<Li> The youngest Barkley son was Eugene, a medical student studying at Berkeley, played by Charles Briles . Like his older brothers, he was known to have a temper as seen in the Season 1 episode "Boots with My Father's Name". He was seen sporadically in only eight first season episodes and then episode 21, on a return from college . Then he was written out on being drafted into the Army . Only once was his name ever mentioned again . Briles died June 12 2016, at age 70, of congestive heart failure . </Li> <Li> More Barkley family lore: In one episode, when Victoria is absent, it is explained that she is visiting her unnamed sister in Denver . In the episode "Image of Yesterday", it is revealed she almost married a dreamer named David Wincup (Dan O'Herlihy) before settling down with her husband . </Li> <Li> Douglas Kennedy, formerly of Steve Donovan, Western Marshal appeared 23 times as Sheriff Fred Madden . </Li> <Li> The regular cast was rounded out by Napoleon Whiting, as Silas, the Barkleys' majordomo . In several episodes, his character was called on to help the show comment on the trauma of slavery ("Joshua Watson"), life for blacks post-Civil War ("The Buffalo Man") and finding meaning in his own work for the family ("Miranda"). </Li>

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