The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-22
/ FOUR GENERATIONS I
Were Represented At Barnes Family
Reunion Yesterday al Traction

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Were Represented At Barnes Family
Reunion Yesterday ii Traetion
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The reunion and picnic held at Tracs
ton Park by the members Of the
Barnes family yesterday was one Of
tho most enjoyable ana srccessful re-
unions which this family has held in
recent years.
IA special car We e to Traci ion Fltk
at V:45 in the morning conveying the
larger part Of tha. crowd to the park,
where delightful dayeRns spent by
both young and old. Marion county
had the largest representation amons
the members Of The family. though u
number were hero from Tailor, Har-
lison and Barbour counties. Mr.. and
Alst. JOS. Wiley .tvelel here IRON
their home in Tiscon. Arlxona on pur-
pose 10 attend the reunion. There
were about two hundred aud fifty peo-
pie present and four generations were
represented. A noon bount1ful pic
mic dinner was spread which was par
taken Of In family fashion. After din
Hner the association was called togeth
ter and the family history which is as
follows was read by the secretary, Mr..
g. B. Barnes:
''The history Of the family is inter
esting The earliest traces OF the
Barnes are to be found in the south
eastern part OF Europe and indicate
that they are of Dano.N Norman origin
II is probable that the Barnes came
to England some time during the reign
OF the Norman Kings, 1000 to 1154.
The name Barnes is derived from
the Morse "btorn,' which means a
warrior, and the war records of colo.
ntal and Revolutionary times show
that the fighting blood Is still in their
veins. About ten or twelve Barnes
families came to America before the
year 1860. The most Of these settled
in the New England States. but two
brothers, Richard and Abraham
Barnes, sons of Richard Barnes, of
Surrey county, England, came to Mary
land, the one in 1896, the other in
100; the. one in. st. Mary's county
and the other in Washington county.
Abraham married Sarah McCarty and
had one son named Abraham and this.
Abraham Jr. had two sons. John and
Richard, and two daughters. one mar.
rted a Mr.. Hoe, of Hoes Ferry, on the
Potomac, and the other Mr.. Mason
Colonel Abraham Barnes Of st. Mary's
county, was a member Of the Albany
Congress from Marylandln 1884
The relationship between this fam
lily of Barnes and William Barnes.
who came to Western Virginia about
the year 1900, is not positively known,
but the same family names are to be
found in each generation, which leads
to the belief that they are all of the
same family,
William Barnes, referred to above,
is the ancestor Of the Barnes family
VINO will hold this reunion. AS stated
above, he came to Western Virginia
and settled above Fairmoat, near the
mouth Of the Tygart's Valley river.
His vile was German They had al
family consisting of nine sons and one
daughter, viz:
John Barnes, born February 8, 1853;
he remained In Maryland n ~
Francis Barnes, born March 10,
1916; married Miss Jacobs Of
Georges Creek, Md.
William Barnes, born November 8,
1909; went to Ohio.
Mary Barnes, born October 16, 1771;;i
married John Fancher and went west.
Henry Barnes. born Ma VII, 177si
married Miss Snyder, Of cumber-
land, Md,
George Barnes born May 90 1779;s
married Mrs. Hannah Hall; settled att
Pleasants Valley In Marion county,
Many Of his descendants are still liv-
ing in the upper Monongaiela valley.
Joseph Barnes, bora October 81
1881; married. a Miss Brummage, Of
Marion county.
Abraham Barnes. born October 10,
1884; married. Ann Hall, a daughter
of Jordan Hall. who lived on the farm
now owned BIZ Nelson Hull
Isaac Barnes. born April %. 1885;
was married twice tirst to d Miss