James F. Barnett is buried on his farm which is 8 miles south of Melbourne, Arkansas. After his wife, Kate, died in 1922, he left Missouri. He bought a farm in Arkansas & lived there the remainder of his life.
It appears he was originally to be buried with his wife & son in KY, as his name & info are on the family monument there, but he decided to be buried at his last home. The cenotaph for James Frances Barnett is in Port Royal, Kentucky.
-----
Info from the family that currently (Oct 2014) own the farm (member #48563588):
He died in the hospital in Mt. Pleasant, Arkansas.
He paid the coroner 10.00 to be sure he was put in the tomb when he died. The tomb was finished in 1933 and that is the date he had put on it.
The barn, carriage house and cistern he built are still in use today. He wrote his name in the cement in the cellar and on the cistern. And dated them. His headstone reads " lest we forget "uncle buck ".
================
JAMES F. BARNETT, owner of The Barnett Telephone Co. of Rutledge, Mo., was born on a farm in Scotland county, Mo., in July, 1865. He was educated in the public schools, and at the State Normal School, Kirksville, Mo. He left the farm in 1886 and spent a number of years as a commercial traveler. He entered the telephone business in 1902 by building the system of the Barnett Telephone Co., Rutledge, Mo., as well as exchanges at Gorin and Bible Grove, which system he owns. In 1906 he organize the County Home Telephone Co., Quincy, Ill., and in 1908 organized the Farmers United Telephone Co., of Panama and Bennett, Neb. He organized the Anderson Home Telephone Co., of Garnett, Kan., in 1910. Mr. Barnett was an organizer of the Missouri State Telephone Association in 1905, and serves as traveling secretary. He has made special field work for the Independents a success in Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, and Illinois and has served the Lincoln T. & T. Co., Lincoln, Neb., the Kansas Long Distance Telephone Co., Kansas City, Mo., and others.
-Telephony - Volume 65 - Page 24
=================
Feb. 22, 1935
Although bleeding profusely from a bullet wound in his head, J.F. Barnett, 70, Melbourne, marched his assailant, Orville Meadors, 27, two miles to the home of C.O. Bruce, who bound Meadors and took him to the Izard County Jail. While Barnett was at a spring getting water, Meadors procured Barnett's pistol and shot him. Barnett fell, but in the scuffle, freed himself from Meadors, got hold of the pistol and shotgun and marched Meadors to the Bruce home.
It appears he was originally to be buried with his wife & son in KY, as his name & info are on the family monument there, but he decided to be buried at his last home. The cenotaph for James Frances Barnett is in Port Royal, Kentucky.
-----
Info from the family that currently (Oct 2014) own the farm (member #48563588):
He died in the hospital in Mt. Pleasant, Arkansas.
He paid the coroner 10.00 to be sure he was put in the tomb when he died. The tomb was finished in 1933 and that is the date he had put on it.
The barn, carriage house and cistern he built are still in use today. He wrote his name in the cement in the cellar and on the cistern. And dated them. His headstone reads " lest we forget "uncle buck ".
================
JAMES F. BARNETT, owner of The Barnett Telephone Co. of Rutledge, Mo., was born on a farm in Scotland county, Mo., in July, 1865. He was educated in the public schools, and at the State Normal School, Kirksville, Mo. He left the farm in 1886 and spent a number of years as a commercial traveler. He entered the telephone business in 1902 by building the system of the Barnett Telephone Co., Rutledge, Mo., as well as exchanges at Gorin and Bible Grove, which system he owns. In 1906 he organize the County Home Telephone Co., Quincy, Ill., and in 1908 organized the Farmers United Telephone Co., of Panama and Bennett, Neb. He organized the Anderson Home Telephone Co., of Garnett, Kan., in 1910. Mr. Barnett was an organizer of the Missouri State Telephone Association in 1905, and serves as traveling secretary. He has made special field work for the Independents a success in Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, and Illinois and has served the Lincoln T. & T. Co., Lincoln, Neb., the Kansas Long Distance Telephone Co., Kansas City, Mo., and others.
-Telephony - Volume 65 - Page 24
=================
Feb. 22, 1935
Although bleeding profusely from a bullet wound in his head, J.F. Barnett, 70, Melbourne, marched his assailant, Orville Meadors, 27, two miles to the home of C.O. Bruce, who bound Meadors and took him to the Izard County Jail. While Barnett was at a spring getting water, Meadors procured Barnett's pistol and shot him. Barnett fell, but in the scuffle, freed himself from Meadors, got hold of the pistol and shotgun and marched Meadors to the Bruce home.
