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Barnes, George Wesley (1853-1935)
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The History of Barbour County, West Virginia, From its Earliest
Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time
by Hu Maxwell
The Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va., 1899

Page 345

George Wesley Barnes, born at Cumberland, Maryland, November 3,
1853, son of George W. and Mary Constantine (Lentz) Barnes, was
married at Clarksburg, September 16 1880, to Ida A., daughter of
Corbin B. and Nancy (Woodford) Bradford. Children, Taisa E., George
C., William C., Annie E., Pearl E. and Nettie May. He is a member of
the M. E. Church, an Odd Fellow, K. of P. and K. of M. He is a
Republican, and a farrier and smith, living in Philippi. He was
educated in Barton and Cresaptown, Maryland. His paternal great,
great grandfather came from England, and settled in Pennsylvania;
and his great grandfather and grandfather (Abraham Barnes) were
soldiers in the Revolution, fought through the war, and the latter
was wounded in the neck and knee and drew a pension. He had three
houses, on the same site, burned by Indians, and had three children
killed by them, on Sideling Hill Creek, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Barnes'
father fought in the Mexican War. The grandfather Lentz came from
Baden Baden, Germany, 1828. He settled in Maryland. The mother of
the subject of this sketch was then eight months old. Mr. Barnes
came to Barbour in 1881. He has patented a brake-lever known by his
name, and has other patents pending.

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DEATH-CERTIFICATE, Taylor County WV #7611
Full-name: George W. Barnes
Birth: Nov 3, 1853 in W.Va
Death: May 6, 1935 in Grafton, Taylor County, WV
Marital-status: Widowed, late Ida Bradford
Profession: Blacksmith
Father: Geo. W. Barnes, born in W.Va.
Mother: Mary Lentz, born in W.Va.
Informant: W. C. Barnes of Grafton, W.Va.
Cause-of-death: Cerebral Embolism, cancer of prostate
Burial: IOOF, Philippi
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