Joseph Seth Barney

Brief Life History of Joseph Seth

When Joseph Seth Barney was born on 17 August 1845, in Nauvoo Township, Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, Edson Barney, was 39 and his mother, Lillis Ballou, was 40. He married Nancy A Moody in 1868. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Nevada, United States in 1870 and Duchesne, Duchesne, Utah, United States in 1920. He registered for military service in 1858. He died on 25 December 1939, in Escalante, Garfield, Utah, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Escalante Cemetery, Escalante, Garfield, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Seth Barney
1845–1939
Lucy Ellen Heaps
1868–1949
Marriage: 14 November 1883
Lillis Ellen Barney
1884–1949
John Henry Barney
1886–1971
Malene Barney
1889–1889
Rose Ellen Barney
1890–1963
Alcea Barney
1892–1893
Royal Barney
1894–1964
Angus M Barney
1896–1930
Ray Arnold Barney
1899–1917
Wilford Barney
1902–1980
Ruth Barney
1906–1907

Sources (48)

  • 1870: Census Record #2 - 14 Aug 1970; J S Barney age 24 years listed as head of household, Dry Valley, Lincoln, Nevada, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Joseph Seth Barney - birth: 16 August 1845; Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
  • 1949: Death Certificate, Lucy Ellen Heaps Barney age 81 years, Duchesne, Duchesne, Utah, United States "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1847

Historical Boundaries: 1847: Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

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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A HISTORY OF THE BARNEY FAMILY IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA

The Barney name is said to have derived from the name (Berney) the sir name of a line of peer's seated at Reedham Co., Norfolk, England. The line established in America is thought to have sprung from …

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