Frank Barnhart
Kittitas Co., WA

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Contributed by:  Shelli Steedman 4/20/2007

Frank C. Barnhart, pioneer sheepman of this valley, died at the Ellensburg
Hospital Friday evening [December 23, 1932]at 7:30 o'clock following a brief
illness.  He was 74 years of age.

Mr. Barnhart, a resident of the Kittitas Valley since 1878, was born in
Missouri in 1858.  He was married in 1879 to Miss Matilda Louise Bailes.

Mr. Barnhart was an active pioneer sheepman and resided in the Fairview
District until five years ago when he moved to the Denmark District.

He was a member of the Christian Church and a charter member of the Odd Fellows
Lodge.  Besides his widow he leaves to mourn his loss eight children, 15
grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

The children include Fred Barnhart of Pasco; Jessie Barnhart, Seattle; Mrs. Max
McKenzie, Yakima; Albert and Ernest Barnhart, Mrs. J. J. Schnebly, Mrs. Earl
Stickney, and Mrs. D. D. Schnebly, all of Ellensburg.  A sister, Mrs. Sarah I.
Olds, Naches, also survives.

Funeral services were held at three o'clock Monday afternoon at the Honeycutt
Chapel with short graveside services to be conducted by the Odd Fellows' Lodge.