Rebecca Caroline Larrison was born in Kentucky, November 18, 1820. She was married to Benjamin F. Barnes, April 23, 1835.

To this Union was born 12 children; James, who died Feb. 1915; Mary Jane who lives in Oklahoma, Eady who died 7 yeas ago, Elsie died Jan 3, 1914, Nancy Isabell lives in Arkansas, Joseph who died 10 years ago, John lives near Denver, Mo., with whom the deceased lived since April after the death of her son James; Lucy Ann who died 35 years ago; Rebecca Caroline who lives in Stansberry Mo; Ezekiel who lives in Barton County, Mo.; Moses lives in Oklahoma; and Ruth M who died in infancy.

Benjamin F. Barnes, the husband passed to the land beyond thirty years ago. Rebecca Caroline {Larrison} Barnes lived to be 94 years and 11 months. She leaves 80 grandchildren and a great many greart-grandchildren to mourn her loss.

In about 1835 when just reaching her womanhood she obeyed her savior and was baptized and united with the Baptist Church, and 14 years later she united with the Christain Church where she continued her faith until the time of her death. She often spoke of being ready to die and being ready to meet her saviour.

Only a few hours before her death, she spoke of the funeral services, expressing the desire to have the services at the Christain Church in Worth, Mo., she having worshiped in this church when it stood 2 miles southeast of town and was known as Shiloh.

In 1838, when her oldest son James was 6 months old, she and her husband and his brother, Moses Barnes, came from Kentucky and settled near what is now known as Hall's Station near St. Joseph, Mo. The men drove a team of oxen and Mrs. Barnes came on horseback and carried the baby. About 14 years later they moved near what is now Denver, Missouri.

Taken from the Worth County Tribune, Grant City, Mo., for October 6 1915