Biography - John F. Barker
JOHN F. BARKER. Photographer, as the son of Amos and Sophia Barker, both of Connecticut, was born in Nunda, NY, Nov. 14, 1831. He received his education in the district schools of Nunda and by study and observation since. Most of his early life was spent on a farm. He learned photography. He was Assistant Postmaster in Belfact ,NY, and was Commissary Sergeant and military detective in the late war. He went from NY to Whitewater, Wis.; went back to Nunda, and thence to Galesburg. He has been a member of the M. E. Church since 1856, is Steward and Trustee. Is a Republican.
Contributed by Joan Achille, extracted from the 1878 History of Knox County, Illinois, published by Charles C. Chapman
