Biographies:   David P. BARNES, Eau Claire, Eau Claire Co., WI 

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David P. Barnes, one of the early settlers of Eau Claire, and for many years 
a public officer, was born September 6, 1837, in Plattsburg, New York, and 
there remained until 1857, when he came to Wisconsin, and located at Eau 
Claire, where for a time he was engaged in the lumber business and for 
twenty years thereafter he was interested in selling farm implements.  For a 
number of years he was acting duputy sheriff of Eau Claire county, served as 
county clerk for some time, and for twelve years acted as deputy county 
treasurer and for twenty-six years prior to his retirement, he acted as 
janitor of the court hoiuse, a record seldom equaled.  He married Mary 
Grinsel, a native of the Province of Quebec, Canada, and to this union seven 
children have been born, six of whom are now living, viz.: Phoebe, wife of 
W. H. Brown, of Eau Claire; Bessie, Margaret, James H., William H. and 
Grace.  Horace Barnes, father of our subject, died in Plattsburg, New York, 
at the age of fifty-six years, and the mother died there aged 57 years.  
They raised a family of six children, three sons and three daughters, as 
follows:  Horace J., William R., David P., and three sisters.  Mrs. David P. 
Barnes died in Eau Claire January 30, 1902.

--Taken from "The History of Eau Claire County, 1914, Past & Present",
page 646.