Kansas City Star -
Mrs. Sarah Barker-
Widow of Confederate Veteran was 95. She arrived in Wyandotte County by Oxcart 92 years ago and had been a Welborn Resident since 1881.
Mrs. Sarah Barker, 95, Welborn, died yesterday at the home. Her residence in this area ante-dated the admittance of Kansas to the Union. She had lived in Welborn sixty-nine years and moved to Wyandotte County ninety-two years ago.
Mrs. Barker was the widow of James Knox Polk Barker, a Confederate veteran.
Born in Holt County, Missouri, January 24, 1855, she was the daughter of Thomas and Martha Duncan. The family made the trip to Kansas by oxcart.
Mrs. Barker spent her first night in Kansas in old Six-Mile on the site of her last home at Welborn. The next day, however, the family moved farther west on what is now highway no 5, where her father operated a stage stop.
Wyandotte Indian children were her playmates the years before Kansas statehood. A lasting memory of the days of the War Between the States was the long lines of soldiers marching on highway No. 5, then the Leavenworth road, on the way to meet the army of General Sterling Price in Missouri.
She and Mr. Barker were married September 1, 1872. Her husband had arrived in Kansas in 1865 from West Virginia after he was discharged from the Confederate army. The newly-married couple settled in the Pomeroy community, and Mr. Barker went to work for an uncle, Thomas Jefferson Barker, who operated the steamboat Fanny Barker(shown right). It was in 1881 that they moved to Welborn.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Ellen Berkhalter, Pomona, CA; two sons, Edgar Barker, Hillsdale, KS, and F.W. Barker, Welborn, and a brother G.I. Duncan, Hickman Mills.
Obit provided by dee (#47403324)!
Mrs. Sarah Barker-
Widow of Confederate Veteran was 95. She arrived in Wyandotte County by Oxcart 92 years ago and had been a Welborn Resident since 1881.
Mrs. Sarah Barker, 95, Welborn, died yesterday at the home. Her residence in this area ante-dated the admittance of Kansas to the Union. She had lived in Welborn sixty-nine years and moved to Wyandotte County ninety-two years ago.
Mrs. Barker was the widow of James Knox Polk Barker, a Confederate veteran.
Born in Holt County, Missouri, January 24, 1855, she was the daughter of Thomas and Martha Duncan. The family made the trip to Kansas by oxcart.
Mrs. Barker spent her first night in Kansas in old Six-Mile on the site of her last home at Welborn. The next day, however, the family moved farther west on what is now highway no 5, where her father operated a stage stop.
Wyandotte Indian children were her playmates the years before Kansas statehood. A lasting memory of the days of the War Between the States was the long lines of soldiers marching on highway No. 5, then the Leavenworth road, on the way to meet the army of General Sterling Price in Missouri.
She and Mr. Barker were married September 1, 1872. Her husband had arrived in Kansas in 1865 from West Virginia after he was discharged from the Confederate army. The newly-married couple settled in the Pomeroy community, and Mr. Barker went to work for an uncle, Thomas Jefferson Barker, who operated the steamboat Fanny Barker(shown right). It was in 1881 that they moved to Welborn.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Ellen Berkhalter, Pomona, CA; two sons, Edgar Barker, Hillsdale, KS, and F.W. Barker, Welborn, and a brother G.I. Duncan, Hickman Mills.
Obit provided by dee (#47403324)!
Kansas City Star -
Mrs. Sarah Barker-
Widow of Confederate Veteran was 95. She arrived in Wyandotte County by Oxcart 92 years ago and had been a Welborn Resident since 1881.
Mrs. Sarah Barker, 95, Welborn, died yesterday at the home. Her residence in this area ante-dated the admittance of Kansas to the Union. She had lived in Welborn sixty-nine years and moved to Wyandotte County ninety-two years ago.
Mrs. Barker was the widow of James Knox Polk Barker, a Confederate veteran.
Born in Holt County, Missouri, January 24, 1855, she was the daughter of Thomas and Martha Duncan. The family made the trip to Kansas by oxcart.
Mrs. Barker spent her first night in Kansas in old Six-Mile on the site of her last home at Welborn. The next day, however, the family moved farther west on what is now highway no 5, where her father operated a stage stop.
Wyandotte Indian children were her playmates the years before Kansas statehood. A lasting memory of the days of the War Between the States was the long lines of soldiers marching on highway No. 5, then the Leavenworth road, on the way to meet the army of General Sterling Price in Missouri.
She and Mr. Barker were married September 1, 1872. Her husband had arrived in Kansas in 1865 from West Virginia after he was discharged from the Confederate army. The newly-married couple settled in the Pomeroy community, and Mr. Barker went to work for an uncle, Thomas Jefferson Barker, who operated the steamboat Fanny Barker(shown right). It was in 1881 that they moved to Welborn.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Ellen Berkhalter, Pomona, CA; two sons, Edgar Barker, Hillsdale, KS, and F.W. Barker, Welborn, and a brother G.I. Duncan, Hickman Mills.
Obit provided by dee (#47403324)!
Mrs. Sarah Barker-
Widow of Confederate Veteran was 95. She arrived in Wyandotte County by Oxcart 92 years ago and had been a Welborn Resident since 1881.
Mrs. Sarah Barker, 95, Welborn, died yesterday at the home. Her residence in this area ante-dated the admittance of Kansas to the Union. She had lived in Welborn sixty-nine years and moved to Wyandotte County ninety-two years ago.
Mrs. Barker was the widow of James Knox Polk Barker, a Confederate veteran.
Born in Holt County, Missouri, January 24, 1855, she was the daughter of Thomas and Martha Duncan. The family made the trip to Kansas by oxcart.
Mrs. Barker spent her first night in Kansas in old Six-Mile on the site of her last home at Welborn. The next day, however, the family moved farther west on what is now highway no 5, where her father operated a stage stop.
Wyandotte Indian children were her playmates the years before Kansas statehood. A lasting memory of the days of the War Between the States was the long lines of soldiers marching on highway No. 5, then the Leavenworth road, on the way to meet the army of General Sterling Price in Missouri.
She and Mr. Barker were married September 1, 1872. Her husband had arrived in Kansas in 1865 from West Virginia after he was discharged from the Confederate army. The newly-married couple settled in the Pomeroy community, and Mr. Barker went to work for an uncle, Thomas Jefferson Barker, who operated the steamboat Fanny Barker(shown right). It was in 1881 that they moved to Welborn.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Ellen Berkhalter, Pomona, CA; two sons, Edgar Barker, Hillsdale, KS, and F.W. Barker, Welborn, and a brother G.I. Duncan, Hickman Mills.
Obit provided by dee (#47403324)!
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