Interment per Indiana Certificate of Death.
Son of the American Revolution - Descendant of Alexander Buchanan of New Jersey.
USMA Class of 1878. Cullum No. 2730.
He was the son of William Barnett and Nancy Buchanan Barnett.
On September 18, 1879 as John T. Barnett, he married Emma Charlotte Piersol at Danville, Indiana.
They were the parents of two children including Chester P. Barnett, USMA Class of 1910.
On May 25, 1892 as John T. Barnett, he married Cora B. Campbell (died 1920) at Danville, Indiana. The ceremony was performed by Governor Chase assisted by the Rev. U.C. Brewer at a private residence.
They had no children.
Their marriage ended in divorce.
On August 20, 1908 as John T. Barnett, he married Minnie E. Cowen Fortune at Rushville, Illinois.
The History of Hendricks County, B.F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, 1914.
Colonel John T. Barnett
There is one profession which has enrolled very few men from Hendricks County and that is the military service of the United States. Colonel John T. Barnett was the first man of the county to graduate from West Point Military Academy and the second man from the county to command a regiment during a war. He has had a long and varied career in the service of his country and since his retirement, on account of disability, he has been no less active in civil life. Colonel John T. Barnett, who is now living at No. 2001 North Delaware Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, was born three miles west of Danville, September 2, 1851, on the same farm which his father entered from the government. His parents were William and Nancy (Buchanan) Barnett. His father was a native of Fluvanna County, old Virginia. William Barnett, with his parents, came west and settled in Shelby County, Kentucky, in 1808. About 1832 William Barnett came to Hendricks County, Indiana and bought and settled on the farm where he lived the rest of his life.
Nancy Buchanan Barnett was a direct descendant of the famous Scottish scholar, historian and poet, George Buchanan, of the Scottish clan of Buchanan. Her grandfather, Alexander Buchanan, came direct from Scotland to this county about 1760. She was born and raised near Versailles in Woodford County, Kentucky. With her father she came to Hendricks County, Indiana, as a young woman and settled near old Belleville. She was united in marriage to William Barnett about 1840.
William and Nancy Barnett were prominent and active members of the Missionary Baptist Church throughout their lives, he being clerk of the church from the time he came to Hendricks County till his death. He died in 1875, at the age of seventy-one years. His widow, Nancy Barnett, lived on said farm till her death in 1899 in the seventy-ninth year of her life.
To William and Nancy Barnett were born seven children, five of whom are still living: Levi A. Barnett, of Danville, Indiana; Mrs. Harriet Ellen McKitrick, of Indianapolis, Indiana; Dr. Eli S. Barnett, of Salt Lake City, Utah; Mrs. Nancy A. Whatley, whose husband is an eminent physician of Parral, old Mexico and Colonel John T. Barnett, the immediate subject of this sketch.
Colonel John T. Barnett received his early education in the district schools of his township and the old Danville Academy. After teaching school about one year he entered Asbury (DePauw) University in the fall of 1871 and he completed the freshman year with the class of 1875. Receiving an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, upon the recommendation of General John Coburn, the then congressman, he entered said academy in June 1873. He graduated from the Military Academy in June 1878, number fourteen in his class. He stood specially well in his class in mathematics and allied subjects. Colonel Barnett was obliged to remain out of the academy one year on account of severe illness from typhoid fever. He was assigned to the Fifth United States Cavalry as Second Lieutenant United States Army.
After the customary graduating leave of absence, he joined the Fifth United States Cavalry October 1, 1878, at Fort D.A. Russell, near Cheyenne, Wyoming. He was in active service during the next eight years and served at various posts with his regiment and on detached duty in Wyoming and Texas. In 1886, he was compelled to retire from active service on account of disability incurred in line of duty, since which time he has been on the retired list of the United States Army. After his retirement he settled in Danville for awhile, but his health still remained very precarious. He suffered from nervous prostration and spinal anemia which was largely brought on by mountain fever and the high altitude in which he served during his active service. In 1893 Colonel Barnett moved to Indianapolis and settled on Meridian Street, where he lived for about one year. His health having somewhat improved, he removed to Piqua, Ohio, in the spring of 1894 and engaged in the hardware business. He became principal owner, president and manager of the Barnett Hardward Company at Piqua and remained as such till 1899, when he disposed of his interests and returned to Indianapolis, where he now lives at the corner of Twentieth and Delaware Streets. Upon his return to Indianapolis he engaged in the manufacturing pharmaceutical business for a short time till a return of his old disease caused him to give it up. When he again became improved in health he engaged in his present real estate, loan and insurance business. His office is now at No. 50 North Delaware Street, Indianapolis.
