“He (John J. Barnes) was a farmer and also a tailor of some repute.” … “John and Eliza Jane were the parents of twelve children, eight of whom grew to adulthood. Four died when small and were buried in the Rocky Springs Cemetery, but they have no markers. John and his wife are believed to have lived first on the ‘Barker’ place on the Sandy Lake-Polk Road just west of the Mercer-Venango county line, but there is a rumor that when they were first married they lived in Mercer where he had a tailor shop. There is no house now on the ‘Barker’ place, but cut stones and some flowers prove evidence of a home there. The stones may have been a foundation, fire-place or cave.” … “He served as constable in Mercer County for two years and for five years in Frenchcreek Township, Venango County, and in Mineral Township after its formation.” … “In 1874 he became blind with cataracts; ten years later he had them removed from one eye and regained the sight of that eye.”
Their children were (Boy); George Armstrong; James Montgomery; Archibald; John Fulton; William Albert; James; Thomas Jefferson; Matthew; Oliver Washington; Eliza Jane; Sara Gertrude
“He (John J. Barnes) was a farmer and also a tailor of some repute.” … “John and Eliza Jane were the parents of twelve children, eight of whom grew to adulthood. Four died when small and were buried in the Rocky Springs Cemetery, but they have no markers. John and his wife are believed to have lived first on the ‘Barker’ place on the Sandy Lake-Polk Road just west of the Mercer-Venango county line, but there is a rumor that when they were first married they lived in Mercer where he had a tailor shop. There is no house now on the ‘Barker’ place, but cut stones and some flowers prove evidence of a home there. The stones may have been a foundation, fire-place or cave.” … “He served as constable in Mercer County for two years and for five years in Frenchcreek Township, Venango County, and in Mineral Township after its formation.” … “In 1874 he became blind with cataracts; ten years later he had them removed from one eye and regained the sight of that eye.”
Their children were (Boy); George Armstrong; James Montgomery; Archibald; John Fulton; William Albert; James; Thomas Jefferson; Matthew; Oliver Washington; Eliza Jane; Sara Gertrude
Family Members
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George Armstrong Barnes
1841–1912
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James Montgomery Barnes
1843–1845
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Archibald Barnes
1845–1936
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John Fulton Barnes
1848–1849
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William Albert Barnes
1850–1896
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James Barnes
1852–1859
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Thomas Jefferson Barnes
1853–1929
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Matthew Barnes
1856–1929
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Oliver Washington Barnes
1861–1921
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Eliza Jane Barnes Gates
1863–1943
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Sarah Gertrude Barnes Perrine
1864–1953
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Sarah Gertrude Barnes Perrine
1864–1953
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