John Barker was born November 18, 1836, the oldest son and second child of David Barker and Keziah Pike Barker in Randolph County North Carolina.
He grew up in the Quaker community of Holly Spring, where he was an active member of Holly Spring Monthly Meeting. His father was a farmer so John, no doubt, received his training in farming from his father.
On September 14, 1859 at the age of 22, John married Nancy Jane Farlow, daughter of John Farlow and Sarah Coltrane at Marlboro Meeting in Randolph County, NC. He then moved his new wife to their home next door to his parents, where he engaged in farming.
Then came the Civil War. This war was most difficult for men of the Holly Spring Community, as they were pacifist and against slavery. John was apparently forced into Confederate service. From the book "Southern Heroes or The Friends in the War Time" by Fernando G. Cartland, the following quote is taken. "In 1862 this quiet neighborhood was again invaded by soldiers searching for men. The conscript act was being rigorously enforced, and they took away twenty-one Quaker men" (names omitted here), including a John Barker. This would most certainly have been our John Barker as a check of the 1860 census shows only one John Barker to be of military age in Randolph County. John was 26 years old at the time. He must had paid a conscription fee and returned home. Soon after the war ended, the Barker family made their way to Indiana, where they located in Boone County, just south of Thorntown. A ten day train ride from Greensboror North Carolina to Indianapolis, Indiana must have been grueling with three small children and the death of Keziah Pike Barker, John's mother along the way. Many Barker relatives lived around Westfield in Hamilton County, Indiana and that was the Barker family's destination.
They, however, found land very scarce, so they purchased a farm near Thorntown in Boone County. A few years later, John, Nancy and children moved to Hamilton County, near Sheridan. They then purchased a farm on the Boone/Hamilton County line road, on the Boone County side, where they lived until Nancy's death.
John was an active member of Friends (Quakers) all of his life, having membership in Sugar Plaines MM, Spicewood MM, and Union Grove MM in Indiana, and Holly Spring MM in North Carolina. John's name appears frequently in the minutes telling of his service to his meetings.
John was the father of seven children. After the death of his wife Nancy in 1908, he remarried and lived in Noblesville, Indiana until the death of his second wife. He then moved back near Sheridan, where he lived out his life near his children. He died 17 Sept 1924 at the age of 87 years. He is buried in Union Grove(Hinshaw) Cemetery just south of Sheridan.
He grew up in the Quaker community of Holly Spring, where he was an active member of Holly Spring Monthly Meeting. His father was a farmer so John, no doubt, received his training in farming from his father.
On September 14, 1859 at the age of 22, John married Nancy Jane Farlow, daughter of John Farlow and Sarah Coltrane at Marlboro Meeting in Randolph County, NC. He then moved his new wife to their home next door to his parents, where he engaged in farming.
Then came the Civil War. This war was most difficult for men of the Holly Spring Community, as they were pacifist and against slavery. John was apparently forced into Confederate service. From the book "Southern Heroes or The Friends in the War Time" by Fernando G. Cartland, the following quote is taken. "In 1862 this quiet neighborhood was again invaded by soldiers searching for men. The conscript act was being rigorously enforced, and they took away twenty-one Quaker men" (names omitted here), including a John Barker. This would most certainly have been our John Barker as a check of the 1860 census shows only one John Barker to be of military age in Randolph County. John was 26 years old at the time. He must had paid a conscription fee and returned home. Soon after the war ended, the Barker family made their way to Indiana, where they located in Boone County, just south of Thorntown. A ten day train ride from Greensboror North Carolina to Indianapolis, Indiana must have been grueling with three small children and the death of Keziah Pike Barker, John's mother along the way. Many Barker relatives lived around Westfield in Hamilton County, Indiana and that was the Barker family's destination.
They, however, found land very scarce, so they purchased a farm near Thorntown in Boone County. A few years later, John, Nancy and children moved to Hamilton County, near Sheridan. They then purchased a farm on the Boone/Hamilton County line road, on the Boone County side, where they lived until Nancy's death.
John was an active member of Friends (Quakers) all of his life, having membership in Sugar Plaines MM, Spicewood MM, and Union Grove MM in Indiana, and Holly Spring MM in North Carolina. John's name appears frequently in the minutes telling of his service to his meetings.
John was the father of seven children. After the death of his wife Nancy in 1908, he remarried and lived in Noblesville, Indiana until the death of his second wife. He then moved back near Sheridan, where he lived out his life near his children. He died 17 Sept 1924 at the age of 87 years. He is buried in Union Grove(Hinshaw) Cemetery just south of Sheridan.
