Obituary-The Oakdale Sentinel-April 2, 1931
ALBERT HENRY BARNES
Abridged: Albert Henry BARNES was born June 29, 1854 in East Dubuque, Iowa and died in Oakdale, Nebraska March 29, 1931. At the age of 2 years, with his parents, he moved to Monticello, Iowa where he grew to manhood. On August 29, 1876 he married Armina T ZIGLER. At this time they moved to Sansprings, Iowa and lived there 6 years. In 1883 they, with two children, came to Nebraska by covered wagon, taking a timber claim 10 mile south of Oakdale. In 1905 they moved to Oakdale. His wife preceded him in death on September 22, 1920. He is survived by five children; Mrs Marion COOPER of Shellbrook, Canada, Charley Barnes of Hood River, OR, Mrs Alva CLARK of Clearwater, Mrs Louella CLARK of Neligh, and Mrs Elmer HOLMES of Oakdale, one sister, Mrs W. H. BLOCK of Eugene, OR, also 19 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren. The funeral services were held from the Methodist Church Tuesday, March 31, and burial was in the Oakdale Cemetery.
Obituary-The Oakdale Sentinel-September 24, 1920
Mrs. A. H. BARNES
Following a long illness, during the last nine months of which she was practically helpless, Mrs. A. H. Barnes passed away Wednesday, September 22, 1920, at her home in this city. Funeral services were held this afternoon at the home, conducted by Rev C. L. Myers, and burial was made in the Oakdale cemetery. A profusion of flowers and a large attendance attested the love and esteem in which the deceased was held, by the people of the community. Armina Terzah ZIGLER was born at Langworthy, Jones County, Iowa, November 2, 1856. All of her girlhood and young womanhood, with exception of two years spent with a sister in Kansas, was lived in Iowa. At Montecello, Iowa, on August 23, 1883, came to Antelope County, locating on a farm in Grant Township. In the fall of 1905 the family removed to Oakdale. The deceased is survived by her husband and five children, Etta BARNES of Oakdale, Charles E. BARNES of Hood River, Oregon, Mrs. Alva CLARK of Oakdale, Mrs. Harvey CLARK of Tilden, Mrs. Elmer HOLMES of Oakdale. There are also four sisters, a brother and seventeen grandchildren.
Obituary-The Oakdale Sentinel-October 7, 1893
Harry BARNES
Harry Barnes was born in Vermont, November 2, 1812 and was by trade a blacksmith. He moved to New York state, afterward to Wisconsin, then to Nebraska and settled in Antelope County. About eight years ago he came to Oakdale, where he has lived ever since. His death occurred on Sunday, October 1, 1893 after a short illness. The funeral services were conducted by his pastor in the M. E. Church on Wednesday, preaching from Job 5:26. "Thou shall come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in his season." He leaves a wife and five children, most of whom are well known to this community, but one daughter is in Wisconsin.
From the Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale Wa. Dec 22, 1910 Death of Mrs. Barnes Sarah Ann Port Barnes, was born in the county of Kent, England on August 17, 1825, and died in Goldendale, Wash., December 18, 1910, aged 85 years,4 months, and 1 day. She came to America in early life, and was married to Mr. Harry Barnes in Iowa about the year 1845. To them were born three sons and two daughters, all of whom are still living, with the exception of one son. Her husband died in 1893. Mrs. Barnes has lived in the states of Iowa, Nebraska, and Washington, having come to Klickitat county with her son, J.H. Barnes about three years ago. When but a girl she converted and though she was brought up in the Church of England, early joined the Methodist church of which she was a member at death. She was a devout, patient, unselfish Christian, always considerate of the comforts of others, and unwilling to cause trouble. Like a shock of corn fully ripe, she has come to the close of a long and useful Christian career, and rests in the bosom of her loving Savior. The funeral was held from the M.E. church on Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock, Rev. DeWeese, preaching the sermon, and interment was made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.