Book Excerpt 1. (From a biographical sketch published eleven years before Robert E. Barnett died. The information appears to have come from Robert E. himself.)
Robert E. Barnett was "born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, and came with [his] parents to Vermilion County, Illinois, in the summer of 1828 . . .
Mr. Barnett was born April 15th, 1806. He early studied the law, got out a license, but not liking the practice of this profession, he never made his debut as a barrister, but turned his attention to other business. He taught his first term of school in 1829, in this County, commencing in the full—a subscription school. He taught part of another term the following season, then went to Eugene, Vermilion County, Indiana, and engaged as clerk in the dry goods store of J. & S. S. Collett, at twelve dollars and a half per mouth."
"After remaining with this firm about four years, he had realized a sum, saved from his augmented wages from year to year, which enabled him to form a co-partnership with his former employers, S. S. Collet and Nathaniel Adams. The firm transacted business under the name of Collett & Adams. About 1845 Mr. Barnett bought out Mr. Collett and associated with himself Mr. Joseph Moore, his brother-in-law, Mr. Adams having passed from the firm by death. They conducted a large business in dry goods and groceries for that time, which was increased from year to year up to 1853, when by mutual consent the firm was dissolved and the business discontinued. Up to 1858 Mr. Barnett was engaged in settling his outstanding interests growing out of the previous firms, after which he sold off his property in Eugene and moved on his farm, where he now resides, which then comprised about 1200 acres, previously purchased by the proceeds of his business while in Eugene. This property has since been increased till it now numbers 1540 acres, and is, without doubt, one of the finest farms of the splendid old County of Vermilion. For the last twenty years the proprietor has been more or less engaged in the live stock trade, and is now fitting up his premises with all the modern conveniences, so as to more successfully continue the large business in which be has been engaged for so many years."
"A short time after commencing business in Eugene, Mr. Barnett met his future wife and gave way to fate and Cupid, and secured as a companion a lady who has proven herself a treasure rich and invaluable, and who still lives to brighten his home and cheer the evening of life. This marriage was celebrated August 16, 1836. Miss Rebecca Moore was the daughter of Thomas Moore by his wife, formerly Miss Rebecca Culbertson. Six children have been born as the fruits of this union, viz.: Jane, Robert, Alice, Thomas, George, and John. Death has only visited the family circle once, when little Robert, only about two years old, was selected as the bright mark for the dart of the archer of death. Jane married Samuel Grondyke, a merchant of Eugene, Indiana. Alice married Lyttleton T. Davis, son of Jno. G. Davis, of Park County, Indiania, and formerly Member of Congress of his district. They now reside in Edgar County, Illinois, where Mr. Davis is well-known as one of the largest farmers of his County. The sons are yet unmarried, and are mostly engaged in assisting in the management of the business of the home estate."
". . . George, Mr. Barnett's father, married while in Pennsylvania a Miss Delila Davis, a lady of Welsh lineage. As already remarked, they, with the principle part of their children, arrived in Illinois in 1828. . . ." (An Illustrated Historical Atlas Map of Vermilion County, Ill., 1875, page 38. Available in books on FamilySearch.org.)
Book Excerpt 2.
"He conducted the operations of the farm with such energy and prudence that he soon became quite wealthy, owning at one time some sixteen or seventeen thousand acres of excellent land, which was well stocked and improved, but unfortunately for the continuance of his prosperity, he, through misplaced confidence in a supposed friend and honest man, lost about $13,000, which necessitated the putting of his estate into the hands of a receiver at the time of his death. He departed this life in 1886, at the age of eighty years." (Portrait and Biographical Album of Vermilion County, Illinois, 1889, pages 748-749. Available online.)
Death Notice.
"Robert E. Barnett, one of the oldest and most prominent residents of Carroll township died on Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock. His death, it is said, is directly due to the severe injuries received a few weeks ago in a runaway accident. Had he been a younger man he might have recovered. Mr. Barnett was a most excellent man and citizen and his death has cast a gloom of sorrow over that entire community.
