Henry A. BARNES, born Southington, CT, died 1903 Providence, Rhode Island
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from "Printers and Printing in Providence, 1762 - 1907"
prepared by a committee of Providence Typographical Union #33 as a souvenir of the 50th anniversary of its institution
printed in 1907
"The Journeymen"
p. VII.
"HENRY A. BARNES - Died Providence May 28, 1903. He was a native of Southington, Conn., and first came to this city in July, 1862, working in the Journal job office. He left shortly after to work in New London and Norwich, Conn., returning here in May, 1863. Hearing of opportunity for work in New York in 1864 he went there, but found a strike in progress on the Times, and came back to Providence the next day. He began work in the composing room of the Journal, later going to the Evening Press, of which paper he became foreman in 1871, holding that position until 1876, when he took the commercial 'sit.' When the Press died he worked for a short time on the Mail, and Jan. 8, 1885, accepted the position of Instructor in Printing at the Sockanosset School for Boys, holding it until he died. Under his administration the Howard Times was started as an institution paper. Mr. Barnes was initiated into Providence Union Nov. 14, 1863, its secretary from 1865 to 1870, and delegate to I. T. U. in 1871. Before coming to Providence he travelled extensively on the Pacific Coast going as far south as Valparaiso, where he worked at his trade. Mr. Barnes was a private in Company D, Sixth N. Y. Cavalry, from August, 1861, to June 28, 1862, when he was honorably discharged for disability. He was a member of What Cheer Lodge, No. 21, A.F. and AM.; of Providence Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star; of Roger Williams Lodge, I.O.O.F., and of Rachel Lodge, Daughters of Rebekah. Mrs. Barnes, his wife, fed to the press the first Evening Bulletin, printed Jan. 26, 1863, through the pressure of war news."