John Henry Barkey

  Noted events in his life were:

• Accepted Christ, 1874, Cortland, Gage County, Nebraska. John accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior in 1874 at a rival held at the Church of God. Following this turning point in his life, he studied to become a minister.

• Living, until 1897, Cortland, Gage County, Nebraska. The family continued to live in Cortland, Gage County, Nebraska until 1897 when they moved to North Dakota to take a pastorate there. Later they took a pastorate in Brainerd, Crow County, Minnesota where they lived until both of their deaths.

• Occupation: Minister of the Church of God.

• Physical Description. John is described as being a big man who was kind and very loveable.

• Moved, 1897, North To North Dakota. John left Nebraska around 1897 and started north. he preached in North Dakota and then went on to Brainard, Minnesota.

John married Eleanor (Nell) Henderson on 5 Mar 1872 in Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska. (Eleanor (Nell) Henderson was born on 17 Jul 1853 in Springfield, Illinois, died on 18 Jul 1919 and was buried in Brainerd, Crow Wing County, Minnesota.)

  Marriage Notes:

She was born July 17, 1853 in Springfield Illinois and Died July 18, 1919 in Brainerd Minnesota. They had Lottie Barkey.

HENDERSON : English and Scottish, patronymic derived from HENRY, the standard English form of the French HENRI 'home, rule'; unlike in the form Harry produced by omission of the n and the broadening of the vowel in the sixteenth and seventeenth century, in Scotland they retained the n sound and even inserted a d to emphasize it; introduced by Normans, the name Henry became popular due to the three strong kings of this name during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries on the English throne and various other Henrys ruling in continental European countries.