S. W. Barker

H. W. Beckwith, History of Vermilion County (Chicago: H. H. Hill, 1879)

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S. W. Barker, Fairmount, farmer, was born in what was then known as Hardy county, Virginia, on the 5th of January, 1816. His father died when he was two and a half years of age, when he and his mother moved to Fayette county, Ohio, and while there he married Amanda Ocultree, in 1840. She is a native of that county, and was born in 1822. He removed to Kosciusko county, Indiana, and remained seven years, and in 1853 came to Vermilion county, which has been his home ever since. He has a family of three children: Amos B., Luther L. and Mary. One of the children died: Orange B. Mr. Barker and his wife have been constant members of the M. E. church for many years.