Nancy Jane (Farlow) Barker was born 23 May 1836 in Randolph County, North Carolina, the first child of John Farlow and Sarah Coltrane. Nancy was a member of the Marlborough Monthly Meeting of Friends in Randolph County. At the age of fifteen years,her mother died and left behind eight children. Nancy being the oldest, no doubt, must have assumed much of the responsibility for her younger siblings, including a two year old set of twins. The Farlows were farmers and lived in a rural community largely populated by Quakers.
She married John Barker on Sep 14, 1859, and moved with him to the Holly Spring community a few miles from Marlborough, still in Randolph County. There the oldest three children were born: Sarah, John David, and Eli Newton.
The Civil War raged during the years that followed Nancy's marriage, and the Quaker community of Holly Spring experienced much devistation. In October after the war ended, the Barker family immigrated to Indiana. They came by train from Greensboro, North Carolina to Indianapolis, the trip reportedly taking ten days. On the trip, Nancy's mother-in-law, Kesiah (Pike) Barker, died somewhere near Cincinnati.
Finding a place to live wasn't easy, as many other Quakers were leaving the war-torn North Carolina community for Indiana. The family finally settled in Boone County, just south of Thorntown and became members of Sugar Creek Friends MM. Here children: Ellen Jane, Moses, and Martha were born. Letters that Nancy wrote to her sister, Sarah, in North Carolina, have survived and in them she describes the cost of farm products, discusses raising children, schooling, illnesses, activites in the community, news of the neighbors, also immigrates from Randolph County, North Carolina. She sends little pieces of fabric from the latest dress she has made. She talks of how good life is in Boone County, how plentiful the harvests, and how fertile the soil. She speaks of how she misses her family and implores her parents and siblings to move to Indiana.
Within a few years, Nancy and family move near Sheridan in Hamilton County where youngest daughter, Abigail is born. They become members of Spicewood MM. From there they move to a farm on Boone/Hamilton county line, living on the Boone County side. They transfer their membership to Union Grove MM in Hamilton County. Nancy is very active in the meeting, serving on many committees.
She lives out her life here and dies on August 4, 1908, age 72 years. She is buried in Union Grove Cemetery,(often referred to as Hinshaw Cemetery)near Sheridan.
Her obituary reads: "She was a faithful companion, a fond mother, and loving wife which were characteristics of the woman who is pure of heart. She was a life member of the Friends church and was loved and esteeemed by her many brethern."
She married John Barker on Sep 14, 1859, and moved with him to the Holly Spring community a few miles from Marlborough, still in Randolph County. There the oldest three children were born: Sarah, John David, and Eli Newton.
The Civil War raged during the years that followed Nancy's marriage, and the Quaker community of Holly Spring experienced much devistation. In October after the war ended, the Barker family immigrated to Indiana. They came by train from Greensboro, North Carolina to Indianapolis, the trip reportedly taking ten days. On the trip, Nancy's mother-in-law, Kesiah (Pike) Barker, died somewhere near Cincinnati.
Finding a place to live wasn't easy, as many other Quakers were leaving the war-torn North Carolina community for Indiana. The family finally settled in Boone County, just south of Thorntown and became members of Sugar Creek Friends MM. Here children: Ellen Jane, Moses, and Martha were born. Letters that Nancy wrote to her sister, Sarah, in North Carolina, have survived and in them she describes the cost of farm products, discusses raising children, schooling, illnesses, activites in the community, news of the neighbors, also immigrates from Randolph County, North Carolina. She sends little pieces of fabric from the latest dress she has made. She talks of how good life is in Boone County, how plentiful the harvests, and how fertile the soil. She speaks of how she misses her family and implores her parents and siblings to move to Indiana.
Within a few years, Nancy and family move near Sheridan in Hamilton County where youngest daughter, Abigail is born. They become members of Spicewood MM. From there they move to a farm on Boone/Hamilton county line, living on the Boone County side. They transfer their membership to Union Grove MM in Hamilton County. Nancy is very active in the meeting, serving on many committees.
She lives out her life here and dies on August 4, 1908, age 72 years. She is buried in Union Grove Cemetery,(often referred to as Hinshaw Cemetery)near Sheridan.
Her obituary reads: "She was a faithful companion, a fond mother, and loving wife which were characteristics of the woman who is pure of heart. She was a life member of the Friends church and was loved and esteeemed by her many brethern."
