(From HISTORY OF MITCHELL AND WORTH COUNTIES, IOWA, 1883, Page 880)

H. E. Barnard settled on his present farm in Union township in 1876. He is a native of Otsego Co., N. Y., born Nov. 4, 1836. His younger days were spent on a farm, and in school. In the spring of 1866 he started westward. He spent the summer in Jefferson Co., Wis. In the fall he came to Iowa, and located at Mitchell. In company with his brother-in-law, Reuben Knapp, he bought 320 acres of wild land on sections 25 and 26, of Rock township, and engaged in farming there. In 1874 he sold his interest in that land and moved to Mitchell, where he remained until 1876. Mr. Barnard has improved his land, planted a grove, and rebuilt the house in which he now lives. He has one of the best farms in the county.

Transcribed by Gordon Felland, March 20, 2008