BIO: HORACE C. BARNER, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, page 413
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    HORACE C. BARNER, who has resided for a number of years upon the farm known
  as the John L. Barner place, in Southampton township, Cumberland county, was
  born Aug. 6, 1865, in Juniata county, Pa. His father, George L. Barner, was
  also born in Juniata county, and was a successful farmer for many years. He
  married Mary Miller, a native of Perry county, Pa. George Barner, the
  grandfather of Horace C., was among the early settlers of Juniata county. He
  was twice married, his second wife being Leah Miller, and he was the father
  of ten children, five sons and five daughters, all of whom lived to maturity.
  One resides in Cumberland county, J. L. Barner.
    
    Horace C. Barner received his primary education at the district school, and
  supplemented the instruction there given withstudy in the select school at
  Millerstown, Perry county. He subsequently taught country school two years in
  Juniata county, and then farmed for two years before moving to his present
  home, in Southampton township, Cumberland county, which comprises 140 acres
  of choice land, and is one of the model farms of the neighborhood. The
  buildings are large and substantial, arranged with an eye to convenience, and
  are kept in excellent repair. During the eighteen years of his residence upon
  this place Mr. Barner has won a high place for himself among the
  enterprising farmers of the county, and he has proved himself an honest and
  reliable citizen of his adopted community. In addition to general farming he
  has carried on stock raising to some extent.
    
    Mr. Barner has been twice married, his first union having been with Miss
  Ida M. Secrist, of Juniata county, who died Nov. 7, 1896. On Oct. 22, 1901,
  he married Miss Mary A. Clugston, of Franklin county, Pa., daughter of Howard
  and Christina Clugston. Mr. and Mrs. Barner have one child, John L. They are
  members of the Presbyterian Church at Shippensburg, Pa., and he is serving as
  superintendent of the Oak Grove Union Sabbath-school, being an earnest church
  worker. Politically, he affiliates with the Democratic party.