Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ William S. Barker ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon

William S. Barker

LAST NAME: Barker	FIRST NAME: William	MIDDLE NAME: S.	NICKNAME:

MAIDEN NAME:	AKA 1:	AKA 2:	AKA 3:

TITLE:	GENDER: M	MILITARY:

BORN: Abt 1830	DIED: 27 Dec 1903	BURIED: 29 Dec 1903

ETHNICITY:		OCCUPATION: Policeman; Marion Co. Deputy Sheriff

BIRTH PLACE: Yorkshire, England

DEATH PLACE: Marion Co., Oregon

NOTES: IOOF Register of Burials: age 70, b. England, d. Salem of "senile exhaustion" and "was an old resident of Salem"; 1880 Census enumerates Wm. Barker, age 50, occupation D'pty Sheriff, b. England, with his wife Isabelle and his children Edward, Clyde, Guy and unnamed infant.

OBITUARY: At the Salem Hospital, Salem, Oregon, Sunday, December 27, 1903, at 1 o’clock p.m. William S. Barker, aged 70 years, of senile exhaustion. Deceased was born in Yorkshire, England, and came to California during the gold excitement. He came to Salem early in the fifties and has lived here ever since. For many years he was prominent in Marion county politics, serving for twelve years as deputy sheriff under Sam Headrick and others. He assisted in the hanging of Bealls and Baker, for the murder of Delaney, which occupied so much attention, and was the first deputy sheriff in the new court house. He also served for several years on the Salem police force. Three children are left, Edward, Jack and Frankie, all of Spokane. He was also an uncle of Mr. O.D. Hutton, of Portland. The funeral services will be held from Clough’s undertaking parlors at 1:30 o’clock this afternoon, and burial will be made in Odd Fellows’ cemetery. The party will go to the cemetery in a car. Oregon Statesman 29 Dec 1903 2:8

INSCRIPTION: No marker

SOURCES: LR IOOF Register of Burials OSBH DC (Marion Co., 1903) #423 1880 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Salem Pct.) OS 29 Dec 1903 2:8

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LOT: 223	SPACE: 1 NE N½	LONGITUDE: N 44° 55. 179'	LATITUDE: W 123° 02.715'