Isaac Barnes Biography
Biographical and Historical Record of Greene and Carroll Counties, Iowa, Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago 1887:
ISAAC M. BARNES, living on section 10, Highland Township, is one of the active farmers and stock-raisers of Greene County. He was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, June 25, 1841, a son of Nathan and Mary Barnes, who were natives of Ohio and Pennsylvania respectively, both now deceased. When he was ten years of age he was taken by his parents to Clinton, Iowa, remaining with them till about twenty years of age. He then went to Illinois, and enlisted in the defense of his country, in Company F, Eighty-third Illinois Infantry. He went with his regiment to Fort Donelson, where he was wounded January 29, 1863, remaining in the hospital six weeks, when he received an honorable discharge and was sent home. Mr. Barnes, like many others, has never fully recovered from the effects of his Army experience. Besides his loss of a limb he contracted heart disease, and now receives a pension. His brother James was a member of Company H, Twenty-sixth Iowa Infantry, and was killed at the battle of Arkansas, and buried at St. Louis. Another brother, Nathan Barnes, enlisted in Company F, Eighty-third Illinois Infantry, returning home with a broken limb. After the war Isaac M. Barnes settled in Clinton County, Iowa, where he made his home till 1879. He was married September 29, 1870, to Miss Laura Nowles [sic Nowels], who was born in Ohio, December 9, 1849, her parents, G.R. and Emily Nowles [sic], also being natives of Ohio. They came to Iowa in 1850, being pioneers of Scott County, where Mrs. Barnes was reared. Her parents still reside in Scott County. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes are the parents of seven children -- Mary Tacy, born August 7, 1871; Albert M., born September 2, 1872; Mabel, born September 2, 1875; Alice, born June 6, 1877; Laura, born March 6, 1879; Icyda, born January 22, 1882, and Lester, born March 16, 1885. Mr. Barnes is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, belonging to the post at Scranton City, Iowa. In politics he is a straight Republican. Postoffice Churdan, Iowa.
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