BARNETTE, William C., Lincoln Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller

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Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and
Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 485.  Edited by Alc‚e
Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.

Barnette, Judge William C., one of the foremost figures of the Louisiana bar,
and a leader of civic life in his community, was born Aug. 8, 1875, a son of
James Thomas and Mary Anna (Leslie) Barnette.  The father, a descendant of an
old pioneer family of Alabama, moved to Louisiana in the early days, where he
engaged in the hardware business at Homer, Junction City, and Arcadia,
conducting his affairs very successfully for many years.  He and his wife are
still living, he being associated with the Wakeman & Booth Hardware Co., of
Arcadia.  The subject of this sketch received his early education under the
careful instruction of his grandfather, and later entered the store of his
uncle as a clerk, laboring faithfully in this capacity for ten years.  During
this time he began the study of law under D. W. Stewart, a well known attorney
of Arcadia.  Nov. 17, 1903, he was admitted to the bar, and began the practice
of his profession in his home town, where his remarkable legal talent
accentuated itself, and he became prominent as a member of the legal
fraternity.  In 1906 Mr. Barnette was elected district attorney, and during
his 6 years of service in this capacity proved himself a brilliant and capable
prosecutor, well meriting the high esteem in which he is held by the
community.  In 1912 he became Judge of the third judicial district, in which
incumbency he has served faithfully ever since.  The Judge is a stanch
democrat in political adherency, and a representative citizen.  Fraternally he
is affiliated with the Woodmen of the World, of Arcadia.  Dec. 24, 1899 he was
united in wedlock to Miss Eula Yarbrough of Columbia, La., a daughter of
George W. and Clara (Cottingham) Yarbrough, the former being deceased, and is
survived by his wife, who resides at the home of Judge Barnette.  To this
union 3 children have been born,  Leslie Yarbrough,  Chris Thomas, and 
William Chappelle, all residing at the parental home.