John Barker was born November 18, 1836, the oldest son and second child of David Barker and Keziah Pike Barker in Randolph County North Carolina.
He grew up in the Quaker community of Holly Spring, where he was an active member of Holly Spring Monthly Meeting. His father was a farmer so John, no doubt, received his training in farming from his father.
On September 14, 1859 at the age of 22, John married Nancy Jane Farlow, daughter of John Farlow and Sarah Coltrane at Marlboro Meeting in Randolph County, NC. He then moved his new wife to their home next door to his parents, where he engaged in farming.
Then came the Civil War. This war was most difficult for men of the Holly Spring Community, as they were pacifist and against slavery. John was apparently forced into Confederate service. From the book "Southern Heroes or The Friends in the War Time" by Fernando G. Cartland, the following quote is taken. "In 1862 this quiet neighborhood was again invaded by soldiers searching for men. The conscript act was being rigorously enforced, and they took away twenty-one Quaker men" (names omitted here), including a John Barker. This would most certainly have been our John Barker as a check of the 1860 census shows only one John Barker to be of military age in Randolph County. John was 26 years old at the time. He must had paid a conscription fee and returned home. Soon after the war ended, the Barker family made their way to Indiana, where they located in Boone County, just south of Thorntown. A ten day train ride from Greensboror North Carolina to Indianapolis, Indiana must have been grueling with three small children and the death of Keziah Pike Barker, John's mother along the way. Many Barker relatives lived around Westfield in Hamilton County, Indiana and that was the Barker family's destination.
They, however, found land very scarce, so they purchased a farm near Thorntown in Boone County. A few years later, John, Nancy and children moved to Hamilton County, near Sheridan. They then purchased a farm on the Boone/Hamilton County line road, on the Boone County side, where they lived until Nancy's death.
John was an active member of Friends (Quakers) all of his life, having membership in Sugar Plaines MM, Spicewood MM, and Union Grove MM in Indiana, and Holly Spring MM in North Carolina. John's name appears frequently in the minutes telling of his service to his meetings.
John was the father of seven children. After the death of his wife Nancy in 1908, he remarried and lived in Noblesville, Indiana until the death of his second wife. He then moved back near Sheridan, where he lived out his life near his children. He died 17 Sept 1924 at the age of 87 years. He is buried in Union Grove(Hinshaw) Cemetery just south of Sheridan.
He grew up in the Quaker community of Holly Spring, where he was an active member of Holly Spring Monthly Meeting. His father was a farmer so John, no doubt, received his training in farming from his father.
On September 14, 1859 at the age of 22, John married Nancy Jane Farlow, daughter of John Farlow and Sarah Coltrane at Marlboro Meeting in Randolph County, NC. He then moved his new wife to their home next door to his parents, where he engaged in farming.
Then came the Civil War. This war was most difficult for men of the Holly Spring Community, as they were pacifist and against slavery. John was apparently forced into Confederate service. From the book "Southern Heroes or The Friends in the War Time" by Fernando G. Cartland, the following quote is taken. "In 1862 this quiet neighborhood was again invaded by soldiers searching for men. The conscript act was being rigorously enforced, and they took away twenty-one Quaker men" (names omitted here), including a John Barker. This would most certainly have been our John Barker as a check of the 1860 census shows only one John Barker to be of military age in Randolph County. John was 26 years old at the time. He must had paid a conscription fee and returned home. Soon after the war ended, the Barker family made their way to Indiana, where they located in Boone County, just south of Thorntown. A ten day train ride from Greensboror North Carolina to Indianapolis, Indiana must have been grueling with three small children and the death of Keziah Pike Barker, John's mother along the way. Many Barker relatives lived around Westfield in Hamilton County, Indiana and that was the Barker family's destination.
They, however, found land very scarce, so they purchased a farm near Thorntown in Boone County. A few years later, John, Nancy and children moved to Hamilton County, near Sheridan. They then purchased a farm on the Boone/Hamilton County line road, on the Boone County side, where they lived until Nancy's death.
John was an active member of Friends (Quakers) all of his life, having membership in Sugar Plaines MM, Spicewood MM, and Union Grove MM in Indiana, and Holly Spring MM in North Carolina. John's name appears frequently in the minutes telling of his service to his meetings.
John was the father of seven children. After the death of his wife Nancy in 1908, he remarried and lived in Noblesville, Indiana until the death of his second wife. He then moved back near Sheridan, where he lived out his life near his children. He died 17 Sept 1924 at the age of 87 years. He is buried in Union Grove(Hinshaw) Cemetery just south of Sheridan.
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BARKER
John
1836 -- 1924
Nancy J.
1836 -- 1908
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