Charles Barney

Brief Life History of Charles

When Charles Barney was born on 23 March 1783, in Manchester, Bennington, Vermont, United States, his father, Luther Barney, was 26 and his mother, Abigail Winship, was 25. He married Mercy Yeoman in 1805, in Batavia, Genesee, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Spring City, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1860. He registered for military service in 1812. He died on 28 February 1865, in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Spanish Fork City Cemetery, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Barney
1783–1865
Deborah Riffle
1808–1888
Marriage: 20 September 1826
Emerine Barney
1828–1842
Lucinda Barney
–1897
Betsey Elizabeth Barney
1830–1878
Louisa Barney
1831–1831
Benjamin Franklin Barney
1832–1904
Margaret Matilda Barney
1834–1915
Charles Thomas Jefferson Barney
1836–1862
William Street Barney
1841–1875
Sarah Jane Barney
1845–1934

Sources (69)

  • Charles Naney, "United States Census, 1830"
  • 23 March 1783 -- Charles Barney, "Family Data Collection - Births"
  • 20 September 1826 -- Charles Barney, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013" to Deborah Riffle

World Events (8)

1786 · Shays' Rebellion

Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

1803

Ohio was the first state admitted to the Union from the Northwest Territory.

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Barney in Norfolk, which is probably named with an Old English personal name Bera (with genitive -n) + Old English ēg ‘island, dry ground in a marsh’.

English: from the personal name Barney, a pet form of Bernard .

Scottish: possibly from the Old Norse personal name Bjarni (from bjǫrn ‘bear’).

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

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Life Scetch of Charles Barney

Charles Barney was born 23 March 18783 at Sandgate, Bennington, Vermont, the birthplace calculated from records of the Sandgate Congregational Church, and from the testimony of his father, Luther Ba …

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