John Aleck BarnettAge: 75 years1874–1950
- Name
- John Aleck Barnett
- Given names
- John Aleck
- Surname
- Barnett
 Birth | July 16, 1874 36 32 |
 Birth of a sister | Josephine Emily Barnett May 2, 1878 (Age 3 years) |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 3 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a sister | Dilla A Barnett before 1880 (Age 5 years) Note: Was in 1870 Census but not in 1880 Census |
| Birth of a sister | Catherine “Kate” Barnett February 21, 1880 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Bessie Barnett May 16, 1880 (Age 5 years) |
 Census | June 10, 1880 (Age 5 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Philip Harvey August 31, 1881 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Ruth Barnett July 11, 1882 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Thomas William Barnett October 29, 1882 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Candace T Barnett October 28, 1883 (Age 9 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Emily Mary “Polly” Troutman January 7, 1891 (Age 16 years) Note: "Wife of Thomas W Barnett, Aged 72y, 11m, 19d"" |
| Death of a half-sister | Mary Isabella Barnett October 26, 1892 (Age 18 years) |
 Marriage | Nita Belle Gillespie — View this family October 22, 1897 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Enid A Barnett May 16, 1898 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 23 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Edith Anna Barnett July 20, 1899 (Age 25 years) |
| Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Aleck Gillespie Barnett April 7, 1901 (Age 26 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a brother | Philip Anderson Barnett August 8, 1911 (Age 37 years) |
| Death of a father | John Anderson Barnett September 26, 1915 (Age 41 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 41 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 42 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 43 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Census | January 1, 1920 (Age 45 years) |
| Marriage of a child | James Michael Costello — Edith Anna Barnett — View this family February 19, 1927 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | James Aleck Costello 1928 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Helen Louise Costello December 12, 1928 (Age 54 years) |
| Death of a grandson | James Aleck Costello 1928 (Age 53 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 55 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Census | April 1930 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Ann Marie Costello May 16, 1932 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | James Francis Costello 1934 (Age 59 years) |
| Death of a grandson | James Francis Costello 1934 (Age 59 years) |
| Death of a mother | Nancy Ann Harvey May 1, 1935 (Age 60 years) |
| Census | April 1, 1940 (Age 65 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 67 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Death of a wife | Nita Belle Gillespie 1945 (Age 70 years) |
| Death of a sister | Catherine “Kate” Barnett October 19, 1946 (Age 72 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Aleck Gillespie Barnett — Eula Dell Shelton — View this family December 27, 1947 (Age 73 years) |
| Obituary | John Aleck Barnett Obituary and Family Listing March 2, 1950 (on the date of death) Shared note: John Aleck Barnett Obituary and Family Listing |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 75 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 71 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | March 2, 1950 (Age 75 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Barnett Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Anderson Barnett Birth: November 8, 1837 20 19 — Wayne, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: September 26, 1915 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
| mother |
Nancy Ann Harvey Birth: August 13, 1841 29 26 — Fountain, Indiana, United States Death: May 1, 1935 — Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: February 14, 1867 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Dilla A Barnett Birth: May 7, 1869 31 27 — Indiana, United States Death: before 1880 — Indiana, United States |
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20 months elder brother |
Philip Anderson Barnett Birth: January 11, 1871 33 29 — Rochester, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: August 8, 1911 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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4 years himself |
John Aleck Barnett Birth: July 16, 1874 36 32 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: March 2, 1950 — Rochester, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Josephine Emily Barnett Birth: May 2, 1878 40 36 — Kewanna, Union Township, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: October 20, 1961 — Indiana, United States |
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22 months younger sister |
