Barnes Family

A- Samuel Barnes could be Aaron's parent. Aaron named his oldest son Samuel. The family of Samuel Barnes, as found in the Butler County, PA history says Samuel, born County Down, came to Butler County from the eastern part of Penn.

"He brought his only son, William Barnes and a daughter Elizabeth Martin." Is this statement, as found in the county history, really correct? Maybe only one son came at that time? Aaron may have followed after his military duty?

Samuel said to have come to Butler Co 1795. No Samuel Barnes of any spelling is found 1800. There is a Samuel Barron in Slippery Rock Twp in the tax records for 1803 with the two hundred acres, which history says he had.

There are three William Barrons in the 1800 census for Butler Co. One of the households could be above William, and his parents, along with his four children who were born before 1800.

The 1800 census shows one person using the spelling of Barnes. Thomas Barnes shows with ten persons in the household. He was over 45 (born before 1755) with a younger male and female, which could be Aaron and wife, with a child the age of son Samuel, who was already born.

Please note that following Aaron Barnes is not yet proven to be connected to the above mentioned Samuel Barnes.

B-1 Aaron Barnes, born ca 1770, married Nancy Vogan, daughter of James and Jean Vogan of County Caven, Ireland. Vogans were in Lancaster Co, PA earlier. Aaron Barnes was in Wayne Co, OH in the 1820 census. He showed in school census of 1826 in Wayne Co, Ohio, but he was back in Butler Co, PA for the 1830 census.

Was Aaron Barnes the one from Kingwood, Hunterdon Co, NJ and in the militia in 1793? In reading the Quaker records from Kingwood one can see that many of the church married out of the church and were asked to leave the church. Since they were not named in this case it would be hard to determine if Aaron had married a Quaker girl. (My grandmother said we were a little bit Penn Dutch—and we are related to the 1st wife.) Also in the church records is mention of those not doing their duty by serving time in the militia. Usually they were named but these records are not indexed and would take some time to read well.

Aaron's son, John Vogan Barnes, said in the 1880 census that his father was born NJ. He said that his mother, 2nd wife, Nancy Vogan, was born PA, which seems to be correct. Agnes Barnes received land from the estate of John Potts 1844 in Butler Co, PA, in the township of Slippery Rock. At this time she and an Aaron Barnes received land from the estate of Samuel Barnes. She was shown as being from Slippery Rock and him from Muddy Creek Township.

Samuel Barnes' property bordered that of John Barnes. John Potts was also here 1803 and died before 1836. There was an Aaron Barnes and wife, Lydia, in 1845 records of Slippery Rock when they sold land to Jonathan Vogan—Book O, p 676.He is from Muddy Creek Township in Mercer Co, PA. He shows in the 1840 census as being in Muddy Cr. Twp. (this county does not have a Muddy Cr. Twp presently.) He was age 20-30.Believe him to be a son of Aaron Barnes, who was born ca 1770.

C-1 Samuel Barnes, born 1798 PA, married Jane , born 1805 PA. They show in the 1850 census Mercer Co, MO. Jane shows 1870 census Mercer Co, Marion Twp, with a son, William.

D-1   William Barnes, born 1834 PA, married Mary J. Nichols, born 1830, show 1870 census Mercer Co, MO. They separated and the family was split when his brother sent his oldest son, William Henry, to get the children placed with family members who could take them.

D-2   Mariah Barnes, born 1835 PA

D-3   Lydia Barnes, born 1839 PA

D-4   Samuel Barnes, born 1840 PA
D-5   Margaret Barnes, born 1844 PA
D-6   John Lewis Barnes, born 1850, married 1st Armand Brewer, 2nd Mary Margaret Rhea, who died 1895.Show 1870 census Mercer Co., MO

C-2 daughter Barnes, born 1794-1804

C-3 Isabella Barnes, born 1801 PA, married 9-19-1819 Wayne Co, OH Robert Cunningham, moved to Chariton Co, MO, where they purchased land 1843. He died before 1850. She showed 1850 with her son William next door. In her household were 3 daughters and her daughter-in-law Martha, wife of Matthew Cunningham.

