William Barnes, NY, OHIO, Wisconsin
I am researching William Barnes, born 1823 or 1822 in New York.I know he married Delilah Sparks on June 10, 1844 in Seneca, OH.She later shows up in Onalaska, WI in 1860 with their son (Lewis, born 1852) and her father, Dr. James Sparks, but no William.Where he came from before he married and what happened to him is my brick wall and I'm still looking.She subsequently remarried in 1861 to Jacob Bemis and remained in Onalaska the rest of her life.
I found a William and Delilah Barnes with 2 children in the 1850 census in Madison Wisconsin.What is interesting on that page is the Barnes group...Edward, Wm, and Albert with their families are all brickmakers.In addition, there is an Absolem and Zilpha Barnes who very possibly could be the parents these three.Does anyone know anything about this family?
Judie Barnes Keller
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