Catherine “Kate” Barnett Birth: February 21, 1880 42 38 — Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: October 19, 1946 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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3 months younger sister |
Bessie Barnett Birth: May 16, 1880 42 38 — Indiana, United States Death: February 3, 1977 — Indiana, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Ruth Barnett Birth: July 11, 1882 44 40 — Indiana, United States Death: February 4, 1979 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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16 months younger sister |
Candace T Barnett Birth: October 28, 1883 45 42 — Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: March 20, 1961 — St. Joseph, Indiana, United States |
| Father’s family with Sarah Ann Gordon |
| father |
John Anderson Barnett Birth: November 8, 1837 20 19 — Wayne, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: September 26, 1915 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
| step-mother |
Sarah Ann Gordon Birth: April 30, 1842 25 27 — Somerset, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States Death: December 3, 1864 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: March 18, 1860 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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21 months half-sister |
Mary Isabella Barnett Birth: December 31, 1861 24 19 — Putnam, Indiana, United States Death: October 26, 1892 — Pottawatomie, Kansas, United States |
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3 years half-brother |
J William Barnett Birth: about 1864 26 21 — Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: |
| Family with Nita Belle Gillespie |
| himself |
John Aleck Barnett Birth: July 16, 1874 36 32 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: March 2, 1950 — Rochester, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
| wife |
Nita Belle Gillespie Birth: July 9, 1878 21 18 — Kosciusko, Indiana, United States Death: 1945 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: October 22, 1897 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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7 months daughter |
Enid A Barnett Birth: May 16, 1898 23 19 — Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: December 1976 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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14 months daughter |
Edith Anna Barnett Birth: July 20, 1899 25 21 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: 1965 — Indiana, United States |
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21 months son |
Aleck Gillespie Barnett Birth: April 7, 1901 26 22 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: August 1953 — Indiana, United States |
John Aleck Barnett has 30 first cousins recorded
Father's family (30)
Parents John Jackson Carter + Sarah Ellizabeth Barnett
Parents Michael Isaac Barnett + Mary Jane Burdge
Parents William Thomas Barnett + Mary Ellen Cox
Parents Dr Albert Henry Coble + Emily Isadora “Emma” Barnett
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - John Anderson Barnett - Household
ED 43 Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - John Aleck Barnett - Household
Kewanna, Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - John Aleck Barnett - Household
Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - John Aleck Barnett - Household
Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - John Aleck Barnett - Household
Kewanna, Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - John Aleck Barnett - Household
Kewanna, Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States
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| Obituary | John Aleck Barnett Obituary and Family Listing
Published in The Rochester News-Sentinel
Thursday, March 2, 1950
John A. Barnett
John A. BARNETT, Kewanna, retired rural mail carrier, died at 1 a.m. today at Woodlawn hospital. He was 75 years old.
Born July 16, 1874, near Kewanna, he was the son of John A. and Nancy HARVEY BARNETT. In October, 1897, he was married to Nita B. GILLESPIE, who preceded him in death in August, 1945.
He was a member of the Kewanna Masonic and I.O.O.F. lodges and a branch of the Rochester I.O.O.F.
Survivors include a son, Alec [BARNETT], South Bend; two daughters, Mrs. Edith COSTELLO and Miss Enid BARNETT, both of Kewanna; two granddaughters; four sisters, Mrs. Charles TROUTMAN and Mrs. Oliver SMITH, Kewanna, and Mrs. Candace ZELLERS and Mrs. Bessie SCHIRM, South Bend.
The body was taken to the Harrison Funeral Home, Kewanna, where services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday. The Rev. Henry F. BOLGER, assisted by the I.O.O.F. will officiate and burial will be in the Barnett cemetery.
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| Name | Nita Bell Barnett (nee Gillespie) Obituary and Family Listing
Published in The Rochester News-Sentinel
Monday, August 27, 1945
Nita Bell Barnett
Final rites for Mrs. Nita Bell BARNETT, 67, will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock at the residence, Kewanna, with the Rev. Douglas B. STARKE officiating. Interment will be made in the Barnett cemetery near Kewanna.
