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==Personal life and political views==

==Personal life and political views==

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On May 6, 1903, Barker married the former Matilda LeGrand Weeden (1874-1952), originally for Hearne in Robertson County in central Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56889393|title=Matilda Legrand Weeden Barker|publisher=findagrave.com|date=August 10, 2010|accessdate=December 6, 2015}}</ref> The couple had four children, Eugene C. Barker, Jr. (born 1905), Lillie Barker (born 1907), Marion Barker (born 1908), ​

On May 6, 1903, Barker married the former Matilda LeGrand Weeden (1874-1952), originally for Hearne in Robertson County in central Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56889393|title=Matilda Legrand Weeden Barker|publisher=findagrave.com|date=August 10, 2010|accessdate=December 6, 2015}}</ref> The couple had four children, Eugene C. Barker, Jr. (born 1905), Lillie Barker (born 1907), Marion Barker (born 1908).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56889391|title=Eugene Campbell Barker|publisher=findagrave.com|date=August 10, 2010|accessdate=December 6, 2015}}</ref> and David Edward Barker (1922-1973).<ref name=deb/>

<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56889391|title=Eugene Campbell Barker|publisher=findagrave.com|date=August 10, 2010|accessdate=December 6, 2015}}</ref> and David Edward Barker (1922-1973).<ref name=deb/>

The Barkers resided in a fieldstone American colonial-style house at 2600 San Gabriel Street in Austin. The structure was a model of architectural beauty and was furnished with carefully selected antiques.<ref name=utex/>​ Barker was a [[golf]]er and a [[Fishing|fisherman]]. He found time to fish throughout the Austin area as well as at the resort community of Port Aransas  near [[Corpus Christi]]. He maintained a summer home for fishing and as a respite from the summer Texas heat in [[Boulder (city)|Boulder]], [[Colorado]].​ Barker was known for his generosity. It was said that few who ever went to him in personal distress failed to receive assistance. He lent money to any needy student and never required a promissory note. All the money, he once said, was paid back, sometimes twenty years later. A struggling graduate student outside of the history department once lost his child when an [[Airplane|aviator]] flew into their cottage in west Austin. Barker called in the student and offered financial help.<ref name=utex/>​

The Barkers resided in a fieldstone American colonial-style house at 2600 San Gabriel Street in Austin. The structure was a model of architectural beauty and was furnished with carefully selected antiques.<ref name=utex/>​ Barker was a [[golf]]er and a [[Fishing|fisherman]]. He found time to fish throughout the Austin area as well as at the resort community of Port Aransas  near [[Corpus Christi]]. He maintained a summer home for fishing and as a respite from the summer Texas heat in [[Boulder (city)|Boulder]], [[Colorado]].​ Barker was known for his generosity. It was said that few who ever went to him in personal distress failed to receive assistance. He lent money to any needy student and never required a promissory note. All the money, he once said, was paid back, sometimes twenty years later. A struggling graduate student outside of the history department once lost his child when an [[Airplane|aviator]] flew into their cottage in west Austin. Barker called in the student and offered financial help.<ref name=utex/>​