This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BARKER, SLEDGE Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.stoddard/1610.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: 1. HARDIN & SARAH ELLEN (SLEDGE) BARKER (gc-gateway@rootsweb.com) In the Watkins & Sons Funeral Home records for Bloomfield, (1936-1973) there is a Frank Barker, b. 13 Mar 1881 in IL; d. 24 Apr 1947 at Rt. 2 Bloomfield, MO; bur. Walker Cemetery; married; farmer; Baptist; d. of a heart attack; father, Hardin Barker b. in IL. Since this meant that Hardin Barker must have been in IL in 1880, I checked the 1880 census on familysearch.org, and in Jefferson Co. IL in Field Twp. is a Harden Barker, (the only Hardin Barker listed in IL in 1880) b. 1847, with wife Emeley, and two children. Living a few households away is the large family of Rhoda Sledge, with a daughter Sarah Ellen, who was b. in 1860. My guess is that Sarah Sledge was a later wife of Hardin Barker. There's a good chance you'll find more info if you search the records of Jefferson Co. IL. Good luck in your search. LeAnn