Lang, H. O., ed.  "The History of the Willamette Valley, Being A Description 
of the Valley and its Resources, with an account of its Discovery and 
Settlement by White Men, and its Subsequent History; Together with Personal 
Reminiscences of its Early Pioneers."  Portland, OR, Geo. H. Himes, Book and 
Job Printer, 1885.  p. 631.

G. H. BARBER

     Born in Bedford County, Virginia, February 14, 1817; came to Oregon in
1845, and remained in Oregon City until the following year, when he moved to
what is now Linn County.  The gold excitement in California called him to that
State in 1848; he mined three months with great success, on the American River.
Returned to Oregon in 1849; in 1851 was elected county judge of Linn County, and
served one term; lived in Napa County, California, in the year 1868, but again
returned to Oregon, and is now a resident of Forest Grove, Washington County.
The judge has been married twice; first, in 1843, to Miss Elizabeth J. Knox, who
died in 1874; and in 1875, to Miss Minnie Krauss.  He has one child -- Livern
Hayward.

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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in June 2005 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.