Caroline "Linnie" (Barker) Ross and Elihu "Eli" Ross, Daniel Sright Barker, Mary E. (Barker) Weer, Harrison Weer, George and Hannah A. (Barker) Merritt
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Asset Name
Caroline "Linnie" (Barker) Ross and Elihu "Eli" Ross, Daniel Sright Barker, Mary E. (Barker) Weer, Harrison Weer, George and Hannah A. (Barker) Merritt

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Title
Caroline "Linnie" (Barker) Ross and Elihu "Eli" Ross, Daniel Sright Barker, Mary E. (Barker) Weer, Harrison Weer, George and Hannah A. (Barker) Merritt

Author
unknown

Subject
Barker Family, Ross Family, Weer Family, Merritt Family

Description
[on photo]: “L C & E Ross, D S Barker & M E & H Weer, G T & Hannah Merritt” [L C & E Ross]: Caroline “Linnie” Barker Ross (1852 – 1929) was born to Robert Jorden Barker (1810-1894) and Dorcus (Gossett) Barker (1818 – 1894); married Elihu “Eli” Ross in 1889. Eli was the son of Alexander Ross (1807 – 1858) and Bethiah Hurin (1809 – 1884). Daniel Stright “D. S.” Barker was born on October 11, 1846 to Robert Jordan Barker (1810 – 1894) and Dorcas (Gossett) Barker (1818 – 1894). He was the only male of Jordan's and Dorcas's seven children. He was a mail carrier for Smootsdell (Avon) from 1868 – 1873. He married Emily (Ann) Mark (1859 – 1944) on November 11, 1877. Daniel died on April 7, 1925. Emily died in 1944. Daniel and Emily had eight children. Three, Mabel, Gracie Ellen, and Robert M. died in infancy. Three of the surviving five never married: J. Raymond, Dorcas Irene, and Ruth Amelia. Herman married Ada Florence Reed and Mary Esther married William White. [M E & H Weer]: Mary E. Barker Weer (1842 - 1926) was born to Robert Jorden Barker (1810 - 1894) and Dorcus Gossett Barker (1818 – 1894); married Harrison “Harris” Weer (1840 – 1910) on September 1, 1892 as his second wife. Harrison “Harris” Weer was born February 4, 1840 to Elijah Weer (1794 – 1848) and Margaret (Cox) Weer (1803 -1865). He married Sarah A. Taylor (1850 – 1888) on July 15, 1866; and Mary E. Barker (1842 - 1926) on September 9, 1892. He and Sarah had 7 children. [G T & Hannah Merritt]: Hannah A. (Barker) Merritt (1850 – 1924) was born to Robert Jorden Barker (1810-1894) and Dorcus (Gossett) Barker (1818 – 1894); married George T. Merritt (1884 – 1906) who was born to George Washington Merritt (1820 – 1908) and Malvina (Johnson) Merritt (1823 – 1889). Photograph was taken before 1910.

Publisher
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Contributor
Don & Marilyn Muston

Date
unknown

Type
photograph

Format
.jpg

Identifier
4850

Source
Don and Marilyn Muston Photography Collection - DM00039

Relation
Original in P00021, Folder 15, Don and Marilyn Muston Family Photography Collection, Huron Heritage Room, Avon-Washington Township Public Library

Coverage
Avon Washington Township, Hendricks County, Indiana

Right Management
Original Owned – Huron Heritage Collection, Avon-Washington Township Public Library, Avon, Indiana

Media Type
Jpeg Images

URL for File
4850

Keywords
Barker
 
Family,
 
Ross
 
Weer
 
Merritt
 
Family