Amos Walker Barber (1861 - 1915) - Find A Grave Memorial

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Amos Walker Barber

Birth:	Jul. 25, 1861 Doylestown Bucks County Pennsylvania, USA
Death:	May 18, 1915 Cheyenne Laramie County Wyoming, USA
Acting Governor of Wyoming from 1890 until 1893. Trained as a physician, he was elected Secretary of State of Wyoming in 1890, and ascended to the governor's chair upon the resignation of Governor Francis E. Warren to take a seat in the U. S. Senate in 1890. As governor, he called out the state militia to quell a Pine Ridge Indian outbreak, and asked for federal assistance to settle the Rustler War between cattlemen and sheepmen in Johnson County in 1892. He returned to his medical practice in Cheyenne in January of 1893, and died in 1915. (bio by: Thomas Fisher) Family links: Spouse: Amelia Kent Barber (1871 - 1951)* *Calculated relationship Search Amazon for Amos Barber

Burial: Lakeview Cemetery Cheyenne Laramie County Wyoming, USA
Maintained by: Find A Grave Originally Created by: Thomas Fisher Record added: Jan 26, 2006 Find A Grave Memorial# 13125512