Frederick Barnhart and Catherine Thorne

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Husband Frederick Barnhart ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 1809 - Fairview Twp, Butler Co, PA 2 3
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           Died: 1879 2 3
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         Father: Rudolph Barnhart (1775-1851) 4 5 6
         Mother: Christina Rice (      -1854) 1 5

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Catherine Thorne ^{2 7 8}

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           Born: Abt 1823
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           Died: 31 Jan 1904 3
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         Father: Peter Thorne (1792-1855) 2 3 8
         Mother: Elizabeth Byers (      -      ) 2 8

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Children

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1 M Rudolph Barnhart ^{2 7}

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           Born: 4 Apr 1842 - the area of Millerstown, Butler Co, PA 2 7
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           Died: Aft 1895
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         Spouse: Mary Ann Shakeley (      -      ) 2 3
           Marr: 1863 2

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2 F Elizabeth Barnhart ³

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           Died: Aft 1895
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         Spouse: J. J. Barnhart (      -      ) 3

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3 F Susan Barnhart ²

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           Died: Bef 1895
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4 F Caroline Barnhart ²

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           Died: Bef 1895
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5 F Sarah L. Barnhart ²

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           Died: Bef 1895
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6 M Andrew J. Barnhart ²

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           Died: Bef 1895
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General Notes: Husband - Frederick Barnhart

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He was a farmer all his life and was a man of high standing in his community, a supporter of the schools and a deacon and elder in the Reformed Church. He held a number of public of­fices in the township. In his early political life he was a Whig, but later became iden­tified with the Republican party.
He and his wife had six children, four of them died young.

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 379.

2 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1190.

3 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 904.

4 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 183, 313, 320x, 379.

5 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 963.

6 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 92.

7 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 903.

8 Frederic A. Godcharles, LL.D., Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography, Vol. 21 (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1934), Pg 268.