Samuel Barnett (1831 - 1885)

Born 4 Oct 1831 in Ohio

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From Ancestry.com - The late Samuel Barnett one of Champaign County's best known and most substantial farmers' who died on January 28, 1917 was a native son of Ohio and had lived in this state all his life. He was born on a pioneer farm in Butler County, October 4, 1831, son of Samuel and Mary Mitchell Barnett both of whom were born in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, and whose last days were spent in Springfield this state (Ohio). The elder Samuel Barnett was a miller as well as a farmer and when he moved with his family from Butler County to Springfield in 1841, in order that his children might there received the advantage of better schools, he erected a mill and engaged in the milling business. The Barnett Mills soon becoming known far and wide over the state. He died at Springfield at the age of seventy eight years and his son William A. Barnett for many years continued the milling industry. The business being conducted under the firm name of Warder and Barnett. The elder Samuel Barnett's wife had preceded him to the grave, her death having occurred when she was sixty-two years of age. They were earnest members of the United Presbyterian Church and were long regarded as among the leaders of the congregation with which they were affiliated. They were the parents of ten children, six sons and four daughters, all of whom grew to maturity and five of whom were present at a family reunion held in 1901. The younger Samuel Barnett was nine years of age when his parents moved from Butler County to Springfield and in that city he grew to manhood receiving his schooling in the public schools. Upon leaving school he was employed in his father's mill until his marriage in 1856 when he came to this county and established his home on a farm in section 34 of Union Township and there with the exception of one year spent in Urbana 1865 and one year spent in Springfield 1866 he lived until 1900 when the family moved to Urbana. Mr. Barnett carried on a dairy business in connection with his general farming and did very well becoming the owner of a fine farm of one hundred and sixty acres. Mr. Barnett and his wife were members of the First Presbyterian Church of Urbana and for many years he was one of the elders of that congregation both taking an earnest interest in church work. Mr. Barnett died at Miami, Florida, where he had gone to spend the latter part of the winter 01/28/1917. Mrs. Barnett died on 01/13/1885. It was on October 11, 1855, that Samuel Barnett was united in marriage to Mary Campbell who was born in Belmont County, Ohio, October 26, 1831, a daughter of Jesse Campbell and wife who became pioneers of Champaign County and to that union were born five children, four of who John C, Carrie B., Mary Lillian and Laura L. are living and one a daughter Fannie who died at the age of eight months, Miss Carrie B. Barnett was graduated from the Cook County Illinois Hospital Training School for nurses at Chicago in 1893 and was a for a few years superintendent of the Mitchell Thompson Hospital at Springfield. Laura L. Barnett was married to James S. Ewing on April 19, 1912. John C. Barnett who was born in 1856 and who for twenty two years was editor of the Farm and Fireside, a semi-monthly agricultural journal of national circulation published at Springfield and who returned to the old home farm in 1910 and married Essie Christian of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has one child, a son, Alan Barnett, born in 1892, who is now an officer in the United States Navy. Source: History of Champaign County, Ohio: It's People, Industries, Volume 2.

1850 United States Census, Oxford, Butler, Ohio, Samuel Barnett, age 18, birth year abt. 1832, birthplace Ohio, male, household members: Levi Barnett age 25, Samuel Barnett age 18.

1860 United States Census, Union, Champaign, Ohio, Samuel Barnett, age 31, birth year abt. 1829, male birthplace Ohio, occupation: farmer, household members: Samuel, Mary, John, Jessie, Barnett and David Campbell.

1870 United States Census, Union Champaign, Ohio, Samuel Barnet (Barnett), age 39, birth year abt. 1831, birthplace Ohio, white, male, occupation: farmer, household members: Laura, Mary, Samuel, John C., Carrie B., and Mary L. Barnett.

1880 United States Census, Union, Champaign, Ohio, Samuel Barnett, age 49, birth date abt. 1831, birthplace Ohio, white, male, married, spouse's name Mary Barnett, Father's birthplace Pennsylvania, Mother's birthplace Pennsylvania, occupation: farmer, household members: Samuel, Mary, John C., Carrie B., Mary L. and Laura L. Barnett.

1900 United States Census, Union, Champaign, Ohio, Samuel Barnett, age 68, birth date 10/1831, birthplace Ohio, white, male, head, widowed, Father's birthplace Pennsylvania, Mother's birthplace Pennsylvania, occupation: farmer, household members: Samuel Barnett, Lillian M. Barnett, Laura R. Barnett, Jennie McKinney.

1910 United States Census, Urbana Ward 2, Champaign, Ohio, Samuel Barnette (Barnett), age 78, birth year abt. 1832, birthplace Ohio, white, male, head, widowed, Father's birthplace Pennsylvania, Mother's birthplace Pennsylvania, household members: Samuel Barnett age 78, Carrie B. Barnett age 49, Mary L. Barnett age 47, Sarah L. Barnett age 44, John Carrysill age 80.

North America, Family Histories, Samuel Barnett, male, birth date 10/4/1831, death date 01/13/1885 (this is Mary Campbell Barnett's death date. Father: Samuel Barnett, Mother: Mary Mitchell, spouse: Mary Campbell.

Sources

• Ancestry.com:

History of Champaign County, Ohio: It's People, Industries. Volume 2.

1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900 and 1910 United States Census.

North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000.