Taken 7 Oct 2011.

C. E. BARNHART DEAD
WAS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR
BANKERS IN THE CITY.
He Was Discount Clerk at the
National Bank of Commerce at the
Time of His Death.
Charles E. Barnhart, discount clerk of the National Bank of Commerce, died early yesterday morning at his home, 2329 Lydia avenue. He was 41 years old. During the twenty-three years in which he was engaged in the banking business here he earned a reputation for the strictest integrity. At the time of his death he was one the most popular bankers in the city.
As a boy he attended the Washington school. When he was 18 years of age he secured a position in the National Bank of Kansas City through the influence of Joseph Chick, and rose steadily in positions of responsibility. In 1887 he went into the real estate business for a time. He accepted a position in the Midland National bank, with which he remained until its consolidation with the National Bank of Commerce. He accepted a position with the latter as discount clerk, which he held until his death.

He was born in Weston, Mo., November 22, 1847. He was of Canadian descent on his father's side. Barnhart island, in the St. Lawrence river, was the family homestead.
His mother was Susan Randolph, of the Virginia family, a direct descendent of John Randolph of Roanoak. She was a descendent on her mother's side of Bishop Meade, and was related to the Jefferson, Bird, Carter and Page families of Kentucky and Virginia. His father, Robert Barnhart, moved to Kansas City in 1871, with his family of five children. At one time he was connected with the old Mechanics' bank. He died in 1890.
In 1887 Mr. Barnhart married Miss Hester Holmes, of New Orleans, who was visiting the family of Judge William Holmes. She and two children, Cary Lee Barnhart, aged 9 years, and Isabel Barnhart, aged 6 years, survive him.
Last Friday Mr. Barnhart complained of feeling badly, but he went to the bank in the morning. He rode on a grip car going down town, and was taken with chills and fever before he returned home at noon. Dr. Frick and Dr. Halley were called in. Monday he believed himself much improved, but he began to decline before midnight. He had the constant attention of physicians during the last few hours.
He leaves, besides his family, two brothers, C. L. Barnhart and W. R. Barnhart, of the Barnhart Mercantile Company, wholesale fruits, of St. Louis, and two sisters, Ollie Barnhart and Emma Barnhart, the latter a teacher at the Garfield school, this city.
The funeral will be at the home, 2329 Lydia, to-morrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Rev. Dr. Felix R. Hill, pastor of the Central Methodist church, of which the deceased had been a member many years, will conduct the services. Burial will be in Union cemetery.
The Kansas City Journal
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
Vol XLI, No 173, p3, c5
Wed 30 Nov 1898