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Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908)

  CHARLES BARNARD is one of the early day settlers of Nobles county and a

successful farmer of Little Rock township. He was born in Dodgeville, Iowa 

county, Wis., Feb. 11, 1856, and is a descendant of one of the old families of

New York state.



  William Barnard, our subject's father, was born in New York in 1829, but was

raised in Canada. About 1849 he went to Iowa county, Wis., where he died in

1885. Our subject's mother was Margaret (Jones) Barnard. She was born in Wales,

but came to America with her parents when thirteen years of age and located at

Springgreen, Sac county, Wis. She died at Little Rock, Iowa, in 1894.



  In Iowa county, five miles north of the town of Dodgeville, Charles Barnard,

grew to manhood. He received a country school education and was employed on his

father's farm until seventeen years of age. After that, until the year 1878, he

worked out at farm work by the month. It was on the twelfth day of March, 1878,

that Mr. Barnard first saw Nobles county. He took a position as a farm hand with

J. J. Leeee, who conducted a farm in Grand Prairie township, and was employed by

him during the first season. The next year he went to Lake county, S. D., and

was, employed by Austin Ayers one season. Returning to Nobles county, he worked

the next season for M. E. Crosby, who at the time lived north of Adrian. Mr.

Barnard then decided to begin farming for himself and purchased from Tom Quine

the homestead right to the west half of the southeast quarter of section 32,

Little Rock township, and in time proved up on it. About the year 1885 he bought

the other 80 acres of the quarter. His home has been on the homestead ever since

taking possession of it.



  Mr. Barnard was married at Sibley, Iowa, Dec. 19, 1882, to Miss Belle James,,

a native of Iowa county, Wis., and a daughter of R. T. and Elizabeth James, of

Little Rock, Iowa. To Mr. and Mrs. Barnard have been born the following

children: John H., Little Rock township farmer, born Jan. 17, 1884; William B.,

Lyon county, Iowa, farmer, born Feb. 25, 1886; Milton, born Dec. 23, 1889;

Jennie, born April 18, 1892; Maggie, born May 5, 1895; Roy and Raymond (twins),

born Sept. 2, 1899. The five children last named reside at home. Mr. Barnard is

a member of the M. W. A. lodge of Little Rock, Iowa. For four years he served as

director of school district No. 14.



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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NOBLES COUNTY

MINNESOTA

BY

ARTHUR P. ROSE



NORTHERN HISTORY PUBLISHING COMPANY 



WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA 

PUBLISHERS

1908



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