Cyrus I., seventh son of Jonathan Barker and his second wife. Catherine (Mitchell) Barker, was born at Bridgton, Maine, November 11, 1827 [*sic]. In 1845, at the age of eighteen, he went to Saco. Maine, to enter the York Mills, and it was there that he began his long and notable career and laid the foundation of his thorough knowledge of cotton manufacturing. In religious belief Mr. Barker has been a Universalist since early life, and was for a number of years one of the trustees of the Maine Universalist Convention. On August 11, 1848, Cyrus I. Barker married Almira B. Jewett, daughter of Daniel and Sarah Jewett, of Denmark. Maine. Two children were born of this union : i. Alvarado D., married Georgia Sanderson ; they have one daughter, Grace; he died September, 1907. 2. Sarah Ida, married F.H. Packard ; one son, Cyrus F. Mrs. Almira B. (Jewett) Barker died August 24, 1886.
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* Maine birth records show him born on the 19th instead of the 11th.
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* Maine birth records show him born on the 19th instead of the 11th.
Cyrus I., seventh son of Jonathan Barker and his second wife. Catherine (Mitchell) Barker, was born at Bridgton, Maine, November 11, 1827 [*sic]. In 1845, at the age of eighteen, he went to Saco. Maine, to enter the York Mills, and it was there that he began his long and notable career and laid the foundation of his thorough knowledge of cotton manufacturing. In religious belief Mr. Barker has been a Universalist since early life, and was for a number of years one of the trustees of the Maine Universalist Convention. On August 11, 1848, Cyrus I. Barker married Almira B. Jewett, daughter of Daniel and Sarah Jewett, of Denmark. Maine. Two children were born of this union : i. Alvarado D., married Georgia Sanderson ; they have one daughter, Grace; he died September, 1907. 2. Sarah Ida, married F.H. Packard ; one son, Cyrus F. Mrs. Almira B. (Jewett) Barker died August 24, 1886.
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* Maine birth records show him born on the 19th instead of the 11th.
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* Maine birth records show him born on the 19th instead of the 11th.
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