Three Forks of the Kentucky River Historical Association

A. J. Barker Cemetery

Abner Cemetery
Andrew Jackson Barker and Nancy Mae Wilson
Courtesy of Edward L. Gillingham

A. J. Barker Cemetery near Travellers Rest in Owsley County KY, is located on the old A. J. Barker
farm owned by Jess B. Rowelette. The cemetery is about 500 yards from the old Barker
home on Bowman Rowelett Fork of the Little Sturgeon Creek.

Barker, Andrew Jackson "Jack" or "A.J."
b. Dec 22, 1877, Travellers Rest, Owsley County
d. Sep 02, 1967, Owsley County
s/o Martin Vanburen Barker & Malvina Becknell
h/o Nancy Mae Wilson

Barker, Bonnie Ethel
b. Sep 06, 1914
d. Nov 13, 1999, Davis, Yolo County, CA
d/o Wilson Brewer & Mary Lane
w/o Frederick "Fred" Nathan Barker

Barker, Bruce
b. Dec 24, 1915, Owsley County
d. Sep 21, 1998
s/o Ruford Barker & Ethel Minter-Gabbard
m1 Ora M. Frye
m2 Margie Strong

Barker, Frederick "Fred" Nathan
b. Dec 05 1911
d. May 25 1949
s/o A. J. "Jack" Barker & Nancy Mae Wilson
h/o Bonnie Ethel Brewer

Barker, Hester J.
b. Oct 06 1921, Endee, Owsley County
d. Aug 25 1959, Louisville, Jefferson County
d/o A. J. "Jack" Barker & Nancy Mae Wilson
w/o DeCoursey Combs

Barker, Marvin
b. Dec 13, 1936, Travellers Rest, Owsley County
d. Apr 01, 2004, Winters, Yolo County, CA
s/o Fred Nathan Barker & Bonnie Ethel Brewer
h/o Kathleen Smith

Philpot, Louise Evelyn Barker
b. Oct 1, 1916, Sturgeon, Owsley County
d. Oct 10, 2006, Amarillo, Potter County, TX
Note: Ashes spread there

Barker, Nancy Mae "Nannie"
b. Aug 02 1887, Owsley County, KY
d. Dec 26 1964, Louisville, Jefferson County
d/o Alford Wilson & Elizabeth Flannery
w/o Andrew Jackson "Jack" Barker

Barker, Ruford D.
b. Sep 15 1891, Owsley County
d. Mar 15, 1971, Owsley County
s/o Martin Vanburen Barker & Malvina Becknell
h/o Ethel Minter-Gabbard

Combs, Hester
b. 1921, Travellers Rest, Owsley County
d. 1959, Louisville, Jefferson County
d/o A.J. "Jack" Barker & Nancy M. Wilson
w/o DeCoursey Combs

Frye, Ora
b. Dec 04 1909
d. Apr 20 1951
d/o Peter Millard Frye & Martha J. "Mattie" Gentry
w/o Bruce Barker

Gillingham, Christopher Lee
born & died Sep 22 1978
s/o Kenneth Dale Gillingham and Janice Koch

McGuire, Avery Barker
b. Nov 05, 1909
d. Nov 16, 1909
s/o John G. McGuire & Emma Barker

Barker, Ethel Minter
b. Nov 24, 1894
d. Jul 17, 1977, Jackson, Breathitt County
d/o Arthur Taylor Minter & Laura Wilson
m1 Gabbard
m2 Ruford D. Barker

Based on the Works of James Bowman transcribed by Martha Jo Marcum Carr

With Additions by Betty Thomas Finger

Sources: Birth Records, Death Certificates, SSDI, Census and Military Records, Find A Grave,
Tom Barrett's Owsley Cemeteries, Ancestry.com, and Edward Lee Gillingham,
s/o Kenneth Dale Gillingham and Janice Koch.






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