of Marion County, Illinois · documented from the public record
The family in the record
J. W. Barnes 1818 – 1905
J. W. Barnes⚭ Nancy Johnson
childrenL. R. Barnes · Louise Barnes · John T. Barnes · A. C. Barnes
Their story
What the record says
Harness/saddle maker.
Apprenticed under William Thorne in Mt.
Vernon in 1836 at age 18.
Farmed near old Shiloh, then Washington County, moved to Centralia 1888 and bought the L. C. Demmick harness shop.
Married Nancy Johnson 1838.
Died Sept 17, 1905.
Age 18 in 1836 implies birth ~1818.
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