Illustriana Kansas, page 70
Douglas Marion Barkley was born near Hazel Dell in Cumberland
County, Illinois, October 22, 1860, son of John H. and Mary Ann
(Welker) Barkley. The father, a native of Kentucky, was born January
19, 1836, and died in Kansas City, Missouri, in March 1932. He was a
farmer, who homesteaded in Elk County in March 1880. The
mother was a native of Ohio, who died in Kansas City, Missouri in
November 1910.
John H. Barkley had two brothers, who served in the Union Army,
Payton and Martin, from the State of Illinois. Mary Ann Welker,
his wife, had three brothers who served, William, Joseph and Elijah,
all from Illinois.
Douglas Marion Barkley attended country school, Kansas Normal
College at Fort Scott, Emporia, and Great Bend, Kansas. For a
number of years after leaving school he taught in the public schools of
Kansas and later served as county superintendent of Elk county for
years. He has engaged in farming, banking and in the grocery,
feed and flour business for a number of years. At the present
time the firm name is McKinney and Barkley.
For a number of years Mr. Barkley was a Republican and later
helped to organize the Populist party. He represented Elk county
two terms, two regular terms and one special term, in the Kansas state
legislature. At the present time he is independent politically.
On July 17, 1899, he was married to Etna Carpenter at Howard,
Kansas. Mrs. Barkley was born at White Sulphur Springs, Kentucky,
December 22, 1872. Mr. Barkley is a member of the Modern Woodmen
and the Security Benefit Association. He is a 32 degree Mason and
Shiner.
(Photograph in Album)
Residence: Howard.
Submitted by L. Morgan
