Donated by Helen Barnes

Generation No. 1

1. JONATHAN BARNES6 ESQ. (JONATHAN5 BARNES, STEPHEN4, STEPHEN3, WILLIAM2, CHARLES1)1,2 was born March 13, 1763 in Southington, Connecticut3, and died September 24, 1829 in Tolland,Connecticut4. He married RACHAEL STEELE February 19, 1789 in Bolton , Connecticut5,6, daughter of JOSIAH STEELE and ELIZABETH COLTON. She was born August 12, 1764 in Hartford, Connecticut7, and died June 24, 1847 in Southington, Connecticut8.

Notes for JONATHAN BARNES ESQ.:
Jonathan Barnes , the eldest child of Jonathan Barnes, of Southington ,then a parish of Farmington, Connecticut, and the grandson of Stephan and Martha (Whedon) Barnes , of Branford and Southington, was born on March 13, 1763 . His mother was Elizabeth , eldest daughter of Hezekiah and Sarah ( Macon) Woodruff of Southington. He was admitted to College in August, 1780 his examination having been asked for at that early date in order to secure him exemption from military draft.
He studied law and settled in Tolland , Conn. where he was highly esteemed , not only in his profession but also in social life . Besides uncommon intellectual ability and legal attainments , he wsa remarkable for promptness and scrupulous exactness in all his dealings. In religious matters he would not commit himself to any creed, but did with earnestness the duty that lay next him .
He was States's Attorney for Tolland County from 1808 until his death .
He died in Tolland on Sept. 24,1829, in his 67th year.
He married , on February 19, 1789 , Rachel , third daughter of Josiah and Elizabeth (Colton) Steele, of Hinesburg, Vermont and sister of the Rev. Marshfield Steele ( Yale 1790 ) . She had been adopted and brought up by her uncle, the Rev. George Colton ( Yale 1756) of Bolton Connecticut.
She died in Tolland on July 24, 1847 aged 83 years . Their children were six sons and a daughter (who married Alanson Abbe, M.D Yale 1821) . The first, second and fifth sons were graduates of Yale College in the years 1809,1815, and 1825 respectively.

AUTHORITIES : Durrie, Steele Family, 24. Pres. Stiles, Literary Diary , ii, 458. Timlow, hist. of Southington , 516,xviiixix

"Taken from Ecclesiastical And Other SKECHES of Southington Conn."
By Rev. Heman R. Timlow : Page 516

He was born in Southington, March 13, 1763, and was the son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Wooddruff) Barnes. He graduated at Yale College in 1784, Studied law and settled in Tolland. Here he was highly esteemed not omly in his profession, but in social life. One of his cotemporaries, who knew him well, writes "that he was above the average in ability and legal attainments, and remarkable for his promptness in all business affairs. In religious matthers he would not commit himself to any creed, but granted the fullest liberty of belief to others. One day he remarked 'that half his religion was treating his beasts with kindness." (For this he become noted. A horse that had served him long and faithfullly fell dead in the street. A neighbor wished to get the skin and shoes, and offered, for these, to buy him. Mr. Barnes said, "No: that animal shall have an unmolested, decent burial.") In appearance he resembled a gentleman of the old school, and is said to have worn "breeches" untill his death. He was scrupulously exact in all his dealings, and particularly so with those who labored for him (A man who had done a piece of work for him, made his charge, ane was paid in cash. Afterwards Mr. Barnes, felling that the work deserved a larger reward, sent the man a whole cheese.) For a number a number of years he was State'sor District Attorney for Tolland County.

More About JONATHAN BARNES ESQ.:
Burial: South Cemetery, Tolland, Conn.
Fact 1: 1784, Graduated Yale University

Notes for RACHAEL STEELE:
Steele Family a genealogical history by Daniel Steele Durrie says that Rachael Steele married to Jonas Barnes of Tolland Conn. This spelling is not correct. She married Jonathan Barnes Esquire of Tolland there is a brick in the old court house were he worked as an attorney, in memory of him and Rachael put there by Russell Barnes and Helen (St.Pierre) Barnes in 1999. Durrie says that they were married in Derby, Ct.,they were married in Bolton, Ct by her Uncle Rev. George Colton. Conn.V/R Town of Tolland [ 206] pg. 117. Conn. Church Records, Bolton Church, 1725-1922 Conn. State Library -1929 [197] Vol. 2 pg. 119.M/R

Rachel Steele
She was born Aug. 12, 1764, in West Hartford. She was the Great-Great Grand daughter of Gov. William Bradford 1588-1657. She Lived in W. Hartford Connecticut with her parents and sister and brother, until her Father and Mother remove to Hinesbury Vt. were he became ministers of the congregational church there. Rachel and her younger brother Marshfield went to live with there uncle the Rev. George Colton 1736-1812 of Bolton, Connecticut. Rev. Colton was married twice and had no children. He adopted Rachel ,and sent her to school in New Haven, Connecticut. Living with a clergyman, there were many people who came to visit and talk to the Reverend Colton. In 1895 there was one who not only came to see him but to see Rachel. Jonathan Barnes the son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Woodruff) Barnes of Southington, Connecticut came many times to see Rachel. On the 19th day of February 1789 in the town of Bolton at the big yellow church on the hill the Reverend George Colton married Rachel Steele and Jonathan Barnes Esquire. It is possible that they that they received there family Bible as a wedding gift that day. Maybe from a family member or perhaps the Reverend George Colton himself. The Bible, from which most of the information we have today, was faithfully passed the tradition down from generation to generation. The Births, Deaths and Marriages have been lovingly entered starting with Rachel in the 1789. Rachel removed to Tolland, Connecticut were Jonathan had been living since 1787, were he had been admitted to the Bar Association in Litchfield County Connecticut. Nine months after moving into there colonial home on the Green in Tolland, their first son Jonathan III was born on Nov. 21, 1789. Six sons and one daughter were born in that house. In 1795 a mother’s worst nightmare happen. Rachel lost her infant son Edwin of 13 months. The family gathered at the South cemetery to bury little Edwin.
Rachel was a very loving mother and wife. In the History of Tolland County Cole J. R. it is said that "Mr. Barnes always paid great deference to the opinions of his wife, and treated her with the most profound respect, to which may be attended in no small degree, the signal success that attend his undertakings. Matters to the family, and matters of conscience, he usually referred to Mrs. Barnes remarking that "it must be just as Mrs. Barnes Says: She attends to these matters." Rachel made sure her children were well educationed. Sending Jonathan, Julius, and Josiah to Yale. Jonathan III was prepared for college by Saul Alvord (Yale1800) of Bolton, who was the step-son of her Uncle Rev. George Colton of Rachel's. Julius under her instruction was prepared by Rachel's Uncle Rev.George Colton. The year 1819 held both joy and sorrow for Rachel. April 29, 1819 her eldest son Jonathan III married Maria Ward Dau. of Dr. Ebenezer + Maria (Tracy) Ward of Middletown, Connecticut . On November 21 of that same year she lost one of her sons Randolph at the age of 23.
In 1820 began a new era in the life of Rachel on March 17, 1820 she became a Grandmother to Jane Randolph Barnes her first of many grand children. Rachel must have love it when the grandchildren came to the house on the green. In a letter written in 1825 by Laura (Lewis) Barnes, wife of Rachel's son Julius, to her brother James she writes about her trip to Tolland that she and the Doctor (referring to husband Julius) and the children took. Rachel and Jonathan enjoyed growing old together but all that changed on Sept. 24, 1829 when Jonathan passed on. He was buried next to Little Edwin in South Cemetery. Soon after she removed to Southington, Connecticut to live with her son Julius and daughter-in-law Laura. She lived her remaining years there dying on July, 24, 1847. Rachel is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Southington, Connecticut

AUTHORITIES: Durrie, Steele Fam, Timlow, History of Southington, 516 xvlllxlx, Records of the Church in Bolton, Conn., Yale Biographies, 1810,1815, Barnes Family Bible, J.R. Cole's , History of Tolland County

More About RACHAEL STEELE:
Baptism: September 16, 1764, West Hartford , Connecticut
Burial: Oak Hill, Cemetery, Southington, Conn.

