Matthew Barnes and Emma R. Dobson

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Husband Matthew Barnes ^{1 2}

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           Born: 17 Aug 1856 - Venango Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 6 Jun 1929 2
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: John J. Barnes (1817-1886) 1 3
         Mother: Eliza Jane Montgomery (1819-1903) 1 3

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       Marriage: 21 Feb 1883 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 2 4

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Wife Emma R. Dobson ²

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           Born: 1859 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1945 2
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

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Children

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1 M Ralph B. Barnes ⁵

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           Born: 27 Mar 1884 - Raymilton, Mineral Twp, Venango Co, PA 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 11 Nov 1967 5
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Hilva Johnson (1886-1967) 5
           Marr: 26 Jun 1907 5

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General Notes: Husband - Matthew Barnes

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He and his wife lived in Pinoak, near Oil City, Venango County, Pennsylvania, where he was engaged in the oil business. They were Presbyterians

1 Editor, 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 59.

3 Beatrice Barnes McClelland, A History of the Barnes Families in Jackson Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania (Tionesta, PA: Forest Press, Inc., 1977), Pg 56.

4 Joan S. Hanson & Kenneth L. Hanson, Marriages from Venango County Sources (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994), Pg 11.

5 Beatrice Barnes McClelland, A History of the Barnes Families in Jackson Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania (Tionesta, PA: Forest Press, Inc., 1977), Pg 66.