_William BARNETT ____
| (1769 - 1838) m 1798
_John BARNETT _________|
| (1813 - 1873) m 1838 |
| |_Sarah HART _________
| (1779 - 1852) m 1798
_Mark Hopkins BARNETT _|
| (1850 - 1927) m 1875 |
| | _William COLWELL ____
| | | (1790 - 1860)
| |_Matilda COLWELL ______|
| (1810 - 1896) m 1838 |
| |_Anne BINGHAM _______
| (1789 - 1860)
|
|--Ruby Jay BARNETT
| (1895 - 1896)
| _David HUGGINS ______
| |
| _David Alonzo HUGGANS _|
| | (1815 - 1897) m 1837 |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Melvira HUGGANS ______|
(1858 - 1930) m 1875 |
| _____________________
| |
|_Mary Elizabeth RILEY _|
(1819 - 1918) m 1837 |
|_____________________
[4991] 1996 Ancestral File. However, birth year is 1896 in later census records.
_William BARNETT ______________
| (1769 - 1838) m 1798
_Robert E. BARNETT __|
| (1810 - 1904) |
| |_Sarah HART ___________________
| (1779 - 1852) m 1798
_Schuyler Retallic BARNETT _|
| (1858 - 1909) m 1883 |
| | _Oliver GARRISON ______________
| | | (1778 - ....)
| |_Mahala E. GARRISON _|
| (1812 - 1894) |
| |_Catharine Schuyler KINGSLAND _
| (1784 - 1862)
|
|--Ruth BARNETT
| (1895 - 1991)
| _______________________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | |_______________________________
| |
|_Flora Belle BAUGHMAN ______|
(1863 - 1910) m 1883 |
| _______________________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|_______________________________
still living - details excluded
_John BARNETT _______+
| (1813 - 1873) m 1838
_James Calvin BARNETT _|
| (1845 - 1915) m 1868 |
| |_Matilda COLWELL ____+
| (1810 - 1896) m 1838
_Merle BARNETT ______|
| (1886 - ....) m 1914|
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Mary S. PAINTER ______|
| (1850 - ....) m 1868 |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Samuel D. BARNETT
|
| _____________________
| |
| _Samuel CATHCART ______|
| | (1856 - ....) |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Laura B. CATHCART __|
m 1914 |
| _____________________
| |
|_Elizabeth HOUSER _____|
|
|_____________________
__
|
_William BARNETT ____|
| (1769 - 1838) m 1798|
| |__
|
_John BARNETT _______|
| (1813 - 1873) m 1838|
| | __
| | |
| |_Sarah HART _________|
| (1779 - 1852) m 1798|
| |__
|
|
|--Sarah Ann BARNETT
| (1842 - 1886)
| __
| |
| _William COLWELL ____|
| | (1790 - 1860) |
| | |__
| |
|_Matilda COLWELL ____|
(1810 - 1896) m 1838|
| __
| |
|_Anne BINGHAM _______|
(1789 - 1860) |
|__
__
|
_William BARNETT ______________|
| (1769 - 1838) m 1798 |
| |__
|
_Robert E. BARNETT __|
| (1810 - 1904) |
| | __
| | |
| |_Sarah HART ___________________|
| (1779 - 1852) m 1798 |
| |__
|
|
|--Sarah Katherine BARNETT
| (1852 - 1900)
| __
| |
| _Oliver GARRISON ______________|
| | (1778 - ....) |
| | |__
| |
|_Mahala E. GARRISON _|
(1812 - 1894) |
| __
| |
|_Catharine Schuyler KINGSLAND _|
(1784 - 1862) |
|__
See "Proceedings Index" vol 16 p 131 blk 4, LDS film # 0877046, Flora L. Barnett admrx. Noted living at Coraopolis, now a western suburb of Pittsburgh. He moved for a brief time to Larrimore, North Dakota, as the Richard D. Barnett who appears to be his son lists his birthplace there in later censuses. Obituary says he studied law in St. Louis.
[4975]
Date from 1996 Ancestral File.
[4976]
However, cemetery record seems to indicate 02 oct 1909.
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|
_William BARNETT ______________|
| (1769 - 1838) m 1798 |
| |__
|
_Robert E. BARNETT __|
| (1810 - 1904) |
| | __
| | |
| |_Sarah HART ___________________|
| (1779 - 1852) m 1798 |
| |__
|
|
|--Schuyler Retallic BARNETT
| (1858 - 1909)
| __
| |
| _Oliver GARRISON ______________|
| | (1778 - ....) |
| | |__
| |
|_Mahala E. GARRISON _|
(1812 - 1894) |
| __
| |
|_Catharine Schuyler KINGSLAND _|
(1784 - 1862) |
|__
1930 Census: Youngstown, Mahoning Co., OH, no children living with them at that time.
[5014]
Per 1870 census and pension file.
