Henry Clinton Barker (1842–1924) • FamilySearch

Henry Clinton Barker

27 October 1842–8 May 1924 (Age 81)
Bethel, Oxford, Maine, United States

The Life of Henry Clinton

When Henry Clinton Barker was born on 27 October 1842, in Bethel, Oxford, Maine, United States, his father, Francis Barker, was 43 and his mother, Nancy H. Ingalls, was 39. He married Ellen Maria Frost on 30 October 1865, in Bethel, Oxford, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Maine, United States in 1870 and Augusta, Kennebec, Maine, United States in 1920. He registered for military service in 1863. He died on 8 May 1924, at the age of 81, and was buried in Bethel, Oxford, Maine, United States.

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Spouse and Children

Parents and Siblings

Henry Clinton Barker

1842–1924

Ellen Maria Frost

1844–1902

Marriage: 30 October 1865

Evangeline Barker

1866–

Bernice Barker

1868–

Francis Bernard Barker

1879–

Spouse and Children

Henry Clinton Barker

Male1842–1924Male

Ellen Maria Frost

Female1844–1902Female

MARRIAGE
30 October 1865
Bethel, Oxford, Maine, United States

children

(3)

Evangeline Barker

Female1866–Female

Bernice Barker

Female1868–Female

Francis Bernard Barker

Male1879–Male

Parents and Siblings

Francis Barker

Male1799–1883Male

Nancy H. Ingalls

Female1803–1883Female

siblings

(9)

Frederick Ingalls Barker

Male1824–Male

Nathaniel Barker

Male1826–1904Male

Ausina Barker

Female1829–1882Female

Cullen Barker

Male1832–1855Male

Albert Francis Barker

Male1836–1893Male

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World Events (8)

1846

Age 4

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1851 · First State to Attempt Prohibition

Age 9

"In 1851, Maine outlawed the sale of alcohol, allowing exceptions only for ""medicinal, mechanical, and manufacturing purposes"". This made Maine the first state to experiment with prohibition. Neal Dow, mayor of Portland, believed that alcohol was linked to slavery and was also convinced by the Christian temperance movement. Dow ran into problems later for his anti-immigration rhetoric against the Irish, and also for breaking his own prohibition laws; although not a designated ""purchaser"", Dow personally purchased alcohol to distribute to local doctors, violating a technicality. As the citizens turned against him, Dow eventually ordered soldiers to fire on protesters. This marked a sharp decline in Dow's political career, and the Maine Law was repealed by 1856. Aspects of the law would remain in tact, however, and ultimately paved the way for the 18th Amendment, which prohibited alcohol on the national level."

1865

Age 23

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

Barker

Henry

Clinton

1 English: occupational name for a tanner of leather, from Middle English bark(en) ‘to tan’, tree bark having been used as the tanning agent.2 English: occupational name for a shepherd, Anglo-Norman French bercher (Late Latin berbicarius, from berbex ‘ram’, genitive berbicis). With the change of -ar- to -er- in Middle English, this became indistinguishable from the preceding name.3 Altered spelling of German Barger or Berger .

Possible Related Names

Barger

Berger

Bark

Sources (3)

Henry C Barker in household of Stephen L Watson, "United States Census, 1920"
Henry C Barker in household of Francis Barker, "United States Census, 1850"
Henry C Barker in household of Francis Barker, "United States Census, 1860"

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