William F. Barkley and Anna Eliza Porter
Husband William F. Barkley 1 2
Born: 21 Aug 1852 2 Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Joseph W. Barkley (Abt 1825/1826-1889) 2 3 Mother: Mary Ann O’Hara ( -Bef 1860) 2 4
Marriage: 1873 5
Wife Anna Eliza Porter 5
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Thomas Porter ( - ) 5 Mother: Mary Ann Cramer ( - ) 5
Children
1 M Oliver P. Barkley 5
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
General Notes: Husband - William F. Barkley
He was reared in the Ligonier valley of Pennsylvania and educated in the public schools. He took a preparatory course for the profession of teaching, which he entered upon at the early age of seventeen and practiced for two years. He then entered the service of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, and for five years was employed in a clerical capacity. After spending several years in mercantile business for himself at Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, he returned to the above named company by whom he was employed as a clerk for the next ten years. At the end of that time he purchased a farm which thereafter was his home. It consisted of twenty acres which he devoted to fruit culture, making a specialty of small fruits. He developed several choice varieties of grape, and was a close student of horticulture as a science, his library being well stocked with works on this subject. He was an Independent in politics.
1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 478, 519.
2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 387.
3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 307, 478, 519.
4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 519.
5
John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 388.
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