[5015]
Family notes from Darrell Lear.
_William BARNETT ____
| (1769 - 1838) m 1798
_John BARNETT ____________|
| (1813 - 1873) m 1838 |
| |_Sarah HART _________
| (1779 - 1852) m 1798
_William C. BARNETT _|
| (1839 - 1925) m 1865|
| | _William COLWELL ____
| | | (1790 - 1860)
| |_Matilda COLWELL _________|
| (1810 - 1896) m 1838 |
| |_Anne BINGHAM _______
| (1789 - 1860)
|
|--Smith Brown BARNETT
| (1869 - 1953)
| _____________________
| |
| _William Reinhardt SMITH _|
| | (1790 - 1872) |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Sarah Belle SMITH __|
(1845 - 1926) m 1865|
| _Phillip BURTNER ____+
| | (1762 - 1848)
|_Anna Barbara BURTNER ____|
(1807 - 1882) |
|_Margaret NEGLEY ____+
(1776 - 1857)
1930 Census: Baltimore city, 9th Ward, ED 132, p. 21A.
_John BARNETT ____________+
| (1813 - 1873) m 1838
_William C. BARNETT _|
| (1839 - 1925) m 1865|
| |_Matilda COLWELL _________+
| (1810 - 1896) m 1838
_George Norman BARNETT _|
| (1878 - 1960) m 1899 |
| | _William Reinhardt SMITH _
| | | (1790 - 1872)
| |_Sarah Belle SMITH __|
| (1845 - 1926) m 1865|
| |_Anna Barbara BURTNER ____+
| (1807 - 1882)
|
|--Stanley William BARNETT
| (1898 - ....)
| _Jacob RUPP ______________
| | (1823 - ....)
| _William P. RUPP ____|
| | (1851 - ....) |
| | |_Mary A. _____ ___________
| | (1830 - ....)
|_Tillie Maude RUPP _____|
(1878 - 1971) m 1899 |
| __________________________
| |
|_Mary _____ _________|
(1849 - ....) |
|__________________________
_Mark Hopkins BARNETT ________+
| (1850 - 1927) m 1875
_William Herbert BARNETT _|
| (1884 - 1961) m 1910 |
| |_Melvira HUGGANS _____________+
| (1858 - 1930) m 1875
_Marion Clarke ("Clark") BARNETT _|
| (1910 - 1975) m 1936 |
| | _David Marion ("Dee") SILVER _+
| | | (1863 - 1922) m 1888
| |_Mary Bertha SILVER ______|
| (1889 - 1981) m 1910 |
| |_Caroline M. ("Carrie") HOPP _+
| (1866 - 1950) m 1888
|
|--Vada Edna Mae BARNETT
|
| _John JONES __________________+
| | (1840 - 1908) m 1875
| _Stephen Asa JONES _______|
| | (1877 - 1974) m 1901 |
| | |_Jane GILCHRIST ______________+
| | (1839 - 1894) m 1875
|_Mary Effie JONES ________________|
(1911 - 2011) m 1936 |
| _Roswell Spencer LEE _________+
| | (1854 - 1886) m 1875
|_Effie Amelia LEE ________|
(1885 - 1931) m 1901 |
|_Nancy Lucinda CANADAY _______+
(1855 - 1918) m 1875
still living - details excluded
_John BARNETT ______________+
| (1813 - 1873) m 1838
_Mark Hopkins BARNETT ________|
| (1850 - 1927) m 1875 |
| |_Matilda COLWELL ___________+
| (1810 - 1896) m 1838
_William Herbert BARNETT _|
| (1884 - 1961) m 1910 |
| | _David Alonzo HUGGANS ______+
| | | (1815 - 1897) m 1837
| |_Melvira HUGGANS _____________|
| (1858 - 1930) m 1875 |
| |_Mary Elizabeth RILEY ______
| (1819 - 1918) m 1837
|
|--Vada Vivian BARNETT
|
| _David H. SILVER ___________+
| | (1823 - 1894) m 1846
| _David Marion ("Dee") SILVER _|
| | (1863 - 1922) m 1888 |
| | |_Caroline L. MCDONALD ______+
| | (1829 - 1893) m 1846
|_Mary Bertha SILVER ______|
(1889 - 1981) m 1910 |
| _Albert Frederick HOPP _____
| | (1821 - 1913) m 1847
|_Caroline M. ("Carrie") HOPP _|
(1866 - 1950) m 1888 |
|_Amelia ("Minnie") SCHUTTE _+
(1827 - 1910) m 1847
living - details excluded
_Mark Hopkins BARNETT ________+
| (1850 - 1927) m 1875
_William Herbert BARNETT _|
| (1884 - 1961) m 1910 |
| |_Melvira HUGGANS _____________+
| (1858 - 1930) m 1875
_Marion Clarke ("Clark") BARNETT _|
| (1910 - 1975) m 1936 |
| | _David Marion ("Dee") SILVER _+
| | | (1863 - 1922) m 1888
| |_Mary Bertha SILVER ______|
| (1889 - 1981) m 1910 |
| |_Caroline M. ("Carrie") HOPP _+
| (1866 - 1950) m 1888
|
|--Wava Dea BARNETT
|
| _John JONES __________________+
| | (1840 - 1908) m 1875
| _Stephen Asa JONES _______|
| | (1877 - 1974) m 1901 |
| | |_Jane GILCHRIST ______________+
| | (1839 - 1894) m 1875
|_Mary Effie JONES ________________|
(1911 - 2011) m 1936 |
| _Roswell Spencer LEE _________+
| | (1854 - 1886) m 1875
|_Effie Amelia LEE ________|
(1885 - 1931) m 1901 |
|_Nancy Lucinda CANADAY _______+
(1855 - 1918) m 1875
A photograph of his gravestone on Find-a-Grave shows "In memory of WILLIAM BARNETT Who died August 18th 1838 Ages 69 years 3 months". Below this inscription is an indistinct text of three lines, religious in nature (including a vew legible words, such as "in the Lord". The age at death ends at the edge of the stone, showing that there was never an additional number of days, thus the age at death can be considered exact, yielding an exact date of birth of 18 may 1769.
