Spencer F. Barber and Ada Byron Rutherford

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Husband Spencer F. Barber ¹

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           Born: 22 Jan 1855 - Union Co, PA 2
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         Father: William B. Barber (1830-      ) 2 3
         Mother: Agnes Rezner (1835-      ) 2

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       Marriage: 5 Oct 1882 4

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Wife Ada Byron Rutherford ⁵

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           Born: 27 Nov 1852 - Swatara Twp, Dauphin Co, PA 4
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         Father: Abner Rutherford (1814-1890/1891) 6
         Mother: Ann Espy (1812/1812-Aft 1896) 7 8

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Children

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1 F Ann E. Barber ⁴

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2 M William B. Barber ⁴

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3 M James R. Barber ⁴

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4 M Nelson R. Barber ⁴

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General Notes: Husband - Spencer F. Barber

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He was reared on his father's farm and had the experiences which fell to the lot of the ordinary farmer boy, of winter schooling and summer working. At the age of twenty-one years he located in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, and was employed as a clerk in the store of J. F. Barber & Co. for six months, after which he was for one year put in charge of the books of the firm. Subsequently he was employed for two years by the Buck Mountain Coal Company of Philadelphia, after which he was in charge of the Stout Coal Company's store at Milesville for one year, which position he was compelled to resign on account of failing health. He then spent one year in traveling through the West, visiting Denver, Colorado, Colorado Springs and other important and interesting localities, and after returning was for nine months in the employ of Hall, Shenk & Co., Philadelphia, as a traveling salesman. In the spring of 1883 he relinquished all other pursuits and settled down on the old homestead at Rutherford station, on the Philadelphia and Reading railroad, near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where he made his home and became a farmer and dairyman. In the latter branch of business Mr. Barber was prominent, keeping some of the best blooded stock to be found in that part of the state. In his political sentiments and views Mr. Barber was in harmony with the Democratic party. He and his wife were members of the Paxtang Presbyterian church. [CBEDC, 1004]

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 697.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 1004.

3 C. Hale Sipe, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Topeka - Indianapolis: Historical Publishing Co., 1927), Pg 816.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 1005.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 697, 1001, 1005.

6 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 236, 697, 1001, 1012.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 236, 697, 1001.

8 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 222.