John Thompson Barker (1840 - 1911)

Born 8 Jun 1840 in Maulden, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Pickett) Barker — married 20 Jun 1870 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Descendants

Died 13 Jun 1911 at age 71 in St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States

Biography

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Birth

Birth:

Date: 8 JUN 1840

Place: Marston, Bedsfordshire, England

Source: #S118

Page: p 92.

Source: #S115

Page: FHL film 0007181; Entry No 378, Short Book

Death

Death:

Cause: Heart Failure

Date: 13 JUN 1911

Place: St. Charles, Bear Lake, ID

Source: #S115

Page: FHL film 0007181; 1907-1924; p 3.

Source: #S878

Page: page 45

Text: Tues. 13 --- John T. Barker, a Utah Pioneer of 1862, died at St. Charles, Bear Lake Co., Idaho.

Note

Note: .John was a choir leader.

Elder by W. G. Young

Restored by request

DEATH: John Tompson died of heart failure. Aunt Jean found this information from the Montpelier library of records.

BAPTISM: 4. John T. Barker's baptism recorded both as Oct 7/8 and Dec 7/8.

Baptized by Joseph Lite

Confirmed by Joseph Lite

John was baptized a second time in the USA 6 Dec 1862 for political reasons.

HISTORY: 1. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH of JOHN THOMPSON BARKER, born 8 JUN 1840

by a daughter, Pearl Merkley (1st and 2nd parts)

"My Father, John T. Barker, was born at Marston, Bedfordshire, England on 8 Jun 1840. Immigrated from England 22 Apr 1861. Arrived in Salt Lake City 25 Sept 1862. My grandmother Maria Pickett died 1850 when mother was very young, 6 or 7 years old, and grandfather died 1857, 7 years after Grandma died. He married again, a woman by the name of Priscilla Clark. One daughter was born. Her name was Louise, Mother's half- sister. The children were all seperated, but all came to America. Mother came with the family of Bishop Rawburg. They settled in Grantsville, Tooele, Utah. Years later Father met Mother while she was working for William Allred. They were married in SLC, Utah in the old Endowment House. I think later they went through the SL Temple but I am not sure. I do remember father saying when I was just a girl how he would like to see all of his children married in the SL Temple and for us to remember that our father helped build it. He hauled rock in the very beginning. Father moved to St. Charles, Idaho. He was one of the first settlers to clear sagebrush - build his home which was of logs. The old house is still standing after being built over 75 years ago. (written in 1947) Father also built a log cabin which was used for a church for a number of years before they could build a church. Father was the first to come to America or Zion. He worked and earned money to send back to England for the rest of the Family. He paid the way for his father, mother, 5 sisters and one brother by the name of Josiah. After they arrived here they worked - earned money and paid him back for their transportation to America. Father was a hard working man and a good manager - a faithful Latter Day Saint.

PATRIARCAL BLESSING OF JOHN THOMPSON BARKER by Patriarch John Smith August 1870

Thou art entitled through thy lineage to the blessings, gifts, and privileges promised to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Thou hast embraced the gospel with an honest heart and therefore are entitled to many blessings gifts and privileges if thou wilt continue faithful. Thou shalt be an instrument in the hands of the Lord in doing much good. And officiate in gathering scattered Israel." (partial quote from blessing)

I think that Father tried to do his part especially in this one thing. He died a faithful Latter Day Saint.

(Second Entry with new information by daughter Pearl Barker Merkely)

My father John Thompson Barker was born June 8 1840 in Marston , Bedfordshire, England. He was the son of Thomas Barker and Elizabeth Thompson Barker. He was the eighth in a family of thirteen children; seven girls and six boys, five of whom died in infancy and one unmarried brother who passed away at the age of twenty-seven.

