Pierre A. Barker

He was born in LaGrange, New York, on April 17, 1790. He was a son of Samuel Still Augustus Barker (1756–1819) and Mariah ({{nee}} Delevan) Barker.{{cite book |last1=Colonists |first1=Daughters of the American |title=Lineage Book |date=1979 |publisher=The Daughters |page=176 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1zcRAQAAMAAJ |access-date=19 January 2023 |language=en}}

His paternal grandparents were Esther and Samuel Barker, a Brigade Major in the 2nd Connecticut during the Revolutionary War.{{cite web |title=Brigade Major Samuel Augustus Sill Barker |url=https://www.theconnecticutsociety.org/barker-samuel-augustus-sill/ |website=www.theconnecticutsociety.org |date=4 July 1783 |publisher=The Society Of the Cincinnati in The State of Connecticut |access-date=19 January 2023 |language=en}}

He arrived in Buffalo in {{Circa|1829}} and, a wealthy man, purchased many properties in and around the village. Shortly after his arrival he was appointed collector of customs for the port of Buffalo, and held the position from 1829 to 1838.{{cite news |title=Appointments by the President |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116817377/appointments-by-the-president/ |access-date=19 January 2023 |work=Vermont Republican and American Journal. Windham, Windsor and Orange County Advertiser |date=9 May 1829 |pages=3}}{{cite news |title=A Directory for the Village of Buffalo |url=http://mdhistory.msa.maryland.gov/msa_sc3923/msa_sc3923_scm2846/pdf/msa_sc3923_scm2846-0298.pdf |access-date=19 January 2023 |publisher=Maryland State Archives}} He was one of the founders of the first Bank of Buffalo in 1831. He served as president of the Commercial bank in 1835 or 1836. The Commercial Bank was incorporated in Upper Canada on January 28, 1831.

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In 1838 or 1840, Barker was president of the United States Bank at Buffalo.{{cite web|url=http://www.buffalonian.com/history/industry/mayors/Barker.htm|title=Pierre A. Barker|date=2009-05-27|work=Through The Mayor's Eyes, The Only Complete History of the Mayor's of Buffalo, New York, Compiled by Michael Rizzo|publisher=The Buffalonian is produced by The Peoples History Union}}

In 1837, Barker held the office of Alderman for the 5th ward and lived in a mansion on Hudson Street. He was selected as acting mayor on December 21, 1837, after Josiah Trowbridge resigned. He immediately took to trying to calm the unrest in the city due to the Canadian revolutionary movement, or "Patriot War". His term ended in 1838 and sometime after 1841 Barker left Buffalo and moved to Natchez, Mississippi.

In 1812 he married Annache Gilbert Livingston (b. 1790). Together, they were the parents of eight children, including:

• Eugenia Marie Barker, who married Philander Hodge.{{cite book |last1=Rizzo |first1=Michael F. |title=Through the Mayors' Eyes: Buffalo, New York 1832-2005 |date=2005 |publisher=Lulu.com |isbn=978-1-4116-3757-3 |page=32 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QJRUpyJiCXgC&pg=PA32 |access-date=19 January 2023 |language=en}}
• Elizabeth King Barker (1823–1905), who married John Johnson.

Barker died on January 4, 1870, in Natchez, Mississippi.

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