The will of William Barnett, Sr. doles out various sums and conditions to all the children. Of particular interest is the mention of land in Jefferson Co., PA, which he owned jointly with his son Robert Barnett, William's interest to be divided between Robert's sisters Anne and Elizabeth. The distribution to William's children seems quite unequal, but may reflect other property or funds distributed earlier, such as the money Joseph had used to buy his farm.
The information in the IGI and Ancestral File concerning this family gives various dates for the children. The dates shown here come from a consensus of census and cemetery records. A reading of the Cowan Cemetery includes a stone only partly legible that says "BARNETT... mother of William", and also a Walden Barnett, illegible. It is possible there are important clues in the cemetery. Other unidentified Barnett burials from this reading include a William 1815-1884 and a John (infant) with no dates. It is certainly possible that some or all of these transcriptions are erroneous, due to weathering of the stones.
Information from Darrell Lear notes family story that only the last 6 children were known to the relatives in Armstrong Co., in spite of the will, which mentions two additional sons William and James. This information appears first in family notes complied by Stanley Barnett, whom we consider an informed if sometimes inaccurate source. It is possible that William and James pertain to a prior marriage and/or were raised elsewhere. The will of William Sr. provides annual payments beginning four years after his death, so perhaps there are accounts of the settlement in the court dockets that would mention their place of residence. (A researcher managed to find the inventory of William's estate, but no other documents relating to the estate at the Armstrong Co. courthouse.)
Family notes attributed to Stanley Barnett b. 1898 connect the origin of the family with Philadelphia, where at the "Coffee House", William Barnett bought the rights to his acreage from a man named McCall, who had acquired it as payment for a Revolutionary War debt. Stanley Barnett thought the will of William Sr. left land in Crawford Co. to William Jr. and James. In fact, it mentions land held jointly with Robert Barnett in Jefferson Co. Only cash was left to William and James. There is no mention of Crawford Co. in the will, and we have no idea where that statement came from!
But the account from Stanley Barnett differs from the story given in the History of Armstrong County, which rehearses the titles of all the major tracts of land in the county. The property was Depreciation Lot No. 286, purchased from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by Benjamin Holland 23 sep 1786, "probably at the Coffee-House in Philadelphia". His son and only heir Samuel Holland finally obtained the patent 27 sep 1828 (patent in book H-25 p. 568 at the Pennsylvania Land Office notes that Benjamin had died intestate), and conveyed the property to William Barnett shortly thereafter, 08 nov 1828. Holland also owned Depreciation Lot No. 260 in West Franklin Tp., surveyed 20 oct 1785 and patented 14 aug 1830. The most likely synthesis is that Benjamin Holland bought up several depreciation lots at one of the public auctions in Philadelphia or Lancaster, then found buyers for these lots with the arrangement that he, the warrantee, would turn over title once the buyers had paid him the agreed principal and interest. Samuel, his heir, finally executed these arrangements. In order for these transactions to have been carried out over a period of nearly 50 years, there must have been legally binding documents of some type, contracts between Benjamin Holland and the individual buyers. The whereabouts of these contracts might be indicated in proceedings of the estate of Benjamin Holland, or noted in documents relating to transactions between Holland and the buyers of his other depreciation lots. Thus it may be possible to learn where and when William Barnett acquired his interest in his farm in Armstrong County. As the family story indicates William Barnett and Sarah Hart trekked through "the wilderness" with only their eldest daughter (or the eldest 2 daughters?) and a horse or mule about 1802, before Armstrong Co. was organized, the records could be in a number of places, including Allegheny Co., where the land was, Westmoreland, Northumberland, or Lycoming counties, which had jurisdiction over parts of present-day Armstrong Co., or perhaps in Philadelphia where the original sale is supposed to have taken place. The family has assumed that "the wilderness" was the Cumberland Gap, but at that early date, "the wilderness" could equally well describe the unsettled lands in any direction from Armstrong Co.
