His family lived in Altoona and in 1900 had children: Winfield(b. 9-1891), Catherine (b. 9-1893), Edgar(b. 7-1895), and Samuel(B. 11-1897)
Samuel, at age 25, married Alverda Piper, then age 21.
They lived in Duncansville and Samuel worked in a restaurant.
Samuel and Alverda had a son Paul born June 2, 1923. He died in a hospital in Leyte, two days after being wounded in action there.
Obituary appeared in Altoona Mirror - 5/3/1954.
Courtesy: jcabowers
Blair County Genealogical Society, Hoenstine Obituary Collection, vol. 17, p. 12 (1954)
SAMUEL BARNES
Of the Dry Run road, Duncansville, R.D. 2, died at 9.10 o'clock this morning in the Altoona Veterans Administration hospital after an extended illness. He was born in Altoona Nov. 27, 1897, a son of George and Hannah (Gault) Barnes, and married Miss Alverda Piper Feb. 21, 1923. Mr. Barnes was a veteran of service in the infantry in World war I. Surviving are his wife, his mother, of Duncansville, and the following brothers and sisters: Winfield S. of Baltimore, Md., Mrs. Fred Grasser of Buffalo, N.Y., Edgar K. of Pittsburgh, Francis J. and Mrs. Sarah Duck of Hollidaysburg, Robert R. of Altoona, Joseph H., Mrs. Charles Wyerman and Mrs. Alice Leidy of Duncansville. A son, Paul R., serving in the army, was killed in action on Leyte, P.I., March 2, 1945. Friends will be received at the Laughlin funeral home after 7 o'clock tomorrow evening.
Altoona Mirror: 5/3/1954
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Veterans Burial Card:
b. 11/27/1897 d. 5/3/1954
PVT US ARMY WWI
Bat A 7th F.M. B.
8/15/1918 to 1/15/1919
G 13 4
His family lived in Altoona and in 1900 had children: Winfield(b. 9-1891), Catherine (b. 9-1893), Edgar(b. 7-1895), and Samuel(B. 11-1897)
Samuel, at age 25, married Alverda Piper, then age 21.
They lived in Duncansville and Samuel worked in a restaurant.
Samuel and Alverda had a son Paul born June 2, 1923. He died in a hospital in Leyte, two days after being wounded in action there.
Obituary appeared in Altoona Mirror - 5/3/1954.
Courtesy: jcabowers
Blair County Genealogical Society, Hoenstine Obituary Collection, vol. 17, p. 12 (1954)
SAMUEL BARNES
Of the Dry Run road, Duncansville, R.D. 2, died at 9.10 o'clock this morning in the Altoona Veterans Administration hospital after an extended illness. He was born in Altoona Nov. 27, 1897, a son of George and Hannah (Gault) Barnes, and married Miss Alverda Piper Feb. 21, 1923. Mr. Barnes was a veteran of service in the infantry in World war I. Surviving are his wife, his mother, of Duncansville, and the following brothers and sisters: Winfield S. of Baltimore, Md., Mrs. Fred Grasser of Buffalo, N.Y., Edgar K. of Pittsburgh, Francis J. and Mrs. Sarah Duck of Hollidaysburg, Robert R. of Altoona, Joseph H., Mrs. Charles Wyerman and Mrs. Alice Leidy of Duncansville. A son, Paul R., serving in the army, was killed in action on Leyte, P.I., March 2, 1945. Friends will be received at the Laughlin funeral home after 7 o'clock tomorrow evening.
Altoona Mirror: 5/3/1954
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Veterans Burial Card:
b. 11/27/1897 d. 5/3/1954
PVT US ARMY WWI
Bat A 7th F.M. B.
8/15/1918 to 1/15/1919
G 13 4
Inscription
PVT. BAT. A. 7th F.M.B. WORLD WAR
Family Members
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Pvt Winfield Scott Barnes
1891–1965
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Catherine P Barnes Grasser
1893–1971
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Edgar Kirk Barnes
1895–1972
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Francis James Barnes
1900–1980
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Robert Reynolds Barnes
1902–1962
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Joseph Hudson Barnes
1903–1970
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Georgianna Louise Barnes Wyerman
1906–1998
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Alice Rebecca Barnes Leidy
1908–2000
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Sara Hannah Barnes Duck
1909–1997
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