Biographical sketch from a book published five years before Henry died. The information probably came from Henry himself.
HENRY BARNETT, farmer, P. O. Rochester. This worthy pioneer was born in Bourbon County, Ky., July 3, 1812. His parents, Robert and Nancy (Davis) Barnett, were natives of Pennsylvania. The subject of our sketch was educated at Greenville, Ohio. He became a resident of Logansport, Ind., in 1829, and for five years was employed as agent to look after the Indians of that vicinity. He assisted in the removal of them to the west of the Mississippi River, after which he was engaged in buying furs, general trading and the management of stage lines for a period of twenty years. Mr. Barnett became a resident of this county and settled on the farm (of 150 acres in Sections 25 and 26) on which he now resides in 1854. Mr, Barnett was married in 1840 to Nancy Barnett, daughter of James Barnett, of Kentucky. This union was blessed with thirteen children, seven of whom are living, viz.: Emily, Matilda, Mary, Sarah, Armilda, William and Hannah.
(Combination Atlas Map of Fulton County, Indiana: compiled, drawn and published from personal examinations and surveys by A.L. Kingman, 1883, page 28.)
Additional Biographical Information
Henry's family moved from Bourbon County, Kentucky to Darke County, Ohio about 1816, and then to Cass County, Indiana by 1830.
Henry Barnett married Nancy Barnett in Cass County, Indiana on March 12, 1840. She was the daughter of Henry's older brother James. They remained in Cass County for the 1850 and 1860 US censuses. Henry was listed as a farmer. They were in Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana for the 1870 and 1880 US censuses.
The 1860 US census had their children as: Emily age 18, Matilda age 16, Eliza age 15, Lavina [Annie] age 13, Mary age 9, Sarah age 7, Amilda age 5, Henry W [William] age 3, and Hannah W. age 3.
Published in The Rochester Sentinel
Wednesday, May 9, 1888
DIED - The Sentinel inadvertently failed to mention the death of Mr. Henry BARNETT, a former citizen of this county which occurred at Marmont the 26th of April.
A friend of the family writes: Deceased was born in Kentucky July 3, 1812, and moved to Indiana about 1835, and was married at Logansport to the wife who survives, in the year 1840, and the union was blessed with thirteen children, six of whom are living. The remains were interred in Odd Fellows cemetery.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obits/Biogs - 1996-1890
by Wendell C. Tombaugh
HENRY BARNETT, farmer, P. O. Rochester. This worthy pioneer was born in Bourbon County, Ky., July 3, 1812. His parents, Robert and Nancy (Davis) Barnett, were natives of Pennsylvania. The subject of our sketch was educated at Greenville, Ohio. He became a resident of Logansport, Ind., in 1829, and for five years was employed as agent to look after the Indians of that vicinity. He assisted in the removal of them to the west of the Mississippi River, after which he was engaged in buying furs, general trading and the management of stage lines for a period of twenty years. Mr. Barnett became a resident of this county and settled on the farm (of 150 acres in Sections 25 and 26) on which he now resides in 1854. Mr, Barnett was married in 1840 to Nancy Barnett, daughter of James Barnett, of Kentucky. This union was blessed with thirteen children, seven of whom are living, viz.: Emily, Matilda, Mary, Sarah, Armilda, William and Hannah.
(Combination Atlas Map of Fulton County, Indiana: compiled, drawn and published from personal examinations and surveys by A.L. Kingman, 1883, page 28.)
Additional Biographical Information
Henry's family moved from Bourbon County, Kentucky to Darke County, Ohio about 1816, and then to Cass County, Indiana by 1830.
Henry Barnett married Nancy Barnett in Cass County, Indiana on March 12, 1840. She was the daughter of Henry's older brother James. They remained in Cass County for the 1850 and 1860 US censuses. Henry was listed as a farmer. They were in Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana for the 1870 and 1880 US censuses.
The 1860 US census had their children as: Emily age 18, Matilda age 16, Eliza age 15, Lavina [Annie] age 13, Mary age 9, Sarah age 7, Amilda age 5, Henry W [William] age 3, and Hannah W. age 3.
Published in The Rochester Sentinel
Wednesday, May 9, 1888
DIED - The Sentinel inadvertently failed to mention the death of Mr. Henry BARNETT, a former citizen of this county which occurred at Marmont the 26th of April.
A friend of the family writes: Deceased was born in Kentucky July 3, 1812, and moved to Indiana about 1835, and was married at Logansport to the wife who survives, in the year 1840, and the union was blessed with thirteen children, six of whom are living. The remains were interred in Odd Fellows cemetery.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obits/Biogs - 1996-1890
by Wendell C. Tombaugh
Biographical sketch from a book published five years before Henry died. The information probably came from Henry himself.
