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'''William | [[File:1903 M P Barker.jpg|right|thumb|275px|Portrait of William Barker]] | ||
'''William Persons Barker''' (born [[November 27]], [[1829]] in Georgia<!--or Marblehead, Massachusetts-->; died [[May 27]], [[1899]] in [[Birmingham]]) was a civil engineer hired by the [[Elyton Land Company]] to lay out the [[Birmingham plat|original plat]] for the newly-created [[City of Birmingham]] in March [[1872]]. | |||
Barker married the former [[Elizabeth Barker|Elizabeth Trigg McClung]] and had | Barker was the son of Nathaniel and Mary Gardner Barker of Muscogee County, Georgia. Barker, variously titled "Major" or "Captain", served on the first vestry of the [[Episcopal Church of the Advent]]. He built his own log cabin, later expanded into a [[William Barker residence|handsome frame house]], on a lot he selected at [[29th Street North|29th Street]] and [[10th Avenue North]]. | ||
Barker married the former [[Elizabeth Barker|Elizabeth Trigg McClung]] on [[March 6]]<!--April 6?-->, [[1856]] in Knoxville, Tennessee and had ten children (9 girls and 1 boy). His son [[Nat Barker|Nathaniel M. Barker]] was a real estate dealer. | |||
William Barker died in [[1899]] and is buried at [[Oak Hill Cemetery]]. | |||
==References== | |||
* Carter, Lane (February 1954) "[http://www.birminghamrewound.com/features/Norwood%20%2802-54%29.jpg Historic Norwood home being razed]." {{BN}} - via [[Birmingham Rewound]] | |||
* {{Fazio-2010}} | |||
==External Links== | |||
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=108448428 William Barker] at Findagrave.com | |||
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Latest revision as of 10:12, 8 April 2023
William Persons Barker (born November 27, 1829 in Georgia; died May 27, 1899 in Birmingham) was a civil engineer hired by the Elyton Land Company to lay out the original plat for the newly-created City of Birmingham in March 1872.
Barker was the son of Nathaniel and Mary Gardner Barker of Muscogee County, Georgia. Barker, variously titled "Major" or "Captain", served on the first vestry of the Episcopal Church of the Advent. He built his own log cabin, later expanded into a handsome frame house, on a lot he selected at 29th Street and 10th Avenue North.
Barker married the former Elizabeth Trigg McClung on March 6, 1856 in Knoxville, Tennessee and had ten children (9 girls and 1 boy). His son Nathaniel M. Barker was a real estate dealer.
William Barker died in 1899 and is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery.
References
- Carter, Lane (February 1954) "Historic Norwood home being razed." The Birmingham News - via Birmingham Rewound
- Fazio, Michael W. (2010) Landscape of Transformations: Architecture and Birmingham, Alabama. Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Press ISBN 9781572336872
External Links
- William Barker at Findagrave.com