Children of JONATHAN ESQ. and RACHAEL STEELE are:
2. i. JONATHAN BARNES III7 ESQ., b. November 21, 1789, Tolland, Connecticut; d. December 24, 1861, Middletown, Connecticut.
3. ii. DR. DR.JULIUS STEELE BARNES, b. February 23, 1792, Tolland,Connecticut; d. November 11, 1870, Southington, Connecticut.
iii. EDWIN BARNES, b. July 13, 1794, Tolland, Connecticut9; d. August 06, 1795, Tolland, Connecticut9.

Notes for EDWIN BARNES:
Edwin Barnes died at 13 months old and was buried in Tolland Ct. his father Jonathan was later buried there as well, his mother Rachel was buried in Southington at Oak Hill cemetery between her son Julius Steele Barnes and daughter in-law Laura Lewis Barnes

More About EDWIN BARNES:
Burial: South Cemetery, Tolland, Conn.

iv. RANDOLPH BARNES, b. June 29, 17969; d. September 04, 1819, Pittsburgh ,Pennsylvania9.

More About RANDOLPH BARNES:
Burial: Presbyterian Burying Ground

4. v. ELIZA WOODRUFF BARNES, b. September 20, 1799, Tolland, Connecticut; d. December 31, 1837, Boston, Massachusetts.
5. vi. ATT. WILLIAM BARNES, b. February 08, 1802, Tolland,Connecticut; d. December 23, 1872, Warehouse Point, Connecticut.
6. vii. JOSIAH BARNES, b. May 26, 1804, Tolland, Connecticut; d. June 01, 1871, Buffalo , New York.

 

Generation No. 2

2. JONATHAN BARNES III7 ESQ. (JONATHAN BARNES6, JONATHAN5 BARNES, STEPHEN4, STEPHEN3, WILLIAM2, CHARLES1) was born November 21, 1789 in Tolland, Connecticut9, and died December 24, 1861 in Middletown, Connecticut. He married MARIA WARD TRACY April 29, 1819 in Middletown, Connecticut, daughter of EBENEZER TRACY and MARIE WARD. She was born December 07, 1790 in Middletown, Connecticut, and died April 30, 1873 in Middletown, Connecticut.

Notes for JONATHAN BARNES III ESQ.:
Jonathan Barnes, the eldest child of Jonathan Barnes (Yale 1784) of Tolland, Connecticut, was born in Tolland on November 21,1789 and was prepared for college by Saul Alvord (Yale 1800) of Bolton, a neighboring town, where his mother had been brought up. He began the study of law after graduation with his father and in 1811 removed to Middletown, where he completed his preparatory studies with Chauncey Whittelsey (Yale 1800) He was admitted to the bar in 1813 and from that time practiced his profession in Middletown with unusual industry and success. He shunned public office, but was held in the highest esteem as a counselor and a citizen, for his great legal acquirements and his conscientious and upright character. He was thus for many years the acknowledged head of the bar of Middlesex County . In his profession he stood among the first , as the many clients who interested their interest to his charge Con testified. He was a lawyer of unremitting and unfaltering labor in his profession Jonathan loved to read , and would devote a portion of each day to reading classics, He was familiar with Greek and Roman literature. he also had an excellent knowledge of several modern languages. For many years he was a teacher in the Sunday school of the church which he attended. In every respect his memory is cherished by those who knew him He married on April 29, 1819 Maria Ward, daughter of Dr. Ebenezer and Maria (Ward) Tracy , of Middletown, and sister of the wife of his former preceptor, Mr.Whittelsey. He had long suffered from a disease of the heart, and died in Middletown after several weeks of great weakness on December 24, 1861 in his 73rd year His widow died on April 30,1873.
Their children were four daughters and two sons, all of whom grew up and married. The eldest daughter married the Rev.Elisha C. Jones (Yale1931) Mr. Barnes was on occasional contributor,without name to local periodicals and in particular furnished in 1838 a series of sketches on lessons from history to the constitution a weekly newspaper published in Middletown .

AUTHORITIES: Conn. reports, xxix,614-15. Field, Centennial Address at Middletown, 207. Timlow, Hist. of Southington, xix,xxi.

Children of JONATHAN ESQ. and MARIA TRACY are:
i. JANE RANDOLPH8 BARNES, b. March 17, 1820, Middletown, Connecticut; d. April 01, 1907, Southington, Connecticut; m. REV. ELISHA COWLES JONES, April 17, 1844; b. July 14, 1807; d. March 09, 1872.

Notes for JANE RANDOLPH BARNES:
Jane was born March 17, 1820 the first grandchild of Jonathan and Rachel (Steele) Barnes. Her middle name may have taken from her Uncle Randolph whom was later killed in 1849 gold rush in California. She grew up in Middletown. She married the Rev. Elisha Cowles Jones, son of Elijah and Thankful (Cowles) Jones, on April 17, 1844. Jane was the second wife of the Reverend . His first wife was Julia Chappell who died July 4, 1842, leaving behind 3 small children ranging from the age of 2 to 5 years old . Jane had a ready made family to take care of > it must have been hard being a young bride in her 20's taken over the household of a Reverend . She must have been a loving step mother because her step daughter Julia Arnold named her first daughter Jane Barnes after her stepmom .
The Rev. Elisha Cowles Jones was a graduated of Yale 1831. He was the pastor of The First Congregational Church of Southington, Connecticut for 35 years . He was born July 14, 1807, at Backhamsted, East Hartland parish. He was described by a correspondent as " full of fun, quite a joker and always overflowing with good spirits" . He continued as pastor of the church until his death March 9, 1872 that occurred after an illness of 18 days.

Children from 1st. Marriage to Julia Chappell : Franklin Chappell, Julia Arnold, Marian C.

Notes for REV. ELISHA COWLES JONES:
Elisha was the pastor of the "First Congregational Church " of Southington, Connecticut for 35 years . He was born July 14, 1807 at Backhamsted, East Hartland Parish, He was described by a correspondent as " full of fun, quite a joker and always overflowing with good spirits. He continued as pastor of the until his death March 9, 1872 , that occurred after an illness of 18 days. His children by his first wife were Franklin Chappell, Julia Arnold, Marian C.

More About REV. ELISHA COWLES JONES:
Fact 1: 1831, graduated Yale

ii. EMILY TRACY BARNES, b. March 26, 1821, Middletown, Connecticut; m. E.G STEDMAN.
iii. MARIA ELIZABETH BARNES, b. December 07, 1823, Middletown, Connecticut; m. JOSEPH V. BROWN.
iv. CATHERINE STEEL BARNES, b. February 12, 1826, Middletown, Connecticut; m. REV. REV. CHARLES SMITH ROGERS; b. 1883; d. 1894.
v. JONATHAN EBENEZER BARNES, b. March 08, 1828, Middletown, Connecticut; m. EMILY H. WELLS, September 12, 1860.

More About JONATHAN EBENEZER BARNES:
Fact 1: 1848, studied Theology at Yale10

vi. HENRY WARD BARNES, b. February 10, 1830; m. MARGARET S. CONWAY.

