Mecosta County MI Archives Biographies.....Barnhart, Noah May 3, 1844 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros., Chicago

Noah Barnhart, farmer, sec. 11, Deerfield Tp., was born in Canada, May 3, 
1844. His father Jacob Barnhart, was a native of Vermont and died in Canada in 
the spring of 1853. His mother, now Mrs. Phebe McGill, came to Deerfield w3ith 
her children in the spring of '60. See sketch of Wm. Barnhart. 


Mr. Barnhart came to Detroit at the age of 13 and soon after the removal of 
his family to this county in 1860 he joined them here. He "took up" 80 acres 
of land under the Homestead Act, and about the same date bought 40 acres more. 
He sold his estate of 120 acres in '67 and bought 80 acres where he now lives.



He was married Dec. 17, 1866, to Eliza Hornby, who is of English and Irish 
parentage. To them have been born six children, as follows: Ellen, born Jan. 
1, 1867; Caroline, Feb. 28, '70; Edward, March 28,'73; Albert, April 4,'79, 
and Ada, July 4, '82. Alice was born June 10, '76, and died in February, '82. 


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Portrait & Bio Album of Mecosta Co., 1883

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