Individual Details
Richard Scott Barnes
(Abt 1810 - 22 Oct 1901)
Events
Families
Spouse | Minervia Mathew (1805 - ) |
Father | William Barnes (1774 - 1846) |
Mother | Frances Hawkins (1779 - 1846) |
Sibling | Hawkins Barnes (1805 - 1859) |
Sibling | Leland V Barnes (1812 - ) |
Sibling | Ellen Barnes ( - ) |
Sibling | Patsy Barnes ( - ) |
Sibling | Evtack Barnes (1816 - ) |
Sibling | Malinda Barnes (1813 - 1862) |
Sibling | Frances Barnes ( - ) |
Notes
Census (family)
Richard L Barnes M 40 Kentucky, FarmerMinervia Barnes F 45 Kentucky
Benjamin F Barnes M 15 Missouri
Francis E Barnes F 11 Missouri
William N Barnes M 9 Missouri
Willis G Barnes M 6 Missouri
Martha Barnes F 1 Missouri
Lelland Barnes M 38 Kentucky, Farmer
Thomas J Barnes M 7 Missouri
John L Barnes M 5 Missouri
Nancy J Barnes F Missouri
William R Barnes M 2 Missouri
Census (family)
R S Barnes M 51 KentuckyManerva Barnes F 45 Kentucky
Benjamin Barnes M 25 Missouri
Francis E Barnes F 21 Missouri
Wm N Barnes M 18 Missouri
Willis G Barnes M 16 Missouri
Martha E Barnes F 12 Missouri
James M Barnes M 10 Missouri
John M Barnes M 6 Missouri
Lucien S Barnes M 4 Missouri
Leland V Barnes M 48 Kentucky
Nancy J Barnes F 19 Missouri
Thomas J Barnes M 16 Missouri
John L Barnes M 14 Missouri
Richd W Barnes M 12 Missouri
Death
Death Notice in Denver Post - 23 Oct 1901:"END OF A LONG LIFE
Richard Scott Barnes, a Colorado Pioneer Dies, Aged 93.
More than four score and ten years old, Richard Scott Barnes died yesterday, surrounded by his white-haired children, at 3033 Stout street.
Only a short time ago Mr. Barnes celebrated the 93d anniversary of his birth, the guest of special honor being Vardeman Hawkins, 91 years old, with whom the deceased has been intimately acquainted for many years. Five of nine children survive Mr. Barnes, and he had 22 grand children.
On Sept. 11, 1808, Richard Barnes first saw the light of day in Mercer county, Kentucky. In those days the dark and bloody ground was still swarming with Indians, and from the beginning of life he fought against them. He saw the first steamboat on the Missouri. Mr. Barnes came to Colorado in 1874."