In hopes of finding a definite place of residence of Benjamin Holland, we checked the index to the Pennsylvania Depreciation Warrants, but found only two mentions of Benjamin Holland, in connection with two different lots. A warrant dated 22 may 1785 relates to lot 48 in District 3, surveyed by William Alexander, for Benjamin Holland "and Hannah Holland", and another dated 15 dec 1785 relates to lot 63 in District 2, surveyed by Daniel Leet, for Benjamin Holland. We have no way of knowing if this might be the same Benjamin Holland, or a different person altogether.
The first known reference to William Barnett in Armstrong Co. is his signature on a petition about 1802 (?) for Rev. John Boyd to be pastor for a congregation at Slate Lick, now in South Buffalo Tp. (History of Armstrong County, 1883, p. 450). We would like to know more about this document!
The timing of certain transactions seems to hint at family events. William Barnett's land, apparently purchased from Benjamin Holland before 1803, was not actually paid off until 1828, when Samuel Holland, son and heir of Benjamin, obtained the patent and within a few days deeded the land over to Barnett. Yet only a few years later, William had managed to amass enough money to help his sons Joseph and Robert buy land, and was able to provide for his son John and his daughters besides when he died in 1838. Did he acquire an inheritance about 1828? Was that the same year his mother came to live with him?
The estate papers at the Armstrong Co. Courthouse were examined by genealogist Jean Morrison, found to be uninformative. However, the inventory (06 nov 1838) identified debts to the estate owed by Robert Barnett ($15.00), Joseph Barnett ($17.24), and James Barnett ($17.00). The latter would most likely be one of the missing sons of William Barnett!
Our working hypothesis is that William had two sons, William and James, by his first wife before 1800. After her death, he remarried to Sarah Hart. The two sons were favored by their grandparents, and when William Sr. took his second family "into the wilderness" to Armstrong Co., the two sons stayed with their grandparents. By 1828, the grandfather had died, and his widow, William's mother, came to Armstrong Co. to live — implying that there may have been no other siblings who stayed on the original homestead. William's two sons by his first wife, meanwhile, had grown up and moved farther north or west, perhaps toward Lake Erie. The family has a vague story to the effect that the sons passed through Armstrong Co. on their way, and that William's second family didn't know who they were. The origin of William could well be in Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, or Virginia, but all of his children who were still alive for the 1880 census reported that both of their parents were born in Pennsylvania (except for Anna, who has not yet been located on the 1880 census).
Working from the premise that William and James would have been born between about 1790 and 1798, we searched the 1790 census and found a William Barnett in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland Co., PA. There were, in fact, two Williams in the area, one listed as Barnet and the other are Barnett. The elder of these left a will proved July, 1798, naming widow Mary and children Catherine, William, Agnes (wife of Nathaniel Alexander), and Robert. The elder William is not to be confused with another William "Barnet" who appears to be a son of Jacob Barndt/Barnhart/Barnet. If our William is the son of the man who left the will in 1798, we would have to revise our scenario. Perhaps the family farm remained undivided until about 1828, and after it was sold, the widow came to Armstrong Co., the proceeds were divided among the surviving heirs, and the two children of our William by his first wife left for parts unknown. Such a scenario implies the existence of deeds and possibly other records in Westmoreland Co.
