Sixth Generation - Nimrod Henry and Julia Ann Barnes

      Nimrod Henry Barnes was born in Carroll County,Maryland on September 18, 1829, to Robert and Susan Smith Barnes.  He married Julia Ann Wagner there on January 2, 1854.  She was the daughter of George Wagner and Mary C. Milliard.  George Wagner was the son of Christian Wagner and Susan Smith and Mary C. Wagner was the daughter of Frederick Milliard and Elizabeth Rudolph.  The Wagner family comes from Germany and the Milliard family from the Netherlands.

Nimrod Henry & Julia Ann Barnes
 

      Nimrod Henry and Julia Ann left Maryland for Ohio in March of 1864, their first six children having been born in Maryland.  Peter Nead Barnes, our progenitor was their first child born in Ohio in 1865.  Opposite is a photograph of the "Barnes Homestead" in Randolph Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, taken in the late 1800s.

Nimrod and Julia Ann had two daughters and nine sons.  They were in order of birth:

           

           
            Charles Wesley Barnes, born October 2, 1854 in Maryland
            George Washington Barnes, born      October 27, 1855 in Maryland
            Mary Catherine Barnes, born November 2, 1857 in Maryland
            John Ezra Barnes, born June 26, 1860, near New Windsor, Maryland
            James Edward Barnes, born March 11, 1862 in Maryland, died September 10, 1863
            Hannah Elizabeth Barnes, born September 14, 1863, in Maryland, died August 12, 1864
            Peter Nead Barnes, born June 29, 1865, in Madison Twp, Montgomery County, Ohio
            David Henry Barnes, born January 2, 1869, in Montgomery County, Ohio
            Samuel Harvey Barnes, born September 29, 1870, in Montgomery County, Ohio
            Joseph Edgar Barnes, born July 7, 1872, in Montgomery County, Ohio
            Ira Wilbur Barnes, born February 17, 1875, in Montgomery County, Ohio

    

David Henry, George Washington, Ira Wilbur, Mary Catharine, Peter Nead, Charles Wesley, Joseph Edgar Barnes
 

     Below is another photo of the Barnes family with an insert of Nimrod Henry and Julia Ann Barnes.  John Ezra is superimposed on the left and Samuel Harvey, on the right. 



     Nimrod Henry died March 31, 1914 at age 85 and Julia Ann died December 29, 1912 at age 78.  Both died in Randolph Township, Montgomery County, Ohio.  Both also were practicing "Dunkards" or Old Order German Baptist. Mary Catharine and George Washington also continued as practicing "Dunkards". 

Nimrod Henry and Julia Ann Barnes early 1900s