James Claude Barnett

Brief Life History of James Claude

When James Claude Barnett was born on 7 October 1896, in Scott, Virginia, United States, his father, John Anson Barnett, was 38 and his mother, Nancy Elizabeth Ford, was 21. He married Cosby Lee Lane on 21 June 1918, in Scott, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Massies Mill, Nelson, Virginia, United States in 1930 and Taylor District, Scott, Virginia, United States in 1940. He died on 17 February 1988, in Duffield, Scott, Virginia, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Powell Valley Memorial Gardens, Big Stone Gap, Wise, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Claude Barnett
1896–1988
Cosby Lee Lane
1903–1982
Marriage: 21 June 1918
Eugene Barnett
1917–1981
K C Barnett
1920–1992
Eugene Barnette
Ona Belle Barnett
1922–2003
Judson Barnett
1924–1951
Odis Everett Barnett
1926–1981
Maude Ella Barnett
1928–2006
Kelly Claude Barnett
1931–1963
Rodney Earl Barnett
1933–2016
Coy Barnett
1938–1998

Sources (29)

  • James C Barnette, "United States 1950 Census"
  • James C. Barnett, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
  • James C Barnett, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935"

World Events (8)

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1899 · USS Shubrick is Launched

On March 11, 1899 the USS Shubrick was laid, on October 31, 1899 it was launched. The ship was named after William Branford Shubrick. It was sponsored by Miss Caroline Shubrick and commissioned in 1901 with Lt Allen M Cook in command.

1920

The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from various places, for example Chipping (High) Barnet, East Barnet, and Friern Barnet in Greater London, named with Old English bærnet ‘place cleared by burning’ (a derivative of bærnan ‘to burn, to set light to’).

English (of Norman origin): from a medieval personal name, a variant of Bernard .

Jewish (Ashkenazic): this surname has been adopted by Ashkenazic Jews in the English-speaking world, perhaps as an Anglicized form of a vaguely similar Jewish name such as Baruch .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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