Text of the patent to Samuel Holland for Depreciation Lot No. 286 (Patents, vol. H-25, p. 568, records of the Pennsylvania Land Office):
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
To all to whom these presents shall come, greetings:
Know ye, that in consideration of the money sum of fifteen dollars & sixty Cents in full paid by Benjamin Holland into the Receiver General's Office of the Commonwealth there is granted by the Said Commonwealth unto Samuel Holland a Certain tract of land being lot No 286 in 5th district of Depreciation lands Situate in Joshua Elder's district on the west side of Allegheny River on Beaver Creek Buffaloe township Armnstrong County Beginning at a post thence by lots Nos 181 & 285 North two degrees and a half west two hundred perches to a post thence by Lot No 287 North eighty seven degrees & a half East two hundred perches to a post thence by Lot Nos 296 & 297 South two degrees and a half East two hundred perches to a Spruce Pine thence by lots No 133 & 132 South eighty seven degrees & a half west two hundred perches to the beginning Containing two hundred thirty five acres & eight tenths of an acre & allowance &c Which said tract was Surveyed by Josua Elder Deputy Surveyor of District No 5 within the tract appropriated for the redimption [sic] of depreciation Certificates in pursuance of an act of assembly passed the 12th march 1783 for the Sale of Certain lands therein mentioned for the purpose of redeeming & paying off the Certificates of the depreciation given to the officers & soldiers of the Pennsylvania line & which said described tract is marked in the Survey & plan No 286 and was sold at Public auction on the 28th of September 1786 to the aforesaid Benjamin Holland who since died Intestate leaving issue to Survive him one only son the said Samuel Holland to whom said tract descendend [sic] agreeably to the Laws of the Commonwealth.
To have and to hold the said Tract of Parcel of Land, with the appurtenances, unto the said Samuel Holland & his Heirs to the use of him the said Samuel Holland his Heirs & assigns forever free and clear of all Restrictions and Reservations, as to Mines, Royalties, Quit rents, or otherwise, accepting and reserving only the fifth part of all Gold and Silver Ore, for the use of this Commonwealth, to be delivered at the First Month, clear of all Charges.
In witness whereof Joshua Dickenson, Secretary of the Land Office of the said Commonwealth, hath hereto set his Hand, and the Seal of the Land Office of Pennsylvania hath been hereunto affixed, the twenty sixth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight and of the Commonwealth the fifty second.
Attest, Richd M Crain Dept Sect Ld Office.
One particularly bad family tree on Ancestry.com has conflated part of this family with another Barnett family. Our William Barnett is found in the censuses of 1810, 1820, and 1830 in Armstrong Co., PA, while the other family (to which our William's son Robert has incorrectly been attached) was in another part of Pennsylvania in 1820. There is nothing in Armstrong Co., and especially in the records left by the descendants of our William, who were well acquainted with all branches of the family apart from the mysterious two sons James and William, that would support the assertion that there was also a brother Moses, or that William's father was Ezekiel, etc.
[4833]
From IGI data, it appears that data for birth and death dates of William and Sarah, and for her maiden name, come from cemetery records in North Buffalo Tp., Armstrong Co., PA.
[4834]
Will of William Barnett Sr. dated 10jul1838, registered 13sep1838, Armstrong Armstrong Co. PA, vol. 1, p. 198, case #462. Land in North Buffalo Tp. next to Joseph Barnett's tract bequeathed to widow Sarah, then to son John.
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| |__
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_William BARNETT ____|
| (1769 - 1838) |
| | __
| | |
| |__|
| |
| |__
|
|
|--William BARNETT
| (1800 - 1838)
| __
| |
| __|
| | |
| | |__
| |
|_____________________|
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| |
|__|
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Invalid cert. claim filed Feb. 4, 1891, cert # 982371, and widow's claim Nov. 13, 1925 cert # 968519. William and Bell were admitted to communion 02 jul 1870, First Presbyterian Church of Kittanning. According to family information relayed by the Marilyn Nygren, most of the family history was passed down through Anne Barnett to William C., her nephew.
[5007]
In 1870 census, seems to be the only Barnett still in North Buffalo Tp. (p. 268, age 30). Birthdate from pension file.
[5008]
Armstrong Co. Probate Register Docket Index, see vol 6 p. 469, estate # 11333. Death date from pension file.
[14900]
Pension file indicates married by Rev. William T? Kane or Kean of Freeport, either at Freeport or at Slate Lick.
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_William BARNETT ____|
| (1769 - 1838) m 1798|
| |__
|
_John BARNETT _______|
| (1813 - 1873) m 1838|
| | __
| | |
| |_Sarah HART _________|
| (1779 - 1852) m 1798|
| |__
|
|
|--William C. BARNETT
| (1839 - 1925)
| __
| |
| _William COLWELL ____|
| | (1790 - 1860) |
| | |__
| |
|_Matilda COLWELL ____|
(1810 - 1896) m 1838|
| __
| |
|_Anne BINGHAM _______|
(1789 - 1860) |
|__
Interment number 16403. On the day of William's death of "hydro thorax", his father bought lots 231 and 232 in section 10 of Allegheny Cemetery for $400.
