Yolo-Solano County CA Archives Biographies.....Barnes, George L. 1866 - 
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Author: Tom Gregory

GEORGE L. BARNES

    The native sons of the Golden West did not have the distinction of "coming
the plains across" as did their pioneer fathers and mothers. The children grew
up with the country—were a part of it from their earliest times, a product of
the soil. Nathan Barnes, a native of Ohio, left St. Louis, Mo., in 1852 and
crossed the plains to California with ox-teams. The large train disbanded at
Sacramento and Mr. Barnes some years later located in Solano county, not far
from Denverton. He was there married to Miss Elizabeth Brock, a native of
Wisconsin, who came to California with her mother, via Panama, about 1854. The
father was accidentally killed in a runaway in 1884, but the mother is still
living, at the old home place near Denverton. The eight children born to these
parents were as follows: Ross, Maurice, Henry C., Benjamin O., Fred S., George
L., Anna and Maud.

    George L. Barnes was born in Solano county December 25, 1866, and therefore
is eligible to membership in the Native Sons of the Golden West. He was educated
in the public schools and afterward followed farming until 1892, when he removed
to Winters and assumed the management of the F. B. Chandler Company lumber yard.
This enterprise was established in 1876 and has continued to do business at the
old stand ever since.

    George L. Barnes married Miss Nellie V. Humphrey, a native of Berryessa
valley, and a graduate of the schools of Winters. Their four children are Paul,
Helen, Lowell and Virginia. Patti., and Helen are pupils at Winters. Like other
residents of that remarkable fruitful locality, Mr. Barnes has his orchards near
his home town, and for several years past has gathered splendid crops of fruit
from his trees. His time, however, is devoted principally to the lumber
business, which has grown to be the largest in this end of Yolo county.

    Mr. Barnes is a member of several fraternal organizations, being a charter
member of the Foresters and of the Woodmen of the World. For a number of years
he has been a member of the board of trustees of his city, and at present is
president. During this time the sewer system has been built. For six years he
was also clerk of the board of school trustees. With his wife Mr. Barnes is a
communicant of the Christian Church. He has always been a Republican in
politics, of the progressive and independent variety, and this progressiveness
has characterized all his life. His lumber establishment is one of the
enterprising business features of Winters, as its proprietor is one of its most
enterprising citizens.



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HISTORY OF YOLO COUNTY CALIFORNIA
WITH
Biographical Sketches
OF
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been Identified With Its Growth
and Development From the Early Days to the Present

HISTORY BY
TOM GREGORY
AND OTHER WELL KNOWN WRITERS
ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME

HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA [1913]

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