BIO: BARNSFATHER, James, M.D., Campbell Co., KY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contributed for use in US GenWeb Archives by the Kentucky Biography Project Date: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 Subject: BIO: BARNFATHER, James, M.D., Campbell Co., KY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ******************************************************************************* USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net. ******************************************************************************* Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed., Campbell Co. JAMES BARNSFATHER, M. D., was born in Banff, Scotland, in 1838, a son of Stenhouse Barnsfather, who was professor of languages in the academy in Banff; the latter was a son of James Barnsfather of Stenton, Scotland. The mother of our subject was Margaret (Clyne) Barnsfather, daughter of a distinguished naval officer under Lord Nelson, and a niece of the Governor of Tasmania. James Barnsfather, the subject of this sketch, came to the United States in 1870, and became a naturalized citizen in 1877. In 1869 he was elected a member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. He was educated in Latin, Greek and French in Edinburgh, Scotland, attended the high school, then served an apprenticeship at the latter place in chemistry and pharmacy. He read medicine at Cincinnati, and attended both the Miami and Cincinnati Colleges, graduating in 1873. He located in Cincinnati, where he still practices, though his residence is in Dayton, Ky., where he also has an office and drug store. In addition to the large practice that has engaged the Doctor he has been a close student and investigator, and in consequence has contributed to the literature of his profession articles that have attracted universal attention, some of them being innovations on old and long accepted theories. In 1871 he married Annie Dernbach, who died November 8, 1876, and the Doctor then married Anna Belle Clark, daughter of John S. Clark, of Pleasureville, Ky. Dr. Barnsfather has an extensive practice, and is quoted throughout the United States as an eminent authority on different branches of surgery, gynecology and medicine. *******************************************************************************