In 1893 Colonel Barnett was appointed by Governor Matthews, Assistant Inspector General of the Indiana National Guard, with the rank of Major, which position he held till about 1895, when he resigned on account of absence from the state. At the beginning of the Spanish-American War, Colonel Barnett offered his services to the secretary of war and to the governors of Ohio and Indiana.
The Governor of Indiana availed himself of his valuable services and he was appointed Colonel and Commander of the One Hundred and Fifty-ninth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry in May 1898 and he at once took his regiment to Camp Alger, Virginia. The regiment was stationed at Camp Alger, Thoroughfare Gap, Virginia, Camp Meade, Pennsylvania and was mustered out of the service at Camp Mount, Indianapolis, about the middle of November 1898. While at Camp Alger, Colonel Barnett commanded the Second Division of the Second Army Corps for a short time and his brigade for about one-half of the time he was in the service.
On the 18th of December 1879, Colonel Barnett was married to Emma Charlotte Peirsol, the only daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth J. Peirsol, a prominent family of Hendricks County, Isaac Peirsol being a successful merchant and banker of Danville. To Colonel and Emma C. Barnett two children were born: William P., who died at birth, February 14, 1881 and Chester P., born January 14, 1887. Emma C. Barnett died in May 1892 and in the following year Colonel Barnett married Cora C. Campbell, the daughter of L.M. Campbell, a prominent lawyer of Danville, Ind. No children were born of this second marriage [marriage ended in divorce before 1930 census].
Chester P. Barnett, the only child of Colonel Barnett, graduated from Manual Training High School at Indianapolis and immediately entered West Point Military Academy, from which he graduated in 1910. He was attached to the Fifteenth United States Cavalry and stationed at Fort Meyer, Virginia, until September 1913, when he was transferred with his regiment to Fort Bliss, Texas. He is now in the midst of the stirring events which are taking place there every day. Chester was married, in June 1911, to Katherine Davis Brown, the granddaughter of ex-Senator Henry Gassaway Davis, of West Virginia and to this happy union there has been born one son, Davis Peirsol Barnett. Colonel Barnett can be justly proud of the fine record his son is now making. Chester P. Barnett has an estate in Hendricks County valued at sixty thousand dollars.
Colonel Barnett was a member of the Sigma Chi Greek-letter fraternity while in DePauw University and is a member of the alumni chapter at Indianapolis, being President of the same for one year. He is a member of the Sons of the Revolution and served as its president and has been on its board of managers since 1899. He has always been interested in Masonry and has belonged to the fraternity since he was twenty-one years of age. As a member of the Chamber of Commerce, he is chairman of its military committee. He is a member of the Military Order of Foreign Wars, Spanish War Veterans and Spanish War Camp, of all of which he has been commander. In politics the Colonel has always been identified with the Democratic Party and is a member of the Indiana Democratic Club. He is a member of the Christian Church and contributes to its support. Colonel Barnett has led a very busy and useful career and has made a name for himself in his profession.
Son of the American Revolution - Descendant of Alexander Buchanan of New Jersey.
USMA Class of 1878. Cullum No. 2730.
He was the son of William Barnett and Nancy Buchanan Barnett.
On September 18, 1879 as John T. Barnett, he married Emma Charlotte Piersol at Danville, Indiana.
They were the parents of two children including Chester P. Barnett, USMA Class of 1910.
On May 25, 1892 as John T. Barnett, he married Cora B. Campbell (died 1920) at Danville, Indiana. The ceremony was performed by Governor Chase assisted by the Rev. U.C. Brewer at a private residence.
They had no children.
Their marriage ended in divorce.
On August 20, 1908 as John T. Barnett, he married Minnie E. Cowen Fortune at Rushville, Illinois.
The History of Hendricks County, B.F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, 1914.
