John Barkey and Ida E. Wilson
Husband John Barkey 1
AKA: John Bargery 2 Born: 10 May 1854 - Evans City, Butler Co, PA 1 Christened: Died: Aft 1895 Buried:
Father: John Barkey, Sr. (Abt 1820-1869) 1 3 Mother: Deborah Davidheiser (Abt 1823-1908) 1
Marriage: 1889 1
Wife Ida E. Wilson 1 2 4
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Thomas Irvine Wilson (1837-1881) 2 4 5 Mother: Mary Minnemyer ( -1926) 2 4
Children
1 M Charles Spurgeon Barkey 1
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2 M Ray Edison Barkey 1
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3 M John Wilson Barkey 1
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General Notes: Husband - John Barkey
He received a common school education, and for many years was local agent for the Singer Sewing Machine Company. In 1890 he joined his brother, Enos, who had been in the coal business since 1887. The business was a success from the beginning, and they enjoyed an extensive trade.
Both he and his wife were members of the Evans City Baptist church, in which organization he was a trustee and a teacher in the Sunday school. He was one of the active and energetic workers in the church. He was an ardent advocate of temperance principles, and in politics, he was a Prohibitionist.
1 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1102.
2 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1352.
3 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1068.
4 C. Hale Sipe, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Topeka - Indianapolis: Historical Publishing Co., 1927), Pg 1073.
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Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1115.
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