DR. DR.JULIUS STEELE7 BARNES (JONATHAN BARNES6 ESQ., JONATHAN5 BARNES, STEPHEN4, STEPHEN3, WILLIAM2, CHARLES1)11,12 was born February 23, 1792 in Tolland,Connecticut13,14, and died November 11, 1870 in Southington, Connecticut15. He married LAURA LEWIS November 01, 1821 in Southington, Connecticut16,17, daughter of SELAH LEWIS and MARY CARTER. She was born June 20, 1802 in Southington, Connecticut18, and died May 20, 1867 in Southington, Connecticut19.

 

Notes for DR. DR.JULIUS STEELE BARNES:

Julius Steele Barnes the second son of Jonathan Barnes(Yale 1784),of Tolland , Connecticut was born in Tolland on February 23, 1792 . His mother, Rachel Steele, was adopted by her uncle, the Rev. George Colton (Yale 1756)of Bolton CT. under whose instruction her son was prepared for Yale. After Graduation he taught school for a time and then began the study of medicine in Yale Medical School,where he received the degree of M.D in 1818. He soon began the practice of his profession in Southington, where he was married ,on Nov. 1,1821 to Laura Lewis elder daughter of Selah and Mary ,or Polly (Carter) Lewis, of Southington, and sister of James Lewis (Yale 1824) who died on May 20,1867 ,aged 65 years
Dr. Barnes continued to practice in Southington until near the time of his death there, on November 12 1870, in his 79, year.
He was noted as a skillful practitioner,and devoted to his calling,while he labored also for the social and moral well-being of whole community.His interest in the leading questions of the day led him to be active in politics, and he served for one term (1839)in the state senate. He was also Judge of Probate for the Southington district for a short time . He united with the Congregational Church in Southington in 1834 and was firm in his belief . His children were five sons (of whom one died in infancy) and four daughters. The second son was graduated at Yale in 1847 and followed his fathers profession. The second daughter married the Rev. Guy B. Day ( Yale 1845) He served the Ecciesiatical Society and town in various capacities. In 1839 he was State senator from this district. He united with the Congregational Church, April 6, 1834, and was a firm believer in evangelical doctrines.

More About DR. DR.JULIUS STEELE BARNES:
Burial: Oak Hill, Cemetery, Southington, Conn.
Fact 1: 1818, Julius Steele Barnes graduated Yale Medical school
Fact 2: died of dysentery.

More About LAURA LEWIS:
Burial: Oak Hill, Cemetery, Southington, Conn.
Fact 1: died of Cancer

Children of DR.JULIUS BARNES and LAURA LEWIS are:
i. RANDOLPH8 BARNES20, b. April 07, 1823, Southington Connecticut21; d. November 01, 1849, Vernon City , California22,23.

Notes for RANDOLPH BARNES:
In the fall of 1848 the gold fever hit Southington hard. The people developed a ruthlessness that could be satisfied by the most daring going as best they could to the " gold diggings". The newspapers of those days ew quote as to the excitement:
(New Haven Register Dec. 27, 1848)
For California San Francisco and the heart of the gold region. " The new , fast sailing, coppered and copper bottomed sailing schooner, G.N. Montague, master 220 toons burthen, will have quick dispatch for that country. The above vessel was launched last July. It is believed from information secured she can navigate the Sacramento 200 miles from it's mouth , has run one voyage on her copper, and is in every way in prime order for the expedition.

SOUTHINGTON MEN OFF FOR CALIFORNIA
(New Haven Registar Jan. 24, 1849)
Hundred of people assembled at Belle Dock on Tuesday afternoon to see the unmooring of the schooner, G. H. Montague, say goodby to their friends on board and freight them with good wishes . Among them was RANDOLPH BARNES son of JULIUS STEELE BARNES and LAURA LEWIS BARNES , who was living in New Haven at the time .
The company was composed of merchants, manufactures, miners, carpenters, tinners, coppers, blacksmiths, iron founders, tailors, shoemakers, and a doctor each taking with him tools of his trade and prepared to follow it in California , if it shall be for the general interest.
Although a long voyage is before them, yet they have an experienced captain and a staunch craft that will show its stern to many vessels now on the road to San Francisco. It is their intention to touch at the Cape de Verde, and at the Horn, and make her voyage, heaven permitting, in less than four months.

THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF THE PERSONS COMPOSING THE COMPANY

Gordon H. Montague, Master
Josiah B. Hutchings, first officer
Richard N. Montague, second officer
James Barnet, third officer
Phineas T. Miller, physician

All of New Haven: Elihu Gorham, Randolph Barnes , H. D. Munson, George Graham, Griswold S. Ely, Ranson Dibble, Francis M. Montague, Henry H. Beecher, James Bradley Warren Ives, Daniel Curry of Cornwall , Wales S. Porter and Charles F. Baldwin, Joseph N. Benedict of Haven

All of Southington: , Samuel S. Woodruff , William J. Clark , William Clark, Fredrick Cook, Seth E. Barnes , Andrew F. Barnes , John S.C. Jones

All of Meriden: Aaron Higby, Samuel W. Parmelle, A. E Camp. Nathan F. Griswald , James E. Beldon, Charles C. Coe, Abram B. Jackson, Jerome B. Jackson, Thomas C. Hubbard

All of Derby: Julius Basset, Wm. M. Wallace, Wm. Humphreys Jr. , Lewis E. Johnson, Moses James, John H. Buel, Eugene Durand, Anson Platt, Edgar French , Wherrler Bassett, Elihu F. Baldwin,

Elizur H. Rogers of Wethersfield
Joseph B. Fitch , of Maine
Dennis W. Norton of North Madison

In a letter by Seth E. Barnes dated Dec. 25, 1849 San Francisco , to his wife ;
The Montague (company ) has been very unfortunate, thirteen out of fifty four have died . The company has broken up. William Clark at Southington , Randolph Barnes and Richard Langdon at the same place are dead . Also E. Richard . I have not seen Silvester Pearl.
Randolph had only been in San Francisco California less then a few months when he was murdered, In Vernon City, November 1, 1849 at age 26. All his hopes to make his fortune was taken from him by a strangers hand. He was buried in Fremont California , and a monument was placed in Oak Hill Cemetery , Southington , Conn. by his parents with this inscription :

FAR FAR AWAY IN THAT GOLDEN LAND HIS EYES WERE CLOSED BY A STRANGERS HAND

 

More About RANDOLPH BARNES:
Burial: Fremont, California
Fact 1: was buried at Freemont at age 26

ii. DR. LEWIS BARNES24,25, b. June 26, 1824, Southington, Connecticut26; d. July 05, 1908, Oxford, Connecticut26; m. CAROLINE SALTONSTALL, June 06, 1854, Meriden, Connecticut26; d. April 03, 1910, New Haven, Connecticut26.

Notes for DR. LEWIS BARNES:
Lewis Barnes studied medicine and was located in Oxford . He entered Yale College Freshman year from Southington his native place. After Graduation he taught at Bristol Conn. for a year, studied medicine at the College of Physicians and Surgeons Buffalo New York , 1848-1849 , teaching also in Brooklyn ,He then entered the office of his uncle Josiah Barnes M. D, in Buffalo N. Y and graduated in 1850 at the medical department of the University of Buffalo under Dr. Flint and Dr. Hamilton . He began to practice Profession in Meriden Conn. In 1856 he removed to Oxford and had continually resided here since that date , actively practicing his profession until advancing years and failing strength compelled him to gradually give it up. The doctor was active in town affairs and had held many offices within the gift of the people . He was judge of probate continuously for 23 years and town clerk for 30 years He was always interested in educational matters, he was for a long period of years a member of the school board and for forty years school visitor, back in 1839 he had the honor of being elected senator from the first district in this state. He had also been president of the New Haven County Medical society. He married Caroline Saltonstall at Meriden Conn, . They had five children, Three sons and two daughters.He was present at the Jubilee Class Re-union Yale University, at New Haven in 1897 Dr. Lewis was stricken with a stroke while watching a fireworks show. He remained unconscious until the end came , on July 5, 1908 at 84 years old he was buried in Congregational yard in the Center of Oxford CT.

