Electa Barney

1834 - 1907  (72 years)

• Name	Electa Barney
  Birth	27 Jun 1834	Lime, Jefferson, NY
  Gender	Female
  Death	19 Feb 1907	Waukegan, IL
  Burial	Oakwood Cemetery, North Chicago, IL
  Person ID	I60	Simmons/Truax Family Trees
  Last Modified	23 Oct 2017

  
  

  Father	Perus Barney,   b. 3 May 1799, VT d. 28 Oct 1876, Waukegan, IL (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Electa Morton,   b. 26 Aug 1804, Plymouth, Chenango, NY, Houndsfield d. 29 SEPT 1885, Waukegan, IL (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	15 March 1821	Jefferson, NY
  Family ID	F120	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Thomas Packard Parker,   b. 5 Mar 1833, Westford, VT d. 19 Sep 1863, Battle of Chickamuga, Georgia, U.S. Civil War (Age 30 years)
  Marriage	12 Oct 1854	DuPage, IL
  Children	1. Andrew Judson Parker,   b. 11 Aug 1855, Plainfield, Will Co., Illinois d. Unknown   2. William Parker,   b. 22 July 1859, Plainfield, Will Co., Illinois d. 1860 (Age 0 years)   3. Viola Estella Parker,   b. 10 May 1857, Plainfield, Will Co, IL d. 20 Jun 1937, Oak Park, Cook Co, IL (Age 80 years)   4. Carrie Amelia Parker,   b. 2 May 1861, Waukegan, IL d. 2 Jan 1941, Waukegan, IL (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F17	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2017

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Marriage certificate for Thomas Parker and Electa Barney in DuPage, IL
  		Thomas Packard Parker Civil war benefits - Electa (Barney) Parker widow
  		Electa Barney Parker We had an actual, physical photo of this growing up; I remembered it very clearly. I was thrilled to see someone else had uploaded this photo to Ancestry! I'm not sure how the physical photo got lost from my parents' files, but I'm glad to have found it.
  		Electa Barney Parker Photo downloaded from user profile on Ancestry.com
  		Electa Barney Parker Photo downloaded from user profile on Ancestry.com
  		Electa Barney Parker Photo downloaded from user profile on Ancestry.com
  		Electa Barney Parker Photo downloaded from user profile on Ancestry.com
  		Electa Barney Parker Bible Inscription The bible is in my physical possession. It had some other notes that helped me piece together Belinda Ingersol Parker Marshall and how a tintype that I have is Belinda.
  		Electa Barney Parker Oakwood Cemetery, Waukegan, IL (Died 1907)

  
  

• Notes

  I always loved the name “Electa” as a little girl – I used to say if I ever had a daughter, that was going to be her name. And Electa Barney’s mother was also named Electa (Morton), but I didn’t find that out until I was in my forties, when technology greatly aided me in my genealogy research. Electa Parker lived as a widow much of her adult life; her husband Thomas Packard Parker died in 1863 in the U.S. Civil War, and she died in Waukegan in 1907. At one point, both Electa Parker and her mother Electa Barney, were widowed and living with daughters Carrie and Viola Parker in Waukegan, according to U.S. Census records. I’m thrilled to have Electa’s personal bible – her name is stamped in it, and there is a handwritten note: “Mrs. E. Parker’s book, presented to her by her sister, A. S. Marshall, 1876.” I was also excited to find many more photos of Electa online, posted by other genealogy enthusiasts. One of these photos (the profile photo used here) was a physical photo we had in our family keepsakes growing up -- I don't know what happened to our physical copy but the moment I saw it online I remembered it. I was also able to find photos of her parents, Electa Morton Barney and Persus Barney.This included a picture of her parents, Persus and Electa Morton Barney.