J. C. Barner and Maggie A. Harter

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Husband J. C. Barner ¹

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           Born: 13 Feb 1842 - Loganton, Clinton Co, PA 1
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         Father: Christian Barner (1816-1884) 1
         Mother: Catharine Frazier (1821-      ) 1

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       Marriage: Mar 1865 2

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Wife Maggie A. Harter ²

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           Born:  - Penn's Valley, Centre or Clinton Co, PA
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         Father: Samuel Harter (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Mary Wolf (      -      ) 3

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1 M William H. Barner ²

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2 M Charles E. Barner ²

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3 M Christian S. Barner ²

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4 M Henry A. Barner ²

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5 M George N. Barner ²

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6 M J. Wesley Barner ²

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7 F Mary C. Barner ²

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8 F Florence A. C. Barner ²

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General Notes: Husband - J. C. Barner

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In his native village, J. C. Barner began his education, but was never able to attend school more than four months out of the year. When about eight years old he accompanied his parents on their removal to the farm on Sugar Valley Mountain, after which his studies were often interrupted by farm work as he was the oldest child. He began to assist in the plowing at the age of thirteen, and continued to help in the cultivation of the farm until after the outbreak of the Civil war. In the summer of 1862, at Lock Haven, he enlisted in Company E, 137th P. V. I., and from Harrisburg proceeded to Baltimore and thence to Washington, D. C., near which place the regiment went into camp. His first engagement was at South Mountain, which was followed by the battle of Antietam and all the other engagements in which his regiment took part during his ten-months' service, including the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. He was honorably discharged at Harrisburg in 1863.
After his return from the army, Mr. Barner worked for his father until his marriage. For some time after his marriage he lived on his father's farm near Salona, and then rented the Samuel Segmund place until going to Iowa in 1869. In Audubon County, his father-in-law owned a large tract of land, and Mr. Barner purchased eighty acres there. He converted the wild land into a good farm, erected good buildings thereon, but at the end of three years and a half returned to Pennsylvania, and after renting his place in Iowa for two years sold it. As a renter he first located on a farm in Lamar township, Clinton County, but after the death of his father he purchased the land, and under his management and careful supervision it became one of the most desirable places in the locality. He owned 132 acres of farming land and 21 acres of timber land in the home place and a small tract in the east end of Nittany Valley.
Politically, Mr. Barner was an adherent of Democratic principles, and although he served as school director, he never cared for the honors or emoluments of public office. Socially he was an honored member of John S. Bitner Post No. 122, G. A. R., and of the Grange, and, religiously, he and his wife both belonged to the Lutheran Church, in which he served as deacon for several years. In October, 1897, he was elected a deacon of the Lutheran Church at Salona for a term of two years. He was at one time superintendent of the Sunday-school in the east end of Nittany Valley. While in Iowa he was one of the leading members of the Lutheran Church of that locality, and served as superintendent of the Sunday-school. In January, 1898, he was elected one of the directors of the Salona creamery for the term of one year. [CBRCP-CCUS, 712]

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 711.

2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 712.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 292.