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BARNES Reuben Arthur

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  • Name BARNES Reuben Arthur  [1
    Gender Male 
    Person ID I5410  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  [1
    • 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. [2]
    Family ID F1978  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Children 
     1. BARNES Reuben Arthur, Jr.   d. 19 Apr 1988, Chesapeake, VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F3977  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Oct 2012 

  • Sources 
    1. [S901] Edith Louise Grubbs Barnes, Edith Louise Grubbs Barnes (Reliability: 4).

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