>Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 14:16:11 -0600 >To: arizard@rootsweb.com >From: Don Ott <dott@centurytel.net> >Subject: "Ma" Barker and Family > >> >> 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