Viewing John O. Barke (1850-1921).John O. Barke (1850-1921).John O. Barke lived his first twenty years in Norway. After his family emigrated in 1870, he spent the next ten years working and attending various colleges, eventually graduating from the law department of Drake University in 1880. He promptly moved to Fergus Falls, where he practiced until death in January 1921. |