More About DR. LEWIS BARNES:
Fact 1: 1847, Yale graduate

iii. LAURA BARNES27, b. May 10, 1827, Southington, Connecticut28,29; d. November 17, 1916, Bridgeport , Connecticut30; m. FRANCIS DWIGHT WHITTLESEY31, November 11, 1846, Southington, Connecticut32,33; b. March 12, 1821, Southington, Connecticut34; d. October 09, 1886, Southington, Connecticut35.

Notes for LAURA BARNES:
Laura Barnes was sent to boarding school in New Haven, Connecticut by her parents Dr. Julius Steele and Laura (Lewis) Barnes at the age of 19. She was the grand niece of Miss Sally Lewis, who endowed the Sally Lewis Academy in order that her numerous grand nieces and nephews might have the benefit of its educational advantages.
She married Francis Wright Whittlesey. They lived in the old Esquire Whittlesey homestead. After the death of her husband she removed to New Haven, where her friendly and cheerful disposition won her a large circle of friends and acquaintances. The last few months of her life were spent at the home of her sister, Mrs. Eliza B. Wordin of Bridgeport, Connecticut.

More About LAURA BARNES:
Burial: OakHill Cemetary, Southington, Conn.

Notes for FRANCIS DWIGHT WHITTLESEY:
He was a farmer in Southington, Conn. He filled the offices of public trust as town Clerk, Judge of Probate, and was at one time Treasurer of the savings bank which he established in 1860 and which office he filled until his death, carrying on almost single-handed and directing its policies for 26 years. For many years the bank was in a wing of his house. A man of marked ability and integrity.

More About FRANCIS DWIGHT WHITTLESEY:
Burial: OakHill Cemetary, Southington, Conn.

iv. MARY BARNES, b. August 11, 1829, Southington, Connecticut36; d. June 08, 1902, Bridgeport Connecticut36; m. REV. REV. GUY BIGELOW DAY, August 11, 1853, Southtington, Connecticut37.
v. JULIUS BARNES38,39,40,41, b. August 25, 1831, Southington, Connecticut42,43; d. March 25, 1915, Chicago, Ill44,45; m. CATHERINE BAILEY CLARK, August 31, 1858, La Porte , Indiana46,47,48; b. December 24, 1837, LaPorte, Indiana49,50; d. April 23, 1912, LaPorte, Indiana51.

Notes for JULIUS BARNES:
Julius moved to Laporte, Indiana in 1855 attracted by the opportunities of the West. He clerked for two years in a store with his cousin James Lewiswhich was owned by James's Uncle, Mr. Amzi Clark,,a pioneer merchant. Soon after James Lewis purchased the store from Amiz Clark and took Julius in as partner. In 1958 he married Catherine B. Clark a cousin of James Lewis and Daughter of Amiz Clark. In 1865 the firm of Julius Barnes & Co. was organized. The store was well known in Northern Indiana. He helded a career for 55 years in the mercantile world of LaPorte. Julius life was not all absorbed in his business. He was a Christian man through and through and Christianity was the real thing with him. He was elected an elder in what was then called the Second Presbyterian church, which worshipped in the wooden building now owned by the Christian church. He was largely instrumental in the building of the present structure (the Presbyterian), being a member of the building committee. He was largely instrumental in the bringing about of the union of the First and Second churches, being an elder and clerk of the session for upwards of 50 years. He also was superintendent of the Sunday school for 25 years. He died in the home of his daughter Anna ( Barnes ) Crane in Chicago, Ill. In a letter by one of his nieces he was remembered:

UNCLE JULIUS

He was a tall, share man with blue eyes that often twinkled
with a kind sense of humor. He was a church goer and attended
at weekly church meetings. One evening at " prayer meeting"
Uncle Julius rose just after a hymn had been announced, and the
Minister, thinking he had risen for some special purpose checked
the hymn music and said " Mr. Barnes , have you something to
say to us? " Uncle Julius replied, " I rose to sing. " As he was not
musical and never sang. This reply tickled the audience.

Uncle Julius and Aunt Kate Julius ( so called to distinguish her from Aunt Kate Carter ) attended the Chicago World Fair for several days. Their daughter, Anna (Barnes) Crane, was their living in Chicago with her children Katherine and Edwin. As Uncle Julius was riding through the Fair Grounds on the monorail a woman sitting near him on the open car tried to attract the notice of her husband on the station platform " Charlie, Charlie" she called but in vain. Uncle Julius came to the rescue. His big voice boomed out " Charles, Charles" and the connection was made!

More About JULIUS BARNES:
Burial: Pine Lake Cemetery, LaPorte, Indiana

More About CATHERINE BAILEY CLARK:
Burial: Pine Lake Cemetery, LaPorte, Indiana

Marriage Notes for JULIUS BARNES and CATHERINE CLARK:
Julius and Catherine celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. The event was made particularly delightful by the presence of their children, grandchildren and other relatives, who came here to assist the LaPorte relatives and friends in giving proper observance to the auspicious occasion. One interesting features of the event was the fact that Mr. and Mrs. Barnes in receiving stood on a rug on which Mrs. Barnes' mother stood when she was married. The rug which, came from Philadelphia, was more then a hundred years old.

vi. JOHN JAMES BARNES52,53,54, b. April 14, 1834, Southington, Connecticut55; d. January 28, 1905, Middletown , Connecticut; m. ESTELLA (LUCY) HILLS56,57,58,59, September 10, 1867, Southington, Connecticut60; b. January 30, 1847, Albion Erie Co., Pennsylvania61; d. March 22, 1905, Southington, Connecticut62.

Notes for JOHN JAMES BARNES:
He followed the occupation of farmer and had an extensive tract of farmland and orchards in the easternpart of the town of Southington Conn., were he was born and grewup. He personally looked after the farm, and achieved succces to a considerable extent. John concentrated on the running of the farm into his 30's,when Estella Hills Phinney caught his eye. They were married Sept. 10, 1867 and started to raised a different crop, children. He was one of Southington's best known citizens. And was highly respected for his sterling character and was know as "Honest John Barnes." Before the grading of the Park and while it was used as a dumping-ground, a fact which troubled him greatly. John who was fixing up the Congregational Church land, filled in the ditch and planted elm trees on the south end of the Park which is located in the center of Southington. He took an active interest in town affairs. And for a number of years was chairman of the board of assessors, trail justice in the local court, a member of the board of relief, and a member of the first committee of the common schools organized after the consolidation of the school districts. Which committee held meetings at his home for a while. He was also chairman several years of the committee of the South Center school district and was president of the school board from its organization. He had a close knit family which he came to relay on in his coming years. In the late 1880's he suffered from heart trouble, which made him cut back to light farming and gardening. In 1898 suffered a stroke. In an article in the Southington News: J.J. Barnes's Condition-- The Whist Mania--- Brevities John J. Barnes, chairman of the school board and of the assessors, who was stricken with a paralytic shock Tuesday night while attending to his evening duties at the barn, lies in a very critical condition at his home on South Main street. Though he recognizes the members of the family when they appear at his side, yet the right side of his head and the left side of his body remain helpless. A slight improvement has been noticed in his ability to move his left leg. His eyes, however, remain closed and notwithstanding repeated exhortations to open the lids and his replies of "Yes, yes," they do not still. He left the house with a lantern about 7 o'clock and no one was alarmed even at 8 0'clock, when his mother sent their son Alfred {miss print must be Wilfred} to look for him, as he was planning to attend the pomplpgical meeting in Hartford with his wife, Mrs. Estella H. Barnes, the lecture of the State Grange. But presently the boy came struggling in , almost carrying the stricken man, who protested all the time that he could walk if they would only let him, when he was even than not in an upright position. Force had to be used to keep him in the chair, as he wanted to go to the barn. He maintains now his ability to get up and seems to understand all that is happening. He told his son-in-law, Cyrus Blackman who was summoned from Hartford, that he did not need to come home and asked what ---- he received the telegram. Mr. Barnes brother, Dr. Lewis Barnes of Oxford, is expected to day, as also one daughter, who has been ----------- fall with her uncle, Dr. ----- Bridgeport. Death of John J, Barnes Was Prominent in Town Affairs and Held Several Public Offices Mr Barnes had been in ill health for several years, and three years ago his condition declined to such an extent that his mind became affected and he was taken to the retreat. He was given the best of care and his devoted wife did everything possible to make him comfortable and improve his condition. His health gained at one time to such an extent that he was allowed by the authorities at the retreat to come home on visits. The funeral was held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the house. Rev. Ray F. Carter officiated. The service was largely attained by friends and relatives of the deceased. Burial took place in Oak Hill Cemetery. John James was interred in the receiving vault in the cemetery until 7 weeks after when his Estella died and they were buried together in one grave.

