Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Barker, Charles W 1851 - 
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Author: History of Grundy Co IL 1882

Charles W. Barker, hardware and implements, Minooka, senior member of the firm 
of Barker & Stauffer, hardware merchants and dealers in agricultural 
implements, the leading interest of the kind in the town. He was born in 
Lisbon, Kendall Co., Ill., in March, 1851, eldest son of William M. Barker, 
who was born in Oneida County, N. Y., May, 1825, who was a son of Samuel and 
Susana (Rogers) Barker, he a native of Vermont, she of Massachusetts, and of 
Scotch descent. Samuel Barker, the grandsire of our subject, was one of the 
first settlers in Kendall County; his son William came with him when a young 
man, and succeeded his father on the homestead; afterward purchased a farm in 
the same county, where he made his permanent location, and remained on the 
same until his death, September, 1858. Two sons were born him - Charles 
William, who bears his name, and George H., who resides in Iowa. His widow is 
now the wife of Joseph Buckley, of this township. Charles W. came to this 
township in 1865; remained here three years, and, returning to Kendall County, 
lived there until the spring of 1876. In the fall of 1877, he associated in 
business with Adam Stauffer, under the firm name of Barker & Stauffer, which 
copartnership still exists. They keep a general hardware stock and handle farm 
implements, making a specialty of Weir and John Deere plows, Union and Deere 
planters, McCormick's harvesting machines, Webber wagons and Abbott's 
carriages. In 1872, he was married to Priscilla Coop, daughter of Samuel Coop, 
of this township; no children. He is a member of Minooka Lodge, No. 528, A., 
F. & A. M., Orient Chapter, R. A. M., and Blaney Commandery (Knights Templar).

Additional Comments:
Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers, p41-2

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