When father was eighteen years of age, he left England to sail for America. He was the first of his family to leave England, and having been baptized 8 Oct 1856, he left among a group of 620 saints who were also going to America. They left Liverpool aboard the ship "Underwriter" on 23 Apr 1861. Ship roster on microfilm(s) 175567 25691

After landing in New York, he received word that his sister, Mary Ann Virgin, was on her way from England to join him, having lost her husband in a mine accident after Father had left. Father then waited in New York until Mary Ann arrived and they then made plans for their journey to Utah. Those who were to travel together were Father, his sister Mary Ann and her two sons. An infant daughter had died aboard ship on the way over. The details of their trek across the plains in not known, whether they came in a company or by themselves or what means of transportation was used. However, they arrived safely in Salt Lake City on 26 Sep 1862.

Father worked in Salt Lake for some time and also helped haul rock to build the Salt Lake Temple. He then left Salt Lake and settled in Tooele. There he met the girl who was to become his future wife. At that time there was not much public entertainment in Tooele, and like all the other young people of the community, he attended the regular dances. It was at one of these dances that he met Jane Pickett and they immediately became interested in each other. After a courtship of six years, they were married in the Endowment House at Salt Lake City on 26 Sep 1870.

Father and his bride, Jane were chosen by the authorities of the Church to help colonize Bear Lake County, under the direction of Apostle Charles C. Rich. Preparations were made and after arriving at their destination, they settled in a small community by the name of St. Charles, Idaho, about eight miles from the Utah border.

The first project to be started was to clear the sagebrush and prepare to build a home. They hauled timber from St. Charles Canyon and built a large barn. This barn was used to live in for some time until they were able to erect a house. Later the people in the community used the barn for a church until one could be built. Part of this old log structure still stands today and is used as a stable for cattle.

My parents were very active in church work and Father was the first chorister in St. Charles. He was very honest and an industrious person. He worked for the betterment of himself and everyone concerned. He also helped all of the other members of his family who were still in England, to immigrate to America. His brothers and sisters all joined the church before his father joined.

Father and Mother lived in St. Charles all of their lives and we children were born and reared there in St. Charles. There were eleven of us in the family; five boys and six girls. Mother died in 1907 and was buried in St. Charles. Meanwhile, Father was content to stay there also. He died on his birthday, 8 Jun 1911, and was buried in the same town that so many years before he had helped to colonize.

IMMIGRATION: John was listed as age 21, a labourer from Great Britian going to Utah on page 6 of the manifest of Ship Underwriter, mastered by John P. Roberts.

The Mormon Immigrant Index- 2000 includes on its roster John T. Barker who left Liverpool, England on the ship Underwriter on 23 Apr 1861. The church leader of the voyage was Milo Andrus who kept diaries of the voyage. There were 624 immigrants in the party. They arrived in New York on 21 May 1861. A compilation of General Voyage Notes for the Underwriter are included here to provide an insight into the travels of this ancestor:

"Departure" .. The clipper ship Underwriter cleared on the 22nd instant, and sailed on the evening of the 23rd, from this port for New York, have 624 Saints on board, under the presidency of Elder Milo Andrus assisted by Elders Homer Duncan and C. W. Penrose as counsellors.

President Andrus left the Valley in the fall of 1859, in company with the elders who started for Europe at that time. Since his arrival here, he has travelled and preached in various parts of the mission, doing good, and firing up the Saints to increase faith and righteousness. On the first of January last he ws appointed to the presidency of the Birmingham District, where a warm and deep feeling of love sprang up in the hearts of the Saints towards him during the short time he had charge of the district.

The unanimity and good feeling which pervaded the company, with the joy expressed on the countenances of the people at their long looked for deliverance having arrived, tended to make a fine and intelligent looking company doubly interesting, and we have no doubt that, under the wise direction of President Andrus their ocean trip with prove both agreeable and instructive.

May God bless them in their journeyings onwards to the home of the Saints in the valleys of the mountains."

Arrivals of the Saints in New York

We publish with great pleasure in our columns this week the letters received by the last mail from New York, announcing the safe arrival of the companies of Saints who left these shores for the land of Joseph on the ships Manchester and Underwriter.

