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Barbara Ann Barker^1,2,3

Parents:

Key Events:

• Born: on 11 Mar 1819.^4,5
• Married: Judge Alexander Mosby Clayton on 10 Jan 1839 in "Clover Lands", Kentucky.^4,6,7
• Died: on 13 Jul 1879 in Michigan City, Indiana.^4,8
• Buried: in Holly Springs, Mississippi.⁹

Citations

1. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows name as Barbara Anne Barker.
2. "Descendants of John Walton Barker and His First Wife Mary Meriwether", shows name as Barbara Ann Barker.
3. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 32, shows name as Barbara Ann Barker.
4. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows year.
5. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 32, shows date.
6. "Descendants of John Walton Barker and His First Wife Mary Meriwether", shows married.
7. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 32, shows date and place.
8. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 33, shows date and place.
9. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 33.

Nancy Minor Barker^1,2,3

Parents:

Key Events:

• Born: on 17 Nov 1820.^4,5
• Married: Robert French Ferguson on 25 Aug 1842.^4,6
• Died: on 9 Sep 1884 in "Summer Trees", Montgomery Co., Tennessee.^7,8
• Buried: in Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.⁹

Citations

1. Williams, Eleanor, Cabins to Castles, pg 8, shows name as Nancy M. Barker.
2. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 33, shows name as Ann Minor Barker; pg 47 shows name as Nannie Barker.
3. "Descendants of John Walton Barker and His First Wife Mary Meriwether", shows name as Nannie Barker.
4. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 33, shows date.
5. Williams, Eleanor, Cabins to Castles, pg 8, shows year, as 1822.
6. "Descendants of John Walton Barker and His First Wife Mary Meriwether", shows married.
7. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 33, shows date and place.
8. Williams, Eleanor, Cabins to Castles, pg 8, shows date and place.
9. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 33.

Judge Alexander Mosby Clayton^1,2,3

Key Events:

• Born: in 1801 in Mississippi.^4,5
• Married: Barbara Ann Barker on 10 Jan 1839 in "Clover Lands", Kentucky.^6,7,8
• Died: in 1889.⁹

Citations

1. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows name as Alexander M. Clayton.
2. "Descendants of John Walton Barker and His First Wife Mary Meriwether", shows name as Juge Clayton.
3. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 32, shows name as Judge Alexander Mosby Clayton.
4. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows date and state.
5. "Descendants of John Walton Barker and His First Wife Mary Meriwether", shows of Mississippi.
6. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows year.
7. "Descendants of John Walton Barker and His First Wife Mary Meriwether", shows married.
8. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 32, shows date and place.
9. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998.

Edward Otho Cresap^1,2,3

Parents:

Key Events:

• Born: on 24 Nov 1782 in Cresaptown, Allegany Co., Maryland.^4,5,6
• Married: Sarah Story Briscoe on 28 Sep 1807 in Allegany Co., Maryland.^7,4,8
• Died: on 2 Jan 1817 in Caldwell Co., Kentucky.^4,9,6
• Buried: in Riverview Cemetery, Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.³

Citations

1. Hanson Briscoe Cresap grave marker, Eddyville Cemetery, shows name as Edward Otho Cresap.
2. Smith, William, transcript of family pages from Sarah (Briscoe) Cresap Bible, shows name as Edward O Cresap.
3. Edward Otho Cresap grave marker, Eddyville Cemetery.
4. Smith, William, transcript of family pages from Sarah (Briscoe) Cresap Bible, shows date.
5. Cresap, Joseph Ord; Cresap, Bernard, History of the Cresaps, pg 300, shows date, town, and state.
6. Edward Otho Cresap grave marker, Eddyville Cemetery, shows date.
7. "Maryland Marriages, 1667-1899," Ancestry.com, record for Sally Briscoe and Edward O. Cresap, shows date, county, and state.
8. Hanson Briscoe Cresap grave marker, Eddyville Cemetery, shows date.
9. Cresap, Joseph Ord; Cresap, Bernard, History of the Cresaps, pg 300, shows date, county, and state.

Robert French Ferguson^1,2,3

Parents:

Key Events:

• Born: on 18 Feb 1815 in Springfield, Massachusetts.^4,5
• Married: Nancy Minor Barker on 25 Aug 1842.^6,7
• Died: on 12 May 1882.^6,8
• Buried: in Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.⁹

Citations

1. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 33, shows name as Robert French Ferguson.
2. "Descendants of John Walton Barker and His First Wife Mary Meriwether", shows name as Robert Ferguson.
3. Williams, Eleanor, Cabins to Castles, pg 8, shows name as Robert French.
4. Borris, Cynthia, in "Re: Meriwether-Gordon connection?" listserve message 20 Feb 2000, shows date, as 18th, town, and state.
5. Williams, Eleanor, Cabins to Castles, pg 8, shows date, as 10th, and state.
6. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 33, shows date.
7. "Descendants of John Walton Barker and His First Wife Mary Meriwether", shows married.
8. Williams, Eleanor, Cabins to Castles, pg 8, shows date.
9. Williams, Eleanor, Cabins to Castles, pg 8.