1. Jacob Barker was an American financier and lawyer.
11 Facts About Jacob Barker
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Jacob Barker was the son of Robert Barker and Sarah Gardner, who was born on Nantucket.
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Jacob Barker's mother was a widow of Hezekiah Gardner, with whom she had a son, Gideon Gardner, who served as a US Representative from Massachusetts.
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Jacob Barker went to New York at the age of 16, engaged in trade, and soon amassed a considerable fortune.
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Jacob Barker was a member of the New York State Senate in 1816, serving alongside Peter R Livingston and Darius Crosby and representing the Southern District, which consisted of Dutchess, Kings, New York, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk and Westchester counties.
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Jacob Barker removed to New Orleans in 1834, became prominent in financial circles, was admitted to the bar, and practiced with success in insurance cases.
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Jacob Barker was a majority stockholder in the first version of the St Charles Hotel.
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Jacob Barker published The Rebellion: Its Consequences and the Congressional Committee, Denominated the Reconstruction Committee, with their Action.
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Jacob Barker died on December 26,1871, after spending the last few years of his life with his son in Philadelphia.
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Jacob Barker was eulogized in The New York Times as follows:.
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Jacob Barker's career was a very stormy one, the qualities of the man calling down upon him the envy and malice of inferior people with whom he was brought in contact.