OBITUARY: Menomonee Falls News Oct 15, 1915 "DEATH CALLS OLDEST CITIZEN-First White Person Born in this Village-The toll of Emanuels Church Bell, early last Sunday morning gave first information to our villagers of the passing away of Isaac R. Barnes at St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee where he had gone to undergo and(sic) operation a fortnight ago. He had been in poor health, for some time and his family had hopes that a necessary operation might bring him relief and health. It was not to be, he rallied from the knife only for a short time.
The best information at hand and from the family records the deceased was undoubtedly the first white person born in the present territory of the village of Menomoene Falls. His parents Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Barnes were natives of Lehigh County Pa; they came to Wisconsin in June 1844. Theymade a trip across the country with an Ox team in company with Frederick Nehs who preempted the land now in the corporate limits of Falls. The following year a log house was built, a short distance from where the Schlafer Mill is now situated and it was there that the subject of this memorial first saw the light of day on Oct. 2, 1846. He attended school in the old building at the edge of what has long been termed the "Big Hill". The elder Barnes took up a homestead on the county line now known as J. F. Connell farm the family remained there until after the war and after the death of the elder Barnes, Isaac following farming until 1882.
He was married Dec. 24, 1872 to Miss Anna Maria Leonhardt of Hartford of this union two children were born to them, Allen now residing at Crookston, Min, and Miss Josepine at home. The wife died in 1898, Isaac Barnes and family came to Menomonee Falls to reside in the year 1882. His entire life was so closely associated with the growth and development of the Village that his neighbors and friends felt that he was the connecting link between the early pioneers families which first followed the wilderness log houses, then barns and farm buildings and following these the more modern and comfortable. Of a gentle disposition he was possessed of a fond(sic) of information as to the early days. He enjoyed meeing with the old-timers and going over the happenings of the days before the war, and he will long be remembered for his hearty laugh, and whole heartedness. Funeral services were held at Emanuels Church Tuesday afternoon, the Rev. H. J. Prochnow officiating."
The best information at hand and from the family records the deceased was undoubtedly the first white person born in the present territory of the village of Menomoene Falls. His parents Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Barnes were natives of Lehigh County Pa; they came to Wisconsin in June 1844. Theymade a trip across the country with an Ox team in company with Frederick Nehs who preempted the land now in the corporate limits of Falls. The following year a log house was built, a short distance from where the Schlafer Mill is now situated and it was there that the subject of this memorial first saw the light of day on Oct. 2, 1846. He attended school in the old building at the edge of what has long been termed the "Big Hill". The elder Barnes took up a homestead on the county line now known as J. F. Connell farm the family remained there until after the war and after the death of the elder Barnes, Isaac following farming until 1882.
He was married Dec. 24, 1872 to Miss Anna Maria Leonhardt of Hartford of this union two children were born to them, Allen now residing at Crookston, Min, and Miss Josepine at home. The wife died in 1898, Isaac Barnes and family came to Menomonee Falls to reside in the year 1882. His entire life was so closely associated with the growth and development of the Village that his neighbors and friends felt that he was the connecting link between the early pioneers families which first followed the wilderness log houses, then barns and farm buildings and following these the more modern and comfortable. Of a gentle disposition he was possessed of a fond(sic) of information as to the early days. He enjoyed meeing with the old-timers and going over the happenings of the days before the war, and he will long be remembered for his hearty laugh, and whole heartedness. Funeral services were held at Emanuels Church Tuesday afternoon, the Rev. H. J. Prochnow officiating."
OBITUARY: Menomonee Falls News Oct 15, 1915 "DEATH CALLS OLDEST CITIZEN-First White Person Born in this Village-The toll of Emanuels Church Bell, early last Sunday morning gave first information to our villagers of the passing away of Isaac R. Barnes at St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee where he had gone to undergo and(sic) operation a fortnight ago. He had been in poor health, for some time and his family had hopes that a necessary operation might bring him relief and health. It was not to be, he rallied from the knife only for a short time.
The best information at hand and from the family records the deceased was undoubtedly the first white person born in the present territory of the village of Menomoene Falls. His parents Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Barnes were natives of Lehigh County Pa; they came to Wisconsin in June 1844. Theymade a trip across the country with an Ox team in company with Frederick Nehs who preempted the land now in the corporate limits of Falls. The following year a log house was built, a short distance from where the Schlafer Mill is now situated and it was there that the subject of this memorial first saw the light of day on Oct. 2, 1846. He attended school in the old building at the edge of what has long been termed the "Big Hill". The elder Barnes took up a homestead on the county line now known as J. F. Connell farm the family remained there until after the war and after the death of the elder Barnes, Isaac following farming until 1882.
He was married Dec. 24, 1872 to Miss Anna Maria Leonhardt of Hartford of this union two children were born to them, Allen now residing at Crookston, Min, and Miss Josepine at home. The wife died in 1898, Isaac Barnes and family came to Menomonee Falls to reside in the year 1882. His entire life was so closely associated with the growth and development of the Village that his neighbors and friends felt that he was the connecting link between the early pioneers families which first followed the wilderness log houses, then barns and farm buildings and following these the more modern and comfortable. Of a gentle disposition he was possessed of a fond(sic) of information as to the early days. He enjoyed meeing with the old-timers and going over the happenings of the days before the war, and he will long be remembered for his hearty laugh, and whole heartedness. Funeral services were held at Emanuels Church Tuesday afternoon, the Rev. H. J. Prochnow officiating."
The best information at hand and from the family records the deceased was undoubtedly the first white person born in the present territory of the village of Menomoene Falls. His parents Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Barnes were natives of Lehigh County Pa; they came to Wisconsin in June 1844. Theymade a trip across the country with an Ox team in company with Frederick Nehs who preempted the land now in the corporate limits of Falls. The following year a log house was built, a short distance from where the Schlafer Mill is now situated and it was there that the subject of this memorial first saw the light of day on Oct. 2, 1846. He attended school in the old building at the edge of what has long been termed the "Big Hill". The elder Barnes took up a homestead on the county line now known as J. F. Connell farm the family remained there until after the war and after the death of the elder Barnes, Isaac following farming until 1882.
He was married Dec. 24, 1872 to Miss Anna Maria Leonhardt of Hartford of this union two children were born to them, Allen now residing at Crookston, Min, and Miss Josepine at home. The wife died in 1898, Isaac Barnes and family came to Menomonee Falls to reside in the year 1882. His entire life was so closely associated with the growth and development of the Village that his neighbors and friends felt that he was the connecting link between the early pioneers families which first followed the wilderness log houses, then barns and farm buildings and following these the more modern and comfortable. Of a gentle disposition he was possessed of a fond(sic) of information as to the early days. He enjoyed meeing with the old-timers and going over the happenings of the days before the war, and he will long be remembered for his hearty laugh, and whole heartedness. Funeral services were held at Emanuels Church Tuesday afternoon, the Rev. H. J. Prochnow officiating."
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