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Portrait biographical Album of Pike and Calhoun Counties
The first marriage of Mr Barber was solemnized in 1838, in this county hes bride being Miss Caroline Johnson, a native of Missouri. She shared his joys and sorrows until 1850, when she passed away, leaving three sons Levi, a merchant in Kansas, George, a resident of Pittsfield, and Austin D, a farmer in Hancock County, three daughters who were born of this union died in infancy. The second wife of Mr Barber was Emily W Raynard, with whom he lived happily twenty-seven years. Mrs Emily Barber was a devoted member of the Christian Church, and our subject has been identified with the same body thirty years.
