Husband: Absalom W. BARKER
Birthdate: Feb 3, 1806
Birthplace: Spartenburg, S.C.
Death date: Aug 7, 1888
Place of death: Viola, Fulton Co, AR
Father: John Barker
Mother:

Marriage date: Abt 1828
Marriage place:

Wife: Matilda WILKES
Birthdate: Abt 1805
Birthplace:
Death date: Bet 1860-1865
Place of death: Fulton Co, AR
Father: Richard Wilkes
Mother:

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Newton B. Barker
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1830
Birthplace: Montgomery Co, TN
Death date: 1867
Place of death: Fulton Co, AR
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouses' names: Never married

Child No. 2: Mildred S. Barker
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1833
Birthplace: TN
Death date:
Place of death:
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Child No. 3: Sarah Elizabeth Barker
Sex: F
Birthdate: July 15, 1835
Birthplace: Robertson Co, TN
Death date: Oct 9, 1874
Place of death: Viola, AR
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouses' names: Shelby H. White

Child No. 4: Robert H. Barker
Sex: M
Birthdate: Nov 17, 1939
Birthplace: TN
Death date: Jan 27, 1916
Place of death: Oklahoma
Marriage date:
Marriage place: AR
Spouses' names: Parilee Lloyd

Child No. 5: James Edward Barker
Sex:
Birthdate: Nov 6, 1844
Birthplace: Robertson Co, TN
Death date: Aug 2, 1922
Place of death: Huntsville, Madison Co, AR
Marriage date:
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Spouses' names: Parthena Black

Child No. 6: Minerva Barker
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1848
Birthplace: KY
Death date:
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Spouses' names: unknown Foster

Child No. 7: Matilda Virginia Barker
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1849
Birthplace: KY
Death date: Oct 10, 1906
Place of death: St. Francis Co, AR
Marriage date: Jan 1897
Marriage place:
Spouses' names: William Wade Webb

Child No. 8: John McCage Barker
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1850
Birthplace: KY
Death date:
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Spouses' names: Josephine Brittain

Child No. 9: William Thomas Barker
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1852
Birthplace: Graves Co, KY
Death date:
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Documentation:
* Absalom W. Barker & Mary Matilda Wilkes, left Graves Co, KY around 1853 for Fulton Co, AR. It appears from Census Data of Montgomery Co. TN of 1820 that John Barker is Absalom Barker's father. He was a son on Census listed in age group that A. W. Barker would be. It is also believed his mother was a "Hill" before marriage.
* In the 1880 Census Data of Fulton Co. AR, it shows A. W. Barker's parents St of birth as: Father-VA and Mother-N. C.
* Abt. 1860, Mary Matilda died. Absalom married Mary McGlasson Roper before 1865. They had about 5 children.
* Mary McGlasson Roper Barker died July 16, 1883. In 1866, Absalom married Martha Hammons McGlasson. They had one child.