Biography - J. G. Barber
J. G. BARBER. A farmer, he is the son of James and Mary (McForlard) Barber, the former a native of Maryland and the latter of Ohio. He was born on Oct. 7, 1848. He was educated in the common schools and early life passed in learning a trade. He followed the business of engineering and saqwing which proved satisfactory to him, but finally changed it to farming. He moved from Ohio to Knox County Nov. 28, 1868. He married Mary Ellen Fields. They are the parents of four children. He has been quite successful as a farmer and is now in moderate circumstances. In politics, a Democrat. P.O. Knoxville.
Contributed by Joan Achille, extracted from the 1878 History of Knox County, Illinois, published by Charles C. Chapman
