Brief Life History of Benjamin Franklin
When Benjamin Franklin Barney was born on 12 March 1832, in Springfield Township, Sangamon, Illinois, United States, his father, Charles Barney, was 48 and his mother, Deborah Riffle, was 23. He married Caroline Beard on 27 April 1849, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Sevier, Sevier, Utah, United States in 1874 and Elsinore, Sevier, Utah, United States in 1900. His occupation is listed as farmer, fruitgrower and stockraiser in Utah, United States. He died on 7 December 1904, in Monroe, Sevier, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Monroe, Sevier, Utah, United States.
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- Benjamin Barney, "United States Census, 1900"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1846
Historical Boundaries: 1846: Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Iowa, United States 1847: Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
1852
Historical Boundaries: 1852: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sanpete, Utah, United States
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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Joseph Smith Barney (22 December 1845 – 9 August 1917)
Son of Lewis Barney and Elizabeth Turner Married Ormanda Azelia Rogers Oviatt, 4 Nov 1866, Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah Children - Elzada Ormanda Barney, Joseph Orsen Barney, Henry Orville Barney, Lawrenc …
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