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| resting_place =Oakwood Cemetery in Austin​

| resting_place =Oakwood Cemetery in Austin​

| nationality = [[United States|American]]​

| nationality = [[United States|American]]​

| spouse =Matilda LeGrand Weeden Barker (married 1903-1952, her death)​<br>

| spouse =Matilda LeGrand Weeden Barker (married 1903-1952, her death)​<br>

'''Children''': <br>

'''Children''': <br>

Marion Barker<br>​

Marion Barker<br>​

David Edward Barker​

David Edward Barker​

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He was a man of warm affections, and loved the idea of home, but he never married. Texas was home and wife and family to him. He died on a pallet on the floor of a two-room clapboard shack, a month and twenty-four days past his forty-third birthday. His work was done, but he was denied the years so hardly earned for the enjoyment of its fruits. . . . “<ref>Eugene C. Barker, ‘’The Life of Stephen F. Austin,'' 1925.</ref></blockquote>​

He was a man of warm affections, and loved the idea of home, but he never married. Texas was home and wife and family to him. He died on a pallet on the floor of a two-room clapboard shack, a month and twenty-four days past his forty-third birthday. His work was done, but he was denied the years so hardly earned for the enjoyment of its fruits. . . . “<ref>Eugene C. Barker, ‘’The Life of Stephen F. Austin,'' 1925.</ref></blockquote>​

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==Other scholarly activities==

==Other scholarly activities==

Barker wrote textbooks used from third grade to high school. In 1912, Barker, C. W. Ramsdell and C. S. Potts published ''A School History of Texas,'' the state-adopted text for many years. Among his associates in writing the school textbooks were Henry Steele Commager, who later became an academic critic of [[U.S. Senator]] [[Joe McCarthy|Joseph Raymond McCarthy]] of [[Wisconsin]]; William E. Dodd, later [[U.S. President]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s ambassador to [[Nazi Germany]]; and Walter Prescott Webb (1888-1963), an East Texas native who had studied western history under Barker. As department chairman, Barker concentrated on making the UT history department second to none in its field nationally. He encouraged scholars to work in one another’s fields as their research interests so led them. He disdained any scholar claiming virtual "ownership" of a particular field of study.<ref name=utex/>​

Barker wrote textbooks used from third grade to high school. In 1912, Barker, C. W. Ramsdell and C. S. Potts published ''A School History of Texas,'' the state-adopted text for many years. Among his associates in writing the school textbooks were Henry Steele Commager, who later became an academic critic of [[U.S. Senator]] [[Joe McCarthy|Joseph Raymond McCarthy]] of [[Wisconsin]]; William E. Dodd, later [[U.S. President]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s ambassador to [[Nazi Germany]]; and Walter Prescott Webb (1888-1963), an East Texas native who had studied western history under Barker. As department chairman, Barker concentrated on making the UT history department second to none in its field nationally. He encouraged scholars to work in one another’s fields as their research interests so led them. He disdained any scholar claiming virtual "ownership" of a particular field of study.<ref name=utex/>​

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==Personal life and political views==

==Personal life and political views==

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Among the historians who studied under Barker were J. Evetts Haley (1901-1995), known for his study of the cattleman Charles Goodnight as well as 'A Texan Looks at Lyndon,'' a diatribe against U.S. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]].

Among the historians who studied under Barker were J. Evetts Haley (1901-1995), known for his study of the cattleman Charles Goodnight as well as 'A Texan Looks at Lyndon,'' a diatribe against U.S. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]].

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==Death==

==Death==