Upson County GaArchives Photo Tombstone.....Barker, Joseph Eugene 
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G. Felton Hoyle http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00028.html#0006767 December 29, 2009, 7:59 pm

Cemetery:           Friendship Baptist Church, Upson County
Name:               Joseph Eugene Barker

Date Of Photograph: December 23, 2009
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The tombstone reads: Joseph Eugene Barker, born September 14, 1864. 
Assassinated January 24, 1903.  He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.L. Barker, a
prominent family in Upson County in the 1800s.  They were the founders of Barker
Springs, which became Perks, which became Crystal Springs.  Joseph Eugene was
murdered by Drew Smith.  It was quite a sensational episode for Upson County,
with the governor offering a reward for the capture of Mr. Smith.  He (Smith)
turned himself in about a week later and was tried and convicted.  He was
sentenced to life in prison. 

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