James F. Barnett is buried on his farm which is 8 miles south of Melbourne, Arkansas. After his wife, Kate, died in 1922, he left Missouri. He bought a farm in Arkansas & lived there the remainder of his life.
It appears he was originally to be buried with his wife & son in KY, as his name & info are on the family monument there, but he decided to be buried at his last home. The cenotaph for James Frances Barnett is in Port Royal, Kentucky.
-----
Info from the family that currently (Oct 2014) own the farm (member #48563588):
He died in the hospital in Mt. Pleasant, Arkansas.
He paid the coroner 10.00 to be sure he was put in the tomb when he died. The tomb was finished in 1933 and that is the date he had put on it.
The barn, carriage house and cistern he built are still in use today. He wrote his name in the cement in the cellar and on the cistern. And dated them. His headstone reads " lest we forget "uncle buck ".
================
JAMES F. BARNETT, owner of The Barnett Telephone Co. of Rutledge, Mo., was born on a farm in Scotland county, Mo., in July, 1865. He was educated in the public schools, and at the State Normal School, Kirksville, Mo. He left the farm in 1886 and spent a number of years as a commercial traveler. He entered the telephone business in 1902 by building the system of the Barnett Telephone Co., Rutledge, Mo., as well as exchanges at Gorin and Bible Grove, which system he owns. In 1906 he organize the County Home Telephone Co., Quincy, Ill., and in 1908 organized the Farmers United Telephone Co., of Panama and Bennett, Neb. He organized the Anderson Home Telephone Co., of Garnett, Kan., in 1910. Mr. Barnett was an organizer of the Missouri State Telephone Association in 1905, and serves as traveling secretary. He has made special field work for the Independents a success in Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, and Illinois and has served the Lincoln T. & T. Co., Lincoln, Neb., the Kansas Long Distance Telephone Co., Kansas City, Mo., and others.
-Telephony - Volume 65 - Page 24
=================
Feb. 22, 1935
Although bleeding profusely from a bullet wound in his head, J.F. Barnett, 70, Melbourne, marched his assailant, Orville Meadors, 27, two miles to the home of C.O. Bruce, who bound Meadors and took him to the Izard County Jail. While Barnett was at a spring getting water, Meadors procured Barnett's pistol and shot him. Barnett fell, but in the scuffle, freed himself from Meadors, got hold of the pistol and shotgun and marched Meadors to the Bruce home.
It appears he was originally to be buried with his wife & son in KY, as his name & info are on the family monument there, but he decided to be buried at his last home. The cenotaph for James Frances Barnett is in Port Royal, Kentucky.
-----
Info from the family that currently (Oct 2014) own the farm (member #48563588):
He died in the hospital in Mt. Pleasant, Arkansas.
He paid the coroner 10.00 to be sure he was put in the tomb when he died. The tomb was finished in 1933 and that is the date he had put on it.
The barn, carriage house and cistern he built are still in use today. He wrote his name in the cement in the cellar and on the cistern. And dated them. His headstone reads " lest we forget "uncle buck ".
================
JAMES F. BARNETT, owner of The Barnett Telephone Co. of Rutledge, Mo., was born on a farm in Scotland county, Mo., in July, 1865. He was educated in the public schools, and at the State Normal School, Kirksville, Mo. He left the farm in 1886 and spent a number of years as a commercial traveler. He entered the telephone business in 1902 by building the system of the Barnett Telephone Co., Rutledge, Mo., as well as exchanges at Gorin and Bible Grove, which system he owns. In 1906 he organize the County Home Telephone Co., Quincy, Ill., and in 1908 organized the Farmers United Telephone Co., of Panama and Bennett, Neb. He organized the Anderson Home Telephone Co., of Garnett, Kan., in 1910. Mr. Barnett was an organizer of the Missouri State Telephone Association in 1905, and serves as traveling secretary. He has made special field work for the Independents a success in Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, and Illinois and has served the Lincoln T. & T. Co., Lincoln, Neb., the Kansas Long Distance Telephone Co., Kansas City, Mo., and others.
-Telephony - Volume 65 - Page 24
=================
Feb. 22, 1935
Although bleeding profusely from a bullet wound in his head, J.F. Barnett, 70, Melbourne, marched his assailant, Orville Meadors, 27, two miles to the home of C.O. Bruce, who bound Meadors and took him to the Izard County Jail. While Barnett was at a spring getting water, Meadors procured Barnett's pistol and shot him. Barnett fell, but in the scuffle, freed himself from Meadors, got hold of the pistol and shotgun and marched Meadors to the Bruce home.
Family Members
Siblings
Children
