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Robert G. Barber, a farmer on section 27, Ustick Township, is the son of Millard and Margaret (Glenn) Barber, natives respectively of Connecticut and Pennsylvania.  They removed with their family to Whiteside County in the spring of 1856, settling in Ustick Township, where the father died April 5, 1874.  The mother is still living.  Mary, Robert G., Martha J. and George P. are the names of their children.

            Mr. Barber was born in what is now Montour Co., Pa., Sept. 2, 1841.  He was educated in the common schools, and came in 1856 to Whiteside County with his parents.  He engaged in the business of farming, in which he operated independently until 1868, when he removed to Fulton and engaged in the omnibus business, in which he was interested until 1874, when he returned to the homestead.  He is now the owner of 198 acres of land, which is all improved.

            The marriage of Mr. Barber to Delia E., daughter of A.C. and Amerita (Pierce) Crouch, took place at Morrison.  Their five children were born as follows: Cora A., Aug. 9, 1868; Percy L., Sept. 24, 1870; Harley P., Sept. 10, 1874; Mirtie M., March 7, 1876; Delia M., Sept. 30, 1879.  Mr. Barber was a second time married, in Garden Plain Township, to Jane, daughter of James K. and Rachel (Phinney) Kinard.  She was born Nov. 6, 1849, in Ohio, and has had one child, Inis V, born July 8, 1884.  For 12 years previous to her marriage she was engaged in teaching in Kansas and Illinois.  Her parents reside in Kansas, whither they emigrated in 1869.