Souvenir Edition, The Williamstown Courier, Williamstown, Ky, May 30, 1901, reprinted September 19, 1981 by the Grant County KY Historical Society. W. H. BARKER is one of the best and most popular young men in Grant County. He is at present the Democratic nominee for Sheriff of Grant County, and is popular, obliging and affable. He is a son of W. L. and Nancy E. (McClure) Barker, and was born near Mount Zion in Grant County, September 24, 1865. He was raised on his fathers farm and educated at the common schools of the neighborhood. When he began life it was as a farmer. All of his life he has been a Democrat in politics, and has been through many a hard fought fight for his party. When Sheriff G. S. Webb was elected Sheriff of Grant County in 1897 Mr. Barker was appointed deputy, and for three years served with credit to himself and the county. September 24, 1890, he was united in marriage to Miss Arabella Webster, daughter of Nick Webster, and to this union two children have been born, one boy and one girl. "Hase" is a member of the Red Men's Lodge at Dry Ridge, and an all around good fellow. He is sure to be elected Sheriff of the county at the next November election, and we predict will make one of the best Sheriffs the county has ever had in her history. Barker McClure Webb Webster = none http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/grant/barker.wh.txt