Newaygo County MI Archives Biographies.....Barder, Joseph April 18, 1824 - 
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Author: Chapman Brothers

JOSEPH BARDER, farmer, section 12, Barton Township, was born in austria, April 
18, 1824, and is the son of 

Peter and Magdalena (Stieger) Barder.  He lived in his native country until 
1867, passing the yers of his 

childhood in obtaining the education bestowed upon children of the class to 
which he belonged, and 

afterwards engaging in agriculture, subject to all the privations incident to 
the laboring community under 

a monarchical government.

On coming to the United States, he located at Cleveland, Ohio, and there 
engaged in farming.  In 1877 he 

came to Newaygo County, bought a farm of 160 acres in Barton Township, and has 
since given his exclusive 

attention to its improvement and cultivation.

Mr. Barder was married in 1867, to Anna Sker, a native of Switzerland.  They 
have a family of six 

children:  Katie, Joseph, Lizzie, Edward, Antoine and Martha.  Mr. Barder acts 
politically with the 

Republican party.

Additional Comments:
1884 Portrait & Bio Album of Newaygo Co.

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