Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Barnes, Charles March 26, 1802 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.org/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.org/ny/nyfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nan Starjak naela@earthlink.net January 5, 2008, 12:49 pm Author: Hardin & Willard Barnes, Deacon Charles, Litchfield, ws born in Ghent, Columbia county, March 26, 1802, and February 18, 1830, married Maria Ludlow in the town of Austerlitz, Columbia county, N.Y. April, 1831, they removed to Jerusalem Hill, Herkimer county, and in 1837 he settled on the farm where his son George now resides. When he came to Litchfield his brother, David Barnes, was pastor of the church at Norwich Corners from 1830 to 1835, and in 1836 David removed to Oneida Lake, Madison county, where he died September 5, 1890, aged ninety- three years. Charles Barnes had four son: James, Richard, Charles and George, all living. The oldest, James L., was a member of Company E., One Hundred and Fifty-second New York Volunteers, enlisting September 6, 1862. He was discharged June 15, 1865, having attained the rank of sergeant. He was severely wounded at the battle of Spotsylvania Court-house. May 12, 1864; was crippled for life. Two of the sons, James and George, live in Litchfield. Richard resides at Fowler, Neb. Charles lives at Sauquoit, Oneida county. Charles Barnes was appointed deacon of the Norwich Corners Congregational Church in 1838. His first wife, Maria Ludlow, died October 31, 1857, and on July 13, 1859, he married Mrs. Maria Strong of Lenox, Madison county, N.Y. Deacon Charles Barnes died June 28, 1883. His second wife, Maria Strong, died January 28, 1888. Two of the sons are married. Charles married Flora Johnson, of Sauquoit, January 18, 1863, they have four children. George married Ellen Chappell, of Schuyler's Lake, September 20, 1871. They have one daughter, Ida. Additional Comments: source: History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of its citizens edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893 550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.org/ny/herkimer/bios/barnes223gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nyfiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb