I too have a John G. Barker from New York. According to the records I found in the gggrandfather's Civil War pension records, John G. Barker was his father born in Niagara Co., New York and supposedly died in 1849, however information in the folder stated he died in 1850 in Lockport, N.Y., while still other information states he died in 1852. My John G. Barker fathered three sons by Lucetta Lusk - I found her on the 1850 Niagara County census records under the Lusk name but the boys are listed as Barker. One of the boys died shortly after birth in 1847 according to the pension files... his name was Roger. The other two boys are Charles R. Barker born 1846 and died 1915 in Chicago Illinois. My gggrandfather was Maurice/Morris L. Barker born 2-13-1845 in Newark, Wayne County, New York and died in the Old Soldiers and Sailors Home in Quincy, Illinois. Other researchers have concluded that Lucetta was John's mistress and that he had another family. Lucetta Lusk states her birth as being in Ireland between 1814 & 1824. Confusion in this research lies in that after Lucetta died in 1855 Morris states he went to live with his grandfather Stephen Dunwell. Yet no relationship can be found as to actually how the Dunwells were related. Morris lied often about his birthdate... He stated his mother died in 1855 when he was 7. Which would have made him born in 1847 or 1848. Since it was learned that he was only 14 or 15 when when he enlisted in the Union Army and for 4 years was stated as being 18 on attendance records... I'm inclined to believe he was born in 1848. A fellow reseacher in the BARKER lines, Norm Sechrest had some theories on this John G. Barker as being John Barker born 2/28/1774 in New Jersey and died in July of 1853. This John Barker was married to Mary Chamberlain. Unless someone has such a dysfunctional family history documented somewhere in a long lost diary, guess we will never know for sure which John G. Barker was the actual father of my kinsman. Leslie Thoma ----- Original Message ----- From: CORALAA@aol.com To: BARKER-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 6:45 PM Subject: Re: [BARKER] J. Case, Van Wert County, Ohio Did you ever get a reply on your query about Lizzie Barker etc. I had saved it and was reading it today. Since my Barker family disappeared for years here and there I never rule anything out. They were in Vermont, New York, Michigan, Iowa and Nebraska. Still can't find what happened to my James Barker's parents James and Mary Barker or his brother William b. 1826 and John G. Barker b. 1824. Probably will be a mystery all of my life. :) Coral Barker Allbee ==== BARKER Mailing List ==== How long has it been since you posted your line or a query to the list? Surname Helper Search http://cgi.rootsweb.com/surhelp/srchall.html