John McCartney Barkley and Martha Ann Stilz

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Husband John McCartney Barkley ¹

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           Born: 26 Jul 1858 - Buffington Twp, Indiana Co, PA 1
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         Father: Joseph Barkley (1818-1900) 1
         Mother: Jane McCartney (1817-1894) 2

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       Marriage: 3 Feb 1887 2

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Wife Martha Ann Stilz ²

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         Father: Henry Stilz (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Margaret Sidler (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 M Joseph Henry Barkley ²

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           Born: 17 Aug 1888 2
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2 F Margaret Jane Barkley ²

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           Born: 13 Dec 1891 2
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3 M Paul McCartney Barkley ²

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           Born: 31 Jul 1894 2
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General Notes: Husband - John McCartney Barkley

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He received his education in the public schools of Buffington township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, and in his earlier years worked with his father at farming and shoemaking. Later he learned the trade of carpenter with John Young, of Buffington township, and followed that for many years, in time becoming engaged as a contractor and builder, which line he carried on until the year 1891. He also worked at the trade of blacksmith, which he learned by himself. In 1891 he bought the Nick Altimus farm of 133 acres (formerly owned by Nat. Bryan, his great-grandfather) in Buffington township, and there he resided, tilling the soil and also developing the coal deposits, a rich vein running through the property, known as the Upper Freeport vein. He mined and sold from five thousand to six thousand bushels of coal annually. His farming interests were quite extensive, and he was interested in mechanical work, owning a large threshing machine which he operated all over the section. He was one of the organizers of the Dilltown Telephone Company, in which he was a stockholder, and he also owns stock in the Buffington Township Telephone Company. He served one year as overseer of the poor and seven years as member of the township election board. In political association he was a Republican. He was a member of the East Union United Presbyterian Church and a leader in its activities, being elder for seven years or more and superintendent of Sunday school.

1 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1222.

2 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1223.