Notes for: William Lemuel Barker

1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jun 27 1900:
William Barker, 27, b. Sep 1872, farm laborer, married 3 yrs; wife Laninda (?), 23, b. May 1877, married 3 yrs, mother of one child (still living); dau Eva, 2, b. Jun 1897.

1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Greenbrier District), enumerated on Apr 28 1910:
William L. Barker, 33, carpenter in oil fields, married 14 yrs; wife Malinda, 43, mother of 7 children (4 still living); dau Eva, 11; dau Dovie, 6; son Simon, 5; dau Sissie, 11 months.

1920 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Tenmile District), enumerated on Jan 20 1920 at Salem Fork:
William Barker, 44, laborer for gas company; wife Mary V, 42; son Simon, 15; dau Sissie, 9.
(Note: Wife Mary V is presumably Jennie Jenkins, with Jennie being a nickname for the middle name Virginia.)

1930 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Tenmile District, City of Salem), enumerated on Apr 4 1930:
W. L. Barker, 52, farm hand, age 19 at time of first marriage; wife Ruby, 33, age 30 at first marriage; son Charles E, 5.