-----Original Message----- From: Linda Wright [mailto:linwright750@yahoo.com] Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 3:26 AM To: WISAUK-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SAUK] JOHN BARKER THE HISTORY OF SAUK COUNTY WISCONSIN CHICAGO:WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY PAGE 684 CITY AND TOWN OF BARABOO JOHN BARKER, attorney at law; born in the village of Sand Bank, Oswego Co., NY, March 29, 1839; educated in Oswego and Jefferson Counties; engaged in clerking near Ironton, Ohio, from 1861 to 1865; then returned to Oswego Co., NY; studied law before and after going to Ohio and was admitted to the bar at Syracuse NY, in October 1865 and came to Baraboo the same month, where he engaged in the practice of his profession; taught school in the winters of 1865-66; has held various offices - Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, County Judge and District Attorney. Mr. Barker was married in New Haven, Oswego Co., NY, Nov. 29, 1870 to Alice A. Druse; she was born in Oswego Co. NY; they have three sons - Ralph, born Nov 27 1872; and twins born Aug. 7, 1880. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - CNET Editors' Choice 2004. Tell them what you think. a ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237