Colonel John T. Barnett
There is one profession which has enrolled very few men from Hendricks County and that is the military service of the United States. Colonel John T. Barnett was the first man of the county to graduate from West Point Military Academy and the second man from the county to command a regiment during a war. He has had a long and varied career in the service of his country and since his retirement, on account of disability, he has been no less active in civil life. Colonel John T. Barnett, who is now living at No. 2001 North Delaware Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, was born three miles west of Danville, September 2, 1851, on the same farm which his father entered from the government. His parents were William and Nancy (Buchanan) Barnett. His father was a native of Fluvanna County, old Virginia. William Barnett, with his parents, came west and settled in Shelby County, Kentucky, in 1808. About 1832 William Barnett came to Hendricks County, Indiana and bought and settled on the farm where he lived the rest of his life.
Nancy Buchanan Barnett was a direct descendant of the famous Scottish scholar, historian and poet, George Buchanan, of the Scottish clan of Buchanan. Her grandfather, Alexander Buchanan, came direct from Scotland to this county about 1760. She was born and raised near Versailles in Woodford County, Kentucky. With her father she came to Hendricks County, Indiana, as a young woman and settled near old Belleville. She was united in marriage to William Barnett about 1840.
William and Nancy Barnett were prominent and active members of the Missionary Baptist Church throughout their lives, he being clerk of the church from the time he came to Hendricks County till his death. He died in 1875, at the age of seventy-one years. His widow, Nancy Barnett, lived on said farm till her death in 1899 in the seventy-ninth year of her life.
To William and Nancy Barnett were born seven children, five of whom are still living: Levi A. Barnett, of Danville, Indiana; Mrs. Harriet Ellen McKitrick, of Indianapolis, Indiana; Dr. Eli S. Barnett, of Salt Lake City, Utah; Mrs. Nancy A. Whatley, whose husband is an eminent physician of Parral, old Mexico and Colonel John T. Barnett, the immediate subject of this sketch.
Colonel John T. Barnett received his early education in the district schools of his township and the old Danville Academy. After teaching school about one year he entered Asbury (DePauw) University in the fall of 1871 and he completed the freshman year with the class of 1875. Receiving an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, upon the recommendation of General John Coburn, the then congressman, he entered said academy in June 1873. He graduated from the Military Academy in June 1878, number fourteen in his class. He stood specially well in his class in mathematics and allied subjects. Colonel Barnett was obliged to remain out of the academy one year on account of severe illness from typhoid fever. He was assigned to the Fifth United States Cavalry as Second Lieutenant United States Army.
After the customary graduating leave of absence, he joined the Fifth United States Cavalry October 1, 1878, at Fort D.A. Russell, near Cheyenne, Wyoming. He was in active service during the next eight years and served at various posts with his regiment and on detached duty in Wyoming and Texas. In 1886, he was compelled to retire from active service on account of disability incurred in line of duty, since which time he has been on the retired list of the United States Army. After his retirement he settled in Danville for awhile, but his health still remained very precarious. He suffered from nervous prostration and spinal anemia which was largely brought on by mountain fever and the high altitude in which he served during his active service. In 1893 Colonel Barnett moved to Indianapolis and settled on Meridian Street, where he lived for about one year. His health having somewhat improved, he removed to Piqua, Ohio, in the spring of 1894 and engaged in the hardware business. He became principal owner, president and manager of the Barnett Hardward Company at Piqua and remained as such till 1899, when he disposed of his interests and returned to Indianapolis, where he now lives at the corner of Twentieth and Delaware Streets. Upon his return to Indianapolis he engaged in the manufacturing pharmaceutical business for a short time till a return of his old disease caused him to give it up. When he again became improved in health he engaged in his present real estate, loan and insurance business. His office is now at No. 50 North Delaware Street, Indianapolis.
In 1893 Colonel Barnett was appointed by Governor Matthews, Assistant Inspector General of the Indiana National Guard, with the rank of Major, which position he held till about 1895, when he resigned on account of absence from the state. At the beginning of the Spanish-American War, Colonel Barnett offered his services to the secretary of war and to the governors of Ohio and Indiana.
The Governor of Indiana availed himself of his valuable services and he was appointed Colonel and Commander of the One Hundred and Fifty-ninth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry in May 1898 and he at once took his regiment to Camp Alger, Virginia. The regiment was stationed at Camp Alger, Thoroughfare Gap, Virginia, Camp Meade, Pennsylvania and was mustered out of the service at Camp Mount, Indianapolis, about the middle of November 1898. While at Camp Alger, Colonel Barnett commanded the Second Division of the Second Army Corps for a short time and his brigade for about one-half of the time he was in the service.
