Appeared in the Duluth Daily News, Thurs., February 25, 1892

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An Old Resident Dies

Obit:
An Old Resident Dies
J. J. Barnes, an old Duluth settler died at his home on Park Point yesterday 
of typhoid pneumonia, aged 46 years. Mr Barnes was born in Dodge County, 
Wis., in 1846. In 1862, at the age of 16 years, he enlisted in Company A, of 
the Tenth Minnesota regiment, as a drummer boy and as he enlisted he 
demanded to be allowed to carry a musket, which he did through three years 
of the war. He came to Duluth in 1870 and has been in the employ of Mr. 
Gray, the lumberman, almost consistently since. Mr. Barnes leaves a wife and 
four children, the eldest being a young lady and the others small. Mrs. 
Barnes is a sister of Fred Russell of this city. The deceased was a man 
generally admired for his steadfast honesty and upright character. He was a 
member of the Masonic fraternity and of Willis A. Gorman post, G. A. R. 
Although possessed of some property he unfortunately left no insurance. The 
funeral will occur at 10 o'clock tomorrow under direction of Willis A. 
Gorman post, G. A. R. All friends are invited to attend. ("Duluth Daily 
News, Thurs, 25 Feb. 1892)

Obit:
In Memoriam. Our comrade and friend Mr. J. J. Barnes will be honored with a 
soldier's burial at 10 a.m. tomorrow Friday, from the congregational church. 
At a special meeting last evening of the Willis A. Gorman post, many 
touching tributes were offered to his kindly and true life. In the plain and 
unostentatious manner in which he always lived, he has left many witnesses 
to his faithful and generous friendship. When a lad 16 he enlisted at 
Owatonna as a drummer boy in the Tenth Minnesota. Once in the ranks, he 
dropped the drum and shouldered the musket, which he carried right bravely 
through the years of march and battle 'till he was mustered out of the 
service in June, 1865. With perhaps but one exception he alone in the state 
was both veteran and a son of a veteran. The writer has known him for 21 
years and with many others mourn the loss of one of the best and kindest 
friends of his life. We have cause to thank for the record of such a man, 
true as steel, honest as the day is long, laying up little of this world's 
goods, but leading a legacy to his family for which they will ever have 
occasion to be thankful. ("Duluth Evening Herald", Thurs, 25 Feb. 1892)