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Barker was born near Riverside in Walker County in east [[Texas]], the oldest of four children of Joseph Barker (1850-1888) and the former Fannie Spearman Holland (1853-1897), a native of [[Mississippi]]. His parents are interred at Riverside Pioneer Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=77809392|title=Fannie Spearman Holland Barker|publisher=findagrave.com|date=October 7, 2011|accessdate=December 6, 2015}}</ref> As a young man, he worked in the [[railroad]] shops in Palestine in Anderson County, where his mother died at the age of forty-four. When he arrived at UT as a student in 1895, he was still a night mail clerk for the Missouri Pacific Railroad. Barker received the Bachelor of Arts and the [[Master of Arts]] from the University of Texas in 1899 and 1900, respectively. He procured his [[Ph.D.]] from the [[University of Pennsylvania]] in [[Philadelphia]]. He also studied at [[Harvard University]] and taught for a time there at Radcliffe College.<ref name=utex>{{cite web|url=http://www.utexas.edu/faculty/council/2000-2001/memorials/SCANNED/barker.pdf|title=Memorial resolution honoring the late Eugene C. Barker, Walter P. Webb (chairman)|publisher=utexas.edu|accessdate=September 20, 2019}}</ref>
Barker was born near Riverside in Walker County in east [[Texas]], the oldest of four children of Joseph Barker (1850-1888) and the former Fannie Spearman Holland (1853-1897), a native of [[Mississippi]]. His parents are interred at Riverside Pioneer Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=77809392|title=Fannie Spearman Holland Barker|publisher=findagrave.com|date=October 7, 2011|accessdate=December 6, 2015}}</ref> As a young man, he worked in the [[railroad]] shops in Palestine in Anderson County, where his mother died at the age of forty-four. When he arrived at UT as a student in 1895, he was still a night mail clerk for the Missouri Pacific Railroad. Barker received the Bachelor of Arts and the [[Master of Arts]] from the University of Texas in 1899 and 1900, respectively. He procured his [[Ph.D.]] from the [[University of Pennsylvania]] in [[Philadelphia]]. He also studied at [[Harvard University]] and taught for a time there at Radcliffe College.<ref name=utex>{{cite web|url=http://www.utexas.edu/faculty/council/2000-2001/memorials/SCANNED/barker.pdf|title=Memorial resolution honoring the late Eugene C. Barker, Walter P. Webb (chairman)|publisher=utexas.edu|accessdate=September 20, 2019}}</ref>
In 1940, Barker received an honorary Doctor of Law from Transylvania College in [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]], [[Kentucky]], the alma mater of Stephen F. Austin, whom Barker considered to have been the most important person in Texas history. Barker was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and was a member of the Phi Delta Theta social fraternity.<ref name=utex/>
In 1940, Barker received an honorary Doctor of Law from Transylvania College in [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]], [[Kentucky]], the alma mater of Stephen F. Austin, whom Barker considered to have been the most important person in Texas history. Barker was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and was a member of the Phi Delta Theta social fraternity.<ref name=utex/>