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BARNES Ortive Ervin

Male 1915 - 1994  (79 years)


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  • Name BARNES Ortive Ervin  [1
    Birth 14 Feb 1915  Spring Grove, Surry County, Va Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Nickname Ervin  [3
    Occupation Spring Grove, Surry County, Va Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Farmer 
    Death Nov 1994 
    Burial Waverly, Sussex County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • WERE MARRIED IN THE LIVING ROOM OF HER HOME IN DENDRON VA. WALLACE (WALLY) FAISON BOUGHT THE OLD RUN DOWN HOUSE AND RESTORED IT ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO........EDITH WAS BORN AT HOME ALSO IN DENDRON AND ORTIVE ERVIN WAS BORN AT HOME IN SPRING GROVE VA. (ON WHAT IS NOW BEAVERDAM ROAD).

      ORTIVE ERVIN BARNES WORKED FULL TIME AS A FARMER ON THE FAMILY FARM IN SPRING GROVE VA. HE ALSO WAS A SUBSTITUTE MAIL CARRIER FOR SPRING GROVE. THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN....BRENDA JEANNE BARNES AND DAVID ERVIN BARNES
    Person ID I5329  Booth Family
    Last Modified 6 Sep 2015 

    Father BARNES Wellington Edmond   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother HAFF Eva Isabel,   b. 19 Apr 1894, Townsend, Sandusky, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 5 Jun 1910  Waverly, Sussex County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • She took part in a play at the Spring Grove Methodist Church put on by the young people to raise money for repairs on the church. Capton Edmund Barnes of Cabin Point was asked to be in the play too. That is how Eva and Capton met and from then on she was his girl.

      They were married June 5, 1910 in Waverly, Virginia. Eva's father had to get the marriage license as she was not old enough. She Capton, and Capton's sister Ethel Mae Barnes (Shiffer), and a friend all rode in buggies to Waverly, where they were married. The preacher's wife would not let Eva sit down after the ceremony. She said if she didn't sit right away after the ceremony that she would live a long life. "She didn't sit".


      Eva's mother had a wedding dinner doe both familes when they returned from Waverly. [4]
    Family ID F1978  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family GRUBBS Edith Louise,   b. 31 Dec 1917   d. 8 Nov 2008, Petersburg, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Marriage 22 Feb 1936  [1
    • WERE MARRIED IN THE LIVING ROOM OF HER HOME IN DENDRON VA. WALLACE (WALLY) FAISON BOUGHT THE OLD RUN DOWN HOUSE AND RESTORED IT ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO........EDITH WAS BORN AT HOME ALSO IN DENDRON AND ORTIVE ERVIN WAS BORN AT HOME IN SPRING GROVE VA. (ON WHAT IS NOW BEAVERDAM ROAD).
    Children 
     1. BARNES Brenda Jeanne,   b. 3 May 1940, Spring Grove, Surry County, Va Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jun 2010, Hopewell, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     2. BARNES David Ervin
    Family ID F1943  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 18 Feb 2008 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 14 Feb 1915 - Spring Grove, Surry County, Va Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - - Spring Grove, Surry County, Va Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Waverly, Sussex County, VA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S451] Lucille Gwaltney, Lucille Gwaltney.

    2. [S280] Interview by Gene Harris, Edith Louise Grubbs (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S280] Interview by Gene Harris, Penny Rollins (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S982] Joanne Sholes, CA [(E-ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE),], Joanne Sholes Records (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S901] Edith Louise Grubbs Barnes, Edith Louise Grubbs Barnes (Reliability: 4).