Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Barker was born in 1839, in Virginia, United States, her father, John Barker, was 48 and her mother, Sarah Bays, was 40. She married Carter William Ferrell on 28 October 1856, in Scott, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. She lived in Hancock, Tennessee, United States in 1860 and Newton, Missouri, United States in 1870.
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Sources (12)
- Mary Barker in household of John Barker, "United States Census, 1850"
- Polly Ferrell, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
- Mary Barker in entry for Carter H Ferrel, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935"
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Children (6)
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Siblings (9)
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World Events (8)
1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
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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