Frank Barker
The first bank [in Plymouth] was started by a Mr. Barker in 1839, in connection with his mercantile trade. After Mr. Barker's death in 1859, the business was continued by Reobert McDonough and S.M. Robinson, until 1870, when Mr. McDonough opened a regular bank of discount and deposit, which was continued until his death in 1873. After that, the First National Bank was organized, with Josiah Brinkerhoff as president. The present officers are: D.F. Irwin, president and A.M. Trago, cashier. Banker Barker was the father of Frank Barker, who was killed in Mansfield by his brother-in-law, Robt. Mercer Bowland, about sundown on the evening of June 18, 1846. The tragedy took place near the northwest corner of Main Street and Park Avenue West. A broken-shaft monument in the Plymouth Cemetery [Greenlawn] marks Frank Barker's grave.
From Bellville Messenger: 16 October 1903, Vol. 11, No. 41