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Descendants of Harry Barnes, Sr.

Generation No. 1

1. HARRY² BARNES, SR. (JERRY¹) was born March 1850, and died Deceased. He married (1) MAHALIA JOHNSON 1871. She was born April 1851 in McComb, Mississippi, and died Deceased. He married (2) LOTTIE SIMMONS October 24, 1921. She died Deceased. He married (3) MINVERA JAMES TRAVIS July 02, 1933. She died Deceased.

Notes for HARRY BARNES, SR.:
Harry Barnes, Sr. was born March 1850 in Pike County, Mississippi. He is the son of Jerry Barnes and Louisa. Around 1871 Harry Barnes, Sr met and married Mahalia Johnson. Mahalia Johnson was born April 1851in Mississippi. In Harry Barnes, Sr and Mahalia Johnson union they had fifteen children: Ned, Henry, Jerry, John, Samuel, Louise, Jessie, Leslie, Angeline, Elijah, Harry Jr, Ollie, Joseph, Benjamin and Mary. In the 1880 census Becky Lee was living with them, she was their housekeeper, she was sixty-eight years old. Mahalia Barnes died sometime in 1920. Harry Barnes, Sr met and married Lottie Simmons on October 24, 1921. When the marriage to Lottie Barnes ended, Harry Barnes, Sr met and married Minerva James Travis July 02, 1933.
No children were born in either marriage. We were told Harry Barnes, Sr was killed in a storm that came through the Pike County, Mississippi area in 1933. We were not able to locate a death certificate for Harry Barnes, Sr to find out the exact date that he died. Harry Barnes, Sr is buried in the Barnes Cemetery in Magnolia, Mississippi.

More About HARRY BARNES, SR.:
Burial: Barnes Cemetery in Magnolia, Mississippi

Notes for MAHALIA JOHNSON:
Mahalia Johnson was born April 1851 in Mississippi. Her parent's were born in North Carolina. The Mahalia Johnson I found in the 1870 census was in Marion County (Columbia) Mississippi. She was nineteen years old and she was listed in the household with John Johnson, Sr and his wife Axy (maiden name unknown). Her sisters and brother are: Lalona, Adeline and John, Jr. I cannot verify if these are her siblings, because there was no death certificate on file for her.

Notes for MINVERA JAMES TRAVIS:
Minerva James, first husband was Jesse Travis, they were married January 12, 1888. Two of there daughter's married into the Barnes Family.

Children of HARRY BARNES and MAHALIA JOHNSON are:

2.	i.	NED³ BARNES,SR., b. June 1872; d. Deceased.
3.	ii.	HENRY BARNES,SR, b. December 1874; d. Deceased.
4.	iii.	JERRY BARNES, b. November 09, 1874, McComb, Mississippi; d. August 07, 1935, McComb, Mississippi.
5.	iv.	JOHN BARNES, b. November 08, 1877, Magnolia, Mississippi; d. January 15, 1968, Magnolia, Mississippi.
6.	v.	SAMUEL BARNES, b. July 10, 1880, McComb, Mississippi; d. Deceased, McComb, Mississippi.
	vi.	LOUISE BARNES, b. August 1882; d. Deceased.

Notes for LOUISE BARNES:
Louise Barnes was never married and she did not have any children. She died sometime before 1920, no other information has been found on her.

7.	vii.		JESSIE BARNES, b. January 1883, Magnolia, Mississippi; d. June 06, 1931, McComb, Mississippi.
	viii.		LESLIE BARNES, b. July 15, 1884, McComb, Mississippi; d. July 17, 1974, McComb, Mississippi; m. (1) LAURAGABIA ANDREW; b. September 10, 1906, McComb, Mississippi; d. April 09, 1991, McComb, Mississippi; m. (2) HANNAH VARNADO; d. Deceased.

Notes for LESLIE BARNES:
Leslie Barnes was married twice:
(1) Hannah Varnado - January 19, 1919
(2) Lauragabia Andrews - no date of marriage

ix.

ANGELINE BARNES, b. March 1887; d. Deceased; m. AUSTIN GRAVES, January 17, 1915, Magnolia, Mississippi; b. May 05, 1889; d. Deceased.

Notes for ANGELINE BARNES:
Angeline Barnes Graves and Austin Graves did not have any children. After her death in New Orleans, La she was brought back to McComb, Mississippi and buried in St. James Cemetery.

Notes for AUSTIN GRAVES:
Austin Graves registered for the World One draft in 1917 and 1918, did not serve in the services.

8.	x.	ELIJAH BARNES,SR., b. October 1889; d. Deceased.
9.	xi.	HARRY BARNES,JR., b. April 1892; d. Deceased.
10.	xii.	OLLIE BARNES,SR., b. June 03, 1886, Magnolia, Mississippi; d. January 19, 1980, Magnolia, Mississippi.
11.	xiii.	JOSEPH BARNES, b. March 1895; d. Deceased.
12.	xiv.	BENJAMIN BARNES, b. October 19, 1894, McComb,Mississippi; d. November 11, 1961, Pascagoula, Mississippi.
13.	xv.	MARY BARNES, b. June 30, 1895, McComb, Mississippi; d. December 1988, New Orleans, Louisiana.

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