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History of Boone County, Iowa B Unless otherwise noted, biographies submitted by Dick Barton. Baker, Joel, farmer and stock raiser; Sec. 9; P. O. Mineral Ridge; was born in Rock Castle county, Kentucky, December 26, 1820, and when ten years of age his parents emigrated to Indiana; he made this his home till he came to this State in the fall of 1851; he spent the winter in Polk county, and the following winter located on section 26 of this township, where he opened out a farm in the timber and occupied it till he came to his present location in 1869; he now owns 617 acres of land, mostly improved; he has served two terms as justice of the peace, two as township assessor and one as township clerk; he was married in Clay county, Indiana, April 9, 1842, to Miss Ollie Mitchell, of Kentucky; they have by this union a family of twelve children, eleven of whom are now living - two sons and nine daughters: Julia A., Louisa, Sarah, Mary, Winnie, Annie, Martha, John (deceased), Prusilla, Elizabeth, George and Elias; his ancestors were all early settlers of the Southern States. BARNES, J. O., merchant and manufacturer, Boone; an eminently self-made man and prominent merchant, whose brief biography gives but an imperfect narrative, was born in Franklin county, New York, on the 8th day of September, 1843; he resided here until seventeen years of age and learned the trade of harness maker and carriage trimmer, and in 1860 came to McGregor, Iowa, and worked at his trade; in 1868 he came to this city and still followed his trade as an occupation; but he saw in the young town a chance for profit and success in a new enterprise, viz.: the manufacture of gloves and mittens, he at once embarked in the occupation, first in a small way and increasing as his trade was established, until at the present time he manufactures over one hundred different styles, and from medium to the best grades; he has his own tannery for dressing deer skins and a thoroughly competent fur dresser; his trade has doubled each year, and he comes far short of supplying the demands for his goods; his reputation as a business man is irreproachable; his manufactory is the only one in the country west of Gloversville, New York, that manufactures a full line; he is one of the fortunate individuals who almost invariably succeed in what they undertake; in connection with his glove manufactory, he carries a full line of hats, caps and gentlemen's furnishing goods; he married Miss Josephine Burghardt in 1868; she was born in DeKalb county, Illinois; Mr. Barnes is purely a self-made man; he came here without funds or favor with which to pave his pathway to success, and his example is a worthy one for the young men of Boone county to emulate. Barrett, Enos, farmer; Sec. 11; P. O. Boone; was born in Windham county, Vermont, March 4th, 1812; when four years of age his parents removed to Jefferson county, New York, where he grew to manhood; the Barretts are of Scotch descent and first settled in Massachusetts; his maternal grandfather, Enos Hudson, served under late General Washington in the Revolutionary War; at an early age the subject of this sketch chose the millwright trade, which occupation he followed exclusively from 1835 for upward of thirty years; in 1855 he removed to this county and was employed in building the first flouring mill in the county; in the mean time he had purchased the farm he now owns, which consists of 180 acres in a fine state of cultivation; he was married, December 8, 1836, to Miss Louisa Bellinger, born in Herkimer county, new York; she is of German origin; their family consists of seven children living: Malinda L. (wife of N. P. Rogers), Ellen A., George W., Caroline (now Mrs. Joseph H. Carr), Isaac L., Smith C. and John R.; lost one infant son. Boyd, Jas., farmer and stockraiser; Sec. 8; P. O. Boone; was born in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, January 8th, 1820, and when five years old commenced school and in the fall of 1837 he came to Iowa; he was engaged in the wood business, and followed the same for about twenty years, when he began the occupation of farming and stock dealing; in the spring of 1870 he came to this county, where he owns a fine farm of 900 acres well improved; his house is nicely located and well shaded with the fine forest trees; he was married at Lyons, Clinton county, this State, February 8th, 1842, to Miss Mary E. Sloan; they have nine children: George G., Thomas S., Martha W., Marion, John R., Mary E., Ethel A. and James B. living, and David L. deceased; Mr. B. transported grain to Chicago with an ox team, it being at that time the only way of getting their grain to that market; the trip took about three weeks, and he got one dollar per bushel for his wheat. BROWNING, ALEXANDER, farmer; Sec. 5; P. O. Boone; was born in March, Oneida county, New York, August 30, 1837, and was brought up a farmer; he was educated in the common schools and Whitestown Seminary, of Whitestown, New York, where he attended about two years; in 1867 he went to Lima, Rock county, Wisconsin, and engaged in farming, but only remained about two years, and in the spring of 1869 he came to Iowa, locating where he now lives; he owns a farm of 85 acres; August 2, 1862, he enlisted in company G 117th New York infantry, and served to the close of the war; was honorably discharged May 24, 1865, at Wilmington, North Carolina; was married March 6, 1867, to Miss Mary E. Kent, a native of Stettsville, New York; they have four children living: Arthur E., Eddie S., Addie E. and Jennie J.; have lost three.
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