Died
at age 25
in Gibson Station, Lee, Virginia, United States
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Biography
The son of John Lambert and Myrtle (Barnes) Lambert, Rufus Barnes was born in Rose Hill, Virginia in 1914.[citation needed] He lived there with his family.[1] His parents divorced; in 1930, Rufus lived in Rose Hill with his mother and his siblings.[2] Rufus Barnes died of a cervical fracture suffered in an automobile accident in Gibson Station, Virginia, at the age of 25.[3] He is buried with his mother at Elydale Cemetery in Ewing, Virginia.[4]
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CXDK-XMM : accessed 3 December 2022), Fusan Lambert in household of Myrtle Lambert, Rose Hill, Lee, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 11, sheet 5B, line 87, family 95, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2449; FHL microfilm 2,342,183.
↑ "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVR4-BKBJ : 16 August 2019), Rufus Fuson Barnes, 16 Sep 1939; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Gibson Station, Lee, Virginia, United States, entry #, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
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DNA Connections
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However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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