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Below is a family biography from the book, History of Kentucky, Edition 7 by J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin and G. C. Kniffin and published by F. A. Battey Publishing Company in 1887.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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JOHN H. BARKER, a native of Pendleton County, Ky., was born May 1, 1854, and is a son of Joseph and Sallie (Schoolfield) Barker, natives, respectively, of Pendleton County, Ky., and Bracken County, Ky. The paternal grandfather of our subject, John H. Barker, a native of Virginia, settled in the northern part of Pendleton County when quite a young man; was a member of the Kentucky Legislature, and also for a number of years served his county as sheriff and magistrate; he died in 1854. Joseph Barker now resides in Ohio, at the age of sixty-five years. John H. Barker, subject of this sketch, was reared on the farm, read law under John H. Fryer, and began the practice of that profession at Falmouth, Ky., in 1876; he was thus engaged until August, 1882, when he was elected county judge, and re-elected in 1886. May 13, 1880, he married Miss Ella M. Fee, of Moscow, Ohio, and two children have blessed their union, viz.: Lida Louise and Mary Etna.

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This family biography is one of 27 biographies included in the Pendleton County, Kentucky section of the book, The History of Kentucky, Edition 7 published in 1887 by F. A. Battey Publishing Company.  For the complete description, click here: History of Kentucky, Edition 7

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