JUDGE GEORGE BARKER (d. 1876)

From the Files of the Pilot - Forty-Four Years Ago (1873)
Barker - April 5, 1873
Died at Manitowoc, Wis., the Hon. Geo. W. Barker in the 70th year of his age.
Manitowoc Pilot, Thurs., Apr. 5, 1917
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BARKER—April 7th, 1873, at Manitowoc, Wis., the Hon. Geo. W. Barker in the 70th
year of his age.
The deceased has been well and favorably known in Manitowoc County these seventeen
years. He was born in Vermont in 1804 of substantial New England parentage; learned
a trade in his boyhood; but in his early manhood was called to the responsibilities
of official life. For some fourteen years he was Sheriff in the Capital County of
his native State; and for a time postmaster at Montpelier, Vt. He afterwards turned
his attention to making contracts to build Railroads, and for years had as his
associate the late R. H. Hoes, Esq., with whom he came to Manitowoc for R.R. building
purposes. The delay in the executing of enterprises here led him to turn his attention
to other pursuits; among others to the responsibilities of the office of County Judge,
which he met for over six years. In all his varied trusts he is believed to have used
his talents with commendable fidelity.
Twice he was married. Only one child, a son, who died at about the age of fifteen
years, was the fruit of these marriages. His many tender allusions to the departed,
his manifested affection for the now widowed survivor, have expressed much in respect
to his fidelity as a husband and a father.
As a New Englander, he had been trained to a deep respect for the Christian religion;
and contributed liberally of his sympathies and means to promote religious efforts.
In his last sickness the claims of religion upon his heart came with solemn power. To
his companion to Christian friends, and to this pastor, he expressed himself freely,
and for weeks before his death manifestly sought to do all that a poor, sick, suffering
body and soul would enable him to do, to lay hold upon the promises of the Gospel.
The results of another mortal a life are now all summed up. Man may err in his estimate
of the meaning and value of these results. God cannot err. And with such anticipation
do those, who knew him best, and have loved him most, have these results in God’s hands,
that, amidst their grief at their loss, they are solaced with the hope that the loss is
all theirs and not his.
Manitowoc Pilot, April 10, 1873 P. 4
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(Note: Dates do not match stone.)
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(1870 Manitowoc ward 4 census:
George W. Barker age 66, Ex County Judge; wife Mary 42)

(NOTE: His stone reads 1876/also have the entry below for Judge Barker)
[Unk]-[Judge Barker/bur. 04-10-1873]
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STATE OF WISCONSIN CO. OF MANITOWOC,
PROBATE OFFICE Manitowoc May 19, A.D. 1873.
In the matter of the Proof and Probate of the last Will and testament of George W. Barker
deceased, late of the County of Manitowoc. WHEREAS, an instrument in writing, purporting
to be the last Will and Testament of George W. Barker, deceased, late of the County of
Manitowoc has been filed in this office, and Whereas application has been made by Mary
Barker, widow of said deceased, praying that the same be proven and admitted to Probate
according to the laws of this State, and whereas said will purports to be nonouputive (sic)
and purports to be reduced to writing by the witnesses thereof.
Therefore it is ordered that said application be heard before me at the Probate office in the
City of Manitowoc in said County, on 9th day of June, A.D. 1873 at 10 o'clock A.M. And
it is further ordered that notice shall be given to all persons interested in said will, of the time
and place of said hearing, by publication in the Manitowoc Pilot, a newspaper printed in said
City and County for three successive weeks, once each week, prior to the time of such hearing.
By the Court,
W.W. Waldo, County Judge.
Manitowoc Pilot, May 29, 1873 P. 1
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IN PROBATE-MANITOWOC COUNTY COURT.
In the matter of the Estate of George W. Barker deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of Charles Luling, as Administrator with the will annexed
of tee (sic) Estate of said deceased, representing among other things, that he has fully
administered said estate, and praying that a time and place be fixed for examining and
allowing his account of his administration, filed in this Court. It is ordered that said account
be examined by the Judge of this Court, on Monday, the 9th day of February, A.D. 1874,
at 10 o'clock A.M., at my office in said County.
Ordered further, that notice thereof be given to the heirs of said deceased and to all persons
interested, by publishing a copy of this order for three weeks prior to said day of hearing, in
the Manitowoc Pilot, a Weekly Newspaper published at Manitowoc in said County.
Dated at Manitowoc, the 19th day of January, A.D. 1874.
T.G. Olmsted, County Judge.
Manitowoc Pilot, January 22, 1874 P. 1