More About JOHN JAMES BARNES:
Baptism: July 06, 1834, Southington Conn. First Congregational Church
Burial: OakHill Cemetary, Southington, Conn.
Cause of Death: Stroke
Medical Information: cerbral apoplexy died over a duration of 2 and a half days was in the Connectcut hospital for the insaine ,losing his memory for 6 and a half years prior to death at age 71
Occupation: Farmer
Religion: Congregational

Notes for ESTELLA (LUCY) HILLS:

 

 

Estella Hills Barnes born Lucy Estella Hills January 30, 1847 in Albion Erie Co. Pennsylvania. Some books as i.e Humphreys of American say that she was born June 30, 1847 but on her grave it says January she is buried in Oak Hill cemetery ,Southington, Ct.}
Estella was the seventh of ten children that had both Humphrey and Antha for parents. Humphrey married (second Louise Adelia daughter of Hiram and Susan (Powers) William, on Dec.11th 1863 and having 4 more children) after Estella's mother died on June 16, 1853 at 39 years old . Estella who was only six years old at the time of her mothers death, went to live with her Grandmother Lucy Hills Phinney daughter of Amasa and Lucy (Case) Humphrey . Lucy Hills married second to, John Smith Phinney of Southington Conn.on March 16, 1828 in Hartford. John was born in Farmingon Ct. son of Martin and Polly (Munson) Phinney . John and Lucy resided in Hartford thirteen years after marriage and then removed to Southington Ct. where Mr. Phinney was a merchant President of Savings Bank and Notary Public . He held various town offices. John Phinney adopted Estella and she started to go by the name Estella Hills Phinney.
Estella grew up in the town of Southington Conn. at age 20 married John James Barnes age 33 son ,of Dr. Julius Steele and Laura (Lewis ) Barnes , he was a farmer of a fruit orchard .
On the back of Estella and John 's Intention of Marriage John Phinney wrote (I herely give my consent to the marriage of my daughter Estella to John J. Barnes ). They were married September 10, 1867 . Estella and John James were admitted to Southington First Congregational Church on May 2, 1869 . They had seven children the second and third daughter dyeing in infancy. The early 1870's were hard on Estella & John James. In Aug. of 1870 they losted their baby girl Laura Louis to a epidemic of collora that swept thought Southington. And on Nov. 12 of that same year John James lost his Father, Julius Steele Barnes. In Nov. of 1872 Estella lost her beloved Grandmother Lucy Hills Phinney. And somewhere between 1871 & 1873 Little Nellie was born & died. This was a hard time on the family but they want on to raise the rest of their children.
1896 - 1897 Estella was Connecticut's state grange lecturer and was the first woman elected to that high office in Connecticut. She helded this office for several years. She was past Master Bowen, was a Patron for 10 years and initiated in Union Grange. She was Grange treasurer and secretary for 5 years. Her interest extended to Pomena work , her unusual ability was soon recognized and she was chosen to preside over the court of Ceres in Central Grange No. 1.
Estelle also was very interested in genealogy, contributed to the Humphreys Family in America, by Fredrick Humphreys, M.D. And was a member of the Barnes Family Association.
Estella ran a large house with all her children the 1890 census showed 3 broader 2 were farm hands and one was a schoolteacher. Also Mr. Phinny lived with them. In 1898 John James was stricken with a paralytic shock. Estella took care of him at home for a few years,but his condition declined and a was taken to a retreat. The year of 1905 proved to be the hardest of all years. Estella lost her sister that summer,and lost her John James January 28, 1905 at Middletown, about 6 weeks later she herself died in her main street house in Southington, Ct. of pneumonia after a short illness.
{JOHN JAMES AND ESTELLA ARE BURIED IN THE OAKHILL
CEMETARY IN SOUTHINGTON CT. BURIED AT THERE HEADS ARE THERE TWO INFANT DAUGHTERS , LAURA LEWIS BARNES , AND LITTLE NELLIE BARNES. }

ESTELLA'S OBITUARY READ AS FOLLOWS: Mrs. Lucy Estelle (Hills) Barnes widow of John J. Barnes an honored member of the Barnes Family Association, died at her home in Southington, Conn. March 22, 1905 . Her husband was a descendant in the eighth generation from William Barnes of Long Island, and was a life long resident of Southington ,Ct. being a farmer and fruit grower . Mrs. Barnes was a very talented and influential woman, a leader in all benevolent movements, and abilities, she was made lecturer of the state Grange , in which position she rendered valuable assistance to the order. She was a woman beloved and honored in every walk of life, and her loss will be lamented wherever her name has been recorded and her genial presence known.

More About ESTELLA (LUCY) HILLS:
Burial: OakHill Cemetary, Southington, Conn.

vii. CATHERINE MARSHFIELD BARNES63,64, b. April 05, 1836, Southington, Connecticut64; d. March 31, 1905, New Haven, Connecticut64; m. CHARLES R. CARTER, April 24, 1872, Southington, Connecticut64; b. August 15, 1808, Southington, Connecticut65.

Notes for CATHERINE MARSHFIELD BARNES:
Catherine like to be called Kate . Lived at the farm of her husband for several years after his death.

More About CHARLES R. CARTER:
Fact 1: He married first to Livia Upson, Dec. 5, 1838, d March 20, 1849.

Marriage Notes for CATHERINE BARNES and CHARLES CARTER:
Charles and Catherine had a farm on West St. in Southington. Kate lived on the farm alone for several years after the passing of her husband

viii. WILLIAM EDWARD BARNES, b. September 13, 1838, ,Southington, Connecticut66; d. September 18, 1840, Southington, Connecticut67,68.

Notes for WILLIAM EDWARD BARNES:
died at 2 years

More About WILLIAM EDWARD BARNES:
Baptism: June 09, 1839, Southington Conn. First Congregational Church
Burial: Oak Hill Cemetery, Southington, Conn.

ix. ELIZA WOODRUFF BARNES, b. July 19, 1841, Southington, Connecticut68; d. May 18, 1921, Bridgeport, Connecticut68; m. NATHANIEL EUGENE WORDIN, December 25, 1879, Wilmington, Delaware.

More About ELIZA WOODRUFF BARNES:
Baptism: August 21, 1842, Southington Conn. First Congregational Church
Fact 1: She died in her home in Bridgeport, Conn.

More About NATHANIEL EUGENE WORDIN:
Fact 1: He was a Doctor in Bridgeport Conn.

