Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-04-16
Another Pioneer Gone.

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A feeling OF sadness overspread
the community last Saturday, as in
formation Of the death of Father
Barnes, OF Tumws'er, spread from
house to house. The event was not
un. npected. nor undesired by the
patriarch who has laid down the bur
den Of life after 81 many years OF
useful and W. 4 directed labor. His
mos, devoted Of friends, his nearest
~ kindred, could not bu feel that
The cLaLae Vas for the Lest, enf-e-
b cd an he haj become by iDtirmftIss
vf age aud Eager TO pass on To what
seemed to him = blessed immortal
,ty. Still. hrs absence will leave q
void amid those who have been &C
custoined to his CHEEKY greetings the
long number of years he had dwelt
IN thir community.
Nelson Barnes Tor Father Barnes,
as he was more generally Called
was born III Rutland, Vermont, De-
cembsr -, 1898. where be resided
till 1916. when hs removed to what
Was then c1lled the west, the Lake
Country, the interior of the State of
New York, and settled in the pine
woods, near the present town of
DuDdes. Yates county. In 1920, be
married Miss Anna Gay Stephenson.
~nd in the following year moved to
Brockport, Monroe county, in tho
same State Here he engaged in the
business # contractor. in the con-
structlon of the Erie canal. and after
the work was finished was employed
in boating on that then great thor
oughfare, until the year 1887
when be removed to Fort Wayne,
Indiana. Here he engaged in build
ing and farming. until the Spring OF
1850. when he crossed the plains to
Oregon, arriving and settling in
Portland, in August Of the same
year. In 1852, he came to Puget
Sound and began a residence at
Tum water, which only terminated
with his death on the 10th instant.
Here no engaged in the milling bust
ness, which he followed for many
years sni until bis physical energies
were no longer able to respond to
7 the vigorous will that had ever made
him q prominent as we'll as useful
member OF the community. His
wife died in 1878. since which time
no had lived with his daughter, Mrs
Charlotte Scott; but be has neve,
felt ut saso. Unable TO labor, his
chief pleasure and interest in life
seemed to have departed. In bis
last days. he manifested the longing
desire, and perfect faith OF a child
for passing over to his new homo OF
. the other side Of tho dark river. HI
, departed very quietly. without pair
and with the most implicit belief il
, the new life beyond.
Nelson Barnes had always led ar
I active life. and belonged to family
. noted for longevity, many of it
, members living more than the al
. lottcd span Of life, aud not infre
quently well up into the Eighties oil
/. our system Of calculation. He wa
the last OF his family. his remaining
, sister. Mrs. Merab Lynn, dying las
December. in Grand Rapids. Wis
, consin. aged 81.
The remains OF Father Barne
were buried in Masonic Cemetery
q last Monday. many Of our townspeo
9 pie uniting with the citizens OF Tum
Q water In the rites Of sepulture. Th
= funeral services were held in tn
church 81 Tumwator, Rev. Mr.. Hop
Q kins officiating.
L Weep not for him that dieth
For he hath ceased from cares,
. And = voice 10 his replieth
N Which he hath not heard for years."