of Marion County, West Virginia · documented from the public record
The family in the record
George R. Barnhouse d. 1901
George R. Barnhouse⚭ Harriet S. Davis
childrenCharles Lloyd Barnhouse · Lillie C. Barnhouse · Daisy C. Barnhouse · Herbert W. Barnhouse
Their story
What the record says
Past and present of Mahaska County, Iowa.
Native of Marion County, West Virginia.
Railroad machinist/blacksmith in railroad shops.
Of German descent.
During the Civil War served the government as a farrier and blacksmith.
Lived in Illinois, returned to West Virginia, then settled in Aurora, Illinois where he worked in railroad shops until his death in 1901 at age fifty-seven (born c.
1844).
Methodist Protestant.
Ardent republican.
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