Joseph Lanning Barber (March 24, 1864 – April 6, 1940) was an American medical doctor and a Republican politician from Marathon County, Wisconsin.
His daughter, Mildred Barber Abel, was one of the first female members of the Wisconsin Legislature.
Their daughter, Mildred Barber Abel, became a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
[1] Barber was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as well as Modern Woodmen of America.
He moved to Marathon City, Wisconsin, in 1906[2] and opened a practice and later a pharmacy.