Nancy Jane (Farlow) Barker was born 23 May 1836 in Randolph County, North Carolina, the first child of John Farlow and Sarah Coltrane. Nancy was a member of the Marlborough Monthly Meeting of Friends in Randolph County. At the age of fifteen years,her mother died and left behind eight children. Nancy being the oldest, no doubt, must have assumed much of the responsibility for her younger siblings, including a two year old set of twins. The Farlows were farmers and lived in a rural community largely populated by Quakers.
She married John Barker on Sep 14, 1859, and moved with him to the Holly Spring community a few miles from Marlborough, still in Randolph County. There the oldest three children were born: Sarah, John David, and Eli Newton.
The Civil War raged during the years that followed Nancy's marriage, and the Quaker community of Holly Spring experienced much devistation. In October after the war ended, the Barker family immigrated to Indiana. They came by train from Greensboro, North Carolina to Indianapolis, the trip reportedly taking ten days. On the trip, Nancy's mother-in-law, Kesiah (Pike) Barker, died somewhere near Cincinnati.
Finding a place to live wasn't easy, as many other Quakers were leaving the war-torn North Carolina community for Indiana. The family finally settled in Boone County, just south of Thorntown and became members of Sugar Creek Friends MM. Here children: Ellen Jane, Moses, and Martha were born. Letters that Nancy wrote to her sister, Sarah, in North Carolina, have survived and in them she describes the cost of farm products, discusses raising children, schooling, illnesses, activites in the community, news of the neighbors, also immigrates from Randolph County, North Carolina. She sends little pieces of fabric from the latest dress she has made. She talks of how good life is in Boone County, how plentiful the harvests, and how fertile the soil. She speaks of how she misses her family and implores her parents and siblings to move to Indiana.
Within a few years, Nancy and family move near Sheridan in Hamilton County where youngest daughter, Abigail is born. They become members of Spicewood MM. From there they move to a farm on Boone/Hamilton county line, living on the Boone County side. They transfer their membership to Union Grove MM in Hamilton County. Nancy is very active in the meeting, serving on many committees.
She lives out her life here and dies on August 4, 1908, age 72 years. She is buried in Union Grove Cemetery,(often referred to as Hinshaw Cemetery)near Sheridan.
Her obituary reads: "She was a faithful companion, a fond mother, and loving wife which were characteristics of the woman who is pure of heart. She was a life member of the Friends church and was loved and esteeemed by her many brethern."
She married John Barker on Sep 14, 1859, and moved with him to the Holly Spring community a few miles from Marlborough, still in Randolph County. There the oldest three children were born: Sarah, John David, and Eli Newton.
The Civil War raged during the years that followed Nancy's marriage, and the Quaker community of Holly Spring experienced much devistation. In October after the war ended, the Barker family immigrated to Indiana. They came by train from Greensboro, North Carolina to Indianapolis, the trip reportedly taking ten days. On the trip, Nancy's mother-in-law, Kesiah (Pike) Barker, died somewhere near Cincinnati.
Finding a place to live wasn't easy, as many other Quakers were leaving the war-torn North Carolina community for Indiana. The family finally settled in Boone County, just south of Thorntown and became members of Sugar Creek Friends MM. Here children: Ellen Jane, Moses, and Martha were born. Letters that Nancy wrote to her sister, Sarah, in North Carolina, have survived and in them she describes the cost of farm products, discusses raising children, schooling, illnesses, activites in the community, news of the neighbors, also immigrates from Randolph County, North Carolina. She sends little pieces of fabric from the latest dress she has made. She talks of how good life is in Boone County, how plentiful the harvests, and how fertile the soil. She speaks of how she misses her family and implores her parents and siblings to move to Indiana.
Within a few years, Nancy and family move near Sheridan in Hamilton County where youngest daughter, Abigail is born. They become members of Spicewood MM. From there they move to a farm on Boone/Hamilton county line, living on the Boone County side. They transfer their membership to Union Grove MM in Hamilton County. Nancy is very active in the meeting, serving on many committees.
She lives out her life here and dies on August 4, 1908, age 72 years. She is buried in Union Grove Cemetery,(often referred to as Hinshaw Cemetery)near Sheridan.
Her obituary reads: "She was a faithful companion, a fond mother, and loving wife which were characteristics of the woman who is pure of heart. She was a life member of the Friends church and was loved and esteeemed by her many brethern."
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