The Forrest City Times' Art Souvenir-1905:Percy Harrison Barker,of whom the halftone is a slendid likeness, is a native of Louisiana, and was born in Shreveport on June 1,1866, soon after removing with his parents to Mississippi, in which state he was raised. He is a son of William Wallace and May Fran (Harrison) Barker. His father was a native of Alabama. A graduate of West Point, and resigned to join the Southern army. He was Commissary General of the Confederate Army, Southwest Department, until the surrender. The mother of our subject was a Virginian, and a niece of the famous Wm.H. (Tecumseh) Harrison, who was inaugurated President of the United States in 1841. Mr.P.H.Barker was educated in the University of the South, at Sewannee, Tennessee, and the University of Virginia. He is a professional accountant and general office man, and came to this city from Memphis in 1898, to take charge of the office and books of the large mercantile business of J.W.Beck & Co., and is now buisness manager of the Forrest City Ice and Power Company. On June 24,1899, Mr. Barker was happily married to Miss Ada McDaniel, youngest daughter of Capt.W.H. and Mollie (Fondren) McDaniel, and now occupies the old homestead at the head of North Washington Street. One child, a bouncing baby boy, has blessed their union, and he will celebrate the first anniversary of his birth on Christmas Day of the present year. Note:Researchers have not found the father in Confederate Service.
The Forrest City Times' Art Souvenir-1905:Percy Harrison Barker,of whom the halftone is a slendid likeness, is a native of Louisiana, and was born in Shreveport on June 1,1866, soon after removing with his parents to Mississippi, in which state he was raised. He is a son of William Wallace and May Fran (Harrison) Barker. His father was a native of Alabama. A graduate of West Point, and resigned to join the Southern army. He was Commissary General of the Confederate Army, Southwest Department, until the surrender. The mother of our subject was a Virginian, and a niece of the famous Wm.H. (Tecumseh) Harrison, who was inaugurated President of the United States in 1841. Mr.P.H.Barker was educated in the University of the South, at Sewannee, Tennessee, and the University of Virginia. He is a professional accountant and general office man, and came to this city from Memphis in 1898, to take charge of the office and books of the large mercantile business of J.W.Beck & Co., and is now buisness manager of the Forrest City Ice and Power Company. On June 24,1899, Mr. Barker was happily married to Miss Ada McDaniel, youngest daughter of Capt.W.H. and Mollie (Fondren) McDaniel, and now occupies the old homestead at the head of North Washington Street. One child, a bouncing baby boy, has blessed their union, and he will celebrate the first anniversary of his birth on Christmas Day of the present year. Note:Researchers have not found the father in Confederate Service.
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