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Mollie Boyd ~ John Barnes

Mercer Co., PA

James Barnes, deceased, was born in County Armagh, Ireland, and came to America with his parents, John and Mollie (Boyd) Barnes, in 1803. Mollie Barnes died in 1850, in her eighty-fourth year, and her husband, John Barnes, died January 9, 1809, on the farm where John L. Barnes now resides, in Jackson Township. Their children were John, George and James. George married Margaret Zeigler, and died December 4, 1866. He was a miller in the early times, and operated a mill on Mill Creek, in the eastern part of the township of Findley. George had by his union Susannah, who married Archie McBride; Sarah, married William Paxton; Martha, married John J. Hosack; Margaret, married William Garvey, and John L. married Eliza J. Barnes. John Barnes was married to Betsey Miller, and had three children: John; Robert, died March 9, 1870, in Mercer; Mary J., married Hiram Orr. James Barnes married Margaret Vincent, a sister of the Rev. George C. Vincent, once a teacher in the Mercer Academy. John’s children were: James, married Julia Rose, lives in Nebraska; Thomas, married Elizabeth Greenlee, lives on the old farm; John G., for many years a minister of the United Presbyterian Church, died in Monmouth, Ill., in 1880; Maria, married William Seidley; William V., died during service in the war with Company C, Second Ohio Volunteer Cavalry; Samuel, married Elizabeth Baker, a sister of J. R. W. Baker, whose family history appears in this work; Charity J., died in 1851; Rev. Robert H., married Belle Cook, who died six weeks after marriage, and he subsequently married Mattie Kilgore; George E., died small. John Barnes, Sr. was in the War of 1812, and his two brothers, James and George, were, like he, Democrats. Samuel Barnes enlisted in Company C, Second Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, August 22, 1861, and served with this company two years. He was captured at Greenville, Tenn., October 2, 1863, and was confined on Belle Isle and in Libby Prison until April, 1864. He was paroled and commissioned as lieutenant of the Forty-seventh United States Cavalry Troops, and was mustered out in the summer of 1865. He fought in several battles. He was married January 21, 1869, and his children are: Morgan, a teacher; Kate, a student in the Grove City College; Bailey, Joseph and Letitia. Mrs. Barnes was born June 2, 1843, and her husband May 18, 1841. Mrs. B. taught seven terms of school, and Mr. B. was also a teacher. He was appointed postal clerk on the S. & A. R. R. in. 1877, and resigned the position in 1888. He and wife are members of the First United Presbyterian Church of Mercer, and he is a stanch Republican.

Source: History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania : its past and present : including its aboriginal history, its early settlement and development, a description of its historic and interesting localities, sketches of its boroughs, townships and villages, neighborhood and family histories, portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc. : also, a condensed history of Pennsylvania. Chicago, Ill.: Brown, Runk & Co., 1888. FHL Film 928056

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