Bob: Thanks for interesting info on your Henry Potts Barker. I wish I could say it was my missing Barker, but have no idea. Have no middle name. Dates could fit, but it means he would have had to leave California in 1880 and move to Springfield MO for my grandfather to have been born there in 81 or 82. Certainly possible. I have no handwriting or any other info to compare. Another party said to look in Civil War records. I have certainly done that, but there were many Henry Barker's that served on both sides but with no birth or death date have no way to identify if one is mine or not. Checked pension files for wife but none on Federal side and Conf side did not give them. An uncle told me years ago that he "was buried in a military cemetery". Again, tooo many to identify without a birth date. Even found a wonderful land grant in Springfield...again nothing to prove it is my Henry!! My only hope is someone looking for a Henry with wife Sarah (Patrick). I will probably find eventually that his name was Patrick Henry or John Henry or some such thing! Am resonably sure his name was truly Henry as first grandson was named Henry. Thanks again.