On the 18th of December 1879, Colonel Barnett was married to Emma Charlotte Peirsol, the only daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth J. Peirsol, a prominent family of Hendricks County, Isaac Peirsol being a successful merchant and banker of Danville. To Colonel and Emma C. Barnett two children were born: William P., who died at birth, February 14, 1881 and Chester P., born January 14, 1887. Emma C. Barnett died in May 1892 and in the following year Colonel Barnett married Cora C. Campbell, the daughter of L.M. Campbell, a prominent lawyer of Danville, Ind. No children were born of this second marriage [marriage ended in divorce before 1930 census].
Chester P. Barnett, the only child of Colonel Barnett, graduated from Manual Training High School at Indianapolis and immediately entered West Point Military Academy, from which he graduated in 1910. He was attached to the Fifteenth United States Cavalry and stationed at Fort Meyer, Virginia, until September 1913, when he was transferred with his regiment to Fort Bliss, Texas. He is now in the midst of the stirring events which are taking place there every day. Chester was married, in June 1911, to Katherine Davis Brown, the granddaughter of ex-Senator Henry Gassaway Davis, of West Virginia and to this happy union there has been born one son, Davis Peirsol Barnett. Colonel Barnett can be justly proud of the fine record his son is now making. Chester P. Barnett has an estate in Hendricks County valued at sixty thousand dollars.
Colonel Barnett was a member of the Sigma Chi Greek-letter fraternity while in DePauw University and is a member of the alumni chapter at Indianapolis, being President of the same for one year. He is a member of the Sons of the Revolution and served as its president and has been on its board of managers since 1899. He has always been interested in Masonry and has belonged to the fraternity since he was twenty-one years of age. As a member of the Chamber of Commerce, he is chairman of its military committee. He is a member of the Military Order of Foreign Wars, Spanish War Veterans and Spanish War Camp, of all of which he has been commander. In politics the Colonel has always been identified with the Democratic Party and is a member of the Indiana Democratic Club. He is a member of the Christian Church and contributes to its support. Colonel Barnett has led a very busy and useful career and has made a name for himself in his profession.
Interment per Indiana Certificate of Death.
Son of the American Revolution - Descendant of Alexander Buchanan of New Jersey.
USMA Class of 1878. Cullum No. 2730.
He was the son of William Barnett and Nancy Buchanan Barnett.
On September 18, 1879 as John T. Barnett, he married Emma Charlotte Piersol at Danville, Indiana.
They were the parents of two children including Chester P. Barnett, USMA Class of 1910.
On May 25, 1892 as John T. Barnett, he married Cora B. Campbell (died 1920) at Danville, Indiana. The ceremony was performed by Governor Chase assisted by the Rev. U.C. Brewer at a private residence.
They had no children.
Their marriage ended in divorce.
On August 20, 1908 as John T. Barnett, he married Minnie E. Cowen Fortune at Rushville, Illinois.
The History of Hendricks County, B.F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, 1914.
Colonel John T. Barnett
There is one profession which has enrolled very few men from Hendricks County and that is the military service of the United States. Colonel John T. Barnett was the first man of the county to graduate from West Point Military Academy and the second man from the county to command a regiment during a war. He has had a long and varied career in the service of his country and since his retirement, on account of disability, he has been no less active in civil life. Colonel John T. Barnett, who is now living at No. 2001 North Delaware Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, was born three miles west of Danville, September 2, 1851, on the same farm which his father entered from the government. His parents were William and Nancy (Buchanan) Barnett. His father was a native of Fluvanna County, old Virginia. William Barnett, with his parents, came west and settled in Shelby County, Kentucky, in 1808. About 1832 William Barnett came to Hendricks County, Indiana and bought and settled on the farm where he lived the rest of his life.
Nancy Buchanan Barnett was a direct descendant of the famous Scottish scholar, historian and poet, George Buchanan, of the Scottish clan of Buchanan. Her grandfather, Alexander Buchanan, came direct from Scotland to this county about 1760. She was born and raised near Versailles in Woodford County, Kentucky. With her father she came to Hendricks County, Indiana, as a young woman and settled near old Belleville. She was united in marriage to William Barnett about 1840.
