[2] He was elected to the South Carolina State Senate in 1868 and served until 1872 representing Fairfield County as a Republican.
[1] Barber was threatened by the Ku Klux Klan in May 1871 when they posted in the paper demands that he along with seven others resign from office.
[6] This caused him to temporarily leave his home in fear and move to Columbia, South Carolina before later returning.
[1] He was a delegate at the Radical State Convention in August 1872, representing Fairfield County along with L.W.
[10] His wife was listed in the 1880 United States census as being a widow, so he died sometime between October 1875 and June 1880.