When Mary Barker was born on 16 February 1804, in Madison, Kentucky, United States, her father, James Barker Sr, was 26 and her mother, Margaret Temperance “Peggy” Noland, was 28. She married William Barker on 9 July 1822, in Madison, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Johnson, Missouri, United States in 1860 and Barada, Richardson, Nebraska, United States for about 5 years. She died on 6 September 1890, in Shubert, Richardson, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Shubert, Richardson, Nebraska, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
During the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, the Kentucky Bend or New Madrid Bend was created. It is located in the southwestern corner of Kentucky on the banks of the Mississippi River.
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.
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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