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_William BARNETT ______________|
| (1769 - 1838) m 1798 |
| |__
|
_Robert E. BARNETT __|
| (1810 - 1904) |
| | __
| | |
| |_Sarah HART ___________________|
| (1779 - 1852) m 1798 |
| |__
|
|
|--William C. BARNETT
| (1842 - 1872)
| __
| |
| _Oliver GARRISON ______________|
| | (1778 - ....) |
| | |__
| |
|_Mahala E. GARRISON _|
(1812 - 1894) |
| __
| |
|_Catharine Schuyler KINGSLAND _|
(1784 - 1862) |
|__
still living - details excluded
_William C. BARNETT _+
| (1839 - 1925) m 1865
_George Norman BARNETT _|
| (1878 - 1960) m 1899 |
| |_Sarah Belle SMITH __+
| (1845 - 1926) m 1865
_Stanley William BARNETT _|
| (1898 - ....) |
| | _William P. RUPP ____+
| | | (1851 - ....)
| |_Tillie Maude RUPP _____|
| (1878 - 1971) m 1899 |
| |_Mary _____ _________
| (1849 - ....)
|
|--William George BARNETT
|
| _William PATTERSON __
| |
| _William PATTERSON _____|
| | (1873 - 1959) |
| | |_Jannett UDELL ______
| |
|_Gladys PATTERSON ________|
(1899 - 1964) |
| _James ROBERTSON ____
| |
|_Agnes ROBERTSON _______|
(.... - 1957) |
|_Mary DUNCAN ________
According to penion file, he was in poor health at the time of his discharge from Civil War service in 1865, probably due to malaria and dysentery. He was in "the west" about 1 year (1868), then again after his marriage. He may have lived in Scotland Co., MO or in Van Buren Co., IA, very close to the state line.
[4883]
William H. Barnett is likely a son of Joseph by his first wife, as there is a gap of 11 years before the next child, and no intervening children in the 1850 census. 1850 shows age 7, but 1860 shows age 20.
[14891]
Marriage performed by Rev. J. N. Dick, according to pension file.
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_William BARNETT ____|
| (1769 - 1838) m 1798|
| |__
|
_Joseph BARNETT _____|
| (1810 - 1884) |
| | __
| | |
| |_Sarah HART _________|
| (1779 - 1852) m 1798|
| |__
|
|
|--William H. BARNETT
| (1839 - 1877)
| __
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | |__
| |
|_Margaret Ann _____ _|
(1815 - 1840) |
| __
| |
|_____________________|
|
|__
Not located in 1920 census. 1910 Scotland Co., MO ED 152 #103.
_William BARNETT ____
| (1769 - 1838) m 1798
_John BARNETT _________|
| (1813 - 1873) m 1838 |
| |_Sarah HART _________
| (1779 - 1852) m 1798
_Mark Hopkins BARNETT _|
| (1850 - 1927) m 1875 |
| | _William COLWELL ____
| | | (1790 - 1860)
| |_Matilda COLWELL ______|
| (1810 - 1896) m 1838 |
| |_Anne BINGHAM _______
| (1789 - 1860)
|
|--William Herbert BARNETT
| (1884 - 1961)
| _David HUGGINS ______
| |
| _David Alonzo HUGGANS _|
| | (1815 - 1897) m 1837 |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Melvira HUGGANS ______|
(1858 - 1930) m 1875 |
| _____________________
| |
|_Mary Elizabeth RILEY _|
(1819 - 1918) m 1837 |
|_____________________
He and his descendants seem to have spelled their name Barnette instead of Barnett in most records; however, his tombstone says Barnett.
Appears in 1870 census: Harrisburg Tp., Van Buren Co., p. 270B, as son "A. C.". His mother's obituary (1883) says she had 4 living children at that time. Unless there was another child who did not appear on any censuses, Atchison must have been one of them. So, we checked the 1880 census and found him in Fremont, Isabella Co., MI. 1900, 1910, and 1920, Jackson Co., MI. (1900, ED 1 p. 6; 1920, ED 36 p.1). Death certificate shows father Joseph Barnett.
The 1910 census, in Blackman Tp., ED 1, p. 14, notes that Atchison C. Barnett has been married 15 years and is in his second marriage to Luella J. His parents' birthplaces are given as Pennsylvania and Maryland -- this last item different from all other readings. Luella had one living child, presumably by her first marriage, but we still do not know the surname of her first husband.
The only obituary notice seems to be the one that appeared in the Springport Signal, August 4, 1927:
"A. C. Barnett, who was injured in an auto accident on the Duck Lake road last Monday, died at his home in the Griffith neighborhood Friday night. Funeral from the house Monday, burial near Charlotte. Mr. Barnett was 75 years old and is survived by his wife and one son, who lives in Chicago."
The marriage records of Jackson Co., MI contain the marriage to Luella J. Cook on 24 may 1896 by E. R. Curry, Pastor of the First Baptist Church, Jackson, MI. The entry gives Atchison's mother's maiden name as Murdock, confirming the death certificate of his sister Martha Jane.
