Ron (and MOLAWREN), Fred Mieswinkel gave a presentation on the Ma Barker Gang at the LCHS meeting in May 1991. The text of his presentation was published in the July 1991 issue of the Bulletin of the Lawrence County Historical Society, pp. 27-28, 36. There are some additional notes in later issues. The Bulletin is available for purchase from LCHS on CD if you are interested. I recommend that you contact Fred Mieswinkel through the Lawrence County Historical Society, P. O. Box 406, Mount Vernon, Mo. I am sure that he can provide you a lot of information. The following is extracted from his article. A copy of the marriage license was published in the article. George E. Barker, of Aurora, over 21, and Arrie Clark, of Mt. Vernon, over 18, were married on 14 Sep 1892 at Aurora by Rev. William B. Cochran, pastor of the First Christian Church at Aurora. "Ma" Barker was born Arizona Donnia Clark about 1872 near Ash Grove, Greene Co., Mo., to John and Emeline (Parker) Clark. The father died in the late 1870s and the mother remarried Reuben Reynolds. The family apparently moved to Lawrence County by 1889 because the oldest daughter Electa A. Clark, was listed as a resident of Aurora when she married on April 6, 1889. George and Arrie purchased a lot in Aurora in 1898, which in 1991 was located at 108 Jasper. They sold that in 1899. The family is not in the 1900 Lawrence County census and may have lived east of Riverdale in Christian County at that time. The youngest son was born in Aurora in 1902 and the older sons attended school there until the family moved to Webb City, Missouri, sometime around 1904-1908. Ross Cameron >>> [email protected] 09/10/03 07:53PM >>> Please reply directly to Ron. He is not subscribed to the list. Ron, I believe there's some information about the Barker family at Greene County Archives in Springfield. http://www.greenecountymo.org/ and click on "Archives" on the menu on the left of the page. You can email the staff at the archives from that page. Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 8:54 AM Subject: Lawrence County Hi.My name is Ron Morgan.I am writing a book on the Ma Barker Gang of the 1920s and 30s.According to information, she and her husband were married in Aurora in 1892 and resided there for the next decade.Her three children were also born in Lawrence County.Do you have any information, records,census, etc on there stay in your area (1892-1902) you can share with me. Sorry.I needed to add.The parents names were Arizona (Arrie or Kate) Barker 1873-1934 and George Elias Barker 1859-1941.Children, Herman b.1894-Lloyd b.1896-Arthur b.1899.Supposingly the children were born in Aurora and the parents married there 1892.Thanks Ron Thank You,Ron Books by R. D. Morgan "The Bad Boys of the Cookson Hills" New Forums Press Stillwater, Oklahoma "Desperadoes: The Rise and Fall Of The Poe-Hart Gang" New Forums Press Check out our web site Homepage ==== MOLAWREN Mailing List ==== Looking for a town, postoffice, cemetery, creek, etc. Try the mapping services at USGS GNIS. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237