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Abraham Absolom Barker

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Abraham Absolom Barker

Birth
Berea, Ritchie County, West Virginia, USA
Death
2 Jan 1894 (aged 62)
Marion County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Marion County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Private, Co. H, 1st West Virginia Infantry (3 Months). Also served as a Private in Co. F, of the 2nd West Virginia Infantry (3 years).

Abraham Absolom Barker was the firstborn of Joseph Barker and Sarah Jane Shrieves. That couple was contracted in marriage on November 10, 1830, in Tyler County, (Occidental) Virginia.

The first census to have a list of him and his family, as a child, was of course the1850 of Western District, Ritchie, Virginia. The children average 2-2.5 years apart, with two sets of twins... Please don't add other children on to his family unit without proof of parentage.
Joseph Barker...45...father...born abt 1805, VA
Sarah Barker...38...mother...born abt 1812, VA
*Abraham Barker...18...(this is Abraham Absolom)...born abt 1832, VA
Phebe Barker...16...abt 1834, VA
Wilson Barker...13...abt 1837, VA
Mary Barker...10...abt 1840, VA
Eliz A Barker...8...abt 1842, VA
Sarah A Barker...8...abt 1842, VA
Margaret Barker...6...abt 1844, VA
David Barker...3...abt 1847, VA
William Barker...1...abt 1849, VA
Rachel Barker...1...abt 1849, VA
* * * * * * *
ABSOLOM'S CHILDREN MISSING FROM ATTACHED CHILD LISTS:
1860 Davenport P.O., Wetzel, Virginia
Joan Barker...3/12...abt 1860..(3 mos old)
* * *
1880 Mannington, Marion, West Virginia
John J Barker...20...Abt 1859-1860
Benjamin B. Barker...10...Abt 1867-1870
Margret Barker...6...Abt 1869-1874
* * * * * *
Researchers confirming lines with DNA matching contact Lila Cole #46507767
Private, Co. H, 1st West Virginia Infantry (3 Months). Also served as a Private in Co. F, of the 2nd West Virginia Infantry (3 years).

Abraham Absolom Barker was the firstborn of Joseph Barker and Sarah Jane Shrieves. That couple was contracted in marriage on November 10, 1830, in Tyler County, (Occidental) Virginia.

The first census to have a list of him and his family, as a child, was of course the1850 of Western District, Ritchie, Virginia. The children average 2-2.5 years apart, with two sets of twins... Please don't add other children on to his family unit without proof of parentage.
Joseph Barker...45...father...born abt 1805, VA
Sarah Barker...38...mother...born abt 1812, VA
*Abraham Barker...18...(this is Abraham Absolom)...born abt 1832, VA
Phebe Barker...16...abt 1834, VA
Wilson Barker...13...abt 1837, VA
Mary Barker...10...abt 1840, VA
Eliz A Barker...8...abt 1842, VA
Sarah A Barker...8...abt 1842, VA
Margaret Barker...6...abt 1844, VA
David Barker...3...abt 1847, VA
William Barker...1...abt 1849, VA
Rachel Barker...1...abt 1849, VA
* * * * * * *
ABSOLOM'S CHILDREN MISSING FROM ATTACHED CHILD LISTS:
1860 Davenport P.O., Wetzel, Virginia
Joan Barker...3/12...abt 1860..(3 mos old)
* * *
1880 Mannington, Marion, West Virginia
John J Barker...20...Abt 1859-1860
Benjamin B. Barker...10...Abt 1867-1870
Margret Barker...6...Abt 1869-1874
* * * * * *
Researchers confirming lines with DNA matching contact Lila Cole #46507767


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