Morning journal and courier., 1880-08-27
Barnes Family Reunion.

Their Sixth Annual Gather1ng-EnJOy-
 ing Themselves at West Haven Shore.
 The Barnes family reunion at West Haven
 shore yesterday was attended by quite
 large party. The family have had a reunion
 every year for several years past This we
 understand was the sixth annual reunion.
 The day was everything that could be de-
 sired, the cool weather being very acceptable
 and a great relief from the threatened hot
 spell. The party had good time rambling
 about, bathing, getting acquainted with each other, renewing old acquaintances, recalling family "reminiscences, and witnessing the bluefshing, and after the business meeting such as did not have to leave to catch the trains witnessed the Prof. Boyton exhibition, the reunion exercises having transpired in season to include this novel and interesting entertainment in the days programme. Many had dinner at Howes' restaurant at noon, at which time the Light Guards of this city were at dinner there. On counting up it was found that there were about $50 at the reunion, either Barnes by name or persons who had married Barnes', together with sls- ters aunts and cousins. The notices were sent out by Herbert Barnes of New Haven, H. S. Barnes of Warehouse Point, and Lewis
 Barnes of Oxford Rodney Barnes, of For
 estville, was secretary. Herbert Barnes called the Barnes family to order and was appoint ed chairman. The meeting was in Railroad Grove Mir. Barnes returned thanks for the
 honor and made short speech compim en- tary to the Barnes family and it's ancestors. The family ancestry went back to the Mayfower, and how much further it was not exactly stat ed,
 but it went good ways back. There were certainly three by the name of Barnes on the Mayfower One of these was Samuel Barnes. Whether any Barnes had been Presidents or Governors he did not know, or whether Hancock or Garfield had Barnes blood in them, but it was good name, and the Barnes were family worth getting ac- quainted with At this point the coat of arms for the Barnes family was shown, which traced things back definitely to the year 1900. A heraldic painter, MT. G. 5. Rice of this city, interrupted to say that the Barnes were all English. He had traced back the ancestry and had found that they were noted for honesty and integrity.
 NIT. Isaac Burr1tG WaS bno ueAt spedheI' 'tBarnes by marriage" He was an elderly gentleman, and spoke in honor of the family. If there were any Barnes'who had done amiss
 or got into the penitentiary it was not to his
 knowledge, and their record was good.
 Dr. Lewis Barnes followed with an address relating to the family history, which was listened to with close attention, and must have cost considerable patient labor and re- search.
 Other members of the family followed with remarks, and if all the reunions are as sue cessfu1 as this, the occasions are well worth attending This one brought together peo- pie from all parts of the State, and some
 came nearly 100 miles to attend. There were l quite a number of Massachusetts people in the gathering After the breaking up of the I meeting the Barnes, who had made pretty good sized gathering, were lost in the mass of people witnessing the Boyton exhibition.