Miles Barnett and Lydia Ann Legg

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Husband Miles Barnett ¹

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           Born: 27 Jun 1812 - Jefferson Co, NY 1
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           Died: 12 Mar 1891 - Cambridge Springs, Crawford Co, PA 1
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         Father: John Barnett (      -      ) 1
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       Marriage: 2 Nov 1832 - Ganaqua, Canada 2

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Wife Lydia Ann Legg ²

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Children

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1 F Maria Barnett ²

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         Spouse: William King (      -      ) 2

         Spouse: A. L. Hazelton (      -      ) 2

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2 M Ambrose Barnett ²

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           Born: 10 Nov 1834 2
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         Spouse: Charlotte Gay (1837-1898) 3
           Marr: 1862 3

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3 F Abigail Barnett ²

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 F Helen Barnett ²

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           Died: 27 Mar 1907 2
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         Spouse: James Johnson (      -      ) 2

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5 M Alfred Barnett ²

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6 F Ena Barnett ^{2 5}

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            AKA: Ena Barnet 4
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           Died: 15 Mar 1869 2
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         Spouse: Irvine C. Hayes (1837-1904) 4 5

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7 M Miles Barnett ²

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           Born: 1847 2
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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8 F Jennie Barnett ²

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           Born: 1848 2
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           Died: 1850 2
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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9 M George M. Barnett ²

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         Spouse: Clara Fullerton (      -      ) 2

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10 F Clara Barnett ²

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         Spouse: Chester C. Frisbee (      -      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - Miles Barnett

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At the time of his marriage he was engaged in the lumber business at Ganaqua, Canada, and in 1840 removed to Pennsylvania, where he lived on the George Smith farm, now known as the George Mitchell farm, and one year later removed to the Amos Judson farm, just south of Waterford borough, Erie County, Pennsylvania, and there built the first Judson grist and saw mill. Subsequently he constructed a few miles of the Sunbury & Erie Railroad, and also a number of miles of the Waterford & Erie Plank Road. In 1858 he purchased the Dan Vincent Tannery, moved to town, and there bought the Thomas Vincent house, in which he resided until 1847, when he sold it to F. D. Bolard. He then built and operated a tannery for some years, and when he sold this removed to Cambridge Springs, Crawford County, where he carried on the same business for a number of years. He also disposed of this business, and then went to the West, carrying on the tanning business at Watertown and Berlin, Wisconsin, and then in Kansas. At the commencement of the Civil War he owned a leather store at McGregor, Iowa, and one of his customers was General Ulysses S. Grant, who was engaged in the same business in Galena, Kansas. Mr. Barnett conducted one of the "underground stations," concealing the escaping slaves in his barn and then assisting them to reach another "station" further along. When the call for volunteers came, Mr. Barnett was too old to enlist, but after the battle of Gettysburg he went into the field and assisted in caring for the wounded soldiers, Union and Confederate alike, and at other times took wounded soldiers to his home instead of allowing them to go to the hospitals, and cared for them until they were sufficiently recovered to travel. On the day that John Brown was executed, Mr. Barnett locked himself in the Methodist church, and tolled the bell for an hour. By this act he incurred the enmity of the Secessionists, of whom there were quite a number in the town, and they tried to break down the church door and threatened to shoot him. He was a member of the Methodist church for many years, was a class leader, held other official positions, and was always active in its interests.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1559.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1560.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1561.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1702.

5 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Erie, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1896), Pg 894.