Wayne County

Orlando F. Barkley

1884 Biographical Sketches of City of Fairfield

ORLANDO F. BARKLEY, merchant, Fairfield, and a son of Joseph Barkley, was born in Fairfield, in Wayne County, March 28, 1847.

He was educated in the comnon schools, learned the printer's trade in the office of the Wayne County Press and was for several years connected with his brother, D. W. Barkley, in the publication of that paper, as the firm of Barkley Brothers.

Since attaining his majority, however, he has spent much of his time in mercantile pursuits, and is now the active partner in an extensive business under the firm name of 0. F. Barkley & Co.

He was married, October 8, 1873, to Jessie Dales. She was born August 30, 1849, in Leicester, N.Y.

Their children are Charles E. and Joseph G. Barkley, the former born October 22, 1874, and the latter July 23, 1880.



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