Ira Barnes was born in Erie County, Ohio, in 1832 to Ira and Eunice (Tuttle) Barnes, who had settled there before it was surveyed; he went to Wisconsin in 1853, fought at Port Gibson, Champion's Hill and Vicksburg with the Eleventh Wisconsin, and by 1878 was agent for the St. Paul & Kansas City Grain Company at Zearing. George M. Barnes, born in Allegany County, New York, in 1846, grew up at Sheffield, Illinois, served with the Sixty-sixth Illinois in Sherman's army, and from 1870 ran a harness business in Nevada; his father Orlando was living in Grant Township in 1890. A third Barnes, Sarah E., appears as the wife of James W. Cook. Every fact below is cited to the 1890 Story County history.
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Early settlers of Erie County, Ohio
Grain agent at Zearing
Ira Barnes is agent for the St. Paul & Kansas City Grain Company at Zearing, Iowa, but was born in Erie County, Ohio, in 1832, being the eighth of nine children born to the marriage of Ira and Eunice (Tuttle) Barnes, who were born in York State in 1790, being also reared and married there. They were among the first to locate in Erie County, Ohio, their settlement there being before it was surveyed, and here they spent the rest of their lives, dying in 1876, at the age of eighty-six years. Ira Barnes attained his twenty-first year in Ohio, his youth and early manhood being spent in tilling the soil and attending the common schools, but in 1853 he removed to Wisconsin, and was married in that State, in 1860, to Miss Ettie M. Warren. In 1861 he joined Company B, Eleventh Wisconsin Infantry, and served until the close of the war, being in the following engagements: Port Gibson, Champion's Hill, the charge of Black River Bridge, Vicksburg, Fort Blakeley, besides a number of engagements of less importance. He served with different commands, and at the close of the war returned to Wisconsin, where he remained until 1872, at which time he located in St. Charles, Ill., remaining there four years. He then came to Iowa, and has been engaged in his present business since 1878; the duties of which he discharges in a very creditable manner. He has always been a Republican in politics; is a member of the G. A. R., Andrew Patton Post No. 239, of Zearing, and in his religious views is a Methodist. He and wife are the parents of four children: Cora (now Mrs. William Patton, of Zearing), Katie, Harry and Warren. Mr. Barnes' brothers and sisters are as follows: James, Grant, Lorenzo, Farwell, Ellen, AVealthy (now Mrs. M. Prentiss, of Sandusky County, Ohio), Burton and Nelson.
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Parents, of Grant Township
Harness dealer and manufacturer, Nevada
George M. Barnes is the leading harness dealer and manufacturer of Nevada, Story
A*- County, Iowa, and although he was born in Allegany County, N. T., December 21, 1846, he has been a well-known resident of Nevada, Iowa, since February, 1870. His parents, Orlando and Salorna (Moon) Barnes, were born in York State, and the former is still living at the age of seventy-two years, being a resident of Grant Township, Story County, Iowa. His wife died here in 1884 at the age of sixty-six years. Of a family of eight children born to them, the subject of this sketch is seventh in order of birth, and seven of the family are now living, R. J. Barnes having died while serving in the Rebellion. George M. Barnes was reared on a farm in New York until he was ten years of age, at which time he moved with his parents to Illinois and settled in Sheffield, Bureau County, where he was given the advantages of the common schools. At the age of fourteen years he was apprenticed to the harness-maker's trade at Sheffield, and continued to work at this calling until 18G3, when he enlisted in Company C, Sixty-sixth Illinois, and served until the close of the war, being honorably discharged July 13, 1865. He was in all the battles in which Sherman's army participated from the 9th of May, 1864, until the final surrender. He then returned to his old home in Illinois and resumed his trade, but becoming dissatisfied with his location he came to Iowa in 1866, and until 1870 was a resident of Marengo. Since that time he has resided in Story County, and has built up an excellent business for himself in Nevada. He has a complete line of harness, saddles, etc., and is also extensively engaged in the manufacture of these articles, and finds a ready sale for them throughout the county. He has been engaged in this business for about thirty years, and as far as enterprise, push and honesty are concerned, has few superior. He was married December 7, 1882, to Miss Josie Hefler, a native of Iowa.
He has one child, Ada E. He belongs to Nevada Lodge No. 99, A. F. & A. M., and also belongs to the G. A. R., two of his brothers who served in the late war being also members. He is one of the substantial, law-abiding citizens of the place, and is looked up to and respected by his fellow-men.
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