Henry Turbush Barker

Henry Turbush Barker, Lloyd Barker's father, was born in Albany, NY on Oct 4, 1848.  He appears in Bethel NY at age 2 in 1850 as part of a large family.  20 years later he is with most of the same family in Illinois.  In 1883 he married Matilda Jane Evans and moved to the Fairmont, NE area and then to the Scotts bluff Nebraska area where they stayed the rest of their lives.  They had 8 children, Mabel, Charles, John, Agnes, Lloyd, Kate, Alice, and George.  The picture to the right is Henry and Matilda at their Golden Wedding anniversary which would have been in 1933 (corroborated by the car in the background - sweet ride).  He worked as a farmer until his death Jan 9, 1935.

Evidence for Henry being Lloyd's father is based on several pieces of evidence.  Lloyd reports being born in Fairmont, Nebraska on his WWI registration card (where Henry and Matilda were living at the time).  He reports living in Mitchel, NE in 1918 which is also where Henry and Matilda were living in 1920).  Also, he reports on several censuses that his father was born in New York, and mother in Missouri which fit with the birth states they report.  Lloyd also appears on several censuses with them.  My certainty is essentially 100%.