C-4 daughter Barnes, born 1804-1810

C-5 daughter Barnes, born 1804-1810

C-6 son Barnes, born 1810-1820

C-7 son Barnes, born 1810-1820

C-8 daughter Barnes, born 1810-1820

C-9 daughter Barnes, born 1810-1820

C-10 daughter Barnes, born 1810-1820

C-11 daughter Barnes, born 1810-1820

C-12 daughter Barnes, born 1810-1820

C-13 Jonathan Vogan Barnes , born 7-25-1810, died 2-8-1885, married 10-12-1830 Susannah Studebaker, born 10-15-1811, died 5-2-1863, daughter of David and Catherine Michaels Studebaker in Butler Co, PA. He m 2nd Elizabeth Shipley, born 1827, died 1897, buried Half Rock Cemetery, Mercer Co, MO, not far from the Barnes Cemetery. He was a listed as a carpenter, but his profession was blacksmith. Shows 1850 to 1880 census Mercer Co. MO.

In 1839 John and Susanna embarked on a boat at Pittsburgh, PA and traveled down the Ohio River, with three children and one team of mares, etc., to the Mississippi River landing at Old Brunswick, Chariton County, Missouri, where some of the Cunninghams and Stanturfs had moved.

They started north and came to Chillicothe, Missouri where there was only one store and a blacksmith shop. They continued to Mercer County and made a home on the banks of Honey Creek in Medicine Twp, a small settlement, which is now called Half Rock. He was appointed Judge of Medicine Cr Twp in 1848. See Studebaker Family of America.

D-1 Joseph Barnes, born 10-20-1831, died same.

D-2 Thomas Barnes, born 10-20-1831, died same.

D-3 David Studebaker Barnes, born 8-18-1832, died 7-31-1834 PA

D-4 Delina Barnes, born 1-18-1835, died 12-5-1841

D-5 Lydia Barnes, born 11-24-1837, died 11-22-1841

D-6 Agnes Barnes, born 7-13-1837, died same

D-7 Susannah Barnes, born 4-10-1840, died 4-16-1846

D-8 Nancy Agnes Barnes, born 7-19-1842, died 3-21-1873, buried Barnes Cem, married 10-10-1857 Mercer Co, Missouri to George Washington Brittain, born 8-5-1839, died 2-29-1908, son of Francis M. and Larrimore He married 2^nd Maria Stanturf.
D-9 Mary Elizabeth Barnes, born 12-17-1844, died 2-17-1867, buried Barnes Cem, married 9-7-1860 Half Rock to James Grason Brittain, born 12-10-1840, died 1933 IL, son of Francis M. Brittain.
D-10 John Baker Barnes, born 8-19-1847, died 9-11-1932 MO, married 1^st 4-8-1874 Iona Orndorff, born 7-6-1859 VA, died 10-16-1906, daughter of James Harrison Orndorff and Hannah Herbaugh, married 2^nd12-4-1916 Sayre, OK Lucy Ann Blackburn, born 1864, died 12-24-1916. They showed 1900 census. He was a store owner, moved back to Berlin, MO. He was killed in a car crash returning from visiting a new great-granddaughter.

D-11 James Duncan Barnes, born 12-30-1849, died 5-11-1853

D-12 William Henry Barnes, born 2-13-1852 MO, died 4-21-1895, married 1^st Dellockey Gallatin, born 1-16-1855 MO, died 1-20-1881, daughter of Jeremiah Gallatin and Tabithia, married 2^nd Martha Frances Willard, daughter of Jimmy Willard and Mary Megnis Whaley. He and his father had a sawmill. He was 6 ft, had auburn curly hair, blue eyes, ruddy complexion.