Robert James Barger (1924 - 1941)

Born 1924 in Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States

Ancestors

Died 1941 at about age 17 in Joliet, Will, Illinois, United States

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Biography

When Robert James Barger was born on July 8, 1924, in Muskogee, Oklahoma, his father, Robert Lytton Barger, was 30 and his mother, Mary Ruby Mountcastle Barger, was 26. He had four brothers and two sisters. He died as a teenager on October 24, 1941, in Joliet, Illinois in an explosion at the Joliet Armory. He was buried in his hometown, Muskogee, Oklahoma.

Sources

• 1930 United States Federal Census for Robert J Barger, Oklahoma, Muskogee, (1715 Baltimore) Muskogee District 0033 Roll: 1916; Page: 28B; Enumeration District: 0033; Image: 93.0; FHL microfilm: 2341650

• 1940 United States Federal Census for Robert J Barger, Oklahoma, Muskogee (115 South C St) Muskogee, 51-37 Roll: T627_3314; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 51-37, Ancestry.com

• U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, Robert J Barger, Residence Year 1941,Street Address 911 Louisiana Residence Place Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA Occupation Student Publication Title Muskogee, Oklahoma, City Directory, 1942

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 August 2020), memorial page for Robert James Barger (8 Jul 1924–24 Oct 1941), Find a Grave Memorial no. 74265888, citing Greenhill Cemetery, Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, USA ; Maintained by Susan Donahue (contributor 47090748) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74265888

• Green Hill Cemetery records, Muskogee, OK, https://www.muskogeecountygenealogicalsociety.org/greenhill.html