Nita Bell [GILLESPIE], daughter of J. C. and Anna (EPLER) GILLESPIE, was born on July 9, 1878, in Kosciusko county, where she resided until about six years of age, when she removed with her parents to Fulton county. In October, 1897, she became the bride of John BARNETT and with him established a home in Kewanna, where she has since resided. For the past 20 years she has been employed as a librarian in the Kewanna public library. Her death occurred at the Ewing nursing home in Rochester at 3:40 o'clock Sunday after an illness of several months.
Surviving are the husband; two daughters, Miss Edna [BARNETT], and Mrs. Edith COSTELLO of Kewanna; one son, Alex [BARNETT] of Evansville; two sisters, Mrs. Una WILSON, Kewanna, and Miss Barbara GILLESPIE of Roann; three brothers, Freemont [GILLESPIE] of Fort Wayne, Jack [GILLESPIE] of Roann and Ted GILLESPIE of Winslow, Ariz.; two granddaughters, Helen Louise [COSTELLO] and Anna Marie COSTELLO of Kewanna.
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| Name | Catherine Nelson (nee Barnett) Obituary and Family Listing
Catherine Nelson
Mrs. Catherine NELSON, 66, a life long resident of Kewanna, died at her home at 8 o'clock this morning after being seriously ill for several weeks. She had been in poor health for 12 years.
Mrs. Nelson, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Harvey BARNETT of Kewanna, was born Feb. 22, 1880.
The body will be taken from the Harrison Funeral Home to the Nelson home where funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. The Rev. R. G. STRONG, pastor of the Kewanna Methodist church will officiate and burial will be in the Barnett Cemetery south of Kewanna.
She is survived by her husband, Woodson NELSON; a son, Philip [NELSON], and a daughter, Mrs. Lillian INGRAM of Kewanna; four sisters, Mrs. Josephine [TROUTMAN], and Mrs. Ruth SMITH of Kewanna, Mrs. Bessie [SCHIRM] of South Bend, and Mrs. Canda ZELLERS of Mishawaka; one brother, John BARNETT; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
From: The Fulton County Public Library
Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh collection.
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| Name | John Anderson Barnett Obituary and Family Listing
From the Fulton Co Obituaries 1915
John A. BARNETT, 77, a widely known citizen of Union township and an ex-Fulton county auditor, died Wednesday evening at his home in Kewanna, following an illness caused by complications.
Mr. Barnett has been active for 40 years in the political and civil life of Kewanna and Union township. In 1887 he was elected county auditor on the republican ticket, serving until 1891. In 1896 Mr. Barnett left the G.O.P. going to the populists, which during that year merged with the democrats. Previous to his election as county auditor, Mr. Barnett served six yearrs as township trustee. About 12 years ago he left the farm, moving to Kewanna.
Mr. Barnett was a veteran of the Civil war, serving for nearly four years, retiring as a non-commissioned officer, and was a member of the G.A.R. Mr. Barnett was married twice, his first wife passing away when young, leaving one son, William BARNETT, who now lives in Washington. He then married Miss Nancy HARVEY who survives him. Six children by this marriage are living: John BARNETT, Kewanna; Mrs. Chas. TROUTMAN, Gary; Mrs. Woodson NELSON, Kewanna; Mrs. Olive SMITH, Kewanna; Mrs. William SCHIRM, Kewanna and Mrs. James ZELLARS of Kewanna. Mrs. Clyde HENDERSON of this city is a great-niece.
Besides his children Mr. Barnett leaves a large number of grandchildren. He was a member of the I.O.O.F. lodge and at one time was very active in this order. As a member of the community Mr. Barnett was known for his decided convictions which made him a great many friends and also enemies.
Funeral Friday afternoon at two o'clock at the home in Kewanna.
[NOTE: Jean C. & Wendell C. Tombaugh, Fulton County Indiana Cemeteries, Barnett Cemetery, Union Twp.: Sergt John A. BARNETT, Co A 26 Ind Inf. (military marker, no dates)]
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