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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Historical Boundaries 1844 - Howard, Indiana, United States
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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 .
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