BIO: John L. Barner, Cumberland County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania.
Containing History of the Counties, Their Townships, Towns, Villages, 
Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and 
Prominent Men; Biographies; History of Pennsylvania; Statistical and 
Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc.  Illustrated.  Chicago: Warner, Beers 
& Co., 1886.
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                                PART II.

             HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY. PENNSYLVANIA.

                               CHAPTER XL.

                        BOROUGH OF SHIPPENSBURG. 

442  BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES:

  JOHN L. BARNER, Shippensburg, was born in Juniata County, Penn., July 
16, 1844, son of George and Lydia (Lehr) Barner, natives of 
Pennsylvania, and of German descent.  His maternal grandfather, Peter 
Lehr, was a soldier in the War of 1812, and his paternal grandfather, 
Henry Barner, was a farmer.  George Barner was a carpenter in early 
life, and in later life was justice of the peace in Juniata County, 
Penn., in which capacity he served for thirty years.  He was a 
prominent and influential citizen.  Of his nine children, John L. is 
the youngest.  Our subject was reared in Juniata County, Penn., and 
attended the common school.  At the age of twenty-three years he came 
to Shippensburg, this county, and engaged as clerk in the dry goods 
store of George H. Stewart, where he remained for nearly two years, 
when Mr. Stewart sold the store.  Mr. Barner then accepted a clerkship 
in the Cumberland Valley freight office of J. B. Hurs & Co., remaining 
with them nearly two years; was then appointed freight and ticket agent 
for the Cumberland Valley Railroad Company, which position he filled 
until August, 1881, since which time he has been engaged in settling 
the estate of Ira Long (deceased), and also doing business for his 
father-in-law, C. Long, a wealthy citizen of Shippensburg.  Mr. Barner 
was married, in 1871, to Mary Ella, daughter of Christian and Hannah 
Ellen (Atkinson) Long, and to them was born, October 6, 1878, one son - 
George Stewart, named in honor of our subject's first employer in 
Shippensburg.  Mr. and Mrs. Barner are members of the German Reformed 
Church.  He has served four years as justice of the peace in 
Shippensburg.  In politics he is a Democrat.