4. ELIZA WOODRUFF7 BARNES (JONATHAN BARNES6 ESQ., JONATHAN5 BARNES, STEPHEN4, STEPHEN3, WILLIAM2, CHARLES1)69 was born September 20, 1799 in Tolland, Connecticut69, and died December 31, 1837 in Boston, Massachusetts. She married ALANSON ABBE M.D.70,71,72 May 08, 1821 in Warehouse Point, Connecticut, son of JOHN ABBE and HANNAH BILLING. He was born January 17, 1795 in Enfield, Connecticut, and died April 14, 1864 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Notes for ELIZA WOODRUFF BARNES:
Eliza Barnes died one week after giving birth to her last child. She was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetary in Boston, Massachusetts.

More About ELIZA WOODRUFF BARNES:
Burial: Mount Auburn Cemetary, Boston, Mass.

Notes for ALANSON ABBE M.D.:
Dr. Abbe came from Litchfield, Connecticut. He was educated at the Phillips Academy, Andover Mass., and was graduted from the Medical Department at Yale, 1821. He joined the Congregational Church and studied for the ministry but lost his voice, and took up the study of medicine with Dr. Thompson of Tolland, Conn. He practiced medicine in Litchfield and later in Worcester and Roxbury, Massachusetts. He was a specialist in spinal troubles. He is buried next to his first wife Eliza.

Children of ELIZA BARNES and ALANSON M.D. are:
i. FLORA8 ABBE, b. February 18, 1822, Litchfield Connecticut; d. February 18, 1822.

Notes for FLORA ABBE:
Flora died the day she was born

ii. ELIZABETH F. ABBE, b. January 05, 1824, Litchfield Connecticut; m. ABNER G. PHIPPS.
iii. EDWARD PARSON ABBE, b. November 28, 1825, Litchfield County, Connecticut; m. MARY HOOPER BLACKLER.

Notes for EDWARD PARSON ABBE:
Yale 1848 studied medicine at Harvard recieving degree in 1852

Notes for MARY HOOPER BLACKLER:
She was the daughter of William Greenleaf and Enice Hooper Blackler and descendant from William Blackler of Marblehead, who commanded the boat in which Washington crossed the Delaware.

iv. FREDERICK RANDOLPH ABBE, b. October 28, 1827, Litchfield County, Connecticut; m. MARY THAXTER THAYER; b. December 06, 1826; d. March 09, 1903.

Notes for MARY THAXTER THAYER:

More About MARY THAXTER THAYER:
Fact 1: She was the daughter of Joseph H. And Martha S. (Greenough) Thayer of Boston, Ma

v. BURR REEVE ABBE, b. November 20, 1830, Litchfield County, Connecticut; m. (1) ELIZEBETH SWIFT NYE; m. (2) JULIA ARNOLD JONES.
vi. WILLIAM ALANSON ABBE, b. August 24, 1835, Litchfield County, Connecticut; d. December 1892; m. (1) HELEN C. BOURNE, March 04, 1875; b. April 13, 1844; d. May 08, 1879, Boston, Massachusetts; m. (2) HANNAH TOBEY BOURNE, February 02, 1882; b. September 10, 1840, New Bedford, Massachusetts; d. February 11, 1914, Greenwich, Connecticut.

Notes for WILLIAM ALANSON ABBE:
He was a graduate of Havard and of Amherst College he studied law but engaged in the smelting business. He lived in New Bedford, Massachusetts and in Blackhawk, Col. were he was mayor of that city.

Notes for HELEN C. BOURNE:
She was the daughter of Jonathan and Emily Summers (Howland) Bourne.

Marriage Notes for WILLIAM ABBE and HELEN BOURNE:
Helen and William had no children

Notes for HANNAH TOBEY BOURNE:
She left a large bequests to the ( Jonathan Bourne Scholarship Fund ) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and to St. Lukes Hospital of New Bedford.

Marriage Notes for WILLIAM ABBE and HANNAH BOURNE:
Hannah was the sister of Hannah Williams first wife . . They had no children

vii. JULIUS BARNES ABBE, b. December 24, 1837, Litchfield Connecticut; d. December 24, 1837, Litchfield Connecticut.

5. ATT. WILLIAM7 BARNES (JONATHAN BARNES6 ESQ., JONATHAN5 BARNES, STEPHEN4, STEPHEN3, WILLIAM2, CHARLES1) was born February 08, 1802 in Tolland,Connecticut73, and died December 23, 1872 in Warehouse Point, Connecticut. He married MARIE HOLKINS April 26, 1827 in Warehouse Point, Connecticut, daughter of JOEL HOLKINS and HULDAH ALLEN. She was born August 28, 1804 in Enfield, Connecticut, and died June 06, 1851 in Warehouse Point, Connecticut.

Notes for ATT. WILLIAM BARNES:
William Barnes Esq. also a lawyer , settled at Warehouse Point in East Windsor , .....The following is an article found in the Memorial History of Hartford County , East Windsor page 125 it reads as follows ............
Judge William Barnes was not a native of East Windsor. He came from the town of Tolland, while a young man, and established himself in the practice of law at Warehouse Point . He was active in public and semi-public life for a long course of years. He represented the town in tenth General Assembly, and was a man whose judgment was highly valued.
page 129 of the source listed above reads as follows.....
William Barnes practiced in East Windsor , at Warehouse Point ; 1825-1873; Simeon F. Dixon, in Enfield and Hartford , 1825-1830 ;vol.I. ---9 William did not have a college education, although his father and three older brothers were graduates of Yale. He attended school in Monson and Colchester, and afterwards studied law in New Haven,where he was admitted to the bar December 4,1823, according to a quaint account-book in which the fee is noted as $4.25. He was in his father's law office in Tolland for a few months, but moved in June, 1824, to Warehouse Point,Conn. where he practiced his profession untill his death .

Children of WILLIAM BARNES and MARIE HOLKINS are:
i. EDWARD WILLIAM8 BARNES, b. May 12, 1828, Warehouse Point, Connecticut; d. October 02, 1889, Milwakee ,Wisconsin; m. ADELAID SMITH, September 08, 1852, New Haven, Connecticut.
ii. SARAH MARIE BARNES, b. February 28, 1831, Warehouse Point, Connecticut; d. September 25, 1868, Warehouse Point, Connecticut; m. DR.JOSEPH JR. OLMSTED, June 02, 1852, Warehouse Point, Connecticut; b. December 31, 1820, Enfield, Connecticut; d. August 09, 1864, Warehouse Point, Connecticut.

Notes for DR.JOSEPH JR. OLMSTED:
He was the eighth in descent from James Olmsted (who emig. from England in the Lion; landed at Boson Sept. 16, 1632; was freeman at Cambridge Nov. 6, 1632; at Haftford in 1636, of which he was one of original proprietors with large lots of land). Dr Olmsted's ancestors on both sides for several generations were residents of Enfield, and there he received his early education, supplemented by a course of study at the Westfield Academy. His degree of M.D. was conferred by the University of New York, from which he graduated with highest honors in 1843. He practice his profession in Nyack, New York,but after a few months, upon the death of Dr. William Daniels, returned to Warehouse Point, Conn. Were he married Sarah Maria Barnes and raised a family. He died at the age of 43, in the full tide of successful practice.

iii. HENRY AUGUSTUS BARNES74, b. June 05, 1834, Warehouse Point, Connecticut; m. MARY THERESA WOODWARD, September 21, 1858, Warehouse Point, Connecticut; b. April 16, 1835, East Windsor, Connecticut; d. February 25, 1871, Possibly Milwaukee, Wis..

More About HENRY AUGUSTUS BARNES:
Residence: Milwaukee, Wis. Was a merchant

iv. GEORGE COLTON BARNES, b. June 03, 1839, Warehouse Point, Connecticut75,76,77.

Notes for GEORGE COLTON BARNES:
He was named after his grandmothers uncle Rev. George Colton of Bolton, Connecticut . He lived in Hartford, Connecticut

More About GEORGE COLTON BARNES:
Residence: Hartford, Connecticut

6. JOSIAH7 BARNES (JONATHAN BARNES6 ESQ., JONATHAN5 BARNES, STEPHEN4, STEPHEN3, WILLIAM2, CHARLES1)78,79,80 was born May 26, 1804 in Tolland, Connecticut81, and died June 01, 1871 in Buffalo , New York. He married DELIA MARSH, daughter of TRUMAN MARSH and CLARISSA SEYMOUR. She died December 16, 1875 in Buffalo, New York.

Notes for JOSIAH BARNES:
Josiah Barnes M.D youngest son of Judge Jonathan Barnes was born in Tolland May 26th , 1804 , graduated from Yale College in 1825 and afterward from Jefferson Medical College. He taught school for a time in Tolland County Connecticut and at Concord, Massachusetts. He married Delia March on May 22, 1831 He practiced his profession in Litchfield with his brother-in-law Dr. Alanson Abbe until 1832 , then he and his wife removed to the city of Buffalo New York were he set up his practice. Then in 1832 an Asiatic Cholera swept over the United States and had its victims in Buffalo as elsewhere. The news of the pest to which Josiah was exposed reached his ever-watchful mother Rachel (Steele) Barnes and gave her cause to write:

" My dear son , you find yourself
confronted by a dreadful pestilence,
but you must do your duty, and if
in discharge you should be taken
away, such is the will of God; but
under no circumstances must you
think of coming home."

History proven that Dr. Barnes performed her duties not only in the emergency but even afterward. On May 13, 1834, he purchased a framed house on the north side of Crow (Exchange) Street. About 1845 he moved over on the east side of Washington St. About 1850, having become prosperous, he built a substantial home East Swan St. the Delaware Ave of that period. He was secretary in 1840 of the Erie Medical Association, and in 1840-1849 its treasurer, and one of its censors. In 1849-50 he was one of the four members of the Buffalo Board of Health. He was director of the Clinton and White Banks. He was an attendant of St. Paul's Episcopal Church upon coming to Buffalo, but when St. John's church was started he was one of the many original contributors toward the building fund, and with this family connected with the latter congregation. Toward the close of his life, Josiah suffered several years of invalidism, during which time he still made a few visits to the families among his patients who had become endeared to him by many ties. He was in possession of wonderful psychic force, and was an adept in the power of suggestion, as is proved by the skill he displayed in diagnosis and in bringing patients out of the depths of disease and dread. His presence in a sick room radiated hope and was a compelling force of cheer and encouragement. His prescriptions became family aids and were used among many of the descendants of his early patrons, all of whom revered his memory. His death which occurred June 1, 1871 . The Erie County Medical Association , at a special meeting held the day after his death , passed complimentary resolutions and attended his funeral in a body.

Notes for DELIA MARSH:
She was born the daughter of Rev. Truman and Clasissa (Seymour) Marsh. Rev. Truman was a graduate of Yale 1785. After his ordination he was for many years rector of St. Michaels in Litchfield, a town found by his ancestor, Lieutenant John Marsh , of Hartford, Connecticut. Clarissa (Seymour) March was the daughter of Major Moses Seymour who served throughout the revolutionary war. His Figure may be noted in Trumball's famous painting. " The Surrender of Burgoyne. Her direct ancestor, Richard Seymour came to America in 1636. Delia died in Buffalo December 16, 1875

Children of JOSIAH BARNES and DELIA MARSH are:
i. MARIA CATHERINE8 BARNES, b. March 05, 1836, Buffalo , New York; d. May 05, 1905, Buffalo , New York; m. ROSWELL RILEY, November 08, 1866, Buffalo , New York; b. October 21, 1826, Wethersfield , Connecticut.

Notes for MARIA CATHERINE BARNES:
She was born January 25, 1845 in Buffalo N. Y . She was a graduate of the Buffalo Female Academy, Class of 1855, Holding two medals won in her junior year for excellence in mathematics and composition, prizes that were supposed to won by seniors only. She was a most attractive and scholarly woman. She married Roswell Riley Nov. 8, 1866 at Buffalo. He was the son of Winthrop and Eunice (Moseley) Buck, he was born Oct. 21, 1826 in Wethersfield Connecticut. When he was nine years of age he became an invalid from complicated hip trouble. He had to walk on crutches the rest of his life. He was associated with Sturges and Fulton Elevator Company. The family residence was at 182 East Swam St. until May 1883 when the residence at 513 Franklin St. was purchased which later became the home of their only daughter.

ii. EDWIN RANDOLPH BARNES, b. September 02, 1838, Buffalo, New York; m. THERESA MITCHELL, June 06, 1905, Buffalo, New York.

Notes for EDWIN RANDOLPH BARNES:
Edwin was named after his father Josiah's brother who died in infancy he was named - ( Edwin Barnes he died at 13 months old and was buried in Tolland Connecticut his parents were Jonathan and Rachel (Steele)Barnes Jonathan was later buried next to his infant son )

THE YALE BIO'S HAD THIS TO SAY ABOUT HIM

EDWIN RANDOLPH BARNES, son of JOSIAH and DELIA (MARSH) BARNES, was born in Buffalo, N.Y. September 2, 1838. He entered college with the class, having been fitted at a private school in Bridgeport, Connecticut. After graduation he traveled in the West for some months.
He then went to work on Iona Island in the Hudson River, to acquirer a knowledge of grape culture, which was attracting a good deal of attention at that time. This, with the subjects of landscape gardening and rural architecture, occupied his time and thoughts until the developments of the Civil War led him to believe that he must abandon these pursuits and take up study of medicine.
In October, 1861 he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City, and after graduating from that institution, practiced his profession in Brooklyn for about one year. In 1862, he served as ward master on the hospital transport DANIEL WEBSTER, in connection with McClellan's army. In 1863, he served as acting assistant surgeon of the Eighth Regiment of the National Guard of New York State, during the campaign caused by General Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania, including the battle of Gettysburg, Lee's retreat, and recrossing the Potomac. In 1864, he served as acting assistant surgeon in the UNITED STATES ARMY from May till January, 1865, at Chattanooga, Tenn. He writes:

This was during the campaign of General Sherman. When he had marched across the country and captured Savannah, Chattanooga ceased to be a point of importance, and officers and men rapidly left. For thirty days we had been isolated by the movements of the Confederate army under General Hood, whose attacks on General Sherman's communications in the rear had opened the way for the general's famous march to the sea. At length the battle of Nashville destroyed Hood's army, and enabled us to learn what had been going on in the world. The position I held at Chattanooga was one of some importance. I drew medicine officially for six thousand men.

After he retired from army, service, he returned to his native city and began practicing medicine and surgery there. From 1872 to 1878, inclusive, he was attending surgeon on the staff of the Buffalo General Hospital.

Barnes family has a Yale record that, perhaps has few rivals. Both his paternal and maternal grandfathers were graduates: JONATHAN BARNES ESQ. 1784, TRUMAN MARSH 1786. JONATHAN BARNES had threes sons , JONATHAN 1810, JULIUS STEELE 1815, JOSIAH, father of EDWIN 1825, LEWIS BARNES 1847 was a son of JULIUS STEELE, ; GEORGE S. BUCK , 1896 was a grandson of JOSIAH.

He married, June 6, 1905, MRS. THERESA OSBORNE, daughter of MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM MITCHELL.

More About EDWIN RANDOLPH BARNES:
Fact 1: 1860, Yale Graduated

iii. WILLIAM JOSIAH BARNES, b. January 25, 1846, Buffalo , New York; d. November 19, 1875.
iv. LAURA SEYMOUR BARNES, b. February 14, 1849, Buffalo , New York; d. September 23, 1913; m. FRANK M. FISHER, October 11, 1876; b. Buffalo , New York.

