Person:Marshall Barker (1)

According to the Marriage Record CD from Family Tree Maker, in 1875 a Marshall Barker, born 1854, married an Adeline Maltby, born 1856 in Illinois. This is not the correct Marshall.

Marshall BARKER Sex: M Birth: 15 JUL 1854 Death: 8 APR 1940

Marriage 1 Adeline MALTBY b: 22 OCT 1856 in Mt. Sterling, Brown Co., IL Married: 10 NOV 1875 Children

Orlonzo BARKER b: 8 DEC 1876
Josiah BARKER b: 26 MAR 1879
John Henry BARKER b: 7 MAR 1881
Roy Lee BARKER b: 29 JUN 1884
Dollie Maye BARKER b: 23 JAN 1886
Luther M. BARKER b: 9 OCT 1888
Ruth Etta BARKER b: 10 SEP 1891

In the 1900 census Marshall, along with his brother William, is in Jackson Prison.

Regarding the State Prison at Jackson

Governor Bagley, in a message to the legislature dated February 12, 1873, said regarding the uniform: "The stripes on the dress, that no one knows why they are there, should be abolished. In the cloth now being made for the use of the prison, the black stripe is much smaller than heretofore, and not distinguishable at a slight distance." And a report of an investigative senate committee issued six days later reads: "Your committee believes that to dress a man in the outlandish costume of a clown or buffoon, can only tend to degrade him, and suggest instead a gray uniform of the same cut as that was now worn." Though no mention is made in the subsequent report of the Wardens, after this report, it seems probable that the striped uniform was abandoned for all general purposes some time after 1880. Under Warden Hatch (1885) the gray uniform was in general use, though for a time new prisoners wore stripes during a three months probationary period, at the end of which time, if they had conducted themselves properly, they were allowed a gray suit.

The so called silent system was also in vogue for many years. Inmates were not permitted to converse. At one time (1868) it was a punishable offense for an inmate to have in his possession a piece of paper. This rigid discipline continued until the administration of Warden Hatch, mentioned above. He applied new and humanitarian methods with signal success. While the rule against promiscuous talking was not entirely abrogated, the prisoners were allowed the freedom of the yard on occasional intervals. The rules against talking were not entirely cancelled until about 1895, but even today the silent system obtains in the quarantine section and rules prohibit any talking from cell to cell. Inmates are allowed to talk during meals and during the twenty minutes recess in the yard at noon; men employed in the shops may talk whenever it may be necessary in relation to their work.

His brother Francis's obituary says that MG Barker resided in Oak Park, Illinois in 1921.

1. ↑ Vital Records - Miscellaneous Sources
   Death certificate.