145, shows given name as Louisa.
2. Anderson, W P, Early Descendants of Wm. Overton & Elizabeth Waters, pg 24, citing record copied 25 Jul 1845 by Mary Launcelot Minor from Bible printed 1646, given by Sarah Carr to her son James Minor, and by him to his son Dabney, shows given name as Louise.
3. Corkill, Lauretta (Trickey);Corkill, Eldon;Sparacio, Ruth (Trickey); Sparacio, Sam, Supplement to Pamunkey Neighbors, vol II, "The Minor Family," pg 4.
4. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows date and state.
5. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 145, shows year.
6. Corkill, Lauretta (Trickey);Corkill, Eldon;Sparacio, Ruth (Trickey); Sparacio, Sam, Supplement to Pamunkey Neighbors, vol II, "The Minor Family," pg 4, shows year.
7. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows date, county, state and officiant, citing Marriages of Louisa County, Virginia, 1815 - 1861, compiled by William H. Kiblinger and Janice L. Abercrombie, Central Virginia Newspapers, Inc., Orange, Virginia, 1989.
8. Anderson, W P, Early Descendants of Wm. Overton & Elizabeth Waters, pg 24, citing record copied 25 Jul 1845 by Mary Launcelot Minor from Bible printed 1646, given by Sarah Carr to her son James Minor, and by him to his son Dabney, shows married.
9. Corkill, Lauretta (Trickey);Corkill, Eldon;Sparacio, Ruth (Trickey); Sparacio, Sam, Supplement to Pamunkey Neighbors, vol II, "The Minor Family," pg 4, shows married.

John Walton Barker^1,2,3

Parents

Key Events:

• John Walton Barker was born on 19 Aug 1793 in Virginia.^4,5
• John married first Mary Minor Meriwether, daughter of Thomas Meriwether and Anne Nancy Minor, on 21 Aug 1814 in Virginia.^6,7,8,9,10
• John married second Ellen Morris, daughter of William Morris, Aft 1865.¹¹
• John died on 16 Jan 1867 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee, at age 73.^12,13
• He was buried in Barker Family Cemetery, "Coverlands", Montgomery Co., Tennessee.^2,14

Citations

1. "Descendants of John Walton Barker and His First Wife Mary Meriwether."
2. John Walton Barker tombstone, Barker family cemetery.
3. Anderson, W P, Early Descendants of Wm. Overton & Elizabeth Waters, pg 116.
4. John Walton Barker tombstone, Barker family cemetery, shows date and state.
5. Williams, Eleanor, Cabins to Castles, pg 8, shows date and state.
6. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows date and state.
7. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 20, shows date.
8. "Descendants of John Walton Barker and His First Wife Mary Meriwether", shows her as his first wife.
9. Anderson, W P, Early Descendants of Wm. Overton & Elizabeth Waters, pg 116, shows date.
10. "Douglas - Meriwether Family", shows married.
11. "Descendants of John Walton Barker and His First Wife Mary Meriwether", shows as his second marriage, and that she had been married previously.
12. Williams, Eleanor, Cabins to Castles, pg 8, shows date and county.
13. John Walton Barker tombstone, Barker family cemetery, shows date.
14. Williams, Eleanor, Cabins to Castles, pg 8.

Mary Minor Meriwether^1,2,3

Parents

Key Events:

• Mary Minor Meriwether was born on 2 Jul 1798 in Louisa Co., Virginia.^4,5,6
• Mary married John Walton Barker, son of Charles Barker Jr. and Barbara Ann Walton, on 21 Aug 1814 in Virginia.^7,8,9,5,10
• Mary died on 3 Mar 1831 in "Cloverlands", Montgomery Co., Tennessee, at age 32.^11,12
• She was buried in "Cloverlands", Montgomery Co., Tennessee, in the west side of the garden.¹¹

Citations

1. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 20, shows name as Mary Minor Meriwether.
2. "Descendants of John Walton Barker and His First Wife Mary Meriwether", shows name as Mary Meriwether.
3. Anderson, W P, Early Descendants of Wm. Overton & Elizabeth Waters, pg 116.
4. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 20, shows date, county, and state.
5. Anderson, W P, Early Descendants of Wm. Overton & Elizabeth Waters, pg 116, shows date.
6. Williams, Eleanor, Cabins to Castles, pg 8, shows date, with month as Feb.
7. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows date and state.
8. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 20, shows date.
9. "Descendants of John Walton Barker and His First Wife Mary Meriwether", shows her as his first wife.
10. "Douglas - Meriwether Family", shows married.
11. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 20.
12. Anderson, W P, Early Descendants of Wm. Overton & Elizabeth Waters, pg 116, shows date as Mar 2, 1831.

