Bios: Benjamin Franklin Barnett, 1857 - : Lancaster County

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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BARNETT, of Fairfield green, is a most worthy citizen of
 Drumore township, where he carries on a successful blacksmith business. He was
 born in this township July 6, 1857. a son of James and Emily ( Ritchie )
 Barnett, also natives of this township, and of Scotch-Irish ancestry.
         James Barnett, the father, reared twelve children, but only six grew to
 maturity: Joseph a blacksmith of Chestnut Level, married Harriet Shank : 
 James a railroad conductor, married Margaret Brown, and lives in Renova, 
 Clinton Co., Pa. ; Charles a resident of Conowingo, Md. : Mary the wife of
 Bishop Clark, of Chestnut Level ; Lousia, of Drumore township ; and Benjamin
 Franklin, of this sketch. James Barnett was born in 1820 and spent his life as
 a farmer, was prominent in the Methodist b
          The successful business career of Mr. Barnett should be an inspiration
 to others who are obliged to submit to disadvantages of limited means in youth
. At the age of fourteen years he went into the blacksmith shop belonging to Mr.
 Hensel, and remained there for three years, or until he had mastered the every
 detail of this business. Then, without a dollar, he started out courageously
 for himself, and established a shop in Fairfield, where by energy, economy and
 industry, he has earned a most comfortable home and shop, and all the expensive
 tools necessary to his trade.
          Mr. Barnett was united in marriage on April 6, 1883, to Sarah L.
 Brown, of Drumore township, born Feb. 13, 1855, a daughter of John S. and Sarah
 ( Hellam ) Brown, of Eden township. Mr and Mrs. Brown reared a family of five
 children : Margaret , who married James Barnett, she now being deceased ;
 Clara, who married Aldus Rineer, of Lancaster ; Sarah L. , the wife of the
 subject ; William , deceased ; and John, of Lancaster. A commingling of
 English, Scotch, and Irish blood was in the Brown ancestry.
 Both parents have passed away. The two children born to Mr. and Mrs. Barnett
 are : Scott B. born Nov 24, 1885 ; Elsie born Feb. 27, 1888, both bright and
 intelligent, children.

           Mr. Barnett has been a life-long Democrat, while in religious
 connection he and his wife attend, and most heartily support, the Methodist
 Church. Mrs. Barnett has assisted her husband by her housewifely skill, and is
 much esteemed in the neighborhood. Socially he is connected with the I.O.O.F.,
 where he is valued. Perhaps no family in the village enjoys more thoroughly 
 the high esteem of the community than does that of Benjamin Franklin Barnett.