Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Barber, Robert G 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Robert G. Barber, a farmer on section 27, Ustick Township, is the son of 
Millard and Margaret (Glenn) Barber, natives respectively of Connecticut and 
Pennsylvania. They removed with their family to Whiteside County in the spring 
of 1856, settling in Ustick Township, where the father died April 5, 1874. The 
mother is still living. Mary, Robert G., Martha J. and George P. are the names 
of their children. Mr. Barber was born in what is now Montour Co., Pa., Sept. 
2, 1841. He was educated in the common schools, and came in 1856 to Whiteside 
County with his parents. He engaged in the business of farming, in which he 
operated independently until 1868, when he removed to Fulton and engaged in 
the omnibus business, in which he was interested until 1874, when he returned 
to his homestead. He is now the owner of 198 acres of land, which is all 
improved. The marriage of Mr. Barber to Delia E., daughter of A. C. and 
Amerita (Pierce) Crouch, took place at Morrison. Their five children were born 
as follows: Cora A., Aug. 9, 1868; Percy L., Sept. 24, 1870; Harley P., Sept. 
10, 1874; Mirtie M., March 7, 1876; Delia M., Sept. 30, 1879. Mr. Barber was a 
second time married, in Garden Plain Township, to Jane, daughter of James K. 
and Rachel (Phinney) Kinard. She was born Nov. 6, 1849, in Ohio, and has had 
one child, Inis V., born July 8, 1884. For 12 years previous to her marriage 
she was engaged in teaching in Kansas and Illinois. Her parents reside in 
Kansas, whither they emigrated in 1869.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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