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- John and Cynthia (Potter) Barney had 9 children; not yet entered in PAF.
See GBFA, p.277
"Barney Record Book" Bk 1, p 108; Bk 2, pp 43-44, 136 Barney; "Jacob
Barney, 1634" pp 140, 165 by Mary E. Wesbrook, 1982; "County of Jefferson,
N.Y. Gen. & Fam. History", by R. A. Oakes, vol. 2, pp 425-426, 1905 -
Lewis Pub. Co.
He came from the town of Lyndon, Vermont, in March, 1806, to Ellisburgh,
New York, and located on a farm near Belleville; the journey was made by
him on foot, driving an ox-team and one horse. He was a soldier in the war
of 1812, and served at Sacketts Harbor. He was one of the organizers and
served as one of the first directors of Bellevue Union Academy. His
religious views were in accord with those advanced by the Baptist church.
He was over six feet tall, and his shoulders were in proportion to his
great height. In 1801 he married Cynthia Potter, and they were the parents
of the following named children: 1- Orrilla, who became the wife of John
Littlefield, and mother of Colonel Calvin Littlefield; 2- Hiram H., who
was a graduate of Union College at Schenectady, New York, was a lawyer,
following that profession in Cincinnati, Ohio, and for many years was
state superintendent of schools of Ohio; 3- David Potter, mentioned at
lenghth hereinafter; 4- Julia, wife of the Rev. Ebenezer Ward, who was a
Baptist preacher, later a farmer, and resided near Cleveland, Ohio; 5-
Harriet, wife of Jonah Sanford, of St. Lawrence County, New York, a lawyer
and judge, and who served as colonel during the Civil War; 6- Lura,
unmarried, who served in the capacity of teacher; 7- Samuel, who followed
farming on the old homestead farm; 8- John whose death occurred in
Ellisburgh, was a farmer in the town and in Adams, and was one of the men
who went to California to seek for gold in 1849; 9- Electa, wife of the
Rev. Albert Ellis, a Baptist preacher, of Michigan.
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1778 - 1869 (91 years)