HENRY BARNETT, farmer, P. O. Rochester. This worthy pioneer was born in Bourbon County, Ky., July 3, 1812. His parents, Robert and Nancy (Davis) Barnett, were natives of Pennsylvania. The subject of our sketch was educated at Greenville, Ohio. He became a resident of Logansport, Ind., in 1829, and for five years was employed as agent to look after the Indians of that vicinity. He assisted in the removal of them to the west of the Mississippi River, after which he was engaged in buying furs, general trading and the management of stage lines for a period of twenty years. Mr. Barnett became a resident of this county and settled on the farm (of 150 acres in Sections 25 and 26) on which he now resides in 1854. Mr, Barnett was married in 1840 to Nancy Barnett, daughter of James Barnett, of Kentucky. This union was blessed with thirteen children, seven of whom are living, viz.: Emily, Matilda, Mary, Sarah, Armilda, William and Hannah.
(Combination Atlas Map of Fulton County, Indiana: compiled, drawn and published from personal examinations and surveys by A.L. Kingman, 1883, page 28.)
Additional Biographical Information
Henry's family moved from Bourbon County, Kentucky to Darke County, Ohio about 1816, and then to Cass County, Indiana by 1830.
Henry Barnett married Nancy Barnett in Cass County, Indiana on March 12, 1840. She was the daughter of Henry's older brother James. They remained in Cass County for the 1850 and 1860 US censuses. Henry was listed as a farmer. They were in Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana for the 1870 and 1880 US censuses.
The 1860 US census had their children as: Emily age 18, Matilda age 16, Eliza age 15, Lavina [Annie] age 13, Mary age 9, Sarah age 7, Amilda age 5, Henry W [William] age 3, and Hannah W. age 3.
Published in The Rochester Sentinel
Wednesday, May 9, 1888
DIED - The Sentinel inadvertently failed to mention the death of Mr. Henry BARNETT, a former citizen of this county which occurred at Marmont the 26th of April.
A friend of the family writes: Deceased was born in Kentucky July 3, 1812, and moved to Indiana about 1835, and was married at Logansport to the wife who survives, in the year 1840, and the union was blessed with thirteen children, six of whom are living. The remains were interred in Odd Fellows cemetery.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obits/Biogs - 1996-1890
by Wendell C. Tombaugh
HENRY BARNETT, farmer, P. O. Rochester. This worthy pioneer was born in Bourbon County, Ky., July 3, 1812. His parents, Robert and Nancy (Davis) Barnett, were natives of Pennsylvania. The subject of our sketch was educated at Greenville, Ohio. He became a resident of Logansport, Ind., in 1829, and for five years was employed as agent to look after the Indians of that vicinity. He assisted in the removal of them to the west of the Mississippi River, after which he was engaged in buying furs, general trading and the management of stage lines for a period of twenty years. Mr. Barnett became a resident of this county and settled on the farm (of 150 acres in Sections 25 and 26) on which he now resides in 1854. Mr, Barnett was married in 1840 to Nancy Barnett, daughter of James Barnett, of Kentucky. This union was blessed with thirteen children, seven of whom are living, viz.: Emily, Matilda, Mary, Sarah, Armilda, William and Hannah.
(Combination Atlas Map of Fulton County, Indiana: compiled, drawn and published from personal examinations and surveys by A.L. Kingman, 1883, page 28.)
Additional Biographical Information
Henry's family moved from Bourbon County, Kentucky to Darke County, Ohio about 1816, and then to Cass County, Indiana by 1830.
Henry Barnett married Nancy Barnett in Cass County, Indiana on March 12, 1840. She was the daughter of Henry's older brother James. They remained in Cass County for the 1850 and 1860 US censuses. Henry was listed as a farmer. They were in Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana for the 1870 and 1880 US censuses.
The 1860 US census had their children as: Emily age 18, Matilda age 16, Eliza age 15, Lavina [Annie] age 13, Mary age 9, Sarah age 7, Amilda age 5, Henry W [William] age 3, and Hannah W. age 3.
Published in The Rochester Sentinel
Wednesday, May 9, 1888
DIED - The Sentinel inadvertently failed to mention the death of Mr. Henry BARNETT, a former citizen of this county which occurred at Marmont the 26th of April.
A friend of the family writes: Deceased was born in Kentucky July 3, 1812, and moved to Indiana about 1835, and was married at Logansport to the wife who survives, in the year 1840, and the union was blessed with thirteen children, six of whom are living. The remains were interred in Odd Fellows cemetery.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obits/Biogs - 1996-1890
by Wendell C. Tombaugh
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