John J. Barnes and Eliza Jane Montgomery
Husband John J. Barnes 1 2
Born: 14 Nov 1817 - Mercer Co, PA 1 2 Christened: Died: 8 Jul 1886 1 3 Buried: - Oak Hill Cemetery, Sandy Lake, Mercer Co, PA 1
Father: James Barnes (Abt 1777-1842) 1 Mother: Mary Alexander (1782-1854) 1 4
Marriage: 5 Dec 1839 1 2
Wife Eliza Jane Montgomery 1 2
Born: Nov 1819 - Sandy Creek Twp, Mercer Co, PA 2 Christened: Died: 2 Oct 1903 3 Buried: - Oak Hill Cemetery, Sandy Lake, Mercer Co, PA
Father: Capt. James Montgomery (Abt 1786-1860) 5 Mother: Sarah Fulton ( -1859) 5
Children
1 M [Unk] Barnes 3
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
2 M George Armstrong Barnes 1 3
Born: 10 Nov 1841 - Mercer Co, PA 3 Christened: Died: 1 Oct 1912 - California 3 Buried:Spouse: Martha Ellen Carey (1851-1903) 3 Marr: 25 Mar 1869 3Spouse: Mae Clyde ( - ) 3 Marr: Aft 1903
3 M James Montgomery Barnes 3
Born: 16 Nov 1843 3 Christened: Died: Sep 1845 3 Buried: - Rocky Springs CemeterySpouse: Did Not Marry
4 M Archibald Barnes 1 3 6
Born: 3 Oct 1845 - Mercer Co, PA 3 Christened: Died: 24 Sep 1926 or 1936 3 Buried: - Oak Hill Cemetery, Sandy Lake, Mercer Co, PASpouse: Mary Esther Reagle (1849-1886) 3 6Spouse: Elizabeth Newton (1865-1949) 3
5 M John Fulton Barnes 7
Born: 29 Oct 1848 7 Christened: Died: Jul 1849 7 Buried: - Rocky Springs CemeterySpouse: Did Not Marry
6 M William Albert Barnes 1 7
Born: 16 May 1850 7 Christened: Died: 15 Nov 1896 7 Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
7 M James Barnes 7
Born: 25 Jan 1852 7 Christened: Died: 12 Nov 1859 7 Buried: - Rocky Springs CemeterySpouse: Did Not Marry
8 M Thomas Jefferson "Jeff" Barnes 1 6 7
Born: 16 Dec 1853 - Venango Co, PA 7 Christened: Died: 31 Jan 1929 7 Buried: - Oak Hill Cemetery, Sandy Lake, Mercer Co, PASpouse: Louisa Greenlee (1856-1918) 6 7 Marr: 5 Mar 1878 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA 7 8
9 M Matthew Barnes 1 9
Born: 17 Aug 1856 - Venango Co, PA 9 Christened: Died: 6 Jun 1929 9 Buried: - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PASpouse: Emma R. Dobson (1859-1945) 9 Marr: 21 Feb 1883 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 8 9
10 M Oliver Washington "Odd" Barnes 1 10
Born: 7 Jul 1861 - Venango Co, PA 9 Christened: Died: 26 Sep 1921 - Sharon, Mercer Co, PA 11 Buried: - Oak Hill Cemetery, Sandy Lake, Mercer Co, PASpouse: Margaret E. "Maggie" Patterson (1870-1932) 12 Marr: 1 Sep 1888 - Mineral Twp, Venango Co, PA 12
11 F Eliza Jane "Jennie" Barnes 1 9
Born: 27 Feb 1863 - Mineral Twp, Venango Co, PA 9 Christened: Died: 10 Nov 1943 9 Buried: - Oak Hill Cemetery, Sandy Lake, Mercer Co, PASpouse: Findley Gates (1862-1945) 9 Marr: 1897 - ? Venango Co, PA
12 F Sarah Gertrude Barnes 1 9 13
Born: 15 Jul 1864 - Mineral Twp, Venango Co, PA 9 13 Christened: Died: 15 Apr 1953 9 Buried: - Oak Hill Cemetery, Sandy Lake, Mercer Co, PASpouse: LaFayette Perrine (1858-1935) 1 9 14 Marr: 11 Feb 1885 9 13
General Notes: Husband - John J. Barnes
He was brought up at the home of his parents and obtained such education as the schools of that day afforded. For two years he worked as a tailor, and then engaged in farming on their own property, making their home there in July, 1847. He served as constable two years in Mercer County, five years for French Creek township, and four years as justice of the peace in Mineral after its formation. In 1874 he became blind, but recovered the sight of one eye ten years later. He died after a long and painful illness.
In politics Mr. Barnes was a Democrat. He was a member of the United Presbyterian church.
He was the father of twelve children (ten sons and two daughters), four of whom died in infancy.
He and his wife are believed to have lived first on the "Barker" place on the Sandy Lake-Polk Road just west of the Mercer-Venango county line, but there is a rumor that when they were first married they lived in Mercer where he had a tailor shop.
Eliza Jane, as she told this story to her grandchildren, had very long hair - it reached the floor. For some reason she had this long hair cut and was offered five dollars for it, but she refused the offer and kept the hair. When they moved across the county line into Venango County in July, 1847, somehow the hair was forgotten and when they went back to get it, it had been stolen, and it was never heard of again.
They lived on this farm the rest of their married lives. John was a farmer but he also did tailoring, making as well as cutting out coats, pants, etc. He served as constable in Mercer County for two years and for five years in Frenchcreek Township, Venango County, and in Mineral Township after its formation. He was a Democrat and a member of the United Presbyterian Church. In 1874 he became blind with cataracts; ten years later he had them removed from one eye and regained the sight of that eye.
1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1033.
2 Beatrice Barnes McClelland, A History of the Barnes Families in Jackson Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania (Tionesta, PA: Forest Press, Inc., 1977), Pg 56.
3 Beatrice Barnes McClelland, A History of the Barnes Families in Jackson Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania (Tionesta, PA: Forest Press, Inc., 1977), Pg 57.
4 Beatrice Barnes McClelland, A History of the Barnes Families in Jackson Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania (Tionesta, PA: Forest Press, Inc., 1977), Pg 21.
5 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1115.
6 Karen S. Golden Rodgers, The Mitchell Family 1772 - 1989 (Self-published, 1990), Pg 48.
7 Beatrice Barnes McClelland, A History of the Barnes Families in Jackson Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania (Tionesta, PA: Forest Press, Inc., 1977), Pg 58.
8 Joan S. Hanson & Kenneth L. Hanson, Marriages from Venango County Sources (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994), Pg 11.
9 Beatrice Barnes McClelland, A History of the Barnes Families in Jackson Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania (Tionesta, PA: Forest Press, Inc., 1977), Pg 59.
10 Beatrice Barnes McClelland, A History of the Barnes Families in Jackson Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania (Tionesta, PA: Forest Press, Inc., 1977), Pg 23, 59.
11 Beatrice Barnes McClelland, A History of the Barnes Families in Jackson Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania (Tionesta, PA: Forest Press, Inc., 1977), Pg 24.
12 Beatrice Barnes McClelland, A History of the Barnes Families in Jackson Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania (Tionesta, PA: Forest Press, Inc., 1977), Pg 23.
13 Howland Delano Perrine, Daniel Perrin, "The Huguenot" (South Orange, NJ: Privately Printed, 1910), Pg 380.
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Howland Delano Perrine, Daniel Perrin, "The Huguenot" (South Orange, NJ: Privately Printed, 1910), Pg 297.
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