ANGELINE MARSHALL BARKER

ANGELINE, DAUGHER OF WILLIAM AND KEZIAH MARSHALL WAS BORN SEPTERMBER 25, 1851, AND DIED FEBRUARY 20, 1901, AGED 49 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 25 DAYS.  SHE WAS MARRIED TO W.G. BARKER, MARCH 4, 1875. TO MOURN HER LOSS SHE LEAVES A DEVOTED HUSBAND AND FIVE LOVING CHILDREN-MRS. NELLIE DENHART, MRS. FLORENCE NICKLES, HARRY M., FRED D., AND CORA. MRS. BARKER WAS A MEMBER OF THE FRIEND’S CHURCH AND ALTHOUGH FOR YEARS A GREAT SUFFERER SHE BORE HER AFFLICTIONS BRAVELY AND ALWAYS LIVED A FAITHFUL CHRISTIAN LIVE. WITH HER HUSBAND SHE SPENT HER MATURE YEARS IN THE VICINITY OF BENTON, WHERE HER FAMILY HAS BEEN REARED AND ARE WELL KNOWN AND HIGHLY ESTEEMED BY ALL THE COMMUNITY.  A LARGE NUMBER OF SYMPATHINZING FRIENDS ATTENDED THE FUNERAL SERVICES WHICH WERE HELD IN THE BENTON M.E. CHURCH AND CONDUCTED BY REV. C. G. STOUT, PASTOR OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF DES MOINES.  HIS TEXT WAS 1 CORN. 15:45-55. ANGELINE BARKER WAS A COUSIN OF ALFRED DAVIS OF COTTONWOOD AND HER EARLY HOME WAS FOUR MILES SOUTH SALEM, THE PLACED OWNED BY HIRAM PICKARD. HER FATHER WAS KNOWN, RESPECTED AND REMEMBERED AS A PIONEER.