Lake-Geauga County OhArchives Obituaries.....Barnes, Harley Lewis October 19, 1917 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Dianne Sheppard http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00016.html#0003933 September 16, 2009, 2:23 am 1918 On October 19th, 1917, Mr. Harley Barnes, a life member of the Western Reserve Historical Society, passed away very suddenly at his home on Mentor Avenue , Painesville , Ohio. Mr. barnes was born in Chester, Geauga County, Ohio, March 6th, 1859. He received his education in the district school, and at Chester Seminary, and moved to Painesville in early life, where he took up the study of law and was admitted to the Bar in 1888, but owing to poor health , he never practiced. In 1890 he formed the firm of Barnes & Scott , in the Abstract business for Lake County. Later , in 1893, he organized the Realty, Title and Investment Company, and retained his interest in it until 1898. from 1890 to 1891 he occupied the position of County Recorder. He was one of the principal stock holders in the Painesville Elevator Company which he formed in 1891.He was also largely interested in forming the Dollar Bank of Painesville, and the Geneva Savings Bank of Geneva. A prominent member of the Methodist Church of Painesville, Mr. Barnes was interested in all regligious enterprises of his denomination, but more especially in Sunday School Work. On December 21st , 1883, Mr. Barnes married Miss Arloa A. Gloin of Chester, who passed away in 1906. On October 4th 1910, Mr. Barnes married Ethel Daughters, who wity their little son Harley D. , and a daughter of Mr. Barnes, Mrs. Jolliffe, of Painesville, survive him. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/lake/obits/b/barnes2236ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb