Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies

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E. E. BARNETT 
 
was born in Hancock County, Illinois, in 1854, and is a son of a A. D. Barnett, 
who was a native of Russellsville, Kentucky. His father was Zachariah Barnett, 
who was a native of Westmoreland County, Virginia, and was in the battle of New 
Orleans. In 1830 A. D. Barnett moved to Hancock County, Illinois, and for a 
number
of years was prominently connected with the county. In 1869 he came to 
California, and in the year 1884 he died in the San Fernando Valley. He had five 
children, of which the subject of this sketch is the youngest. Mr. Barnett was 
married in 1875 to Miss Alice Stevens, of Iowa County, Iowa, and a daughter of 
Anson Stevens. Mr. Stevens came to California in 1869, and is now a retired 
farmer living near the city of Compton. Mr. and Mrs. Barnett have a family of 
five children whose names are as follows: Marcus E., Cephas L, Adrien B., Sarah 
A., Cora M., Nettie P. and Jessie L. When he first came to California Mr. 
Barnett worked by the day in Sutter County, for two years. He then moved to 
Ventura County and farmed from three to five thousand acres of land, for a term 
of ten years. This land was known as the Sini Ranch. In 1887 he and a brother 
bought a half interest in 400 acres, a part of the Montezuma, tract, lying 
one-half mile west of Garvanza. Here he is engaged principally in raising hay 
and corn, and in this he is one of the leading men of the county. In 1888 he had 
1,000 tons of hay from 800 acres, and this year (1889) he will have over 1,200 
tons from the same amount of land. Beside his interests in this State, Mr. 
Barnett owns 4,000 acres of land on Carson River, in Nevada, on which, at this 
time, there are over 1,200 head of stock. Socially Mr. Barnett is a Mason and is 
affiliated with Los Angeles Lodge, No. 42. He is also a member of the I. O. O. 
F., East Side Lodge, No. 325.
 
An Illustrated History of Los Angeles County, California �  Chicago, The Lewis 
Publishing Company, 1889   Page 711
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler