Harrison joined the Luminary Meeting House Church in Rhea County, on November 18, 1834 along with Sarah and Joshua Goad and others. This meeting took place in Sister Barnett's home. Later in July 1837, this was recorded "excluded the following named members for joining the Baptist State Convention and neglecting to attend their Church meeting when called upon: Joshua Goad, Harrison Barnett, Judith Castel, formerly Clough, Sarah Goad, Paley Robertson, Charity Tannie, and Martha Crawford. Many of these the same who joined in November 18, 1834. Harrison Barnett family was originally from Tennessee, but the exact location is still to be learned. They are thought to have migrated from Tennessee to Maries County,MO between 1851-53
Harrison Barnett was a physician and a farmer.
Information taken from Pg 141-142: Dr. Evertt Kings book "History of Maries County, MO"
Was of early middle age when he came to Missouri in 1852. He was first married in Tennessee to Sallie Gourd, by whom he was the father of two children, Robert and Elvira. Robert married an Orr and moved to and died near Forsyth, Taney County; Elvira married John McWhorter, who was killed in the Civil War leaving two children, Harrison and William. She afterward married Joseph York and the family moved to Cambridge, ID where both she and her husband died. Her sons still liver there. The first Mrs. Barnett died about 1839 or 1840, and on December 8, 1841, he married Hannah Mariah Hassler, who was born in the state of TN November 22, 1823, and died in Maries County, December 23, 1887. Dr. Barnett died May 8, 1902.
Dr. Barnett "read medicine" under a neighborhood doctor, and shorty after attaining his majority began independent practice, which he followed for about fifteen years before coming to Missouri in 1852. He moved with horse-drawn wagons and was followed by a man named McCoy with ox-teams which carried most of his family's belongings. The horses were faster than the steers which necessitated McCoy driving late at night to catch up. Near Babbtown Dr. Barnett met up with Abraham Barnhart, who had just killed a deer, and on his invitation the family went to his house nearby to spend the night. McCoy, making his late drive, came on the pool of blood left by the deer while the men talked, reasoned that Barnett and his family had been killed, and by "laying the bud" to his steers succeeded in escaping.The doctor at first had not intended to locate in this part of the state. Indeed, it seems that he had no certain location in mind when he left Tennessee, but he liked this part of the county and settled just inside the northwest corner of what is now Maries County. His home and office at once took the name of Barnett's Station, by which name it was known for many years. He made his home at and near his first settling place the rest of his life, except the family refuged in Vienna in 1864 and lived there for several years thereafter.
This information contains inaccurate marriage information. Mr. Barnett's first wife was Jane Robinson, marriage date: January 28, 1835. Second wife's name was Hannah Mariah Hassler.
Facts about this person:
Military History
Clinton Cem, Now Tulsa, Okla
Places Lived
Rhea County, TN
Places Lived (2)
History of Maries Co gives first wife S Gourd
Jobs Held
Physician
Children:

Nancy Jane Barnett b: SEP 1846 in White County, TN M:Calvin Breeding 1858
Louisa J. Barnett b: 1847 in TN M: Rollen Burns Jan 9, 1879
Lucinda B. Barnett b: 9 DEC 1848 M: William Floyd Caldwell Oct 28,1878
William Thomas Barnett b: 17 DEC 1850 M: Nancy Malinda Pearson Jan 5,1874
Sarah Adelaide Barnett b: 29 JAN 1853 M: Jesse Lafayette Monroe Feb 16,1874
Tennessee Catherine Barnett b: 10 FEB 1855 M: John F. Wells Jun 19,1878
James Knox Polk Barnett b: 17 MAR 1857 M:Charlotte Elizabeth Walker May 11,1882
George M Dalls Barnett b: 19 APR 1859 M:Martha Jane Copeland March 19,
Wellington Monroe Barnett b: 4 JUL 1861M: Rebecca A. Pearson Nov 23, 1879
John Eberly Barnett b: 10 JUL 1864 M: Rachel Fields
Calvin Washington Barnett b: 21 JAN 1868-10 AUG 1918 U.S Marshall