Endnotes

1. Barnes Genealogies including a Collection of Ancestral, Genealogical and Family Records and Biographical Sketches of Barnes People.by Rev. Geo. N. Barnes 1903
2. Ecclesiastical and other Sketches of Southington, Conn. by Herman R. Timlow 1875, xix.
3. V/R Farmington, Conn. Barbour Coll. Conn. State Library [10] Vol. LR15 B, birth.
4. Conn.V/R Town of Tolland [ 206] pg. 117.
5. Conn. Church Records, Bolton Church, 1725-1922 Conn. State Library -1929 [197] Vol. 2 pg. 119.M/R
6. Descendants of Gov. William Bradford com. by Ruth Gardiner (Mrs. Francis C.)Hall 1951, pg 306, gives wrong marriage place [Derby Conn.] married in Bolton Conn.
7. Conn. Church Records,West Hartford,Frist Congreational Church 1713-1924- Conn. State Library, Bap..
8. V/RConn. Church Records- Southington Conn. 1728-1876, Conn. State Library [38] Vol. 3 pg. 208, death.
9. Conn.V/R Town of Tolland [ 206] pg. 117.
10. ref. Centenial Address Fields 1853, 224, Jonathan E. Barnes.
11. Yale Biographys, 1815 pg. 732-733- Dr. /l. Barnes, MS Letter, April, 1871. Conn. Med. Society's Proceedings, 1871, 492-94. Timlow, Hist. of Southington, 459, xxi-xxii, clx. Trumbull, Hist. of Hartford County, ii, 381.
12. Ecclesiastical and other Sketches of Southington, Conn. by Herman R. Timlow 1875, pg.459.
13. Conn.V/R Town of Tolland [ 206] pg. 117.
14. Barnes Family Bible- [of Julius Steele Barnes] on file at Conn. State Library.
15. V/R Southington, Conn. 1870, pg. 11 death.
16. V/R Southington, Conn. [5] Vol.1 pg. 4 marriage.
17. Southington First Congregational Church Records, 1728--1876, [32] Vol. 4 pg. 53.
18. Barnes Family Bible- [of Julius Steele Barnes] on file at Conn. State Library.
19. V/R Southington, Conn. death 1867.
20. History of Southington, Conn. by Atwater 1924, pg. 52-53 &61.
21. Barnes Family Bible- [of Julius Steele Barnes] on file at Conn. State Library.
22. Southington First Congregational Church Records, 1728--1876, [38] Vol. 3 pg. 210.
23. Barnes Family Bible- [of Julius Steele Barnes] on file at Conn. State Library.
24. Yale Biographys, 14.
25. Obituary Newpaper, New Haven Reg. July 6, 1908.
26. Barnes Family Bible- [of Julius Steele Barnes] on file at Conn. State Library.
27. History of Southington, Conn. by Atwater 1924, pg. 281 & 298.
28. Barnes Family Bible- [of Julius Steele Barnes] on file at Conn. State Library.
29. Genealogy of the Whittelsey-- Whittlesey Family 1898, pg. 201.
30. Barnes Family Bible- [of Julius Steele Barnes] on file at Conn. State Library.
31. Genealogy of the Whittelsey-- Whittlesey Family 1898, pg. 200 & 201, By Charles Barney Whittelsey , 1898 Hartford, Conn.
32. Barnes Family Bible- [of Julius Steele Barnes] on file at Conn. State Library.
33. Genealogy of the Whittelsey-- Whittlesey Family 1898, pg. 201.
34. Genealogy of the Whittelsey-- Whittlesey Family 1898, pg. 110 & 200 [651].
35. Genealogy of the Whittelsey-- Whittlesey Family 1898, pg. 201.
36. Barnes Family Bible- [of Julius Steele Barnes] on file at Conn. State Library.
37. Southington First Congregational Church Records, 1728--1876, [35]Vol. 3 pg. 159.
38. "The Herald , Laporte, Ind. 1908."
39. "The Laporte Daily Laporte Indiana," March 29th, 1915.
40. "The Laporte Daily Laporte Indiana," March 25th, 1915.
41. Adelaide Louise [Barnes} Yale Lowrey, Journals.
42. Barnes Family Bible- [of Julius Steele Barnes] on file at Conn. State Library.
43. Barnes Genealogy & Bible Record of Julius Barnes [com. E.B. Crane].
44. Barnes Family Bible- [of Julius Steele Barnes] on file at Conn. State Library.
45. Barnes Genealogy & Bible Record of Julius Barnes [com. E.B. Crane].
46. Barnes Family Bible- [of Julius Steele Barnes] on file at Conn. State Library.
47. Barnes Genealogy & Bible Record of Julius Barnes [com. E.B. Crane].
48. "The Herald , Laporte, Ind. 1908."
49. Barnes Genealogy & Bible Record of Julius Barnes [com. E.B. Crane].
50. Barnes Family Bible- [of Julius Steele Barnes] on file at Conn. State Library.
51. Barnes Genealogy & Bible Record of Julius Barnes [com. E.B. Crane].
52. The Southington News-- Jan. 1905.
53. History of Southington, Conn. by Atwater 1924, pg. 430.
54. The Southington News-- Jan. 1905, obit..
55. Barnes Family Bible- [of Julius Steele Barnes] on file at Conn. State Library.
56. History of Southington, Conn. by Atwater 1924.
57. The Humphreys Family in America , by Frederick Humphreys, M.D. 1883, pg. 177 [7].
58. Hartford Courant , Jan. 18, 1920.
59. William S. Hills, The Hills Family in America, (The Grafton Press), pg. 140 &200 [1431].
60. V/R Southington Conn, 1867, marriage.
61. The Humphreys Family in America , by Frederick Humphreys, M.D. 1883, pg. 177 [7].
62. V/R Southington Conn, 191 1905, death.
63. History of Southington, Conn. by Atwater 1924, pg. 403.
64. Barnes Family Bible- [of Julius Steele Barnes] on file at Conn. State Library.
65. Ecclesiastical and other Sketches of Southington, Conn. by Herman R. Timlow 1875, pg. xli [85].
66. Barnes Family Bible- [of Julius Steele Barnes] on file at Conn. State Library.
67. Southington First Congregational Church Records, 1728--1876, pg. [42] Vol. 3 pg. 203.
68. Barnes Family Bible- [of Julius Steele Barnes] on file at Conn. State Library.
69. Conn.V/R Town of Tolland [ 206] pg. 117.
70. Abbe-Abbey Genealogy By Cleveland Abbe and Josephine Genung Nichols, 1916.
71. Barnes Family Bible- [of Julius Steele Barnes] on file at Conn. State Library.
72. Yale College-- Biographical Record, Class of Sixty, 1806-1906.
73. Conn.V/R Town of Tolland [ 206] pg. 117.
74. Genealogies and Biographines of Ancient Windsor , Henry R. Stiles, 60.
75. Timlow, Sketches of Southington, (1875).
76. Memorial History of Hartford County, 125.
77. Genealogies and Biographines of Ancient Windsor , Henry R. Stiles, 59, 60, 909, 452, for William Barnes Esquire and family.
78. Genealogy and Family History of Central New York Vol. II, 514-515.
79. Barnes Family Bible- [of Julius Steele Barnes] on file at Conn. State Library.
80. Barnes Family Bible- [of Julius Steele Barnes] on file at Conn. State Library, Jonathan and Rachels bible, The bible is believed to be in the hands of a relative that came down the line as far as John James Barnes it is probley in Texas , both Allen Yale and Russell and Helen (St. Pierre) Barnes have copies of the bible.
81. Conn.V/R Town of Tolland [ 206] pg. 117.

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