William and Nancy Barnett were prominent and active members of the Missionary Baptist Church throughout their lives, he being clerk of the church from the time he came to Hendricks County till his death. He died in 1875, at the age of seventy-one years. His widow, Nancy Barnett, lived on said farm till her death in 1899 in the seventy-ninth year of her life.
To William and Nancy Barnett were born seven children, five of whom are still living: Levi A. Barnett, of Danville, Indiana; Mrs. Harriet Ellen McKitrick, of Indianapolis, Indiana; Dr. Eli S. Barnett, of Salt Lake City, Utah; Mrs. Nancy A. Whatley, whose husband is an eminent physician of Parral, old Mexico and Colonel John T. Barnett, the immediate subject of this sketch.
Colonel John T. Barnett received his early education in the district schools of his township and the old Danville Academy. After teaching school about one year he entered Asbury (DePauw) University in the fall of 1871 and he completed the freshman year with the class of 1875. Receiving an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, upon the recommendation of General John Coburn, the then congressman, he entered said academy in June 1873. He graduated from the Military Academy in June 1878, number fourteen in his class. He stood specially well in his class in mathematics and allied subjects. Colonel Barnett was obliged to remain out of the academy one year on account of severe illness from typhoid fever. He was assigned to the Fifth United States Cavalry as Second Lieutenant United States Army.
After the customary graduating leave of absence, he joined the Fifth United States Cavalry October 1, 1878, at Fort D.A. Russell, near Cheyenne, Wyoming. He was in active service during the next eight years and served at various posts with his regiment and on detached duty in Wyoming and Texas. In 1886, he was compelled to retire from active service on account of disability incurred in line of duty, since which time he has been on the retired list of the United States Army. After his retirement he settled in Danville for awhile, but his health still remained very precarious. He suffered from nervous prostration and spinal anemia which was largely brought on by mountain fever and the high altitude in which he served during his active service. In 1893 Colonel Barnett moved to Indianapolis and settled on Meridian Street, where he lived for about one year. His health having somewhat improved, he removed to Piqua, Ohio, in the spring of 1894 and engaged in the hardware business. He became principal owner, president and manager of the Barnett Hardward Company at Piqua and remained as such till 1899, when he disposed of his interests and returned to Indianapolis, where he now lives at the corner of Twentieth and Delaware Streets. Upon his return to Indianapolis he engaged in the manufacturing pharmaceutical business for a short time till a return of his old disease caused him to give it up. When he again became improved in health he engaged in his present real estate, loan and insurance business. His office is now at No. 50 North Delaware Street, Indianapolis.
In 1893 Colonel Barnett was appointed by Governor Matthews, Assistant Inspector General of the Indiana National Guard, with the rank of Major, which position he held till about 1895, when he resigned on account of absence from the state. At the beginning of the Spanish-American War, Colonel Barnett offered his services to the secretary of war and to the governors of Ohio and Indiana.
The Governor of Indiana availed himself of his valuable services and he was appointed Colonel and Commander of the One Hundred and Fifty-ninth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry in May 1898 and he at once took his regiment to Camp Alger, Virginia. The regiment was stationed at Camp Alger, Thoroughfare Gap, Virginia, Camp Meade, Pennsylvania and was mustered out of the service at Camp Mount, Indianapolis, about the middle of November 1898. While at Camp Alger, Colonel Barnett commanded the Second Division of the Second Army Corps for a short time and his brigade for about one-half of the time he was in the service.
On the 18th of December 1879, Colonel Barnett was married to Emma Charlotte Peirsol, the only daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth J. Peirsol, a prominent family of Hendricks County, Isaac Peirsol being a successful merchant and banker of Danville. To Colonel and Emma C. Barnett two children were born: William P., who died at birth, February 14, 1881 and Chester P., born January 14, 1887. Emma C. Barnett died in May 1892 and in the following year Colonel Barnett married Cora C. Campbell, the daughter of L.M. Campbell, a prominent lawyer of Danville, Ind. No children were born of this second marriage [marriage ended in divorce before 1930 census].
Chester P. Barnett, the only child of Colonel Barnett, graduated from Manual Training High School at Indianapolis and immediately entered West Point Military Academy, from which he graduated in 1910. He was attached to the Fifteenth United States Cavalry and stationed at Fort Meyer, Virginia, until September 1913, when he was transferred with his regiment to Fort Bliss, Texas. He is now in the midst of the stirring events which are taking place there every day. Chester was married, in June 1911, to Katherine Davis Brown, the granddaughter of ex-Senator Henry Gassaway Davis, of West Virginia and to this happy union there has been born one son, Davis Peirsol Barnett. Colonel Barnett can be justly proud of the fine record his son is now making. Chester P. Barnett has an estate in Hendricks County valued at sixty thousand dollars.
