Depression-era outlaw Ma Barker was born near Springfield, Missouri (in Ash Grove) around 1873, as best anyone can figure. Her name at birth was Arizona Donnie Clark. In 1892 she married George Barker. She had four sons: Herman, Lloyd, Arthur, and Fred. They were all involved in a life of crime.
The first to die was Herman. He was wanted in a murder involving a policeman earlier. He was stopped by a police roadblock in Wichita, Kansas. He shot himself on the spot. He is now buried in Welsh, OK. His mother, "Ma Barker," was killed in shootout in Ocala, Florida, along with two of her sons. There are all buried in Welsh (about 15 miles west of Miami).
Ma was killed in January 1935. Her abandoned body was finally buried in September of that year.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
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