Mary Ellen was the fourth child and second daughter of David John and Ellen Todd Barker.  She was born the 14 October 1890 in Taylorsville, Salt Lake, Utah and died 9 July 1963 in Granger, Salt Lake, Utah.  She and William Orson were the parents of eight children:  Orson, Thelma, Ruby Alberta, William Leland, Glen Leroy, Orval Clyde, Dale John and Lavee Bawden.