Biography of John F Barnes, Independence Co, AR

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SOURCE: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas. 
Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889.
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page 639 

John F. Barnes. M. D., though only thirty-two years of age, is
however, conceded to be one of the leading dentists of Independence County.
[p.639] He is a native of the county in which he now resides. When a child, he
was taken by his parents to the State of Iowa, where his youthful days were
spent in assisting on the home farm and in attending the public schools, where
he acquired a good practical education. In 1873, he returned with his people to
Independence County, Ark., and in 1883 began the study of medicine under Dr.
Moore, a traveling dentist, and remained with him until 1888, traveling over
the State of Arkansas. In 1888 here turned to Sulphur Rock, where he has since
made his home. and has acquired an excellent patronage. He is a married man,
Miss L. Cora Hurt, of Independence County, becoming his wife on the 7th of
April, 1886, she being the daughter of Thomas Hurt (deceased), one of the
pioneers of the county. Dr. Barnes is a Republican in his political views, and
is now filling the office of city marshal. His parents, Archibald and Lucinda
(Mateby) Barnes, were born in Wilkes County, N. C., and were there reared,
educated and married. Soon after the latter event, they came to Independence
County, Ark., but subsequently moved to Iowa, where they remained until 1873,
then returning to Arkansas. The father is still living, but the mother died
February 6, 1888, at the age of fifty-nine years, eight months and twenty-five
days. Mr. Barnes is a Mason, a Republican, and a successful farmer. He is
probably of English ancestry. He and wife became the parents of the following
family: Nancy (Reeves); William P., who died at Helens, Ark., while a soldier
in the Union Army; Martha L. (Smith); Sarah H. (Harmon); G. W., who died in
1888, at the age of thirty-two years; Mary L. (Martin); Lucinda J., who died
when a child, and John F.