Catharine Barker Memoirs 1806-1886 1804-1886

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Catharine Barker Memoirs 1806-1886 1804-1886

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The collection contains seven volumes of Catharine (Barker) Barker's (1806-1885) Memoirs, written between 1880 and 1885, as well as hand-written copies of earlier correspondence. She describes her childhood in Washington County, Ohio, and the hardships of her later life on a farm in Iowa.

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Marietta College Library

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Marietta College Library

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Gage, Frances Dana, 1808-1884

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Author and reformer, Frances Dana Barker Gage was born on October 12, 1808, the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Dana Barker. For biographical information, see Notable American Women, 1607-1950 (1971). From the description of Letter, n.y. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007079 ...

Barker, Francis Augustus, 1798-1871

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Barker, William H., 1946-

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Barker, Edward DeLevan

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Barker, Catharine (Barker)

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Born in Union (now Muskingum) Township, Washington County, Ohio, 31 August 1806, Catharine Barker was the daughter of Joseph Barker and Elizabeth (Dana) Barker. Her parents were New England farmers who had traveled west to Ohio in 1789, when the Marietta settlement was new. Catharine's childhood was similar to that of many rural girls of her time period. She attended the local schools and learned from her mother to spin wool and flax. Many of the youthful adventures she describes in...

Barker, Catharine Barker, 1806-1885

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Bates, Dana Barker

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