Alvin O. Barber1,2,3
M, b. 20 September 1869, d. 20 May 1893
Alvin O. Barber was born on 20 September 1869 at Town of Plymouth, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA.4,3,1,2,5 He was the son of James Wesley Barber and Elizabeth Ann Boyer.3,1 The attached photo shows James, Lizzie, and probably their two oldest boys James Parker and Alvin O., about 1875 in Sheboygan.6
Alvin O. Barber married Gusta M. Zehr, daughter of Herman Zehr and Mary Wallitzky, on 9 August 1892 at Town of Cascade, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA, at age 22.7,8
Alvin O. Barber died on 20 May 1893 at Iron Mountain, Dickinson, Michigan, USA, at age 23 killed in a railroad yard at Iron Mountain. He was "caught by a cable and thrown from the top of a car onto the track, and instantly killed. His head was severed from his body, fourteen cars having passed over him. Mr. Barber was twenty..." (cut off.)9,10,11 He was buried in 1893 at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Cascade, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA.11
Alvin O. Barber married Gusta M. Zehr, daughter of Herman Zehr and Mary Wallitzky, on 9 August 1892 at Town of Cascade, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA, at age 22.7,8
Alvin O. Barber died on 20 May 1893 at Iron Mountain, Dickinson, Michigan, USA, at age 23 killed in a railroad yard at Iron Mountain. He was "caught by a cable and thrown from the top of a car onto the track, and instantly killed. His head was severed from his body, fourteen cars having passed over him. Mr. Barber was twenty..." (cut off.)9,10,11 He was buried in 1893 at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Cascade, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA.11
Last Edited=25 Mar 2019
Citations
- [S609] 1880 US Census WI, Sheboygan 1447, Sheboygan Co., Wisconsin, population schedule, Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com), James W. Barber household, Plymouth Twp., ED 208, p. 13 (139A) (image 13/30), dwell. 111, fam. 113; citing Roll T9_1447; Family History Film: 1255447.
- [S875] Sheboygan County, compiler, Wisconsin, Sheboygan Co. Registration of Marriages (Madison, WI: Wisconsin State Historical Society, various dates), vol. 4, p. 310. Hereinafter cited as Sheboygan Co. marriages.
- [S579] 1870 US Census, WI, Sheboygan Co. 1740, Sheboygan Co., Wisconsin, population schedule, Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com), James W. Barber household, Plymouth Twp., p. 9 (174) (348) (image 9/57), dwell/fam 66; citing Roll M593_1740.
- [S881] Sheboygan County Register of Deeds, compiler, Wisconsin, Sheboygan birth indexes (Sheboygan, WI: unpublished, various dates), v. 2, p. 124, #368. This document doesn't have the child's name but the date matches Alvin. Hereinafter cited as WI, Sheboygan birth indexes.
- [S875] Sheboygan County, Sheboygan Co. marriages, vol. 7, p. 167, no. 998 (state).
- [S1] "Deduction" (Kirkland, WA), by Barbara Zanzig. Collection of Barbara Zanzig (Bothell, King, Washington, USA). Checked 20170106, Aug. 2007. Groh & Bros. was in business 1875-1891, per Gene Olafson.
- [S875] Sheboygan County, Sheboygan Co. marriages, Barber-Zehr, vol. 4, p. 310 (county); vol. 7, p. 167, no. 998 (state).
- [S769] Sheboygan County index to marriages, 1852-1907 Vol. 2, Browseable images (Salt Lake City, UT: Family History Library, 1979), FHL film #1275712, Alvin O. Barber entry, 9 Aug 1892, vol. 4, p. 310.
- [S476] "Hold Rites for Mrs. E. Bricker at Glenbeulah," Sheboygan Press 1924 Dec 30, [n.p.] (30 Dec. 1924).
- [S894] Barber file, Sheboygan County Historical Research Center, miscellaneous clippings, Barber, WI, Sheboygan Historical Research Center, 518 Water Street, Sheboygan Falls, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA, newspaper clipping, no name, no date (out of area).
- [S1383] FindAGrave.com, FindAGrave.com, online http://www.findagrave.com, various dates, WI, Sheboygan Co., Mt. Pleasant Cem.; Alvin O Barber, findagrave memorial no. 75251913, accessed 25 Mar 2019.