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Myra Jane Barker formerly Jewett

Born 6 Jul 1838 in Sidney, Kennebec, Maine, USA

Ancestors

Daughter of William Poole Jewett and Myra Gay (Smiley) Jewett

Sister of Emily Augusta (Jewett) Cook, William Henry Jewett, Albert Pool Jewett, Helen Maria (Jewett) Cross, Angeline Moore (Jewett) Ricker, Charles Frederic Jewett, Pauline Ellen (Jewett) Milliken, Edward Everett Jewett, Laura Frances Jewett, Melvin Augustus Jewett and Emma Elizabeth (Jewett) Bryant

Wife of Charles Barker — married 13 Jul 1870 in Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Descendants

Mother of George A. Barker, Percy Edgar Barker, Clifton Dana Barker and Flavilla A. (Barker) Uebel

Died 1 Jun 1934 at age 95 in Winn, Penobscot, Maine, USA

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Biography

Obituary

Mrs. Myra Jane Barker of Burlington died at the home of her son, Percy Barker, in Winn, Friday morning, in her 96th year. She was the widow of Charles Barker of Burlington. Surviving are a son and daughter, Percy Barker and Mrs. Flavilla Uebel of Medford, Mass. She also leaves two grandsons, Perry T. Barker of Brewer and Leroy Barker of Mechanic Falls, sons of Clifton Barker, late of Burlington. Practically all her married life was passed in Burlington where she was greatly loved and respected for her many years of service to her family, the church and community. Notwithstanding her great age she retained possession of all her faculties and was very active both physically and mentally until a few months ago. She was for many years a devout member of the Burlington Congregational church where the services will be held at one o'clock, Sunday.^[1]

Sources

↑ Obituary: Bangor Daily News, Bangor, Maine, Saturday, June 2, 1934, page 11

Jewett, Frederic Clarke, History and Genealogy of the Jewetts of America, Volume I, The Grafton Press, New York, 1908. Pgs. 453-4.
Jewett, Frederic Clarke, History and Genealogy of the Jewetts of America, Volume II, The Grafton Press, New York, 1908. Pgs. 692-3.
United States Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch (12 April 2016), Myra J Jewett in household of William Jewett, Kirkland, Penobscot, Maine, United States; citing family 93, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFQ9-D8J : 19 February 2021), Mira J Barker in household of Charles Barker, Burlington, Penobscot, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district ED 44, sheet 428C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,486.
United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 30 April 2021), Myra J Barker in household of Charles Barker, Burlington, Penobscot, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 153, sheet 8A, family 132, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 544; FHL microfilm 1,374,557.
Find A Grave: Memorial #82606024, Mount Repose Cemetery, Burlington, Penobscot, Maine, USA