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Yuma County Pioneer Photographs:
John M. Barbour, 1N 45W
POSSIBLY THE ONE IN SIOUX CITY, IOWA
EMMA'S FAMILY
In 1880 Sioux City, Iowa,
Christian Hoeppner is 50,
Maria A. Hoeppner
40 Wife,
Rosetta Hoeppner
16 Daughter,
Gustave Hoeppner
13 Son,
Emma Hoeppner 10 Daughter, and
Caroline Hoeppner
7 Daughter.
JOHN'S FAMILY
John M. Barbour timber-claimed a quarter in 22, 1N 45W, and John Barbour one next to it in section 27, 1N 45W, both in 1895.
THE OTHER ONE COULD BE A RELATIVE, FATHER OF EMMA (BARBOUR) WILLIAMS, WHO ALSO CLAIMED LAND IN 1N 45W.
JOHN AND EMMA
J. M. Barber, Age: 26, born in Iowa to G.A. Barber and M.A. Gordon, married Emma Hoeppner on
21 Jul 1896 in Pottawattamie County, Iowa.
In 1900 Sioux City, Iowa, John M. Barber is a railroad engineer, 59,
Emma Barber
60 Wife.
In 1920 St. James, Minnesota,
J. M. Barber
48,
Emma Barber 49 Wife,
Lucil Barber
22 Daughter, and
Gordon Barber
15 Son.
August 5, 1941 Sioux City
"Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Hoeppner Barber, 71, who died Monday at her home,
2511 McFaul avenue, will be held at 9 a. m. Wednesday in St. Joseph's Catholic church,
with Rev. Thomas M. Parle officiating. The body will be sent to St. James, Minn. for interment in
Calvary cemetery there. A rosary will oe recited at 8:au o'clock tonight at the
Nelson-Berger funeral home where the body will remain until the hour of service.
Mrs. Barber was born here February 16, 1870. She was married to J. M. Barber at Council Bluffs July 21, 1896.
For a time they lived in Sioux Falls, later moving to St. James, Minn., where they
resided for 20 years. The Barbers moved to Sioux City 13 years ago.
She was a member of St Joseph's Catholic church, the auxiliary of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers and the Girls of '68.
Surviving are het widower; a daughter, Mrs. George R. McGinty, St. James;
a son, Eugene Gordon Barber, Detroit; a sister, Mrs. John Martin, Red Oak, Ia.,
and two grandchildren.
The body is at the Nelson-Berger funeral home."
"John M. Barber, 89, a former Sioux Cityan. died Sunday, March 26, 1961,
at a hospital in St. James, Minn. Mr. Barber was a retired engineer on the Chicago,
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Omaha railroad. He was born March 27, 1871, at Creston, Ia.
He married Emma Heppner July 21, 1886 at Council Bluffs, Ia.
Survivors include a son, F. Gordon of Detroit, Mich., a daughter,
Mrs. Lucille McGinty of St. James, two grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
The body is expected to arrive here Wednesdaay. It will be taken to the Nelson-Berger
north side funeral home."
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