The funeral took place yesterday morning at 10 o'clock from the M. E. church, Indianola, and was largely attended." (Danville Daily News, Danville, Illinois, June 12, 1886) Information provided by Jim Kennedy)
Robert E. Barnett was "born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, and came with [his] parents to Vermilion County, Illinois, in the summer of 1828 . . .
Mr. Barnett was born April 15th, 1806. He early studied the law, got out a license, but not liking the practice of this profession, he never made his debut as a barrister, but turned his attention to other business. He taught his first term of school in 1829, in this County, commencing in the full—a subscription school. He taught part of another term the following season, then went to Eugene, Vermilion County, Indiana, and engaged as clerk in the dry goods store of J. & S. S. Collett, at twelve dollars and a half per mouth."
"After remaining with this firm about four years, he had realized a sum, saved from his augmented wages from year to year, which enabled him to form a co-partnership with his former employers, S. S. Collet and Nathaniel Adams. The firm transacted business under the name of Collett & Adams. About 1845 Mr. Barnett bought out Mr. Collett and associated with himself Mr. Joseph Moore, his brother-in-law, Mr. Adams having passed from the firm by death. They conducted a large business in dry goods and groceries for that time, which was increased from year to year up to 1853, when by mutual consent the firm was dissolved and the business discontinued. Up to 1858 Mr. Barnett was engaged in settling his outstanding interests growing out of the previous firms, after which he sold off his property in Eugene and moved on his farm, where he now resides, which then comprised about 1200 acres, previously purchased by the proceeds of his business while in Eugene. This property has since been increased till it now numbers 1540 acres, and is, without doubt, one of the finest farms of the splendid old County of Vermilion. For the last twenty years the proprietor has been more or less engaged in the live stock trade, and is now fitting up his premises with all the modern conveniences, so as to more successfully continue the large business in which be has been engaged for so many years."
"A short time after commencing business in Eugene, Mr. Barnett met his future wife and gave way to fate and Cupid, and secured as a companion a lady who has proven herself a treasure rich and invaluable, and who still lives to brighten his home and cheer the evening of life. This marriage was celebrated August 16, 1836. Miss Rebecca Moore was the daughter of Thomas Moore by his wife, formerly Miss Rebecca Culbertson. Six children have been born as the fruits of this union, viz.: Jane, Robert, Alice, Thomas, George, and John. Death has only visited the family circle once, when little Robert, only about two years old, was selected as the bright mark for the dart of the archer of death. Jane married Samuel Grondyke, a merchant of Eugene, Indiana. Alice married Lyttleton T. Davis, son of Jno. G. Davis, of Park County, Indiania, and formerly Member of Congress of his district. They now reside in Edgar County, Illinois, where Mr. Davis is well-known as one of the largest farmers of his County. The sons are yet unmarried, and are mostly engaged in assisting in the management of the business of the home estate."
". . . George, Mr. Barnett's father, married while in Pennsylvania a Miss Delila Davis, a lady of Welsh lineage. As already remarked, they, with the principle part of their children, arrived in Illinois in 1828. . . ." (An Illustrated Historical Atlas Map of Vermilion County, Ill., 1875, page 38. Available in books on FamilySearch.org.)
Book Excerpt 2.
"He conducted the operations of the farm with such energy and prudence that he soon became quite wealthy, owning at one time some sixteen or seventeen thousand acres of excellent land, which was well stocked and improved, but unfortunately for the continuance of his prosperity, he, through misplaced confidence in a supposed friend and honest man, lost about $13,000, which necessitated the putting of his estate into the hands of a receiver at the time of his death. He departed this life in 1886, at the age of eighty years." (Portrait and Biographical Album of Vermilion County, Illinois, 1889, pages 748-749. Available online.)
Death Notice.
"Robert E. Barnett, one of the oldest and most prominent residents of Carroll township died on Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock. His death, it is said, is directly due to the severe injuries received a few weeks ago in a runaway accident. Had he been a younger man he might have recovered. Mr. Barnett was a most excellent man and citizen and his death has cast a gloom of sorrow over that entire community.
The funeral took place yesterday morning at 10 o'clock from the M. E. church, Indianola, and was largely attended." (Danville Daily News, Danville, Illinois, June 12, 1886) Information provided by Jim Kennedy)
Book Excerpt 1. (From a biographical sketch published eleven years before Robert E. Barnett died. The information appears to have come from Robert E. himself.)