Found in Jackson Citizen Patriot (Jackson, Michigan), 30 mar 1914: "Minor Court News. ... J. E. Gallagher, who advertises himself as the "Minnesota Boy Healer," was arraigned Saturday afternoon on a warrant charging assault and battery, the complainant being Atchison C. Barnett. Mr. Gallagher told the court that he had treated a relative of Mr. Barnett, and that the latter had called at his office and demanded the money paid for treatment should be returned, claiming his relative had not been cured. The money was then returned in exchange for a receipt, and Barnett then demanded a copy of the receipt, which was given. An altercation then followed and Mr. Gallagher snatched the receipt from Mr. Barnett, but afterwards handed it back. Mr. Barnett then stepped to the telephone with the intention of calling the police, and Mr. Gallagher caught hold of him and threw him on his back. The court refused to accept a plea of guilty, preferring to hear both sides of the case, and set Mr. Gallagher's trial for April 7. Mr. Gallagher was released on his own recognizance."
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Date from death certificate, consistent with census records 1900 and later. However, earlier records make him a year older. It is possible he forgot his actual age!
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Death certificate gives exact dates of birth and death, but names father only. Died of pneumonia following crushed chest due to automobile accident. There does not seem to be a probate file for him in Jackson Co., MI.
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According to the death certificate. However, the obituary notice in the Springport Signal, August 4, 1927, indicates burial "near Charlotte" (seat of Eaton County).
_____________________
|
_William BARNETT ____|
| (1769 - 1838) m 1798|
| |_____________________
|
_Joseph BARNETT _____|
| (1810 - 1884) m 1841|
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Sarah HART _________|
| (1779 - 1852) m 1798|
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Atchison C. BARNETTE
| (1852 - 1927)
| _____________________
| |
| _John MURDOCH _______|
| | (1772 - 1841) m 1816|
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Mary Ann MURDOCK ___|
(1817 - 1883) m 1841|
| _James CRAWFORD _____
| |
|_Agnes CRAWFORD _____|
(1796 - 1884) m 1816|
|_____________________
living - details excluded
_Atchison C. BARNETTE _+
| (1852 - 1927) m 1872
_Leslie J. BARNETTE _|
| (1873 - 1935) m 1894|
| |_Jenny DIMIT __________
| (1854 - ....) m 1872
_Ross Guy BARNETTE __|
| (1898 - 1972) m 1933|
| | _Guy WINFIELD _________
| | | m 1868
| |_Grace B. WINFIELD __|
| (1874 - 1949) m 1894|
| |_Laura A. PALMER ______
| (1849 - ....) m 1868
|
|--Beverly J. BARNETTE
|
| _______________________
| |
| _James FAGAN ________|
| | |
| | |_______________________
| |
|_Irene Mabel FAGAN __|
(1912 - 1990) m 1933|
| _______________________
| |
|_Grace INMAN ________|
|
|_______________________
Not mentioned in his father's obituary, and so probably died unmarried before 1927.
_William BARNETT ____
| (1769 - 1838) m 1798
_Joseph BARNETT _____|
| (1810 - 1884) m 1841|
| |_Sarah HART _________
| (1779 - 1852) m 1798
_Atchison C. BARNETTE _|
| (1852 - 1927) m 1872 |
| | _John MURDOCH _______
| | | (1772 - 1841) m 1816
| |_Mary Ann MURDOCK ___|
| (1817 - 1883) m 1841|
| |_Agnes CRAWFORD _____+
| (1796 - 1884) m 1816
|
|--Elmer BARNETTE
| (1877 - ....)
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Jenny DIMIT __________|
(1854 - ....) m 1872 |
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|_____________________
_Joseph BARNETT _____+
| (1810 - 1884) m 1841
_Atchison C. BARNETTE _|
| (1852 - 1927) m 1872 |
| |_Mary Ann MURDOCK ___+
| (1817 - 1883) m 1841
_William D. BARNETTE _________|
| (1879 - 1910) m 1899 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Jenny DIMIT __________|
| (1854 - ....) m 1872 |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Elmer Davis BARNETTE
| (1900 - 1923)
| _____________________
| |
| _______________________|
| | |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Mary Ellen (Mamie) MCGINNIS _|
(1875 - ....) m 1899 |
| _____________________
| |
|_______________________|
|
|_____________________
The marriage record in Jackson Co., MI shows that she had been married previously.
