Barber and musician. Director of Barker's Orchestra, Ponca, Nebraska; married Mildred Earl Childs June 1, 1892, Wayne, Nebraska, divorced December 9, 1904, Dixon County, Nebraska; picked up by Sheriff of Dixon County, Nebraska, June 5, 1909, for insanity, found insane by Board of Insanity and committed that date to Norfolk Hospital for Insane. He died there August 18, 1916, from "general paralysis of the insane," according to his death certificate. Undertaker records of Sessions & Bell state he was buried August 20, 1916, on hospital grounds. The three black dots at upper left of the hospital grounds identify the hospital cemetery where inmates who died there are buried. The grave of John Ervin Barker is not marked and cannot be reliably identified.
The family is listed in Barker Genealogy, by Elizabeth Frye Barker (New York: Frye Publishing Co., 1927), page 374. The entry states: "John married Milly [sic] Childs," and Maud [sic] and Nathaniel as issues, with no dates or places of birth identified.
A family member, Maude Tucker Barker Larson, told her children Jean Marie Larson Kelly and Lee Martin Larson, that John Ervin Barker played First Coronet in Sousa's Marching Band. A diligent search of records of the latter could not confirm that assertion. As such, it is a family legend whose origin is uncertain--Jean and Lee only knew what they were told, and what they were told could not be independently documented.
It is a fact that John Barker owned and led a small orchestra in Ponca, Nebraska, as evidenced by a number of clippings shown in the photographs, and that he played the coronet.
The family is listed in Barker Genealogy, by Elizabeth Frye Barker (New York: Frye Publishing Co., 1927), page 374. The entry states: "John married Milly [sic] Childs," and Maud [sic] and Nathaniel as issues, with no dates or places of birth identified.
A family member, Maude Tucker Barker Larson, told her children Jean Marie Larson Kelly and Lee Martin Larson, that John Ervin Barker played First Coronet in Sousa's Marching Band. A diligent search of records of the latter could not confirm that assertion. As such, it is a family legend whose origin is uncertain--Jean and Lee only knew what they were told, and what they were told could not be independently documented.
It is a fact that John Barker owned and led a small orchestra in Ponca, Nebraska, as evidenced by a number of clippings shown in the photographs, and that he played the coronet.
Barber and musician. Director of Barker's Orchestra, Ponca, Nebraska; married Mildred Earl Childs June 1, 1892, Wayne, Nebraska, divorced December 9, 1904, Dixon County, Nebraska; picked up by Sheriff of Dixon County, Nebraska, June 5, 1909, for insanity, found insane by Board of Insanity and committed that date to Norfolk Hospital for Insane. He died there August 18, 1916, from "general paralysis of the insane," according to his death certificate. Undertaker records of Sessions & Bell state he was buried August 20, 1916, on hospital grounds. The three black dots at upper left of the hospital grounds identify the hospital cemetery where inmates who died there are buried. The grave of John Ervin Barker is not marked and cannot be reliably identified.
The family is listed in Barker Genealogy, by Elizabeth Frye Barker (New York: Frye Publishing Co., 1927), page 374. The entry states: "John married Milly [sic] Childs," and Maud [sic] and Nathaniel as issues, with no dates or places of birth identified.
A family member, Maude Tucker Barker Larson, told her children Jean Marie Larson Kelly and Lee Martin Larson, that John Ervin Barker played First Coronet in Sousa's Marching Band. A diligent search of records of the latter could not confirm that assertion. As such, it is a family legend whose origin is uncertain--Jean and Lee only knew what they were told, and what they were told could not be independently documented.
It is a fact that John Barker owned and led a small orchestra in Ponca, Nebraska, as evidenced by a number of clippings shown in the photographs, and that he played the coronet.
The family is listed in Barker Genealogy, by Elizabeth Frye Barker (New York: Frye Publishing Co., 1927), page 374. The entry states: "John married Milly [sic] Childs," and Maud [sic] and Nathaniel as issues, with no dates or places of birth identified.
A family member, Maude Tucker Barker Larson, told her children Jean Marie Larson Kelly and Lee Martin Larson, that John Ervin Barker played First Coronet in Sousa's Marching Band. A diligent search of records of the latter could not confirm that assertion. As such, it is a family legend whose origin is uncertain--Jean and Lee only knew what they were told, and what they were told could not be independently documented.
It is a fact that John Barker owned and led a small orchestra in Ponca, Nebraska, as evidenced by a number of clippings shown in the photographs, and that he played the coronet.
