BIO: Thomas BARNES, Huntingdon County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: 
Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, 
Pennsylvania, Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. 
Runk & Co., 1897, page 94.
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  THOMAS BARNES, turnkey at the Pennsylvania Industrial Reformatory, 
Huntingdon, Pa., was born in Lancashire, England.  His father was a 
native of the same country, and a spinner in the woolen mills.  He died 
in Philadelphia in 1889.  The parents of Mr. Barnes emigrated to 
America in 1849.  Thomas was their eldest child; the others were:  
David, now in Philadelphia, married to Miss Hill; Mary Ann, married to 
Wilbert Pickels, of Clearfield, Pa.; William, who died in 1890; 
residing in Philadelphia; and James, residing in Denver, Col.
  Thomas Barnes was educated in a private school of Delaware county, 
Pa.  His earliest employment in business was farming.  In 1864 he 
enlisted for the defense of the country against rebellion in Company L, 
One Hundred and Ninety-second Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served for 
about nine months.  In 1885, he was engaged as janitor of the 
Reformatory, and was afterwards promoted to his present position.  Mr. 
Barnes is a member of the O. U. A. M., and of the G. A. R.  He is a 
Republican.
  Thomas Barnes married Elizabeth Haslam, of Philadelphia.  Their 
children are:  Mary Ellen, born in Roxborough, Philadelphia, Pa., July 
2, 1873, died December 29, 1878; Bertha, born at Roxborough, September 
11, 1888.  All the family are members of the Methodist church.