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Benjamin Franklin Barkley

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@ Tarrant County College NE, Heritage Room

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Portrait of Benjamin Franklin Barkley (1822-1882). He was a physician and county official, born in Kentucky on November 14, 1822. Before moving to Texas he practiced medicine in Mason, Bracken, and Harrison counties, Kentucky. In 1855 he and his wife, Malinda Elizabeth (Duncan), emancipated the slaves on their Kentucky farm and traveled to Texas. They settled in Birdville, the county seat of Tarrant County at that time, with only one horse and $100 worth of medicine. Barkley practiced both law and medicine and helped provide supplies and assistance to struggling families. He donated land for the town's first school and, in 1856, fought unsuccessfully to keep Fort Worth from becoming the county seat.8x10 b&w copy from tintype
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Juliette Barkley Gibbons
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