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Martin Lewis "Red" Barker 1908–1965 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 Feb 1908

Birth Location: Merkel, Taylor, Texas, USA

Death Date: 12 April 1965

Death Location: Abilene, Taylor County, Texas

Father: Emmett Thompson

Mother: Bersha Thompson

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Martin Lewis "Red" Barker was born in 1908 in Merkel, Taylor, Texas, USA, the child of Emmett Hayes Thompson And Bersha Lula Thompson. Martin Lewis "Red" Barker passed away in 1965 in Abilene, Taylor County, Texas.

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Biography

  • Martin Lewis "Red" Barker was born in 1908 in Merkel, Taylor, Texas, USA, the child of Emmett Hayes Thompson And Bersha Lula Thompson.
  • Martin Lewis "Red" Barker passed away in 1965 in Abilene, Taylor County, Texas.

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Martin Barker's Ancestors

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Martin Barker
1908–1965
Birth Place: Merkel, Taylor, Texas, USA
Parents
Emmett Hayes Thompson
1876–1959
Brewer Township, Pike, Arkansas
Bersha (Lula) Thompson
1891–1964
Coleman County, Texas, United States of America
Grandparents
Robert (Bryant) Thompson
1850–1931
Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, USA
ELVIRA (TENNESSEE (TENNIE)) COOLEY
1855–1923
Brewer Township, Pike County, Arkansas, USA
Samuel (Martin) Wheat
1849–1904
Adair, Kentucky
Nancy (Barbara) Collins
1850–1896
Adair County, Kentucky, USA
Great-Grandparents
WILLIAM Thompson
1826–1905
SARAH Bryant
1831–1907
Isaac Cooley
1823–1904
Sarah Warren
1846–1908
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Martin Barker's Timeline

5 Records

1908
17 Feb 1908
Birth of Martin Lewis "Red" Barker in Merkel, Taylor, Texas, USA
Merkel, Taylor, Texas, USA
1908
17 Feb 1908
Birth of Martin Lewis "Red" Barker in Merkel, Taylor, Texas, USA
Merkel, Taylor, Texas, USA
1965
12 April 1965
Age 57
Death of Martin Lewis "Red" Barker in Abilene, Taylor County, Texas
Abilene, Taylor County, Texas
1965
12 April 1965
Age 57
Death of Martin Lewis "Red" Barker in Abilene, Taylor, Texas, USA
Abilene, Taylor, Texas, USA
1965
12 April 1965
Age 57
Death of Martin Lewis "Red" Barker in Abilene, Taylor County, Texas
Abilene, Taylor County, Texas

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 Feb 1908
    Event Place: Merkel, Taylor, Texas, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 Feb 1908
    Event Place: Merkel, Taylor, Texas, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 April 1965
    Event Place: Abilene, Taylor County, Texas

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 April 1965
    Event Place: Abilene, Taylor, Texas, USA

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 April 1965
    Event Place: Abilene, Taylor County, Texas

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