When James Oscar Barger was born on 6 March 1841, in Virginia, United States, his father, George Washington Barger, was 28 and his mother, Sarah Frances Helm, was 27. He married Nancy Ellen Russell on 29 September 1861, in Johnson, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Jackson Township, Rush, Indiana, United States in 1850 and White River Township, Johnson, Indiana, United States for about 20 years. He died on 29 September 1881, at the age of 40, and was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Franklin, Franklin Township, Johnson, Indiana, United States.
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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.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
The town of Santa Fe was denied their application for a United States Postal Service as a town of Santa Fe, Indiana, was already established. Several meetings were held and the name was changed to Santa Claus, Indiana. The United States Postal Service granted their application. Due to the name, the post office in Santa Claus continues to receive thousands of letters to Santa Claus from children around the world each December.
North German and Dutch: variant of Berger 1 and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this. The surname Barger is rare in Germany and the Netherlands.
German: habitational name for someone from any of several places called Barg(e), see Barg . This surname is rare in Germany.
French: variant of Berger ‘shepherd’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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