The voyage of the Underwriter is described as being a happy one, and characterized by a good spirit and feeling among the Saints. They landed on the 22nd of May, having been one day longer on the passage than the Manchester. Both, however, made the trip in much quicker time than average time. "This company were landed at Castle Garden on the 22nd instant, and proceeded for the West last evening. I have succeeded in forwarding, besides the missionaries, about thirty-five adult passengers who were deficient of means to proceed further than New York, which gave them much joy to them and their fellow travelers. I was enabled to do so by donations received. Brothers Orson Pratt, Erastus Snow and Hooper were here on arrival of the Saints which has proved a great blessing to the Saints.

We sincerely trust that the remainder of the journey to Zion may prove as prosperous and speedy as the passage between this port and New York has been safe and pleasant." ^[1]

Source

Source: #S102

Note: via FamilySearch.org

Text: Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace

John BARKER Self M Male W 38 ENG Freighter ENG ENG

Jane BARKER Wife M Female W 29 ENG Keeps House ENG ENG

Jane M. BARKER Dau S Female W 9 ID At School ENG ENG

John T. BARKER Son S Male W 7 ID ENG ENG

George H. BARKER Son S Male W 6 ID ENG ENG

Amos E. BARKER Son S Male W 4 ID ENG ENG

Joseph E. BARKER Son S Male W 2 ID ENG ENG

Page: Folio number 105, RG9/2174

VALUE sheet no 5b

Data:

Text: Household Members:

Name Age

John T Barker 69

John T Barker JR 37

Esther Barker 30

Dillie E Barker 6

Clara C Barker 17

Amos E Barker 33

Source: #S1318

Text: Household Members:

Name Age

John T Barker 59

Jane Barker 51

John T Barker 26

Hyram G Barker 24

Amos E Barker 22

Ephraim J Barker 20

Source: #S1786

Source: #S1787

Page: Series: M593 Roll: 1611 Page: 433

Text: Name Age

John I Parker 30

Jane Parker 22

Elizabeth E Parker 16

Josiah Parker 27

Christening

Christening:

Date: 6 SEP 1840

Place: Marston, Moretaine, Bedfordshire, England

Source: #S118

Page: p 92.

Baptism

Baptism:

Date: 8 OCT 1856

Source: #S115

Page: FHL film 0007181; Entry No 378, Short Book

Religious Confirmation

Religious Confirmation:

Date: 8 OCT 1856

Source: #S115

Page: FHL film 0007181; Entry No 378, Short Book

Emigration

Date: 23 APR 1861

Place: Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Immigration

Date: 26 SEP 1862

Place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA

Event

Event:

Type: Rebaptized

Date: 6 DEC 1862

Event:

Type: Ordination-Elder

Date: 26 FEB 1867

Place: St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA

Source: #S115

Page: FHL film 0007181; Entry No 378, Short Book

Event:

Type: Withdrew from LDS M

Date: 18 AUG 1888

Place: St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA

Source: #S115

Page: FHL film 0007181; Entry No 378, Short Book

Event:

Type: Restored to LDS Mem

Date: JAN 1889

Place: St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA

Source: #S115

Page: FHL film 0007181; Entry No 378, Short Book

Burial

Burial:

Date: 15 JUN 1911

Place: St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho

Address: St. Charles Cemetery

Marriage

Husband: John Tompson Barker

Wife: Jane Pickett

Child: John Thompson Barker

Marriage:

Date: 20 JUN 1870

Place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Address: Endowment House

Note: John and Jane were married by Orson Pratt in the Endowment House.

Source: #S142

Page: FHL film 1149515; Book F; p 229, #16375.

Husband: Thomas Barker

Wife: Elizabeth "Betsy" Thompson

Child: John Tompson Barker

Marriage:

Date: 15 FEB 1825

Place: Marston Mortaine, Bedfordshire, England

Source: #S118

Page: p 113.

Sources

1. ↑ "Arrival of the Saints at New York", LatterDay Saints Millennial Star, June 23, 1861.

Abbreviation: 1880 St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho Census

Title: 1880 St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho Census

Subsequent Source Citation Format: 1880 St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho Census

BIBL 1880 St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho Census.

