Sonoma-Butte-Sacramento County CA Archives Biographies.....Barnes, E. H. 1827 - 1873
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Barnes, E. H. The subject of this sketch was born in Livingston county,
Kentucky, December 26, 1827. He with his parents moved to Scott county,
Missouri, in 1833, where Mr. Barnes received his primary education, completing
the same in an academy in Cape Girardeau county in that State. The occupation of
our memoirist was that of a farmer during his entire residence in Missouri. In
1849 there was a company of seventeen formed to emigrate to California, Mr.
Barnes being one of the number, and accordingly left on the 10th of April,
crossed the plains and arrived at Bidwell's Bar on Feather river, where they
remained about six weeks; thence to Sacramento and San Francisco, Mr. Barnes
coming at once to this county and settling in Mendocino township on Russian
river, residing there about ten months. He then located on the opposite side of
the river, in Russian river township, opening the first trading post north of
Sonoma, in company with William Potter in ------1851. In 1854 he returned via
Nicaragua to Missouri, where he purchased a drove of cattle, and brought them to
the ranch he then owned in Russian river township. During the early part of the
year 1855, his interest in the store was purchased by Lindsay Carson, and Mr.
Barnes once more turned his attention to farming, following the same till 1865,
when he bought a one-half interest in a store at Windsor of James Kruse,
associating with him as partner R. A. Petray. After three years they closed out
the business, and Mr. Barnes returned to his farm, where he has since resided.
He is now, and has for a long time been a stockholder in the Santa Rosa Bank,
and after the organization of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank of Healdsburg on
September 1, 1877, he was elected its president, which position he now fills.
Married Miss Mary M., daughter of J. D. Thompson, on September 20, 1855. She was
born in Howard county, Missouri, on February 14, 1840.

Additional Comments:
Russian River Township

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HISTORY
—OF-
SONOMA COUNTY,
-INCLUDING ITS—
Geology, Topooraphy, Mountains, Valleys and Streams;
—TOGETHER WITH—
A Full and Particular Record of the Spanish Grants; Its Early History and
Settlement, Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources; the Names of Original
Spanish and American Pioneers; a full Political History, Comprising the Tabular
Statements of Elections and Office-holders since the Formation of the County;
Separate Histories of each Township, Showing the Advancement of Grape and Grain
 Growing Interests, and Pisciculture;
ALSO, INCIDENTS OF PIONEER LIFE; THE RAISING OF THE BEAR FLAG; AND BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN;
—AND OF ITS—
Cities, Towns, Churches, Schools, Secret Societies, Etc., Etc.
ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO:
ALLEY, BOWEN & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1880.


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