Jeremiah Barker

"... Jeremiah Barker, father of our subject, was nineteen years of age when he left the parental roof, married Jane Kerlin and came to Wayne Co, IN., where he lived until 1843; then he moved to Boone Co, where he resided until 1857, when he went to Howard Co, IA, where he purchased land on which he lived until his death, January 5, 1858, his widow surviving until July 4, 1876. ...The parents and all the children were members of the Friends' church--the father and his sons all republicans."
Jeremiah Barker was born in NC April 1, 1813, and was a son of Isaac and Mary (Cox) Barker, who were also natives of NC, of English descent. Isaac was a substantial farmer and the father of fourteen children, having been twice married, and of these children, nine were by our subject's own grandmother, Mary (Cox) Barker ..."

Note from Ruth M. Sloan: Jeremiah was actually born in Wayne County, Indiana.
Submitted by: Shelly Sloan
Source: An excerpt from, "A Portrait and Biographical Record of Boone and Clinton Counties, Indiana," published in Chicago: A. W. Bowen & Co, 1895, and Logansport, Indiana, from the Press of Wilson, Humphrey & Co, Printers and Publishers. This book was reprinted by the Indiana Genealogical Society.