Abbreviation: Annual genealogical report, Form E, 1907-1948; record of members, [1864?]-1941

Title: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. St. Charles Ward (Idaho), Annual genealogical report, Form E, 1907-1948; record of members, [1864?]-1941 (Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1950)

Subsequent Source Citation Format: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. St. Charles Ward (Idaho), Annual genealogical report, Form E, 1907-1948; record of members, [1864?]-1941

BIBL Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. St. Charles Ward (Idaho). Annual genealogical report, Form E, 1907-1948; record of members, [1864?]-1941. Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1950.

TMPLT

TID 0

FIELD

Name: Footnote

VALUE Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. St. Charles Ward (Idaho), Annual genealogical report, Form E, 1907-1948; record of members, [1864?]-1941 (Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1950)

FIELD

Name: ShortFootnote

VALUE Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. St. Charles Ward (Idaho), Annual genealogical report, Form E, 1907-1948; record of members, [1864?]-1941

FIELD

Name: Bibliography

VALUE Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. St. Charles Ward (Idaho). Annual genealogical report, Form E, 1907-1948; record of members, [1864?]-1941. Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1950.

Repository: #R8

Name: Family History Library

Address: 35 N West Temple Street

Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA

35 N West Temple Street,

Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA

Address 1: 35 N West Temple Street

Address 2: Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA

City: 35 N West Temple Street

Country: Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA

Abbreviation: Bedfordshire parish registers; Marston-Moretaine, 1602-1812 / edited by F. G. E

Title: Emmison, F. G. (Frederick George), 1907-?, Bedfordshire parish registers; Marston-Moretaine, 1602-1812 / edited by F. G. Emmison; FHL book BRITISH Q AREA 942.565 B4 (Shire Hall : Bedford County Record Office, 1953)

Subsequent Source Citation Format: Emmison, F. G. (Frederick George), 1907-?, Bedfordshire parish registers; Marston-Moretaine, 1602-1812 / edited by F. G. Emmison; FHL book BRITISH Q AREA 942.565 B4

BIBL Emmison, F. G. (Frederick George), 1907-?. Bedfordshire parish registers; Marston-Moretaine, 1602-1812 / edited by F. G. Emmison; FHL book BRITISH Q AREA 942.565 B4. Shire Hall : Bedford County Record Office, 1953.

Abbreviation: 1861 Aston, Warwickshire, England Census

Title: 1861 Aston, Warwickshire, England Census

Subsequent Source Citation Format: 1861 Aston, Warwickshire, England Census

BIBL 1861 Aston, Warwickshire, England Census.

Abbreviation: 1910 St. Charles Precinct, Bear Lake, Idaho Census

Title: 1910 St. Charles Precinct, Bear Lake, Idaho Census

Subsequent Source Citation Format: 1910 St. Charles Precinct, Bear Lake, Idaho Census

Source S1318

Abbreviation: 1900 Saint Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho Census

Title: 1900 Saint Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho Census

Subsequent Source Citation Format: 1900 Saint Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho Census

Abbreviation: Endowment House, Sealings of couples, living and by proxy, 1851-1889

Title: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Endowment House, Endowment House, Sealings of couples, living and by proxy, 1851-1889 (Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958, 1978)

Note: The Endowment House, dedicated May 5, 1855, was in use until 1889.

Abbreviation: Ancestral File (TM)

Title: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM) (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998)

Subsequent Source Citation Format: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM)

Abbreviation: 1841 Marston Mortaine, England Census

Title: 1841 Marston Mortaine, England Census

Abbreviation: 1870 St. Charles, Rich, Utah Territory

Title: 1870 St. Charles, Rich, Utah Territory

Abbreviation: Church Chronology. A Record of Important Events

Title: Andrew Jenson, Church Chronology. A Record of Important Events http://books.google.com/books?id=-VIoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP7&dq=John+T+Barker,+jr+%2B+idaho+%2B+bear+lake+%2B+st.+charles&source=