When Abner Alexander Barker was born on 23 August 1825, in North Carolina, United States, his father, Nicholas Barker, was 23 and his mother, Sarah Prevoe, was 24. He married Sarah Louise Petty on 21 October 1847, in Randolph, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Grant Township, Randolph, North Carolina, United States in 1870 and High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, United States in 1880. He died on 30 March 1904, at the age of 78, and was buried in High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, United States.
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Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
The Massive Internal Improvements Act of 1836 loaned Indiana $10,000,000 to create infrastructure such as canals, railroads, and roads across the state. The act was signed by Whig Governor Noah Noble and passed by the Indiana General Assembly. However, the financial crisis known as the Panic of 1837 thwarted these plans as costs ballooned. Construction on the infrastructure was not completed and the state debt rapidly increased.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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