Herbert Spencer BARBER

Herbert Spencer Barber
Herbert Spencer Barber
circa 1920's

Father: Amherst Willoughby BARBER
Mother: Velma Winship SYLVESTER 

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 _Amherst Willoughby BARBER _|
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|--Herbert Spencer BARBER
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|                                                         _Charles SYLVESTER _
|                             _Daniel Robbins SYLVESTER _|
|                            |                           |_Mary ROBBINS ______
|_Velma Winship SYLVESTER ___|
                             |                            _Enoch WINSHIP______
                             |_Clara WINSHIP ____________|
                                                         |_Sarah WHEELER______

Notes

Updated November 6, 2004. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) South Dakota Births, 1856-1903 via Ancestry.com

- Name: Herbert Spencer BARBER
- Gender: Male
- County: Yankton co
- Mother's Name: Velma SYLVESTER
- Father's Name: Amherst Willoughby BARBER
- Birth Date: April 12, 1882

(2) Rootsweb Barber Birth Records.

Herbert Spencer BARBER listed as born April 12, 1882 to Velma SYLVESTER and Amherst Willoughby BARBER, in Yankton Co., Dakota.

(3) 1900 United States Census for District of Columbia, Washington City: Supervisor's District 1; Enumeration District 123; Sheet 9; June 5, 1900.

Herbert S. BARBER is the son of Amherst W. and Velma S. BARBER. He is 18 years old, born April 1882 in South Dakota, and is attending school.

(4) 1910 United States Census for District of Columbia, Washington City: Enumeration District 102; Sheet 14B; April 28, 1910.

Herbert S. BARBER is the son of Amherst W. and Velma S. BARBER. He is 28 years old, born in South Dakota, and is an entomologist with Agricultural Department.

(5) 1920 United States Census for the District of Columbia, Washington City: Supervisor's District 40; Enumeration District 229; Sheet 3B; January 6-7, 1920.

H. S. BARBER is head of household. His father Amherst H. BARBER and mother Velma S. [SYLVESTER] BARBER reside with him.

- Address: 644 6th St., NE
- Home ownership: owner, free of mortgage
- Age: 37 years old; listed as married but no spouse in household
- Birthplace: South Dakota.
- Occupation: Entomologist, Department of Agriculture.

(6) Washington Biologists' Field Club Biography of Herbert Spenser Barber, December 10, 2003.

- Born April 12, 1882, child of Velma and Amherst Willoughby BARBER, in Yankton, South Dakota.
- Grew up in Orlando, FL and attended high school in Washington, DC.
- 1898-1902: Worked as "assistant preparator of insects" at the National Museum, Washington, DC with Dr. E. A. Schwartz.
- 1902-1904: With USDA Bureau of Entomology, studying cotton insects in southern United States.
- 1904-1908: Returned to National Museum.
- 1908 on: "worked as a specialist on beetles in the Division of Insect Identification of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine," USDA.
- Published, well-respected and an international authority in his field.