James Wilson Barnett and Sophronia C. Gore

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Husband James Wilson Barnett ^{1 2}

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           Born: 27 May 1839 - Derry Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 2
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         Father: John Barnett (1795-1884) 2 3
         Mother: Nancy Morrison (1799-1876) 2 3

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       Marriage: 19 Apr 1870 4

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Wife Sophronia C. Gore ^{1 4}

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         Father: Thomas Gore (      -      ) 4
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Children

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1 M John Irvin Barnett ¹

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            AKA: John Irving Barnett 4
           Born: 21 Aug 1871 4
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2 F Ella Amanda Barnett ^{1 4}

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           Born: 8 Jun 1874 4
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3 F Nannie Elder Barnett ^{1 4}

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           Born: 17 Jun 1875 4
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4 F Mary Olive Barnett ⁴

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            AKA: Mary Olin Barnett 1
           Born: 19 Jan 1878 4
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5 M Ralph Pitcairn Barnett ⁴

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           Born: 3 May 1886 4
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General Notes: Husband - James Wilson Barnett

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He was reared on a farm in Derry township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and received his education in the common schools of his neighborhood and Elder's Ridge academy, Indiana County. He left the academy in 1861 to enter the ranks of the Union army. Enlisted, with Capt. W. B. Coulter, Co. K, fifty-third reg., Pa. Vols., September 16, 1861, as a private; promoted to regiment Commissary Sergeant December 25, 1862, and Quartermaster Sergeant March 1, 1863. Participated with the regiment in all the battles of the army of the Potomac up to November 1, 1863, when he was promoted to First Lieutenant, tenth U. S. H. Troops; A. A. Q. M. Eastern Shore, Virginia, February 1, 1864, and of first brigade, third division, eighteenth A. C., June 27, 1864; A. A. Quartermaster-General, first brigade, third division, Twenty-fifth A. C., September 1, 1865; Depot Quartermaster, Galveston, Texas, March 14, 1866. Mustered out June 20, 1866, being in continuous service four years and nine months.
After the war he taught one term of school at Hillside and then went to Pittsburgh, where he served one year as clerk in a mercantile establishment. In the spring of 1868 he opened a store at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, which he conducted for two years. In 1870 he formed a partnership with F. G. Stewart and F. D. Beltz and they opened two stores, one at Derry station and the other at Hillside. Four years later they dissolved and Mr. Barnett retained the Hillside store which he then conducted successfully. He was post-master at Hillside for over ten years and served as ticket, freight and express agent at that place beginning in 1886.

1 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 73.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 420.

3 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 67, 210.

4 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 421.