_Joseph BARNETT _____+
| (1810 - 1884) m 1841
_Atchison C. BARNETTE _|
| (1852 - 1927) m 1872 |
| |_Mary Ann MURDOCK ___+
| (1817 - 1883) m 1841
_Leslie J. BARNETTE _|
| (1873 - 1935) m 1894|
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Jenny DIMIT __________|
| (1854 - ....) m 1872 |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Fayola BARNETTE
| (1896 - ....)
| _____________________
| |
| _Guy WINFIELD _________|
| | m 1868 |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Grace B. WINFIELD __|
(1874 - 1949) m 1894|
| _____________________
| |
|_Laura A. PALMER ______|
(1849 - ....) m 1868 |
|_____________________
In some official records, this family used the spelling Barnette. He was working as a cabinet maker in an automobile body factory in Pontiac, MI at the time of the 1930 census, but his family was not with him. Other records for the rest of the family suggest he must have divorced by 1909. His father's obituary places him in Chicago in 1927. In fact, it now seems that his wife Grace Winfield had divorced him in 1901, and that he may have remarried to Helen Groh, who had apparently divorced him and remarried almost immediately in 1903.
His marriage record in Jackson Co., MI gives his mother's maiden name as Dismit or Dinnit -- the writing is not clear. The name may be Dimmit—there were several families of this name in Armstrong Co., PA, although the spelling varies considerably.
From a descendant of Atchison, we learned the story that the family began using the spelling Barnette in order to disassociate themselves with an episode involving Leslie. We checked newspaper sources, and came upon several accounts: Los Angeles Times, 09 dec 1904: "Traveling Salesman Charges with Stealing Valuable Valise, in Bakersfield Jail. The police were notified last night by the Sheriff of Kern county that Leslie Barnett, a traveling salesman for a show-case concern, who is wanted here on a charge of grand larceny, is in the Bakersfield jail. An officer will be sent today for the accused man. Barnett is alleged to have worked a smooth game in this city, October 23, whereby he secured a valise containing $250 worth of cutlery samples belonging to a salesman named C. H. Teaff. According to the charge, Barnett left two suit cases at a transfer company's office and took a messenger boy with him when he went to get them. The boy was instructed to take the sample case belonging to Teaff in addition to the two belonging to Barnett, and since that morning Barnett has been missing. Barnett was arrested in Needles on a complaint from the Bakersfield officers, charging him with larceny, and when sent back to that city yesterday the sample case belonging to Teaff, with goods intact, was found in his possession." Further details appeared a few days later, 13 dec 1904: "Steals Case of Knives. Leslie Barnett, who was brought back from Bakersfield and charged with grand larceny for stealing the sample case of a cutlery salesman, was yesterday held for trial by Justice Chambers. Barnett at first wanted to waive an examination, but when he failed in that he insisted upon going on the witness stand in his own defense. He tried to make it appear that he was so drunk he didn't know what he was doing, and that he had no idea how the sample case came into his possession, except that it was through a mistake at the check office or on the train. The fact is that he carried it away from a transfer office, where the owner had left it to be checked. It containes sixty butcher and carving knives and other cutlery supplies, and was valued at $200. Barrett [mistake for Barnett! !] was formerly an employe[e] of a showcase factory in this city. It was discovered that he had previously been arrested at Bakersfield for stealing an overcoat. He had made gifts of handsome carvers to friends before he was arrected and the case recovered."
Eventually he was convicted and served 20 months at the Tulare County Jail, released 23 aug 1906. A brief stint in the Marines, 1909-1910, was no more successful.
The last certain record is in the 1930 census in Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan, where he is a lodger, and then in 1935 a Leslie Barnett of uncertain age (estimated at 73) died at the Oakland County Infirmary, suffering from alcoholism and pneumonia, on 23 feb 1935.
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From census data. However, son Ross G. Barnette reported on one of his World War I draft registration cards that his father had been born in Chicago!
_William BARNETT ____
| (1769 - 1838) m 1798
_Joseph BARNETT _____|
| (1810 - 1884) m 1841|
| |_Sarah HART _________
| (1779 - 1852) m 1798
_Atchison C. BARNETTE _|
| (1852 - 1927) m 1872 |
| | _John MURDOCH _______
| | | (1772 - 1841) m 1816
| |_Mary Ann MURDOCK ___|
| (1817 - 1883) m 1841|
| |_Agnes CRAWFORD _____+
| (1796 - 1884) m 1816
|
|--Leslie J. BARNETTE
| (1873 - 1935)
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Jenny DIMIT __________|
(1854 - ....) m 1872 |
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|_____________________
_Joseph BARNETT _____+
| (1810 - 1884) m 1841
_Atchison C. BARNETTE _|
| (1852 - 1927) m 1872 |
| |_Mary Ann MURDOCK ___+
| (1817 - 1883) m 1841
_William D. BARNETTE _________|
| (1879 - 1910) m 1899 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Jenny DIMIT __________|
| (1854 - ....) m 1872 |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Nellie BARNETTE
| (1909 - ....)
| _____________________
| |
| _______________________|
| | |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Mary Ellen (Mamie) MCGINNIS _|
(1875 - ....) m 1899 |
| _____________________
| |
|_______________________|
|
|_____________________