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HUSBAND Levi BARBER
 Birth

March 8, 1830

England
Birth

1838

New York
Birth

March 8, 1839

Illinois
Birth

March 8, 1839

Germany (this is unlikely but hasn't been disproved)
Census

June 1880

Little Valley Township, McPherson County, Kansas
Census

July 1910

Lake Township, Harper County, Kansas
Death

December 19, 1912

Crystal Springs, Harper County, Kansas
Burial

 

Harper Cemetery, Harper, Harper County, Kansas
Marriage

1863

 
FatherEbenezer BARBER
MotherSophia TEMPLE
WIFE Mary C. POWERS
 Birth

January 1, 1845

Holland
Birth

1846

 
Birth

June 1, 1847

Germany or Holland
Birth

January 1, 1848

Germany or Holland
Emigration

December 1855

Germany (if we have the correct manifest, she is listed as 'age 9'
Census

June 1880

Little Valley Township, McPherson County, Kansas
Census

July 1910

Lake Township, Harper County, Kansas
Death

December 26, 1913

Harper County, Kansas
Birth

 

Germany
Alt. Name

 

Mary POWERS MARQUETTE
Alt. Name

 

MARKWARDT
Alt. Name

 

Prueter or Pruder or Pauer
Alt. Name

June 1880

Marquett (this is how she is listed [first name] in the 1880 census)
FatherUnknown Father Mary Powers Barber POWERS
MotherElizabeth Christiana Sophy (Eliza) MEYBORN
FatherHenry John MARKWARDT Sr. (I have listed HJM as Mary's father until while I have been sorting out this family)
MotherElizabeth Christiana Sophy (Eliza) MEYBORN (some speculation that Meyborn is a married name and that Eliza was married to Mary and Christopher's father; then MEYBORN; and then to MARKWARDT.
CHILDREN

M

Frank BARBER
 Birth

May 20, 1866

near Erie, Pennsylvania
Moved

1872

McPherson County, Kansas
Census

June 1880

Little Valley Township, McPherson County, Kansas
Moved

1890

Okarche, Canadian County, Oklahoma
Misc

June 1, 1894

met Addie Bourne; Okarche, Canadian County, Oklahoma
Moved

1905

moved; Barber County, Kansas
Moved

1917

moved; Oakwood, Dewey County, Oklahoma
Death

March 30, 1949

Watonga, Oklahoma or Oakwood, Dewey County, Oklahoma
Burial

April 4, 1949

IOOF Cemetery, Oakwood, Oklahoma
Marriage

November 27, 1894

Adeline (Addie) BOURNE; Okarche, Canadian County, Oklahoma

F

Ida BARBER
 Birth

September 19, 1867

 
Census

June 1880

Little Valley Township, McPherson County, Kansas
Death

April 25, 1945

 
Burial

April 27, 1945

Rose Hill Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Updated

July 2, 2005

 
FatherLevi BARBER
MotherMary POWERS

F

Ella BARBER
 Birth

1869

 
Census

June 1880

Little Valley Township, McPherson County, Kansas
Updated

July 4, 2005

 

F

Emma BARBER
 Birth

1872

 
Census

June 1880

Little Valley Township, McPherson County, Kansas

F

Anna Belle BARBER
 Birth

December 20, 1877

 
Census

June 1880

Little Valley Township, McPherson County, Kansas
Death

November 23, 1946

 
Marriage

December 8, 1896

George William COMBS

M

George Edward BARBER
 Birth

December 24, 1879

McPherson County, Kansas
Census

June 1880

Little Valley Township, McPherson County, Kansas
Census

July 1910

Lake Township, Harper County, Kansas
Death

May 24, 1958

Denver, Colorado
Burial

May 27, 1958

Harper Cemetery, Harper, Harper County, Kansas
Marriage

August 22, 1939

Pearl REID; Kingman, Kansas

M

Fred BARBER
 Birth

1883

 
Death

1942

 
Marriage

October 12, 1909

Iva Lola Forpahl

M

William Ernest BARBER
 Birth

September 13, 1884

McPherson County, Kansas
Census

April 22, 1930

Banner Township, Harper County, Kansas
Occupation

1930

Automobile Salesman; Harper, Harper County, Kansas
Death

November 21, 1961

Harper, Harper County, Kansas
Burial

November 24, 1961

Harper Cemetery, Harper, Harper County, Kansas
Marriage

September 30, 1906

Mabel Chumbley BAKER; Anthony, Harper County, Kansas

1880 US Census; Little Valley, McPherson County, Kansas

1910 US Census; Lake Township, Harper County, Kansas

Levi: Male, White, 69, married 46 years; born New York; father, Massachusetts; mother, Massachusetts; English, farmer,
Mary: Female, White, 62, married 46 years; born Pennsylvania; father, Germany; mother, Germany; English, housewife
George: Male, White, 29, single; born Kansas; father, New York; mother, Pennsylvania; English, farmer.

Levi, Mary, George, Anna, Fred, Ernest Class of 1894 - Barber children:  Anna, Fred, George, Ernest

Home in McPherson County, Kansas

  This looks like it's a painting.

  Land Patent - I have copies of many more documents related to Levi and Mary's farms (sent to me by Christa Combs Anderson and Grant and Marge Marquette).

Aerial view of farm that once belonged to Levi and Mary  The original barn, 1997

Iva, Mary, Emma, Ella, Frank (Iva is Fred's wife)

Barber Sibs, c. 1942