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has been one of the most prominent figures of the prohibition party ever since he identified himself with it. For four years, from 1878 to 1882, he was the State chairman of the party of Pennsylvania, and has traveled through every county in the State working for the success of his party, and on June 6, 1896, was nominated by his party for the office of Congressman-at-large.     Fraternally Mr. Barker stands deservedly high. Of the Temple of Honor he has been Grand Worthy Templar, and is a member of the Grand Council of the United States. He also belongs to Highland Lodge, No. 418, I.O.O.F.; Summit Lodge, No. 312, and F. and A. M., of Ebensburg; Portage Chapter, Oriental Commandery, of Johnstown; and Captain John Jones Post, G.A.R., of Ebensburg. He joined the Congregational church when sixteen years of age, and the Presbyterian church when he came to Ebensburg. In the latter he is active and prominent, and frequently exhorts from the pulpit.     On June 24, 1842, Mr. Barker and Losma P. Little were united in marriage, and their marital union has resulted in the birth of four sons, whose sketches follow. VALENTINE S. BARKER, son of Hon. A. A. Barker, whose sketch appears above, was born August 15, 1843, in Lovell, Maine. His education was obtained in the common schools of this county and his native State. In 1862, when the crisis of Civil War was upon us, he enlisted in the Union cause in company F of the One Hundred and Thirty-Third regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer infantry for nine months. After serving the full term of enlistment he returned to Ebensburg, and took up mercantile pursuits, and has followed them, in connection with his father and

brother, to the present time. Politically he is a prohibitionist in principle, but formerly affiliated with the party of Lincoln and Grant, whilst in his fraternal relations he has been identified with Summit Lodge, No. 312, F. and A. M.; Portage Chapter, R.A.M.; Kedron Commandery, No. 32, at Greensburg; Highland Lodge, No. 428, I.O.O.F., and Captain John M. Jones Post, No. 556, Grand Army of the Republic at Ebensburg.     Religiously Mr. Barker is a firm believer in the tenets and doctrines of the Presbyterian church, in which organization, at Ebensburg, he is an elder.     Valentine S. Barker has been twice married. His first union was with Jennie L: Evans; and resulted in the birth of two children: Myrtle and Mabel, both of whom are deceased. As his second wife he married Cassie Williams, and their marriage has resulted in the birth of five children: Altha, deceased; Edith, Aretas, deceased; Edna and Austin. FLORENTINE H. BARKER, County Treasurer of Cambria county, Pennsylvania, is a son of Hon. Abraham A. Barker, whose sketch and ancestral record appear above.     He was born February 8, 1847, in Lovell, Oxford county, Maine. His education was obtained in the common schools of New England, came with his father and the family to Cambria county in 1855 and has ever since been prominently identified with its history. He remained with his father in the shook, lumbering and merchandize business until the latter went out of business in 1880, when the firm became Barker Bros., with which firm he has been identified ever since.     Believing implicitly in the principles of the Republican party, he has always voted with it

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