> > A recent request by some of the Barker family members asked > me to see if they were related to the Bloody Barker Gang. I did not > find any ties to local Barkers but will put a bit of the > information just in case some one else would like to take a look. > >Elias Barker b. ca 1802 KY, d. Aft 1870 ,Laclede, Missouri >Sarah Dennis b. ca 1825 KY, d. ca 1865 ,Laclede, Missouri > >Son >John Barker b. 8 Sep 1837 MO, d. 8 Oct 1913 ,Stone, Missouri >Elivra Adaline McDowell b. 12 Oct 1838 KY, d. 24 Mar 1911 > >Son >George Elias Barker b. ca 1858 ,Laclede, MO d. 28 Feb 1941 Joplin, Jasper, MO. >1st m.17 Sep 1877 >Angeline Campbell >2nd m. Arizona Donnia "Ma" "Kate" "Arrie" Clark b. 8 Oct >1873 ,Greene, MO. d. 16 Jan 1935 Ocklawaha, Marion, Florida > > George Elias Barker always seemed to be a hard working > honest and worthwhile citizen, held regular jobs for all his life, > never seemed to have been involved with his wife and the four sons > crimes. His answer was always that "Ma" handled the boys. "Ma" > always said that everyone was trying to persecute her sons and they > were good boys. Although Ma Barker was never arrested for a crime, > she was the primary lead in planning and executing the bank > robberies. She at one time kidnapped a wealthy St. Paul brewer, > William A. Hamm, and collected $100,000 for his release. They had four sons. > >Herman H. Barker b. 30 Oct 1893 MO, d. 29 Aug 1927 Wichita, Kansas >He married a Carol from Batesville AR, but they had no children. >After robbing several banks and killing a police officer, he >committed suicide in Wichita Kansas. "Ma" always said the police executed him. > >Lloyd William Barker b. 16 Mar 1897, Lawrence, MO, d. 18 Mar 1949 >Westminster, CO. He and his wife Jean (NY City) lived together as >common law husband and wife until about a month before his wife >killed him. They got married (Feb 1949). They had two children >Eileen and Michael, I believe both may still be living. These were >the only grand children of George and Arizona Barker. Lloyd robbed a >bank in Kansas in 1922, was sent to Leavenworth Kansas Prison for 25 years. > >Arthur Raymond "Dock" Barker b. 4 Jun 1899, Lawrence, MO. d. 13 Jan >1939 Alcatraz CA. "DocK" started out by stealing a Government car in >1918, and murdered a night watchman in Tulsa, for which he got 25 >years. He was paroled in 1932. Was soon sent to Alcatraz for >kidnapping a MN banker, was given a life sentence. Arthur was killed >in 1939 while trying to escape Alcatraz. > >Frederick G. Barker b. 12 Dec 1901 Lawrence, MO. d. 16 Jan 1935 >Ocklawaha, Marion, FL. He robbed a bank in Wichita Kansas and was >paroled from prison in 1931. With police hot on his trail for other >crimes, Fred and his mother "Ma" fled to Oklawaha, Marion, FL, where >in a 45 minute gun fight with the FBI, both Fred and Ma were killed. > > George Barker, the father, had become disenchanted with his > family and in 1928 he separated from "Ma". He moved to Webb City, > MO. and ran a filling station until near his death in 1941. > >A very interesting study with history like the James and Dalton Family. > >Don