Brief Life History of James
When James Barker was born on 22 December 1818, in Ouachita, Louisiana, United States, his father, Brittion Barker, was 32 and his mother, Elizabeth Celia Watts, was 30. He married Elizabeth Nancy Reams on 11 January 1844, in Caldwell, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Louisiana, United States in 1870 and Ward Four, Rapides, Louisiana, United States in 1880. He died on 18 December 1896, in Ruby, Rapides, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Ruby, Rapides, Louisiana, United States.
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- James Barker, "United States Census, 1860"
- Marriages, 1804-1952; register of marriages, births and deaths, 1879-1887 (Wilkinson County, Mississippi)
- James Barker, "Find A Grave Index"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a tanner of leather, from Middle English barkere ‘tanner’, tree bark having been used as the tanning agent.
English: occupational name for a shepherd, from Middle English berker, bercher (Old French berchier, bercher, berkier, berker, 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 (see 1 above).
Americanized form of German Berger or Barger .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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