Johann Wiest^1,2,3

Key Events:

• Johann Wiest was born in 1870 in Rahrbach, Russia.^4,5,6
• Johann married Elizabeth Schmidt ca. 1897 in Russia.^7,8,9
• Johann died on 15 Jun 1926 in Barrington, Cook Co., Illinois, at age ~56.^10,5
• He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Barrington, Cook Co., Illinois.¹¹

Citations

1. S. S. Cymric arrival 12 Jul 1907, Passenger Lists, Boston, 1891-1943, shows name as Johann Wiest.
2. Ralph Pendleton household, 1910 U.S. Census, Adams Co., North Dakota.
3. Pound, Leland, Glabe Family, shows name as Jacob Wiest.
4. S. S. Cymric arrival 12 Jul 1907, Passenger Lists, Boston, 1891-1943, shows age 37, town, and country.
5. Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 42130768, John Wiest, shows year and includes tombstone photo showing same.
6. Ralph Pendleton household, 1910 U.S. Census, Adams Co., North Dakota, shows age 40 and country.
7. Ralph Pendleton household, 1910 U.S. Census, Adams Co., North Dakota, shows married 13 years.
8. S. S. Cymric arrival 12 Jul 1907, Passenger Lists, Boston, 1891-1943, shows married.
9. John Wiest household, 1920 U.S. Census, Stutsman Co., North Dakota, shows married.
10. Wiest, Harold, "Descendants of John Wiest", shows date, city, county, and state.
11. Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 42130768, John Wiest, includes tombstone photo.

Irene Cobb^1,2,3

Parents

Key Events:

• Irene Cobb was most likely born on 31 Jul 1836 in Kentucky, although some sources show her as born in 1837 or 1838, after her parents moved to Tennessee.^4,5,6,7,8
• Irene married Francis Patten Gracey, son of Mathew Lyon Gracey and Maria A. Tilford, on 10 Nov 1857 in Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, with Rev. A. Mizell officiating.^9,10,11
• Irene died on 31 Mar 1906 in Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, at age 69, at the home of her son Julien.^12,13
• She was buried on 1 Apr 1906 in Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, in her husband's lot.^14,3

Citations

1. Montgomery Co. Marriage Register, vol. 3, pg 47, no. 417, Francis P. Gracey to Irene Cobb, 9 Nov 1857.
2. Joshua Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Stewart Co., Tennessee, shows name as Irine Cobb.
3. Irene Cobb Gracey grave marker, Greenwood Cemetery.
4. Irene Cobb Cobb, Irene Cobb obituary, Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle, shows date, with year as 1837, and place as Stewart Co., Tennessee.
5. Joshua Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Stewart Co., Tennessee, shows age 14 and state, as Kentucky.
6. Irene Cobb Gracey grave marker, Greenwood Cemetery, shows year, as 1836.
7. Julien Gracey household, 1900 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, shows month, as July, year, with last digit unclear but apparently a 6, age overwritten to be 65, and state, as Kentucky.
8. Titus, W. P., Picturesque Clarksville, pg 403, shows date, as 15 Nov 1838.
9. Montgomery Co. Marriage Register, vol. 3, pg 47, no. 417, Francis P. Gracey to Irene Cobb, 9 Nov 1857, return show date, as 10th.
10. Davis, Patty, Folk Finders, "Marriages 201-300," citing Clarksville Weekly Chronicle, 13 Nov 1857, shows date and officiant.
11. Williams, Eleanor, Cabins to Castles, pg 188, shows date, as 11 Sep 1857.
12. Irene Cobb Cobb, Irene Cobb obituary, Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle, shows "this morning," at home of son Julien.
13. Irene Cobb Gracey grave marker, Greenwood Cemetery, shows year.
14. Irene Cobb Cobb, Irene Cobb obituary, Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle, shows date and cemetery.