Inez was the daughter of Rev. Josiah Lockwood Dickerson (Jan. 20, 1797 - May 15, 1863) born in Connecticut, and Mary Pray (1813-1852) born in New York state. Family notes state that Inez had sisters Minnie and Estelle. This information also says that Minnie married Richard W. Wimp and Estelle married William L. Carpenter, one time Mayor of Des Moines, Iowa. (Notes of Charles L. Barnes (1892-1980), son of Inez and A. L. Barnes.)

In 1863, Inez went to live with her sister, Minnie who lived in or near the now extinct settlement of Meadville which was located near Hill Grove and Stith Valley in Meade County, Kentucky.

Inez Dickerson was married to Armstead L. Barnes in Meadville, Meade County, Kentucky on Dec. 25, 1866. The marriage was performed by Preston L. Williams at the residence of Inez's guardian Richard W. Wimp, who was married to Inez's sister, Minnie. Richard Wimp was an older brother to James A. Wimp, husband of Jemima E. Barnes. Jemima was a sister to Armstead L. Barnes.

In the spring of 1874, A. L., Inez and family move from Meade County, Kentucky to farm near his sister, Jemima Barnes Wimp, and the Blant D. Shacklett family, who had moved there in 1873. Blant is also a Barnes blood relative because A. L. is a Shacklett descendant. Later that year A. L. and Inez move back to Kentucky because of a terrible grasshopper plague that devours all the crops. A. L., Inez and family return to Kansas to farm in 1884, eventually buying a farm one mile east of the James and Jemima Wimp farm in Harvey County in 1886.

Children of Armstead L. and Inez Barnes:

1. Edwin B. Barnes
Died at the age of 1 year and 4 months on Aug. 10, 1869. The cause of his death is unknown at this time. Burial at Meadville Cemetery in Meade County, Kentucky.

2. Flora Mary Barnes
Born September 22, 1869 in Meade County, Kentucky and died at the age of 59 on October 20, 1928 in Burrton, Harvey County, Kentucky. Burial at Star Cemetery, Harvey County, Kansas.

3. Cecil William Barnes
Born Jan. 1, 1872 in Meade County, Kentucky and died on July 8, 1940. Married to Annie M. Christensen. Burial at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Sedgwick County, Kansas.

4. Estella Lillian Barnes (1874-1955)
Married to Henry Clifford Hudson. Burial in Roosevelt Memorial Park in Compton, Los Angeles County, California.

5. Elgin "Elza" Dickerson Barnes (1877-1942)
Married to Nellie Rose Greenfield. Burial at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Sedgwick County, Kansas.

6. Mina Pearl Barnes (1881-1940)
Married to George W. Wear. Burial at Halstead Cemetery, Harvey County, Kansas.

7. Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Barnes (1883-1956)
Married to Cecelia Wendling. Burial at Halstead Cemetery, Harvey County, Kansas.

8. Charles Lockwood Barnes (1892-1980)
Married to (1) Ruth Edwards, (2) Ethel P. Chaney, and (3) Rachel A. Carter. Burial at Oswego Cemetery, Oswego, Labette County, Kansas.

9. Hallie Inez Barnes (1892-1968)
Hallie and Charles were twins. Hallie married Joseph William Back, Jr. Burial at Union Cemetery, Noble County, Oklahoma.