Colonel Barnett was a member of the Sigma Chi Greek-letter fraternity while in DePauw University and is a member of the alumni chapter at Indianapolis, being President of the same for one year. He is a member of the Sons of the Revolution and served as its president and has been on its board of managers since 1899. He has always been interested in Masonry and has belonged to the fraternity since he was twenty-one years of age. As a member of the Chamber of Commerce, he is chairman of its military committee. He is a member of the Military Order of Foreign Wars, Spanish War Veterans and Spanish War Camp, of all of which he has been commander. In politics the Colonel has always been identified with the Democratic Party and is a member of the Indiana Democratic Club. He is a member of the Christian Church and contributes to its support. Colonel Barnett has led a very busy and useful career and has made a name for himself in his profession.
Son of the American Revolution - Descendant of Alexander Buchanan of New Jersey.
USMA Class of 1878. Cullum No. 2730.
He was the son of William Barnett and Nancy Buchanan Barnett.
On September 18, 1879 as John T. Barnett, he married Emma Charlotte Piersol at Danville, Indiana.
They were the parents of two children including Chester P. Barnett, USMA Class of 1910.
On May 25, 1892 as John T. Barnett, he married Cora B. Campbell (died 1920) at Danville, Indiana. The ceremony was performed by Governor Chase assisted by the Rev. U.C. Brewer at a private residence.
They had no children.
Their marriage ended in divorce.
On August 20, 1908 as John T. Barnett, he married Minnie E. Cowen Fortune at Rushville, Illinois.
The History of Hendricks County, B.F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, 1914.
Colonel John T. Barnett
There is one profession which has enrolled very few men from Hendricks County and that is the military service of the United States. Colonel John T. Barnett was the first man of the county to graduate from West Point Military Academy and the second man from the county to command a regiment during a war. He has had a long and varied career in the service of his country and since his retirement, on account of disability, he has been no less active in civil life. Colonel John T. Barnett, who is now living at No. 2001 North Delaware Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, was born three miles west of Danville, September 2, 1851, on the same farm which his father entered from the government. His parents were William and Nancy (Buchanan) Barnett. His father was a native of Fluvanna County, old Virginia. William Barnett, with his parents, came west and settled in Shelby County, Kentucky, in 1808. About 1832 William Barnett came to Hendricks County, Indiana and bought and settled on the farm where he lived the rest of his life.
Nancy Buchanan Barnett was a direct descendant of the famous Scottish scholar, historian and poet, George Buchanan, of the Scottish clan of Buchanan. Her grandfather, Alexander Buchanan, came direct from Scotland to this county about 1760. She was born and raised near Versailles in Woodford County, Kentucky. With her father she came to Hendricks County, Indiana, as a young woman and settled near old Belleville. She was united in marriage to William Barnett about 1840.
William and Nancy Barnett were prominent and active members of the Missionary Baptist Church throughout their lives, he being clerk of the church from the time he came to Hendricks County till his death. He died in 1875, at the age of seventy-one years. His widow, Nancy Barnett, lived on said farm till her death in 1899 in the seventy-ninth year of her life.
To William and Nancy Barnett were born seven children, five of whom are still living: Levi A. Barnett, of Danville, Indiana; Mrs. Harriet Ellen McKitrick, of Indianapolis, Indiana; Dr. Eli S. Barnett, of Salt Lake City, Utah; Mrs. Nancy A. Whatley, whose husband is an eminent physician of Parral, old Mexico and Colonel John T. Barnett, the immediate subject of this sketch.
Colonel John T. Barnett received his early education in the district schools of his township and the old Danville Academy. After teaching school about one year he entered Asbury (DePauw) University in the fall of 1871 and he completed the freshman year with the class of 1875. Receiving an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, upon the recommendation of General John Coburn, the then congressman, he entered said academy in June 1873. He graduated from the Military Academy in June 1878, number fourteen in his class. He stood specially well in his class in mathematics and allied subjects. Colonel Barnett was obliged to remain out of the academy one year on account of severe illness from typhoid fever. He was assigned to the Fifth United States Cavalry as Second Lieutenant United States Army.
