Hickory County, Missouri Biographies--William S. Barnett

History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, 
Missouri, 1889.  Published by Goodspeed. Pages 580, 581

William S. Barnett is a native of Benton County, Mo., where he was born, January 27, 
1853, but is now connected with Heath, Noland & Co., merchants, of Cross Timbers, 
Hickory County, Mo., where he has been a resident since twenty-two years of age.  
He received his education in Benton County, and, after farming one year, came to 
Hickory County, as above stated, and bought an interest in the steam mills at Cross 
Timbers, which he continued to operate two years; then sold out and bought his 
father's old homestead in Benton County, This farm he sold two years later, and 
purchased property near Cross Timbers; but, after farming here three years, sold out 
to Heath, Noland & Co., and at that date became a member of their mercantile firm, 
and also owns an interest in their mill and real estate.  He is now occupied in 
superintending the mill at Cross Timbers.  When starting out in life for himself, 
it was without means, but he put his shoulder to the wheel, and has labored faithfully 
and intelligently, and is now in a fair way to become one of the wealthy citizens of 
the county.  On the 14th of February, 1879, he wedded Miss Minnie Ida Rubey, daughter 
of Dr. A. Rubey, of Cross Timbers.  She was born in Iowa, in 1858, and died April 5, 
1889, leaving, besides her husband, the following children to mourn her loss; Lester, 
Lemuel R., Ernest O., Zula and Ada, the latter dying when an infant.  Mr. Barnett is
the third of eight children born to William H. and Letha (Jenkins) Barnett.  The former 
was born in Kentucky, in 1816, and came to Missouri during the early settlement of 
Benton County, and was there engaged in farming and stock trading, but lost heavily 
during the war.  He was killed in Benton County, Mo., by a runaway team, in 1879.  
He served in the Mexican War, but was exempt from service in the Rebellion.  He was a 
Democrat politically, and he and wife were members of the Christian Church.  The latter 
was brought by her parents (from Indiana, it is supposed) to Missouri when a child, 
and spent the remainder of her life in Benton County, dying at the age of forty-two years.

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