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Identifier: historyofchickas02fair (find matches)
Title: History of Chickasaw and Howard counties, Iowa
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Fairbairn, Robert Herd S.J. Clarke Publishing Company
Subjects: Chickasaw County (Iowa) -- History Chickasaw County (Iowa) -- Biography Howard County (Iowa) -- History Howard County (Iowa) -- Biography
Publisher: Chicago : S. J. Clarke publishing company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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of the state of New York.The father was born February 22, 1840, and came to Howard county in his boyhooddays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Barnes, who settled in Vernon Springstownship, being among the earliest of the pioneers of this section of the state. At theoutbreak of the Civil war Sylvester Barnes joined the Union army and served through-out that memorable struggle. He married Catherine Ferrie, who had come to Howardcounty with her parents in her girlhood days, they, too, being among the early resi-dents of the county, settling in New Oregon township. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes weremarried in Vernon Springs, December 25, 1862, and their later years were spent inHoward and Chickasaw counties. Mr. Barnes purchased the farm which his sonMichael now owns and also established a country store. He likewise founded the townof Schley and for several years served as its postmaster. He was one of the well knownand highly esteemed men of his community and his death, which occurred April 9,
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W. W. CRAY CHICKASAW AND HOWARD COUNTIES 195 1912, was the occasion of deep and widespread regret. His widow survives and makesher home with a son in Cresco. Michael L. Barnes was educated in the district schools of Howard and Chickasawcounties and spent his youthful days under the parental roof. In 1901 he was marriedto Miss Verona Novak, a daughter of Thomas Novak, one of the early settlers of How-ard county, now living retired in Cresco. In 1900 Mr. Barnes began farming on his ownaccount on rented land and was thus engaged for five years, during which time hecarefully saved his earnings, and in 1905 purchased the old homestead farm at Schley,which is regarded as one of the best farm properties in Howard county. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes have become the parents of eleven children, ten of whom areyet living, namely: Harry J., Cornelius M., Inez H., Winifred M., Kenneth G., Ed-mund T., Deloras T., Celesta E., Georgenia S. and Cyriac D. Virgil V., the eighth inorder of birth, is deceased. Th

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