Abigail B Barker

Brief Life History of Abigail B

When Abigail B Barker was born on 25 October 1837, in Westfield, Westfield Washington Township, Hamilton, Indiana, United States, her father, Nicholas Barker, was 41 and her mother, Frances Fanny Lowe, was 40. She married Henry Mendenhall on 10 May 1855, in Westfield Monthly Meeting, Hamilton, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Indiana, United States in 1870 and Monroe Township, Howard, Indiana, United States for about 40 years. She died on 20 January 1928, in Howard, Indiana, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Friends Cemetery, New London, Monroe Township, Howard, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry Mendenhall
1834–1907
Abigail B Barker
1837–1928
Marriage: 10 May 1855
Nathan Hobson Mendenhall
1829–1900
Narcissus A Mendenhall
1855–1929
Mariam Lucinda Mendenhall
1857–1858
Ira Jeremiah Mendenhall
1859–1861
Delphina Mendenhall
1861–1960
Franklin Mendenhall
1863–1863
Edwin Mendenhall
1864–1954
Elma Mendenhall
1868–1969
Clara Daisy Mendenhall
1875–1961

Sources (12)

  • Abigal Mendenhall, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Abigail B. Barker Mendenhall, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Mrs Abigail Mendenhall, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"

World Events (8)

1844

Historical Boundaries 1844 - Howard, Indiana, United States

1846

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

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

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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