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James Francis “Jimmy” Barnes

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James Francis “Jimmy” Barnes

Birth
Boone County, Missouri, USA
Death
16 Jul 1941 (aged 58)
Columbia, Boone County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Columbia, Boone County, Missouri, USA
Plot
Section 29
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Jimmy was the eldest child of James T. and Eleanor K. (Fortney) Barnes.

On December 1, 1907, he married Dora M. Forbis in Columbia, Boone County, Missouri. He was a Republican and she was a Democrat which, years later their daughter Betty recalled, made for "lively dinner conversation". Jimmy and Dora's children were
Dorothy M. (1908),
Arthur Graham (1909),
Elsie Lorrain (1910),
Owen James (1913),
John (1915),
Ernest Sherwood (1918),
Anna "Louise" (1920),
Harriet Elois, (1921),
Betty Rose (1927) and
Goldie Marie (1928).

Jimmy made his living as a farmer and for a time was part owner of a coal mine. He loved playing his fiddle. He was blinded in the mid-1920's in a farming accident when steam from a tractor blew up in his face. He learned to cane chairs, to earn money, and used a braille typewriter for correspondence and writing poetry. He never actually saw his youngest two children.

Jimmy died of a heart attack on the front porch of his home on a summer evening while talking with his wife and two youngest daughters.
Jimmy was the eldest child of James T. and Eleanor K. (Fortney) Barnes.

On December 1, 1907, he married Dora M. Forbis in Columbia, Boone County, Missouri. He was a Republican and she was a Democrat which, years later their daughter Betty recalled, made for "lively dinner conversation". Jimmy and Dora's children were
Dorothy M. (1908),
Arthur Graham (1909),
Elsie Lorrain (1910),
Owen James (1913),
John (1915),
Ernest Sherwood (1918),
Anna "Louise" (1920),
Harriet Elois, (1921),
Betty Rose (1927) and
Goldie Marie (1928).

Jimmy made his living as a farmer and for a time was part owner of a coal mine. He loved playing his fiddle. He was blinded in the mid-1920's in a farming accident when steam from a tractor blew up in his face. He learned to cane chairs, to earn money, and used a braille typewriter for correspondence and writing poetry. He never actually saw his youngest two children.

Jimmy died of a heart attack on the front porch of his home on a summer evening while talking with his wife and two youngest daughters.

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