Biography of Christian Barkey, page 557. History of De Kalb County, Indiana. Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.
Christian Barkey, farmer and stock-raiser, Fairfield
Township, is a native of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, born April 6, 1820, son of
John Barkey and
Susannah Barkey, natives of Northampton County, Pennsylvania, of German descent. When he
was five years of age his parents moved to Ohio and settled in Holmes County where he was reared and lived
until 1851. Christian came to DeKalb and settled on a track of land which is
now his valuable farm in Fairfield Township. This land he had entered about 1841, and at the time of his settlement it was unimproved and heavily timbered. He now has it
under a good state of cultivation, and his improvements are among the best in the township. Mr. Barkey was married March 13, 1851, to
Hannah Herrington, daughter of Thomas and
Elizabeth (Long) Herrington, of Ohio. They are the parents of nine children, eight of whom are living---Mary Ann, John W.,
George., Henry, Sarah E., Samuel, Thomas and James F.
Calvin is deceased.
In politics Mr. Barkey affiliates with the Democratic party.
Submitted by:
Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
OBITUARY FROM NOBLE COUNTY, INDIANA RECORDS
Christian Barkey died March 22,
1910. Had he lived he would have been 90 years of age on April 6.
Christian died on the original homestead he cleared
and settled on in 1851. This was about 7 miles northeast of Kendallville in DeKalb County. Surviving are his children, Mrs. Andrew Bushong, Samuel, John W., George A. of Shepard, Mich., Henry
of Howard City, Mich., Mrs. Sarah Ling of Dayron, Wash., Thomas of Kendallville, and James of near Helmer. Funeral will be Thursday at Wayne Center.
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