BIO: GEORGE S. BARNER, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 333-334
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    GEORGE S. BARNER, a prosperous student-at-law of Shippensburg, Pa., is one
  of the enterprising young men of that locality. He was born in the borough of
  Shippensburg, Oct. 26, 1878, son of John L. and May Ella (Long) Barner.
 
    (I) George Barner, his paternal grandfather, was a native of Pennsylvania,
  of German descent. In early life he was a carpenter, but later became a
  justice of the peace in Juniata county, Pa., in which honorable position he
  discharged the responsible duties for over thirty years. Naturally a man of
  his calibre, and holding the office he did, was prominent, and many of the
  improvements of his day were given his ready and effective support. He
  married Lydia Lehr, daughter of Peter Lehr, a farmer. The life of this
  excellent man was spent upon the farm, save for a period when he served in
  the war of 1812. Nine children were born to George and Lydia (Lehr) Barner,
  of whom John L., the father of our subject, was the youngest.
 
    (II) John L. Barner was reared in Juniata county, Pa., where he was born
  July 16, 1844, and he received a good, common school education. At the age of
  twenty-three years, he removed to Shippensburg, and engaged as clerk for
  nearly two years in the employ of George H. Stewart, a dry goods merchant.
  When Mr. Stewart sold his store, Mr. Barner accepted a position in a similar
  capacity in the Cumberland Valley freight office of J. B. Hurst & Co., and
  remained with them for nearly two years. He was then appointed freight and
  ticket agent for the Cumberland Valley Railroad Co., which position he filled
  until August, 1881, since which time he has been engaged in settling the
  estate of the late Ira Long, and also in settling the estate of his
  father-in-law C. Long, late a wealthy citizen of Shippensburg.
 
    In 1871 Mr. Barner was united in marriage to Mary Ella Long, daughter of
  Christian and Hannah Ellen (Atkinson) Long, and to them was born Oct. 6,
  1878, one son, George Stewart, named in honor of Mr. Barner's first employer
  in Shippensburg. Mr. and Mrs. Barner are members of the Presbyterian Church,
  and take an active part in the work of the church. For four years Mr. Barner
  has served as justice of the peace in Shippensburg, and he is also a notary
  public. In politics he is a Democrat, and he is a most worthy and highly
  esteemed man.
 
    George S. Barner was very liberally educated, having been graduated from
  the high school of Shippensburg, when he went to the Chambersburg academy,
  where he was prepared for college. In 1898, he entered Washington and
  Jefferson College at Washington, Pa., from which he was graduated in 1903,
  and then entered upon his studies with the Hon. E. B. Watts, of Carlisle, it
 
    CUMBERLAND COUNTY.  335
 
  being his purpose to become a lawyer, and he has opened a large office in
  Carlisle in connection with his law studies. Mr. Barner is very popular
  socially, being one of the leaders in the best circles of the city.
 
    Christian Long left him a large portion of his estate, which amounted to
  $300,000, and the young man has a brilliant future before him. He comes of
  excellent stock on both sides, and the various names are connected with the
  history of the State, in its development as a commonwealth.
 
    He is at present a student in the Dickinson School of Law, class of 1906.