Robert E. Barnett was "born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, and came with [his] parents to Vermilion County, Illinois, in the summer of 1828 . . .
Mr. Barnett was born April 15th, 1806. He early studied the law, got out a license, but not liking the practice of this profession, he never made his debut as a barrister, but turned his attention to other business. He taught his first term of school in 1829, in this County, commencing in the full—a subscription school. He taught part of another term the following season, then went to Eugene, Vermilion County, Indiana, and engaged as clerk in the dry goods store of J. & S. S. Collett, at twelve dollars and a half per mouth."
"After remaining with this firm about four years, he had realized a sum, saved from his augmented wages from year to year, which enabled him to form a co-partnership with his former employers, S. S. Collet and Nathaniel Adams. The firm transacted business under the name of Collett & Adams. About 1845 Mr. Barnett bought out Mr. Collett and associated with himself Mr. Joseph Moore, his brother-in-law, Mr. Adams having passed from the firm by death. They conducted a large business in dry goods and groceries for that time, which was increased from year to year up to 1853, when by mutual consent the firm was dissolved and the business discontinued. Up to 1858 Mr. Barnett was engaged in settling his outstanding interests growing out of the previous firms, after which he sold off his property in Eugene and moved on his farm, where he now resides, which then comprised about 1200 acres, previously purchased by the proceeds of his business while in Eugene. This property has since been increased till it now numbers 1540 acres, and is, without doubt, one of the finest farms of the splendid old County of Vermilion. For the last twenty years the proprietor has been more or less engaged in the live stock trade, and is now fitting up his premises with all the modern conveniences, so as to more successfully continue the large business in which be has been engaged for so many years."
"A short time after commencing business in Eugene, Mr. Barnett met his future wife and gave way to fate and Cupid, and secured as a companion a lady who has proven herself a treasure rich and invaluable, and who still lives to brighten his home and cheer the evening of life. This marriage was celebrated August 16, 1836. Miss Rebecca Moore was the daughter of Thomas Moore by his wife, formerly Miss Rebecca Culbertson. Six children have been born as the fruits of this union, viz.: Jane, Robert, Alice, Thomas, George, and John. Death has only visited the family circle once, when little Robert, only about two years old, was selected as the bright mark for the dart of the archer of death. Jane married Samuel Grondyke, a merchant of Eugene, Indiana. Alice married Lyttleton T. Davis, son of Jno. G. Davis, of Park County, Indiania, and formerly Member of Congress of his district. They now reside in Edgar County, Illinois, where Mr. Davis is well-known as one of the largest farmers of his County. The sons are yet unmarried, and are mostly engaged in assisting in the management of the business of the home estate."
". . . George, Mr. Barnett's father, married while in Pennsylvania a Miss Delila Davis, a lady of Welsh lineage. As already remarked, they, with the principle part of their children, arrived in Illinois in 1828. . . ." (An Illustrated Historical Atlas Map of Vermilion County, Ill., 1875, page 38. Available in books on FamilySearch.org.)
Book Excerpt 2.
"He conducted the operations of the farm with such energy and prudence that he soon became quite wealthy, owning at one time some sixteen or seventeen thousand acres of excellent land, which was well stocked and improved, but unfortunately for the continuance of his prosperity, he, through misplaced confidence in a supposed friend and honest man, lost about $13,000, which necessitated the putting of his estate into the hands of a receiver at the time of his death. He departed this life in 1886, at the age of eighty years." (Portrait and Biographical Album of Vermilion County, Illinois, 1889, pages 748-749. Available online.)
Death Notice.
"Robert E. Barnett, one of the oldest and most prominent residents of Carroll township died on Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock. His death, it is said, is directly due to the severe injuries received a few weeks ago in a runaway accident. Had he been a younger man he might have recovered. Mr. Barnett was a most excellent man and citizen and his death has cast a gloom of sorrow over that entire community.
The funeral took place yesterday morning at 10 o'clock from the M. E. church, Indianola, and was largely attended." (Danville Daily News, Danville, Illinois, June 12, 1886) Information provided by Jim Kennedy)
Robert E. Barnett was "born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, and came with [his] parents to Vermilion County, Illinois, in the summer of 1828 . . .
Mr. Barnett was born April 15th, 1806. He early studied the law, got out a license, but not liking the practice of this profession, he never made his debut as a barrister, but turned his attention to other business. He taught his first term of school in 1829, in this County, commencing in the full—a subscription school. He taught part of another term the following season, then went to Eugene, Vermilion County, Indiana, and engaged as clerk in the dry goods store of J. & S. S. Collett, at twelve dollars and a half per mouth."
"After remaining with this firm about four years, he had realized a sum, saved from his augmented wages from year to year, which enabled him to form a co-partnership with his former employers, S. S. Collet and Nathaniel Adams. The firm transacted business under the name of Collett & Adams. About 1845 Mr. Barnett bought out Mr. Collett and associated with himself Mr. Joseph Moore, his brother-in-law, Mr. Adams having passed from the firm by death. They conducted a large business in dry goods and groceries for that time, which was increased from year to year up to 1853, when by mutual consent the firm was dissolved and the business discontinued. Up to 1858 Mr. Barnett was engaged in settling his outstanding interests growing out of the previous firms, after which he sold off his property in Eugene and moved on his farm, where he now resides, which then comprised about 1200 acres, previously purchased by the proceeds of his business while in Eugene. This property has since been increased till it now numbers 1540 acres, and is, without doubt, one of the finest farms of the splendid old County of Vermilion. For the last twenty years the proprietor has been more or less engaged in the live stock trade, and is now fitting up his premises with all the modern conveniences, so as to more successfully continue the large business in which be has been engaged for so many years."
"A short time after commencing business in Eugene, Mr. Barnett met his future wife and gave way to fate and Cupid, and secured as a companion a lady who has proven herself a treasure rich and invaluable, and who still lives to brighten his home and cheer the evening of life. This marriage was celebrated August 16, 1836. Miss Rebecca Moore was the daughter of Thomas Moore by his wife, formerly Miss Rebecca Culbertson. Six children have been born as the fruits of this union, viz.: Jane, Robert, Alice, Thomas, George, and John. Death has only visited the family circle once, when little Robert, only about two years old, was selected as the bright mark for the dart of the archer of death. Jane married Samuel Grondyke, a merchant of Eugene, Indiana. Alice married Lyttleton T. Davis, son of Jno. G. Davis, of Park County, Indiania, and formerly Member of Congress of his district. They now reside in Edgar County, Illinois, where Mr. Davis is well-known as one of the largest farmers of his County. The sons are yet unmarried, and are mostly engaged in assisting in the management of the business of the home estate."
". . . George, Mr. Barnett's father, married while in Pennsylvania a Miss Delila Davis, a lady of Welsh lineage. As already remarked, they, with the principle part of their children, arrived in Illinois in 1828. . . ." (An Illustrated Historical Atlas Map of Vermilion County, Ill., 1875, page 38. Available in books on FamilySearch.org.)
Book Excerpt 2.
"He conducted the operations of the farm with such energy and prudence that he soon became quite wealthy, owning at one time some sixteen or seventeen thousand acres of excellent land, which was well stocked and improved, but unfortunately for the continuance of his prosperity, he, through misplaced confidence in a supposed friend and honest man, lost about $13,000, which necessitated the putting of his estate into the hands of a receiver at the time of his death. He departed this life in 1886, at the age of eighty years." (Portrait and Biographical Album of Vermilion County, Illinois, 1889, pages 748-749. Available online.)
Death Notice.
"Robert E. Barnett, one of the oldest and most prominent residents of Carroll township died on Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock. His death, it is said, is directly due to the severe injuries received a few weeks ago in a runaway accident. Had he been a younger man he might have recovered. Mr. Barnett was a most excellent man and citizen and his death has cast a gloom of sorrow over that entire community.
The funeral took place yesterday morning at 10 o'clock from the M. E. church, Indianola, and was largely attended." (Danville Daily News, Danville, Illinois, June 12, 1886) Information provided by Jim Kennedy)
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