Show JAMES J BARKER I NEW EW FROM THIRD The Tho people are arc asking who Barker Is the man who defeated Sam Thomas ThomasIn In the tho Third for councIlman Here Horo It is a biographical sketch James J T Barker Barle Is the son of Barker and glan grandson son of old Uncle Geo who wore among amonS the early pioneers of Utah Thor They came from England locating at al Wat Watertown N Y V Joining the L D SS S church th they to Illinois from there to Iowa Toa and ancl thence to Utah in 1819 TameR James going on to Lo California the same sarno year during the gold mont pioneering the Sacramento Val Vallo nl lo by and building lie tho first bridge ge over the tho American Ayer After a few fow prosperous years ho he to Utah Utahn anti and In III 1856 1556 married Mary C daughter of John and I Pauline Malin pioneers from Crom Italy I James J was born JulY 20 In Ogden His boyhood was spent on the farm When 17 years old ho he started work worl for or the tho Central Pacific Railroad COmpany mind continued In that employ for fo a of 17 years the last 12 1 Of which lie he was on the tho road nR as ha J lie He left the road In iii 1593 and tools toole up Ull the tho a tion of farming which ho has follow followed ed cd ever His father died in June and his mother six months later Ilter leaving hIm at the head of a family of six all of whom were unmarried except the tho oldest daughter J Julia He was married May to Miss lIss R Stone Slone daughter of oC A AP AP P Stone Slone Alt All through his life ho he has filled man many positions of honor and trust among his fellow fetlow mono men |