- RICHARD BARNES, , farmer, Sec. 1; P.O. Edgerton; born in
County Kent, England, Aug. 24,
- 1832; son of Richard and Elizabeth (BALDOE) BARNES, who came
to America, landing in New York Dec. 3, 1841, with three children
- William, Richard and Mary Ann - and settled in Oneida Co.,
N.Y.; in 1856, Richard BARNES came to Wisconsin, and settled
on his present homestead of 145 acres, January, 1857; raises
usual products, together with sheep, cattle and hops; raises
Merino blooded sheep. He married, January, 1866, Ella C. PECK,
daughter of Levi C. PECK, of Fulton; they have two children -
Mary L. Barnes, born Nov. 28, 1866; Elmer Barnes, March 7, 1873.
They attend Methodist Church; Republican.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 841.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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