After the customary graduating leave of absence, he joined the Fifth United States Cavalry October 1, 1878, at Fort D.A. Russell, near Cheyenne, Wyoming. He was in active service during the next eight years and served at various posts with his regiment and on detached duty in Wyoming and Texas. In 1886, he was compelled to retire from active service on account of disability incurred in line of duty, since which time he has been on the retired list of the United States Army. After his retirement he settled in Danville for awhile, but his health still remained very precarious. He suffered from nervous prostration and spinal anemia which was largely brought on by mountain fever and the high altitude in which he served during his active service. In 1893 Colonel Barnett moved to Indianapolis and settled on Meridian Street, where he lived for about one year. His health having somewhat improved, he removed to Piqua, Ohio, in the spring of 1894 and engaged in the hardware business. He became principal owner, president and manager of the Barnett Hardward Company at Piqua and remained as such till 1899, when he disposed of his interests and returned to Indianapolis, where he now lives at the corner of Twentieth and Delaware Streets. Upon his return to Indianapolis he engaged in the manufacturing pharmaceutical business for a short time till a return of his old disease caused him to give it up. When he again became improved in health he engaged in his present real estate, loan and insurance business. His office is now at No. 50 North Delaware Street, Indianapolis.
In 1893 Colonel Barnett was appointed by Governor Matthews, Assistant Inspector General of the Indiana National Guard, with the rank of Major, which position he held till about 1895, when he resigned on account of absence from the state. At the beginning of the Spanish-American War, Colonel Barnett offered his services to the secretary of war and to the governors of Ohio and Indiana.
The Governor of Indiana availed himself of his valuable services and he was appointed Colonel and Commander of the One Hundred and Fifty-ninth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry in May 1898 and he at once took his regiment to Camp Alger, Virginia. The regiment was stationed at Camp Alger, Thoroughfare Gap, Virginia, Camp Meade, Pennsylvania and was mustered out of the service at Camp Mount, Indianapolis, about the middle of November 1898. While at Camp Alger, Colonel Barnett commanded the Second Division of the Second Army Corps for a short time and his brigade for about one-half of the time he was in the service.
On the 18th of December 1879, Colonel Barnett was married to Emma Charlotte Peirsol, the only daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth J. Peirsol, a prominent family of Hendricks County, Isaac Peirsol being a successful merchant and banker of Danville. To Colonel and Emma C. Barnett two children were born: William P., who died at birth, February 14, 1881 and Chester P., born January 14, 1887. Emma C. Barnett died in May 1892 and in the following year Colonel Barnett married Cora C. Campbell, the daughter of L.M. Campbell, a prominent lawyer of Danville, Ind. No children were born of this second marriage [marriage ended in divorce before 1930 census].
Chester P. Barnett, the only child of Colonel Barnett, graduated from Manual Training High School at Indianapolis and immediately entered West Point Military Academy, from which he graduated in 1910. He was attached to the Fifteenth United States Cavalry and stationed at Fort Meyer, Virginia, until September 1913, when he was transferred with his regiment to Fort Bliss, Texas. He is now in the midst of the stirring events which are taking place there every day. Chester was married, in June 1911, to Katherine Davis Brown, the granddaughter of ex-Senator Henry Gassaway Davis, of West Virginia and to this happy union there has been born one son, Davis Peirsol Barnett. Colonel Barnett can be justly proud of the fine record his son is now making. Chester P. Barnett has an estate in Hendricks County valued at sixty thousand dollars.
Colonel Barnett was a member of the Sigma Chi Greek-letter fraternity while in DePauw University and is a member of the alumni chapter at Indianapolis, being President of the same for one year. He is a member of the Sons of the Revolution and served as its president and has been on its board of managers since 1899. He has always been interested in Masonry and has belonged to the fraternity since he was twenty-one years of age. As a member of the Chamber of Commerce, he is chairman of its military committee. He is a member of the Military Order of Foreign Wars, Spanish War Veterans and Spanish War Camp, of all of which he has been commander. In politics the Colonel has always been identified with the Democratic Party and is a member of the Indiana Democratic Club. He is a member of the Christian Church and contributes to its support. Colonel Barnett has led a very busy and useful career and has made a name for himself in his profession.
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